The weekly standard., 1869-09-08
and Casualties.

III The estimated loss by the. recent fire in
Baltimore is $1s7, ,0O6. " . - .1, I'm + y,
-, Georgia eonvicts are made to work on the
Macon and Augusta railroad. 90 -,1agl g.,
Twenty Christian d missionaries have been
lately massacred by the Chinese in the Pro
~ Sr>1 ~ -1TIYiST 'ramir.'- tanl o la .ro!e
o4 tits established, beyond doubt. that DR..
iWitherax died recently in Iowa from lead
poison conveyed through his system by the.
use OF hair-dye, gb b7d1ol LHa a-.Hq 7nd
A little girl named Nina Dressler, 10 years
of age, living in South Pittsburgh, while
playing with revolver, yesterday, shot her
self through the heart and died instantly.
Northern adyices report a fight between
BlAckfeet and Kooling Indians on the Upper
Columbia river, in which twelve of the lat
ter werekilled and a large number wounded
FIVE miners en- route from Montana to Kool-
ing were also killed by Blackfeet Indians
- Miss Emma Gardiner, daughter of Col.
Henry W. Gardiner, Of Providence, r. l.,
was terribly burned Thursday night at the
Bay House, Nyatt Point, by her ball dress
taking fire from lamp on the floor in her
dressing room He .ccovery is doubtful,
a About one hundred and, fifty Indians at
| tackled Dougherty's government surveying
patty on the south side of the Platte, below
Alkali Station, on Sunday morning, and
succeeded in capturing the entire outfit, ex-
| cept the men, who reached North Platte on
TUESDAY morning. .l9i'g91 ii ".giuieiIo.
lI6 4 Miss Hill, niece Of the late General A.
P, Hill. was accidentally SHOT and killed by
Her brother in.law, Mr.. e. W.. Skinner, at
his residence in Washington county, Ala,
/ a few evenings ago. Mr. Skinner was about
to leave the house to spend the night with a
sick neighbor, and was engaged in recap
ping his loaded pistol, when one of the bar
rels exploded, and the bail from it entered
the side of the unfortunate lady, killing her
Instantly. i!liG "3f -i'.G 9.3 =, 't, ~
/ 20 a terrible scene occurred Saturday in the
/ criminal court room at, Owensboro, KY duf
ring the trial Iofo Webb! and ,yMbo Tor lnur.
der Baker, Boyd, the prosecuting attorney,
ma fea statement Jrelectipg upon the ACTION
rof nv. A. Sweeny, who is the member of
Congress fromlthel SECOND district and en-
gagged in ift be- defense, ,egf the 7prisoners
,Sweeny denounced the statement as q lie.
Boyd Tspeated his assertion, and said b.
was witness to it, when Sweeny, again de
nqq qnciingiit1a ljg stabbed the prosecuting
t9rnsy9 With oat iknife, inihietiRg a severe
| Ewohnd four inches long in theTigbt breast
The wepRais SGT ssgrionqso but is mot consideret
moftahiiiThes ecpurtI adjaprned on account
of tls eqnfpsieEa h caused by 4he disturbance
| AT Buffalo, .ab6nb'7 idel6ck IoHis Monday
\ mpfning. aidreseo of ninety oheatp Of Texas
| cstslet that had been landed from the inter
national iterfy -bBat3 stafipeded and ran'ir
Il eYefy direction through the streets at a fari
| GUS rate, Igorieg and itrahp hplihgg everybody
\ that canie in thGIfoway zone man was toss
4 ed by had bullfhtb Niagafa Street park
Il A., Eoman isneI fatally 1g6red, htl another
| point fandrsi 'numBer6f persons lwefe more
1 Or less injured. tFive or sixofA the sinfufia
( ted hnimalsSwteshbt tiiescitizeIis9 9d !About
/ forty head are'missingriiS0mc Of the Eattl,
!, SWAIN tile Niagara river, idd scattered OF
the Cahads Isidcri Othefsiare still runhins
in thc suburbsl to Had the stampede occur
ed at any pthernilour iI6f' the day,w wheT
icroY Yds pfC Cpersopslwould have beoa nin th'
staettspdthe theaeasualties axbuld have beer
fearful, "