The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-11-08
THE NEWS RECORD
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

Lycurgus, Archbishop Of Syria, Greek
Church, is dead.
Nearly one-half Of the village
Queens, l.. l., burned the morning OF the 30th
ult. Loss $4,000
VIM Jones, resident of Cleveland,
Ohio, unmarried, was killed on the afternoon
of the 29th viii e engaged in coupling cars.
Charles Weston. the third of the col
ored murderers of Weisburg, the Jew peddler,
was convicted in New York, the Goth, and sem
fenced to pe hanged Dec 18th, the same day
as his accomplices.
At Athens, Ohio, on the Goth, the
house of colored man took fire and burned
during the absence OF himself and wife, three
young children pershing in the flames
@. S. Hubbard Of Omaha left that city
a month ago to collect some money due him.
in Sanders county, since which he has not
been heard from and his friends fear foul play.
A train Of cars on the Lake Shore rail-
road, on the eth, near Quincy, Mich, ran
into wagon containing man named Norton,
aged 81, and his mother, aged 65, killing both
instantly.
The floods in the vicinity of Sheffield,
Eng, have done immense damage to property.
Many colleries and iron works were flooded,
throwing thousands OF operatives temporarily
out Of employment.
Besides the three killed outright by the
locomotive explosion Monday on the Lehish
Valley railroad, two others have since died,
and OF the twenty or more wounded it is
thought several will die.
~ nd nd IN
passed over Little Rock, Ark, on the evening
OF the 30th ultt, prostratins the telegraph
wires in every direction and unroofng several
houses in the city, including tie State House.
Near Clayton, ILL.,, a Mr.. Taylor, Thurs.
day morning, lay down behind a log aud imi-
sated the wild turkey call. His neghbor Worts
was also hunting turkeys and saw just enough
of TAYLOR to shoot at. The latter was seriously
wounded.
A grand jury at Washington has FOL
some days been investigating the connection
OF Gen. Negley, late Congressman from Pitts
burg, with the Witowski claim which was re.
Gently Struggled through the treasury ane
paid.
.>r Linderman, director of the mint
estimates that by the Virginia City tire thu
supply of gold bullion will be cut Oft to the eN
tent ofone million per month for four months
and the supply of silver bullion one and ;
half million per month for the same length o
time.
The schooner La Sale, one of the fines
vessels on the lakes, went ashore and wa
wrecked Two Rivers Point, Lake Michigan
the night OF the 25th. She had cargo OF 20,
600 bushels OF wheat, owned and shipped b,
Chicago parties She was valued at from So,
600 to $4,000 Vessel and cargo fully insured
Extensive and destructive fires ar
raging in southern Kansas, along the line Q
the Fort Scott railroad At one place il
Cherokee county, the ties on three miles Q
track were burned. Tie fire caught from
locomotive, and At last accounts had swep
over miles OF country, destroying houses
fences and crops.
Reuben p. Benton and j. d. Stlick
land were playing eroqaet recently in Titus
vile, Pr. Mr.. Strickland made misplay an
Ietulanty threw the mallet alter the ball, BIZ
it caught in his coat sleeve, changing its al
rectiou so as to strike Mr. Benton in the ten,
pie, causing an etfusioa CT bloot which re
suited fatally in Few hours.