Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-22

! George Miller, Il private, aud the bullet
which passed through Vans chcst
wounded private named King in the
arm.
James Rogers and his wife, an aged
[ couple, were found dead in the bed
room Of their residence at Detroit,
| Mich. Gas escaping from Il coal stove
i is supposed to be the cause Of the
calamity.
Princess Marie Bllcscoe, a girl Of
four aud twenty years, has just ac-
4 complished the feat of swimming
across the IIelleSpont from the Euro
pcan to the Asiatc shore, rs Lord
Byron did.
Engineer Schaffer ana Fireman Johns
ton Of a switching engine at the mines
! Of the New York ana Cleveland Gas
Coal company, near Plttsburg, Pa,
were smothered by the foul air in u
tunnel Thursday.
Prof. Pickering, Of the Harvard OBJ
seryatory ut Arequlpa, Chile, says that
he has discovered forty small lakes in
! Mars. He also confirms Irof. Holdan's
/ observations on the limits and measur-
/ cd altitude Of the planet.
At Coatsvillc, Ind, the insane wife
Of William Sharp poured coal oil on
/ his bed clothing While he was sleeping
and thcn applied a match TO it, burn
ing him to death. She was badly
burned while holding him in bed.
/ The matrimonial intentions Of Prince
George Of England are stlll furnishing
Unlimited food for gossip for the s0cic-
ty papers The ladies IN question are
Princess Victoria, Mary OF Tcck and
| Princess Victoria Of SchlcsWig HOlstciu.
1t is reported that decisive battle
/ las been fought in Ddhomcy, IN which
| tho rebelhous natives were defeated
and 1000 Of thor warriors killed The
/ loss to the French troops is given MS
/ sixteen killed and seventeen wounded.
| While IL Is generally conceded that
| Swiubmue is the greatest of living
! English poets it is thought in London
that Lewis Morris is likely to succeed
| Teunyson rs poet laureate. He be-
longs in the eminendy respectable cate
! CORY
Col. Higgins Of the Twenty eighth
| Ohio Volunteers Friday presented TO
| the North Carolina Grays at Raleigh,
! n. g., their nag captured in battle by
bis regiment The flag was then pre-
scented to the state and accepted by the
governor,
Rev. Dr. John Joseph Nouri, who
claims to have discovered the remains
! OF Noahs ark on Mount AraraL has
been decorated by the emperor OF Rus
sia and the shah Of Persia, and bears
upon his breast the rare order of the
Star of Bethlehem.
An attempt was made at Homestead
10y an unknown person to blow up Il
1 uon-uniOu clearinghouse with dyna-
mite. A cartridge was thrown through
Il window and exploded with terrific
force, wIecliug thc room in which it
Tell, but no one was hurt
The Southern Pacific railroad COM
puuy ana the Welis-Fargo express com
puuy have sent $1,000 to Cotfeyville,
kan, to be distributed among those
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the Dalton gang and among the rcla-
tiyes OF those who were killed.
In a desperate tight with moonshin-
eIs in Lincoln county, Tenn, Friday
ID. Mahlcr, deputy internal revenue col
lector, was shot and instantly killed
Joe Spunier, special deputy collector
and G. $. Carwell, general deputy col
lector, We're mortally wounded.
At Charlottesville, Ind, Saturday
evening Lee Benson, aged II years,
started to water u team of horses. He
rode one and very foolishly tied the
halter of the other around his wrist
Tie horse being led jerlled suddenly,
throwing the boy Off. The animal then
deliberately beat the boys head TO
jelly with its fore feet killing him
almost Instantly.
1t was learned Saturday from the
prison officials that Martin Burke, the
Cruuiu convict at the peniteuuary in
Joliet, ILL.,, was fast passing away.
Ills feet are swollen and a large cavity
is on his lungs. IL will only be Il queS-
lion of Il few months until he will pass
away. Burke has grown very thin, us
he cares for but little to eat and suf-
fcls intense pain He remains in the
prison hospital under the care OF the
prison officials.
\ bitter contest over part of the
estate OF the hate duke of Switzerland
has begun between the present duke
and his Stcpmother formerly Mrs.
Blair TIE son resented from the first
his fathers union with the widow, and
he refused to recognize h,r, His
father elected him at her request from
uucnsor house. She took possession
ut once, dcpoScd al the old servants,
and maintained the reorganizcd cstab-
liShmuut until the old dukes death.
The Stppson then seized TiJteusor house
IN her absence, replaced her new ser
wants with the old ones, ana gave a
careuker charge of the estate.
Book OF PRAYER.
| -pIrIfeI Eli>ru-Siou Drought Forth h1 She