The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-04-21
Weine.dax. Aprn "a.


An explosion OF a boiler yesterday
morning in the gingham mills, at South
Adams, Mass, killed three men and IA
tally hurt two others.
The Spanish official dispatches of the
18th instant. report the defeat Of the
Carlists at Talosa, with 100 killed.
The grocery store of Alden Thayer, at
Clinton, Mass, was destroyed by fire
yesterday. Mra g. w. Dinsmore and
family who occupied rooms over the store,
were burned to death
A dispatch from Vineyard Haven,
Mass A., saws the residence of Philander P.
Clifford was burned yesterday. and his
sick wife. being unable TO leave her room,
persisted.
An unknown man was yesterday run
over and killed by the cars near Union
depot. at indianapolis Al the time of
the accident the deceased was walking on
the Union track, and, although warned
by the brakeman, he either did not hear
or failed to heed the warning. and four
cars passed over bis body, MASKING it to a
jelly.
At New Orleans. William Lawrence, a
negro, convicted OF entering house with
q dangerous weapon at night, in January
last, was sentenced by Judge Braughn
Friday morning. II being q capital
crime, the sentence is death. Williams
received the judgment without any exhi-
bition Of fear. and maintained sIolid ex-
preston of couutenaLce.
One day last week, while Mr. John II.
Rollins. Of Leesburg, Va, was engaged
- - he L.
whata t first appeared to be whitish.
looking stone. bat which upon examina-
ton. proved TO be q petryfsd bird Its
Apecies is not easily determined. but il is
supposed TO have been a swallow. The
beak, breast, wings back, &C., of the pet
rifed substance are fully developed, and
it bears Q striking resemblance to picked
bird. ~
By steamer Mikado we have Australi.
an fadvices to March Is; Auckland l9.
The steamer Helen McGregor, on her
voyage from Grafton to Sidney, struck 8
reef on which the steamer Urara was
lost remained on the reef an hour, float.
cd OF and sank Ia deep water. Tie pas.
sengers and crew were saved in boats, ex
cspt one boat-load ofeight persons, which
was lost There are no hopes Of the re-
covery of'the missing boats OF the steam
er GottenbuIg. lost in Torres straits Feb
ruary Is. Only twenty-five of the pas.
sengers and crew were saved. All the of
hcers were Lost. ..-..-.--
On the morning of the 18th ult., Mr..
james Busick and Solomon Durham, en-
grants IRON Illinois, were killed BY Indi-
ans near the old rancho of Dan Willis, in
4cCulioch county, Texas, while out hunt
ing their horses. Busick received seventeen
and Durham eighteen wounds, all but
onsseenlingty made with lances or spears,
the latter having one gunshot wound
Mr.. Busick had leff his family at Mr..
Riley Dswson.s, in Lampas county, while
he, with his father-in-law, Mr.. Durham,
could 20 farther west and secure q home
for them. The citizens of McCulloch
gave them Christian burial. p.
In the spring of 1866. a. man named
Park Martin, q citizen ofCaroline county,
Va, mysteriously dissppeared-he hav-
ing been traced from Richmond, where
he had been on visit, back TO his own
county. As it was known that he had
gold and silver coin on his person, some
supposed that he had been murdered.
The mystery was cleared up last week, by
the finding of his skeleton in the bushes
at Reedy Mile, on the Mattaponi, and it
lie now believed that Martin was drowned
at that point in 1866. in his attempt to
cross the river. az. the river was swollen.
snd Martin when last seen en- route was
intoxicated. The parties who found the
body also found at the same spot, in the
sand. gold aud silver coin OF about the
value of$l50. -.
Pete Mccartney, the leader of the re
Gently captured gang of counterfeiters,
while being conveyed to Waco, Texas,
by Deputy United States Marshal OCal>
ishan, and detective Duckworth, succeed
ed in making his escape ct Bremond, on
the 1th inst. The party arrived there
Tuesday evening. and were awaiting the
departure Of the Waco train at 6 o'clock
p. N The shackles were removed from
the prisoner 10 allow him to breakfast,
and upon the return to the room which
they were occupying they were not again
put upon him. he having thrown himself
upon the bed. and was apparently asleep.
Mccartney, taking advantage of this sur
cease Of guard, decamped. A reward of
six hundred dollars has been offered.