Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-19
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

TRAINS we're delayed up the Hudson
river valley on Saturday by a heavy snow
storm.
RUFUs THOMPSON, Of West swanzey, n .
H.. hefather Of the actor. Denman Thomp-
son. was married few days ago to Mrs.
Sarah A Walker, of Westminster, West
Vt. Mr. Thcmpsonis So years Of age, and
the bride is eight years his junior.
ASHLAND. visa. J. Dockery, at
torney for the United States Express Com
pany. has refused TO accept the bond for
S25 600 offered by Perrin, the Hurley bank
robbery suspect He is still in custody Of
the officers, but is hardly probable that he
will be committed to jail
tMLwAUKEE.- "Coney the fox has
been found again. A dispatch from
Dodgeyile says A prisoner who has been
confined in jail here for several months and
who had been acting very mysteriously Is
believed beyond doubt 10 be the long
sought for Cronin suspect.
MARYsyrLLE. Cal.-Friday night and
Saturday morning the food water in the
Tules made a rise Of nearly two feet and
flowed ont over land that had never been
touched before by river water The loss TO
II is believed that the word experience Is
passed.
REPRESENTATIVE CANSoN said the
other day that in his fourteen years of
service in Congress he had seen more than
a thousand men come and go Three or
four Of these have gone over to the Senate,
a few lave died; the large majority would
answer 10 the roll Of ex-Congressmen,
every one of them representing a disap-
pointed ambition.
ToPEKA, Kas Reports have been re-
ceived to the effect that hog cholera is
prevalent in several districts Of this state
ln Greenwood county alone within the
last week thousands Of hogs have died
from the scourge The prevalence of the
disease, which has had "A disastrous effect
upon the stock interests Of the state dur
ing the last year, will occupy the attention
OF the state board Of agriculture at its next
meeting, and steps will be taken to
stamp out the disease, if such a thing is
possible.
SACRAMENTO. CAL Reports from the
north Of this city that much damage has
been done by water rising in the Sacra-
mento river and its tributaries, caused by
recent rains. The river has risen over
tweuty-four feet above low-water mark at
Colusa The levee broke below that town
this morning, flooding thousands Of acres
Hundreds of men are patr0lllng the leyees
watching for danger Several washouts
have occurred and number of small
bridges have been swept away In the
vicinity of Marysville OroyiIe and Red
Bluff. and Oregon trains are detained at
JouNsrowN, Pa During a perfor-
nance Of Uncle Tom Cabin at the opera
house here Tuesday night a cry of fire was
raised resulting in terrible rush for life
down thenmrow stairs. Twelve persons
were instantly crushed to death and prob
ably seyenty-fye seriously injured. Among
the killed are Mrs Nester andG. Fischorn,
the latter being a resident OF Baltimore.
II was found necessary TO turn q stream OF
water on he crowd from a fire engine be-
fore the dead and wounded could be taken
out People rushed from the outside up
the narrow stairs and were crushed by the
crowd forcing its way to the street
When the crowd was driven away the
following were found dead upon the
stairs Miss Clara Burns, Mrs hester, Geo
toner. Chas Fiant Jno Carr, Mrs. Lister,
John Miller, A. Weiss John Wyman.
Richard Nottingham, Isaac ToIar and
m unknown woman, Among the seriously
injured were:
Charles Vaughn, Albert Ownse and a
nan named Weimer
There are about thirty others injured |
lut their names cannot be ascertaned to-
night The alarm was false, and there are
many threats against an unknown man
who started it.