Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-30
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
DOMESTIC MATTERS.

25S,536 during 1895.
Parkersburg, w. Va, was visited
by disastrous storm
Colored people are holding a camp
meeting at Denver, IND
Mrs. Charity Leslie Of Springheiu
III. was killed by train
Heavy rains have caused much dam
age about Frankfort, Ky.
Prof. Hugh C. Mclaughlin, tormefl|
of Rock Hill, Md, died,
Marshall Shepard Of East orange, /.
! a summer resident at Edgerton' aieu
there.
lanes Griffith, twelve years old
stabbed and killed his older brother III
New York.
Ex- President Harrison said that ne
will speak on the currency question ~
September. !,
Tom Loyens and Berry Short oil
Knoxville. Tenn, quarreled, and the
former killed the latter.
Frank w. Wall and Miss Cora r.
Wamsley, daughter Of a minister were
married at Bemet, Ill.
A receiver was appointed by Judge
simonton for the Middletown Car
Works, Middletown, Pa.
A man from Iowa who has nine sons
came to New York and adopted nine
daughters left By his brother.
The Atlanta Journal. controlled by
Hoke Smith, secretary of the interior,
has decided to support Bryan.
wealthy young merchant, and Miss les
tella Beggs were married at the home
of the brides mother In Arcola, III
The agricultural department reports
a poor condition OF fruit throughout the
country, especially apples and peaches
Daniel Wendall, Staten Island
farmer found pot OF gold which had
been buried by his father many years
ago,
Mrs. Agnes Frazer died at indianapo-
lis from stomach trouble. Autopsy
showed pearl button was the cause Of
her death.
The railroads running into Centralia,
Ill. have suspended running trains on
account OF washouts. the result OF
heavy rains
The mint bureau OF the treasury re
ceives daily requests from all parts 81
the country for information on the II
nancial question.
In New York II Is reported that the
Standard OH &C mpany has acquired
controlling interest in the Great Rus
sian Oil company
George Mitchell, the well-known
postmaster and democratic politician
at BatesviIle Ind, dropped dead from
heart trouble,
Carl Swain, son OF Aratas Swan and
nephew of NJ. l.. Splitter OF Indiana, was
drowned in ditch near Morocco, Ind
He was an only child.
William Ruger, Jr., ana Miss Winni-
fred jerome We're married II James
vile, Wis, and are spending their
honeymoon IN Chicago.
hight Rev, Arthur Cleveland Coke,
bishop OF the Protestant Episcopal
diocese of western NV York. died sud
denly at Clifton Springs, n. \.
William j. Bryan, democratic nom
inee for the presidency, is unable to
read ELL the letters which come to him
al his home in Lincoln, Neb
Fourteen frame buildings in the vii
lage of Trout Run. twelve miles from
Wnliamsport, Pa, were burned. The
loss viii amount to about $4,000
John Ducro Il Sons brick building in
Ashtabula, Ohio. and a dozen smaller
frame structures. were destroyed by
fire The loss will reach $4,000
Mrs. Henry Leslie, blind in one eye
did net see an approaching train at
Springfield III, and was killed She
was As years of age and leaves a fam
lily
General Rosecrans. president of the
Society OF the Army of the Cumber-
land. announces Its next annual re
union at Rockford, ILL.,, September %
and a.
Quartermaster-General Batehelder. Of
the army, will retire luly IS Colonel
Sawtelle and Colonel Ludington are
mentioned in connection with the
vacancy.
Milton Barger, a wealthy resident of
Shelbyyille, Ind. slipped and fell head
foremost into 4 cistern, He was res
cued alive. but will die from injuries
sustained
Col John T. Hobbs, formerly Of Lex
ington county, $, G., who says III is
king of lhka, cannibal island in the
South Pacific ocean, Is in New York %
Be married
While driving horse rake near Ed
inburg, Ind Feuten Wright fell upon
tile farm implement when the horse
bolted and both ~ his eyes were
eoueed out
William Skea Tor fifteen years Il
conductor on the Hannibal and St Joe
railroad living At Hannibal. Mo. was
run down and fTrfed iii train ia pal-
myra. Mo
The state department has received
from the United states minister All ro.
kio iii account of the recent tiaal-Way
disaster in Japan, causing the death Of
na IL