Marshall County Republican., 1872-04-25


Of job printing press...... Professor Faber,
with his wonderful "Talking Machine"
has arrived in Chicago c. Lang,
while assisting in the erection Of the tower
of the new Sangerfest building in st. Louis
on Friday afternoon, fell a distance of 81
feet and was killed. John F. Carr was also
severely iniured......0 .0n Thursday afternoon
Isaac Price and Milton II. Seward were
drowned four miles below st. Joseph, Mo,
by the upsetting of their boat while
crossing the Missouri river......T There
were two terrific snow slides at Little Cot
tonwood Mine, Utah, on Friday. Eight
men were carried away in the avalanche:
One was lost, and the others were rescued
after almost incredible exertions. There IS
great fear of further slides.
GEORGE D. ORNER, Revenue Collector of
the Fifth District of Missouri, is accused of
defalcaton, and suit has been commenced
against him and his securities for 100000
1.-THE Radford House and elevator, at
Warrensburg, Mo-, was burned on Saturday
| The elevator contained fifty thousand bush
els of grain. Loss, 500 ,000......John Lay,
brakeman, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
was crushed to death at Laclede on Saturday
| between two construction trains......Dr
| VIM. Hewer, an English miser, aged S4
years, long a noted character of San Fran
cisco, was lately found dead in his room on
a pile of rags. Evidence of his owning
twelve thousand pounds in the English
| funds was found in the room.
WHILE chopping wood near Napoleon, o.,
on Monday, Thomas Palmer was struck by
falling tree and instantly killed. He was
a single man about 21 years old. man
| by the name of Marcus Combs, at Exeter,
Ill, on Sunday stabbed Nicholas Heigh, a
saloon keeper, inficting ghastly but ,I not t
fetal wound. Combs thinking he had killed
Nicholas, and fearing the retaliation OF the
law. renaired to his room and suicided by
taking morphine. Sunday, at Red
Bluff, Call, one Pearce shot through the
window of house of ill-fame, and killed
Nellie Brooks, and wounded the man with
her, named Perkins, who i'll turn shot Pearee
dead and was arrested......In Chicago on
Monday morning J. F. johnson, workman
in Richards planning mill, was instantly
killed by being caught by belt and drawn
around rapidly revolving shaft. Both
arms were torn from the body and he was
otherwise horribly mutilated.
F THE Farwel1 block, Chicago, occupied by
j. V. Farwell & Co. and Henry W. King &
; Co., wholesale dry goods, was damaged by
fire on Tuesday night to the extent o
$4,000. Loss to stocks by fire and water
probably $40, ,000.....At Cleveland, OHIO, OF
z,
& Co., the -four and feed store of Low Gal'
and two barns, were destroyed by hre
Seven horses, two mules, and five buggle
were burned. Loss $40 900. No insurance
......The trial of Chas. Wallor, for the mur
der of Henry Taylor, both colored men, Il
Cairo, Ill, last October, resulted in the con
viction and sentence of Wallor to ninety
; nine years in the Penitentiary. ......J eremlal
; Collier, an old man who was convicted at 81
Louis two weeks ago for killing his wife las
# November, is to be hanged......A giycerln
still in the establishment of Schneider
Co., Chicago, exploded on Monday night
:. killing Henry Hanfeld, who was in charge
. The South.
e WILLIAM MARDIs, a farmer, aged 70, nea
q Saloma, Taylor county, KY, was killed b
. lightning on Monday. The bolt cam
: through the roof and passed down his bod
from head to foot......At Frankfort, KY, o
= Monday, during the storm, lightning struc
the house of q man named Martin, KILN
= his child, and seriously injuring his wilt
!, = Much damage was done in that vicinity D
. the great rise in the streams, washing ava
a saw mills and bridges.
r AT Wilmington, n c., Calvin 0xendine
the last of the Lowery gang in custody, wa
!, acquitted on Friday of the murder of sheri
e Kinghe, by proving an abb, but the test
mony was believed to be perjureG-
II J. D. LlcKERD, proprietor of the largesav
: mill on the river above Columbus, KY, ws
i drowned on Monday morning by the owe
- turning of canoe in the breakwater nes
the mill......A desperate attempt was mac
by mob of twenty-seven disguised men O
e Thursday morning, to capture the Jail {
J. Clinton, Hickman county, KY. The jailc
IA resisted, and the citizens gathering droy
q the mob off. A murderer, named CUNNING
= ham, is confined there, and two men charge
with rape. The mob asserted that the
wanted to lynch the latter, but the citizel
as believe they were confederates of CUNNING
N ham seeking to release him.
ID THE International Typographical Unic
y meets on the Sd of June, in the hall of Il
a. House of Delegates, in Richmond, Va. II
n Exchange Hotel is selected as the hea
quarters of the delegates, and arrangement
are being made for the proper reception
Sc the members of the Union.
~ TFlt Washington.
Il. THE Secretary of the Treasury Transmits
- bill to the House on Wednesday with re
g. concentrations that it pass, providing for Il
Nv appropriation of $6l ,164 to reimburse Tres
rie urer Spinner forlosses incurred by embezzl
90 ment, etc. tat
The President has signed the act grantil
right of way through the public lands
II the construction Of a railroad from Gre
al Salt Lake to Portland, Oregon. T
ng House Judiciary Committee is engaged up
he bill providing for the election of postma
ID, ters...The first of the new Civil Servi
ht rules, whica are now being prepared by t
lr- Commissioners, will provide that, hereaft'
e. fidelity to the Union shall be prerequisi
le, to any appointment to Office.
ns MAJ ]. W. POWELL was before the Hou
Committee on Appropriations on Tuesda
=. asking for an additional appropriation
'es continue the exploration of the Colora
ed river. The committee after hearing stat
.c- ment relative to the value of these
ay searches, agreed to allew $4,000 for tt
nix summers work.. Senators Chandler a.
ks Terry appeared before Secretary Boutw
lie, on Tuesday thoroughly demoralized ov
the report that the Chicago Relief bill a
to mitted manufactured lumber, such as doc
- blinds, etc free of duty, and only exelud
'9 raw lumber. The Secretary informed the
ay that the question was without precede,
ler but such was his opinion, that articl
di- which entered into buildings and were L
n known as raw lumber could be admit