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 onc-half of the village
Queens, L. l., burned the morning OF the 30th
ult. Loss 900.
Wm. Jones, resident of Cleveland,
Ohio, unmarried, was killed on the afternoon
of the 29th viii 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 SEN
fenced to he hanged Dec. 18th, the same day
as his accomplces
AT Athens, Ohio, on the 10Th, the
house Of q colored man took fire and burned
during the absence of himself and wife, three
young children perishing in the flames
o. 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 tear 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 %, killing both
instantly
The floods in the vicinity of Sheffield.
Eng, have done immense damage to property.
Many collieres 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.
A terrific storm of wind and rain
passed over Little Rock, Ark, on the evening
Of the 3Oth ultt, prostratng the telegraph
wires in every direction and unroohng several
houses in the city, including tie State House.
Near Clayton. H., Mr.. Taylor, Thurs
day morning, lay down behind log and imi-
tated the wild turkey call His neighbor 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 for
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 and
paid.
Sr. Lindcrman. director of the mint
estimates that by the Virginia City FIRE the
supply of gold bullion will be cut OFT to the ex-
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,
coo bushels of wheat, owned and shipped b,
Chicago parties. She was valued at from $50,
600 to $50, 900. Vessel and cargo fully insured
Extensive and destructive fires ar
raging i'll southern Kansas, along the line 9
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. u. StIick
land were playing eroquet recently in Titus
Vile, Pa. Mr.. Strickland made misplay an
letulanty threw the mallet after the ball, bc
it caught in his coat sleeve, changing its al
rec,iou so as 10 strike Mr. Benton in the ten,
pie, causing SIN efusion ei bloot which re
suited fatally in . lew hours