Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-02

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Or. c. r. Boynton writes from Buena
Vista, oregon, denying the story that
he was arrested at Rio Janeiro while
trying 10 blow up Brazilian gunboat.
lie says lie has not been outside the
United States for several years.
An important wogi, which has been
published in Edinbmg contains some
personal letters written bg Sir Walter
scott ami has been reviewed by all
the daily newspapers Commenting
on these letters the Times says that
they VIII contribute 10 broaden as well
as to perpeuate the great fame Of the
novelist.
Five men attempted to kidnap the
twelye-year-old daughter of Joe II.
Kraft at New Albany and hold her for
a ransom. Kraft had been informed
Of the plot and with 4 half-dozcn well
armed friends gave the woIld-he kid
rIpers a hot reception. Stephen Whit
man was killed and two others of the
gang, Mason Whitman ana Charles
Compton, were captured
trtIitTdl JuHcllli II. Luz VI Jiut+Nf lli''
adJutant general Of Wisconsin, will be
come assistant secretary Of war, at
Washington, upon the retirement Of
General l.. A. Grant, December 10
After this change the assistant secre-
tary win practically relieve Dan La
mont Of all the military routine work
Of the Office
Or. Charles IT, Deems, widely known
for many years as pastor of the Church
Of the Strlngers in New York city. is
dead, aged q. lie was connected with
Methodist educational institutions in
the south before the war, and coming
north in 1863, he attracted the aiten-
ZION Of Commodore Vanderbilt who
founded the church with which the
pastors name has since been identified.
james Hewson, a negro under arrest
at Al@ona, Iowa, has made sworn
statement that he and six others held
up the Lake Shore train at kesslcr,
/ Ind, Lust September He duplicates
/ VIII Jones, whose fatLer runs a mer-
chant tailor shop in Elkhart; Burt Da-
/ Wis of Elkhart; George Lewis, Of Elk
! hart; Charles Clark, Of Donnelly, Ind !;
| Burt Fields, whose father is a black
smith at Ciununati,
! Wesley Quigg was shot aud killed
/ iu a street alteration at Wheatland,
/ Mo. with Ort Paxton and John Paxton;
I and this is the third killing within q
year that has resulted from the Quigg
! Paxton family feud. Last November
I Sicdel Paxton, son Of John, shot and
( killed Ira Quigg son Of Wesley. Siedel
. Paxton was acquitted, and on the
same day was shot from ambush ana
Killed. Wesley Quigg was once Sheriff
Of Hickory county.
Jerry Simpson, who is now in Wash
nStOn, is not discouraged AT the result
of the elections. Mr., Simpson thinks
that The results outside Of Kansas gre
entirely encouraging 10 the populists
lie cluS attention TO the gains in
Nebraska and says that contrary To
I The reports published in the news
( papers, the pOpulSts carried more
counties in Colorado than in any preyl
Gus election. He also finds ground for
encoura genent in the Virginia cleo
ton.
Obituary At Milwaukee, DIR. Louis
Reinhard aged tilty-one Al Elgin H..
DR.. WILLIAM Wilchcstcr.-At ottawa,
/ ILL.,, cG Mayor Charles IL. Delano. At
I l2lkhorn, Wis, Jacob Kctchpaw, aged
seventy foGr. At Washington Pa,
John Steele a wollknown pittsburg
oil operator.-At Erie, Pa, Frank +.
CluveIand, president Of the Union Iron
Works, aged forty.-At Cambridge, Pa
George seldom, president of the Erin
ely iron workS-At KirkwoOd, H., Dr..
A. W. Armstrong, aged ninety-At
Whitehall, H.. John d. Evans. aged
seventy siX.-At Tacoma, Wash, My
ron Ward, aged sevcnty-siX.-At
Columbia. Mo. Professor +, +. ST.
Chil, president Of Christian College,
aged forty.-At st. Joseph. Mo. DR.. w.
$ Leach, aged ninety-slN.-At Du-
buque, Iowa, William Z. Large. AT
Columbus, Wis, George c, Buttcrtield,
aged siNty-fom.-A Columbus Ind,
John G. Moore AT Toronto, ont
Henry 5 Northrop, aged seyenty-threc.
At London, England, George Osborne,
the pianist and composer