The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-09-21

found near him, with three chambers empty,
and a trail of blood showed that he had
wounded one or more of his assailants. He
had been in Fort Wayne attending the fair,
and had large sum of money, which he
paid out, however, before starting for home.
Officers are now searchiug Tor the MUIR
derers.
A few mornings since, the Vandalia pas
senger train going east, ran over man on
high trestle, near Terre Haute, killing him
instantly. A curve hid him from view until
too late. He was an old soldier, going TO
the Soldiers Home at Dayton. No blame is
attached to the road...... George Grimm was
lately lodged in Jail, at Bucyrus, Ohio. His
crime was that he got drunk, and, after
beating his wife, killed his baby
with a wrench, to make it keep quiet......
Dennis Conner, Waterman in the Chicago
and Alton Railroad yards, at East st. Louis,
while examining trains recently, discovered
seven tramps curled up in freight car
containing merchandise. He ordered them
to be quiet while he examined the car to
see if any goods were missing, but they
made a dash, got outside, and Started to
run. He called upon them to halt or he
would fire, but no attention being paid
to his command, he fred, shooting one
through the heart, killing him in.
stantly. Another was captured, who said
that they came down from Alton in the car
and had no intention of stealing anything
The Coroner's Jury justified Corners act,
and he was released from eustody.....O
September ii, ut eight o'clock y. M, two
masked men boarded the Utah Central
Railroad, eight miles north of Salt Lake,
gagged Wells-Fargo's messenger, opened the
safe, took fifteen thousand dollars, and made
their escape. Officers started in pursuit.
Notcs from ABROAD.
Dervish Pasha's attack in the southeast,
Wednesday, the Sth, was made by several
columns, which crossed the Zefa and Mo-
ratscha. When rspulsed, portion of the
Turks were cut off from the fords. They
were driven into an angle between the two
rivers, and pushed into the Moratscha,
which runs between perpendicular, rocky
banks. The Turkish artillery was Intellectual
to check the pursuit, and the slaughter was
great. Eight hundred Turks were left dead
on the field and upwards of a thousand
were drowned. The Montenegrins lost
three hundred killed and wounded. 1t is
stated that the party in the Turkish Minis
try favoring severe conditions in settling
terms with the insurgents, has gained the
ascendency. 1t is said the Porte has refused
to suspend hostilities until Servia accepts
lto COnoitioh iOi PCoSOt WhiSh SohPiioO viz
demolition of the fortresses at Belgrade and
Semendria, and the limitation of the Ser
Wan army to twenty thousand men.....A
dispatch says: The First Secretary of the
American Legation at Madrid has requested
the extradition of Tweed, and he will con.
sequently be handed over to the American
authorities.
The Star and Herald, Of Panama, just re-
ceived, says: An attack was made, the Goth
of August, on the residence of ex-President
Pardo, of Peru, at Lima, and before the dis
turbance was quelled, the troops fired on the
mob, killing four persons, and wOunding
several others. The Union Club, whose
members are supposed to be partisans of the
exHresident, was wrecked previous to these
attacks. The mob sacked the store OF
Wrexel, DeGrass u Co., taking from it arms
valued at $4,000 soles."".....A great fire oc'
CURED in Caravas, causing the destruction
of property valued at 5000 soles..........A
terrible shock of earthquake was felt in
Lima and Callao, at about 1:20a. M, the 10th
ult. Beyond creating great alarm and crack.
ing few walls, no injury was done. The
United States of Colombia have been de-
clared in q state of siege. Disruption OF
the country is feared. The army is to be
raised to 10000 men.
The London Post conspicuously invites
attention to the arrests of Turkish officers as
evidence that the Porte is taking eifectual
measures to show its adherence of the un
authorized and deplorable acts in Bulgaria
1t says: "We may feel confident that Lord
Derby's and Mr.. Elliott's earnest interpo
sition has not been without effect in securing
the punishment of the guilty and the RELIEF
of the sufferers. ma telegram from Malta
announces severe shock of earthquake al
Messina on the 18th September, creating 6
panic, but no material damage was done
Some houses are reported damaged at Riggio