Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-27

CuIlS A4thouse, formerly a waiter at
a ROckaway Beach hotel, IS said to
have received a check for $4,000 Tor
saving Miss Phoebe Callan Of Philadel-
phia from drowning recently.
Rev. Richard Feering Of DanviIle.
Ky, aged 50 years, and the oldest Ne
thodcst preacher in the state, died
suddenly at Chattanooga Monday
where he had gone on a visit.
/ 1t is estimated that over 100 freight
/ cars were destroyed by incendiary fires
at Buffalo. The aster of the switch
mems union declares that the strikers
are not responsible for the fires.
1t is claimed by the promoters Of the
new Labrador railroad scheme that
they co. shorten the trip to Europe to
three days. The Northern Pacific is
said to be interested in the enterprise.
At a meeting of delegates of demo
/ cratic associations in Rome, resolutions
were passed urging the abolition of
Catholicism as the religion of the state
and the resembling Of 9apal guarantees.
A patient at the insane hospital in
Elgin named Charles Denuve from
Freeport, snatched a razor from an at
tendants vestpocket Tuesday. and cut
his own throat so thai &c nved but an
hour.
Sallie Taylor, colored, was burned TO
death in Richmond, Va. She stepped
on a match igniting it, and the blaze
caught her clothing and in a few mo
ments she was enyeloped in a flame
of fire.
Twenty adults, ten children and nu-
merous animals were recently bitten
by mad wolf at LODI Poland. An are
now raying mad and beyond recovery.
Their howlings are described as terrible
in the extreme.
IL is officially announced that the
backbone of the revolution in Hondu-
ras is broken. President Leiva has Of
fered amnesty to the rank and file Of
the insurgents, but the leaders win be
shot if captured.
Governor Brown of Kentucky has
vetoed the only important measure
passed by the legislature,a revenue
bill, which it took nine months to
frame. The work Of the session is thus
practically valueless.
Squire Masse Beasley, of Aberdeen,
Ohio has made the town famous as
the American Grema Green For
many year she has been marrying all
corners until now his record is between
five and six thousand couples
On the l1Ein board of trade Monday
butter sold 1T 2IM2414 cents, a total
of 1920 pounds being disposed Of
The higher price was, in the opinion of
many, forced, but a firmer market and
an advance next week are looked for.
officer Hynes at midnight Monday,
at Springfield Ohio, shot an unknown
burglar, who was trying, with two
companions, to escape froma store. He
will die and one of his companions was
arrested. They cannot be identified
David Murray, wife and daughter and
a child named Forbes were all drowned
in the Palmer river at Warren. r. l.,
monday, by the upsetting OF a boat.
one of the party stood up in the boat,
which was overloaded, and upset it,
In Vienna Johann Singer. a clerk who
had been out Of work for some time
| killed the woman with whom he had
been living, their three children and
himself. He started a charcoal fire in
the room where they slept and all per-
/ iShed.
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Marguerite Glen, 90 years ole, was
burned to death at her home in New
York SparDs which fell from her pipe
| ignited her clothing and there being no
help at hand the old woman was roast
I ed alive.
| The Rev. Father Humphreys and
/ fifteen others accused of riot mt Tip
perary during the recent elections fail
ed 60 appear the magistrates yesterday
in answer to the summouses served
/ upon them and warrants were issued
for their arrest
John w. Forbes. a contractor who
has been making $4,000 a year ON
Bear river, Nyu., since 1878. was sand
Evanston, Wyo., recently. The affair
has made him crazy, and he will be
placed In an asylum.
Six men We're killed and fifteen
others seriously injured by an accident
70 a construction train near Coshocton,
Ohio. The train was carried on to a
sidc-Uack by an open switch while
going at high speed and ran into some
empty ears. Ten ears were wrecked.
Rev Graham Taylor. d. D., pastor of
the Fourth Congregational church, New
York, aud professor Of practical theo,
logy in Hartford Theological seminary,
has resigned to accept the call of the
Chicago Theological seminary to the
chair of Christian Sociology and Bible
Study
Free entry has been denied a fla
and stan imported 10y the steamer
Britannica and said to be intended for
the Aquila AbbnsSi of Chicago, duly
iusnrpnrsItpl charitable institution