The Mineral argus., 1884-07-10

-. A.sShlhe ne dleu leaving Sl4,0OO0 ON
ms will She had been divorced twenty -Fonu
years ago. Our
In New York last week 800 Of the 2,160 6ros
were accidental; 1,496 resulted from careless
ness; 80 from defective hues; 121 from mis-
chievousness; 9 from righteousness. and 90
from ncendiaries. The origin of 1I9 Ares NJ
not ascertained.
JohnA. Van, . rich, well-known Cincinnst.r
has been missing three months. He is a sonI
of John Van, the range manufacturer ston
father of Marie Van, the Cincinnati prima d.
da, now IN Paris. 1t is now thought be ~
been foully dealt with.
Henry Gillig Of London gave a banquet Tuos
day evening in honor of A. A. Sargent
United States minish Der to Berlin. Fx-sen.t-
Ferry of Michigan Justin Mccarthy. F
Merritt, consul general to London. Bronsn,
Howard, Gen. Noyes, ex-United States minista.
to Paris, Puleston, the banker, and others we~a
present Gillig proposed a toast to Sargent
who replied avoiding reference to Berlin, but
expressed admiration for England. Senator
Ferry, in a speech, said American svmnafbv
for Gordon was equal to, English sympathy foy
Garfield. Ex-United States Attorney tpen1v ~:
Brooklyn said Sargent had done his duty, and
was sure Of a hearty welcome home. Sargent
sailed for America on Saturday.
Albertina Anderson was shot at San Francis
co by William c. Milton, who then blew his
own brains out The cause was her refusal toI
merry him.
Andrew Long, the wife murderer, was taken
from Jail at Iona, Mich, and conveyed to Muir
for preliminary examination. The people
took him from the officers and got a rope
around his neck. The officers by a desperate
struggle rescued him.
A large painting Of Mrs. President Polk, pre-
scented by the ladies of Tennessee, has been hung
in the green room Of the White House.
William A. Cook appeared before the Spring
er committed and characterized certain state
ments made concerning him by George Bliss as
studied, deliberate falsehoods, malignant in
~ventions and perjury.
Postohice bullitin: Postmasters Commits
sioned-Hans Q. Haukness, Albert Lea, MINI.
John Kellogg Reedsburg, Wis. Alexander ].
Reid, Appleton, Wis. Trevanion N. Berlin,
Castle Rock, MINI. New Ofices-Humphrey
Wyant, Bloomville, Lincoln county, Wis.
James A. Winston, OF the clerks Office at
Springfield, who assisted Special Agent Bow
man, of the department of justice, in the exam
ination Of ex- Marshal Wheeler's accounts, tes-
titled before the Springer committee, but pre-
scented no new facts. He places the amount of
fraudulent charges made by Wheeler at some
thing more than s2,OW.
The president holds that the Legislative pow
er Of congress should not be interfered with
except for constitutional reasons and to pro-
tect the treasury. It has been his inclination
TO veto the Porter bill, as he feels that its pas
sage is a reflection upon the official act of his
predecessor, who was a member OF the court,
but he does not think he should use the veto
for this reason alone.
There was great excitement in oil circles at
Pittsburg, Pa, occasioned by the failure of
Tomas j. Watson, the heaviest dealer on the
floor of the exchange. He has been heavily
short for some weeks and this forenoon was
unable to fulfill a contract for the delivery Of
1900 barrels. His shortage was $1,000
Mrs Lanstry has wrestled another $4,000
in New York real estate.
Yale conferred the degree of LID. upon
Gov. Hoadly Of Ohio, and Ellis H. Roberts,
editor of the Utica IN. W Herald.
The Troy Standard editors were fined 800
each Saturday, for libel in declaring that
Lawrence Sheary, the superintendent of streets,
has been stealing money from laborers.
The Linden Hotel association of st. Louis
has made an assignment to James l. Huse for
the benefit Of creditors. The assets and La
bilities are not stated. The association is COM
posed of Charles A. Scudder, Henry Ames and
]. II. Chassaing.
The 7. ]. Nottingham Supply company, of
Cincinnati, manufacturers of brass goods, iron
pipe, etc, has assigned. Liabilities, $26,OO0;
assets, $4,000
Andrew j. o'Del of East Troy, Wis, was
arrested at Geneva Lake, Wis, on Monday, the
23d, charged with an attempted outrage on
Miss Susie Ingalls, of that village. The allega-
tons are that Miss Ingalls, was staying with
Mr.. ODelps people, near East Troy, and that
Sunday night young O'Dell attempted the base
deed. The girls cries were heard by Andrew
O'Delrs father. The latter armed himself
with an ax-helve and went TO the room The
son took the helve from his father and beathlm
over the head. The elder O'Dell died Tuesday
the oath. Tn son is now in jail at Elkhorn.
Sunday morning the 22d, two Italians, giving
the names of Marco and Palidino, were arrest
ed at La Crosse on suspicion. An officer came
and took them to Chicago. They are suspect
ed of having robbed a countryman in Balt-
more OF $500 in money and property.
Intelligence received from Nizhue, Novgorod
confirms the reports of a conflict between
Christians and Jews at that place last Thurs
day. A rumor was circulated to the effect that
a Jew had kidnapped a Christian child and TAX
en- 1t to the synagogue. A mob attacked the
synagogue, and killed ninetv-six Jews. while
many others were roughly handled Much
damage was done to houses of Jews, MANY be-
ing plundered. The police and a few detach-
ments of COssack infantry succeeded in restor-
ing order and $50 arrests were made.
Moody says his revival campaign in London
has been eminently successful. Something like
400 meetings were held in eleven districts, at
which a million and a half persons were pres
emit All classes of society were reached and in
hueneed The number of persons converted