Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-08-05
CONDENSED NEWS.

At Clarence Creek, Ontario, lightning
struck the house Of j. i. Landey, XIII
Ing his two daughters, aged Is and ~
years.
Robert II. Foss Of Chicago, is report
ed 20 be dying at Dover, \. H. from
paralytlc stroke.
Nicaraguan insurgents have captured
the city Of Managua and declared Gen
eral Seelaya dictator.
The Florida Central railway system
has been sold to the Plant Investment
company for S13,OO0,00O.
Benjamin H. Ticlnor, Of Boston, do
ing business as Ticknor & Co, publish
ers has made an assignment,
General George w Morgan, Of Mt
Vernon, Ohio, the only surviving gen
oral Of the Mexican war, has died at
Fortress Monroe
The increase IN national bank cir.
culation during July 50 far has been
S5,SGS,75
Charles McGinnis, Of Pnnceville, H.,
eas killed by freight train at Pc
oria
Alexander Blessing Of Wesley City,
H., was killed by a runaway horse
At Peoria
Canadian spectators have lost So
100000 by the recent decline in the
values Of stocks.
a dozen buildings in the vicinity
* Concord, \. H., were demolished by
wind storm.
John A. Porter, a switchman, fell
nd had his head cut off by an en-
gine at Terre Haute
The Bates mills at Lewiston, Me,
within be closed on August D. and 1900
zen will be made idle.
Bunco men secured $1,000 from Rob
ert Elliott, a rich farmer living near
Fayette City, Pa,
The First National bank and the
Spokane Savings bank ut Spokane,
Wash, have suspended
Robert Morrison, stockman, was
fatally injured at dsyille, Ind,
by his horse falling on him.
The PIttsburg wire works at Brad
dock, Pr, have been closed, and 500
men are out of employment
The l2-yea.old daughter OF James
"a Pennington, OF Hillsboro, H., was
atally burned while cooking dinner,
H. 3. Nenitz, who stole $4,000 from
The Swiss commission at the world 5
tair, was arrested in Toronto, ont
Twenty seven persons were poisoned
y impure milk at Louisville, Three
VI the sufferers are in u serious con
luoA
-Four hundred houses were wrecked
md many persons killed and injured
uy IN explosion OF a powder magazine
at Canton, China.
The government surveying corps in
AZ Cherokee strip has located and
staSed OIL nine sites FOR county seats,
and also located TWO land offices
The Obermaun Brewing company
Milwaukee, involved in the suspension
OF "Mtchells bank, pade IN assign
meut to protect creditors
-Four kinds of lcc-cream made in
one day by the Nnper Brothers, con
,ectioucls Of Brooklyn, \. y, poisoned
between twnty and thirty people,
some OF them seriously.
a mob Of unemployed workmen al
Denyer took Dan Araa, the murderer
OF b, 9. LAghuoot, from jail and
uuEed him TO Tree.
a Cheyenne, Wyoming, dispatch says
Il Is understood that senator Beck.
with has resigned aud that \. l.. New,
recently appointed iatcual revenue
collector for Colorado and Wyomug
will bc his Successor
Howard Mutchlcr (dem) has been
elected To- congress from the eighth
Pguusy district 10 NIL the vIcan.
cy caused 10y the death of his father.
DR. r. L. Watkins. Of New York, has
nad himself iuocuLtcd with the baccn-
Aus of consumption in order 10 test
mis- theory that consumption is NOT con.
taglOus.
George y. Clrman, principal Of the
81 Paul high school, has b,~eu chosen
associate professor ana dean of the
preparatory department Of Me uuiyrr.
silly of Chicago
Governor Atgcd has offered re-
ward OF 500 each for the apprehension
and conviction uf the members of the
mob that iyuchcd Bradshaw mt Kings
ton uu July ~