Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-21


Henry Rugg, the negro who muir
dere1 5ld Mrs. Lydia Maybee. and
her daughter, Mary Nealy, two years
ago, at Oyster Bay, was hanged in
the Jail here at z AS this morning. He
died without struggle
A LETTER.
LINCOLN, Neb., May ia letter
was received to day by Prest. Egan
of the national league, from Michael
Davitt, who was at Cairo, Egypt
April 81. Davitt is in good health
and spirits, and says the reports that
he was boycotted by hotel in Rome
and denied an audience by the Pope.
is utterly without foundation. He
will go TO Ireland and Australia in
August.
COUNTY SEAT WAR.
TRAVERSE, Oak, May Is. The
county seat war broke out here afresh
to day. A mob came over from Viii
mot and are demolishing the court
house. and no resistance is made as
the attack IS a surprise and our people
look to the court for redress. Great
damage is being done.
TERRIBLE DISASTER
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May 15.-The
Journals, Owatonna, Mum, special
says AT eleven o'clock last night the
house of a Norwegian farmer named
Henry Lewiston, living about miles
south of this city, was burned and five
OF his children persisted in the flames.
The family consisting of himself,
wife and seven children and hired
man, were all sleeping at the time in
the second story. The only window
in that part of the house overlooked
shanty addition used for kitchen.
Lewiston and his wife were awakened
by the glare of the fire and rushed
down stairs, Mrs. l.. carrying her
youngest child in her arms. Another
child aged ten years and the hired
n an following.
When Lewiston opened the only
door of the house which led into the
shanty the
SMOKE AND FLAMES BURSTED IN,
nearly overpowering him and burn.
ing off part of his hair and beard.
The hired man then broke out wins
dow through which they got out, but
not before Mrs. Lewiston was severely
burned
Lewiston made several frantic eff
forts to reach the children still asleep
up stairs But IS there was no door
or window through which this could
be done, except the window on the
side of the house already III flames,
he was powerless 10 rescue them. The
persons thus cremated alive were
four boys aged IL, 10, 6, and 4 years
and girl aged 10. A few bones and
a small quantity of charred flesh,
wholly unacceptable, were all that
could be found of those who met so
horrible fate.
FLOUR FROM ABROAD.
NEW YORK, May ia sample of
2 600 sacks of Russian -four of a quail
ty very fine, was offered this morning
on produce exchange, to arrive from
Marseilles, at Sc per barrel The
grade was nearly, if not quite as'good
as the very best American patent ex-
tras.
ENGLISH VESSEL CAPsIZED.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12-The Brit>
ish ship Earl Dalhousie while being
towod across the bay this afternoon,
was struck by heavy squall and cap
sized in deep water. The vessel had
no cargo nor ballast. It is owned by
w. Stephens of Dundee, and cost one
hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
The officers and crew were ali saved.
TRIAL OF THE DYNAOuTERs.
LONDON, May 10 The trial Of Gun
ningham and Burton, the alleged
dynamiters, was resumed this morn
ing. The taking of evidence was con
tinued, which is repetition of that
taken In the preliminary trial
13 AND II YEAR LOCUsTs TO APPEAR
IN CONJUNCTION.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-Prof. G. V.
Riley, entomologist of the agricultu~
raj department, says the country will
soon be visited by two great broods of
locusts OF the II and ID year varieties,
and that this will be the first time in
221 years that obey have appeared in
conjunction. They will not prove
greatly destructive, and the injury
they will inaict will probably be CON
fined TO fruit trees. The visitation
will be prolonged until late in July.
LAID IN ASHES.
LONDON, May 12.-An extensive
fire has been raging ali last night at
Chatam, The locality Of the con-
hagration was High street, and sew
eral buildings were destroyed among
which were the Midkent club house
and the large printing works. The
amount of damage is placed at 81, 600,
000.
A STRIKE.
CHICAGO. May 12.-The Inter
Oceans special says: The Moline Ill,
street railway employees are on a
strike. The sheriff has been called
on to preserve peace.