Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-04

Washington City has been visited by
cyclone:
Thomas CaHagl1ah was asrestesi Mon (
day, charged with killing his mother, in /.
New York Saturday night.
Mr.. Sachestader killed Lizzie George
in thicagO, Friday night. She claims To
have done il in sclf-defenee.
Saturday was observed in New York 10y
the Goethe club a, the one hundred and
twentw-Sixth anniversary Of Goethe.
Mr.. and Mr., sartori>. their child
Jesse Grant, sailed Saturday from New
York for England.
Rev. Isaac Denman, well known B1p-
tiSt preacher, eighty, years old, was run
over at Lodi, Indiana, Saturday, and xiii
ed.
Colonel George Hancock, an aged and
respected Kentuckian died at his home
near Louisville Saturday.
Jas. B. Mclrcary, Governor elect Of Ky,
was inductcrl into office at the State Capi-
tOl on Tuesday last.
William Coward wis struck on the head
with a crOquet mallet few days ago by
George Conner, at SimpSOnviilc, Ken
lucky, from the effects Of which he died
Monday.
Colonel Edward W. Longstreet, Of the
suspended firm Of LOhgstrect & Dcnni-
son, leather dealers, Of Syracuse, y. Y,
suicided Monday.
s. Giles, the Ascending postmaster
Of Prescott, Arizona Territory, has been
arrested at st. Thomas, Nevada, and sew
en- thousand five hundred dollars recOv =
cred.
failures all along the line. Lee Il Shep-
D Farfh ffaI Of kaNF
York, threw up the sponge on Tuesday
last. Ditto, on the part of Union Adams,
a ClOthler of New York.
\ Protestant shot and killed Catholic
at Columbus, Ohio, few days ago. They
were engaged in religious discussion at
the time. This is tine result of the effort
on the part of the Ohio Republicans to re-
yivc the Know Nothing fever Of 1854.
Monday, ct HOpkintUu, VI s., boy
named Morris Ryan, aged Is, started down
stairs with 4 loaded gun intending TO
shoot a cat, when his sister Mary, aged
10, who desired to save the cats life
caught her brother by the shoulder TO pull
him back. At the same time two other
sisters, younger than Mary, came to the
/ head of the stairs. In the scuffie between
| Morris and Mary the gun went of killing
| Mary and one of the other sisters. The
4 third sister was wounded i'm the arm, and
Morris was wOuded in the leg. The moth
I er is a widow.
! CAIIFoRNI4. --On the 20th ult. the Bank
! of California stopped paying checks.
! At O'Clock in the afternoon repreSen-
] tativesOf the press met in the residents
! office of the bank, when the following
/ written statement was read:
OFFICE OF THE BANK OF CAL!FoRNIA,l
Aug. 20, 1879
! Tho rPrustaa are rpjer the v,af,,fttI no.
ccs>ity of stating to the customers of the
bank, and TO the public, that the bank Is
compelled to suspend business at this mo-
! ment, and, without reports from its agen
cies, arc not prepared to make a statement
as TO the situation of the bank, but are
! now examining its interests critically,
and will, at the earliest possible moment,
max definite report. BY order of the
! Trustees.
lSignedl S. +. RANKIN, SeC'y.
! On the next day about ten minutes at
/ ter o'clock closed carriage drove rap
idly to the side door Of the Bank of Cali
fornia, and a gentleman jumped out la d
state of excitement and ran into the bdak.
In response to inquiries he said he had
Just left the body Of Mr.. RalstOn in charge
of am officer ON tile bsach, near the smelt-
ing works, in the north part of the city
| drowned.
From the best information, it appears
he went to a a-bathing establishment
ut the North Beach, about 3 % p. M, un'
dressed, went into the water, swan about
200 yards, disappeared behind vessel
and soon after his body was discovered
floating by the Selby Lead Works. He
was brought ashore still alive. Physicians
were summoned, but their efforts to re-
suscitate him failed. He died ut ten min
uteS to o'clock. Col. Fry, his fdther-in'
law, Mayor Otis, and Il number of print
ncnt citizens arrived before he expired,
/ Col. Fry and Capt. Lees went to the
bathing house and obtained MIR. Ralston 3
I clothes. In these were found few dol
lars and his statement to the bank, bat
nothing having tendency to show that
he committed suicide. The body was con
vcycd to No. ,Sl2, jackson street, the res
/ idence of Col. Fry.
4 boy named Festus Mazzelc states hC
saw Dir. RalstOn before he reached tho
bath-hOuse; saw him sit OF clay bank
near the smelling works; saw him teal
up several papers and throw the pieces
into tile water. Close search was made
for the pieces, but none could be found.
He is reported also TO have been seen e
drink the contents of phial before going
into the water. The general impression
i that he took poison before entering the
water.
The Bank of California of which Mr.
Ralston was President, had a cash CAPT
tai of 81 100000, and was thought to b'
one Of the strongest in the United Sta Is
Its failure has severely effected similar
institutions in California, hut it is said
that the banks in other portions of the
country have not been crippled by it.