The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-14
CIITES AND CASUALTIES.

son were burned to death in Little Rock
the other day by a coal-oil accident.
Mrs William Hill, of Dayton, Me,
was recently fatally burned by her clothes
catching fire at a stove.
Capt. Henry c, Small, his mates and
all the crew of the bark Edmund Phin.
ncy, of Portland, Me-, recently died of
cholera at Akyab.
Frank P Hobart, of Brookline, N.
H., while chopping in the woods few
days ago was caught between two falling
trees and crushed to death.
Jacob Wieschrod, aged twenty three
years, was instantly killed at Wheeling, a
few days ago, by the bursting of a grind
stone.
"A four-year. old son of George Howe,
of Girard, Mich, fell from a scatfold in
his fathers barn, the other day, and was
almost instantly killed.
DR. n T. Tilford, of Grayson County,
Tenn, was killed a few nights since by
falling over cliff about sixty feet in
height, while returning from visiting a
patient.
AT New York, the other afternoon,
Alfred Pickard in a fit of jealousy bound
his wife to char in which she was sleep
ing and then disfgured her face by a
free application Of vitriol.
Mrs. Daniel Capen, of Windsorvillc,
Conn, over eighty years old, was terri
bly, and probably fatally burned the other
day by her clothes taking fire from a
stove.
"A day or two since little son of
Bir. Kane, of the township of HaZeton,
Genesee County, Mich, while playing
with some matches, got his clothes afire,
and was burned so badly that he died.
"A defalcation of some $50, 900 has
been discovered in the Farmers National
Bank, of Annapolis, Md. This is the
same bank which was recently defrauded
out of about 100000 by its President,
George Wells.
james Robinson shot and killed
negro named Henry Tuyman, at Midway,
KY, few nights since. He claims that
the negro snapped pistol on him. Ten
days previous he shot and dangerously
wounded another negro.
Frederick j. D. Rumpf, a hitherto
ACSlJCG1Cu NltiLNu VI 4NGNd l IA, ~ d.,
whose business was that of private
banker and broker, has left for parts un-
known, and it is alleged that 100000 or
more Of funds belonging to contiding
depositors has also disappeared.
Mr.. John Miller, living near Wynn
vile, in Blunt County, Ala, was most
foully murdered in his own house the
other evening. He was literally chopped
to pieces with an AK. The incentive to
this horrible butchery is supposed to
have been money.
w. D. Edison, a New York bank
lock expert, testified at the examination
of Scott and Dunlap, the Northampton
{Mass) bank robbers, the other day, that
he made wax impressions of the keys in
1875 and gave them to Scott. Dunlap
and Scott were held in $500, 900 each for
trial in June.
w. Maxwell and son, aged sixteen,
stock men, latterly of Stuart, Iowa, To-
Gated in Colfax County, New Mexico,
were murdered a few days since by a
negro who has since been captured at
Trinidad, Col. Robbery was the proba-
Die cause, as Maxwell was supposed to
have had money with him.
In Davis Township, Mo, John Tyler
had tried unsuccessfully to pay his ad-
dresses to daughter of Philip Ayre.
lie persisted, and was forbidden the
house. The other evening he went to
the residence of Mr.. Ayre, and on being
ordered out of the house threatened to
kill the whole party, whereupon Mr..
Ayre shot and killed him.
Nick Crenshaw was shot and killed
at his home, near Independence, Mo,
the other evening, by Henry Carthey.
The latter went to Crenshaw's house,
called him to the door and fired load
of buckshot into his body, killing him
instantly. Domestic trouble was the
cause of the tragedy. Carthey surren-
dered TO the authorities.
An attempt was made to rob mail
car on the New York Central Road the
other night The robber entered the for
ward compartment, and, being discov-
cred by the clerk a fierce encounter fol
@owed between the two. The other
clerks, hearing the noise, rushed in,
whereupon the robber jumped from the
train.
!. N. Meade, saddler, was killed on
the street at Memphis the other night by
a blow from brick. Billy Montgomery,
who had been with him during the even
ing, was arrested and held for examina-
ton on the charge of having killed him,
he having been found supporting Meade's
head Montgomery says the brick was
thrown by a negro with whom the de-
ceased had some words about jostllng
him ON the sidewalk.
"A desperate gang of burglars and
incendiaries made descent upon the
little village Of Madrid, st. Lawrence
County, n. Y, few nights since. After
blowing open the safes of the Gage
Brothers and Horseford, they stole a span
of horses, set fire to the Gage Brothers
dry goods store and escaped. This, with
Robinson's dry goods, McCormick's
clothing, Bartholomew millinery, the
postoflice, Smiths shoe shop, Cranston's
dwelling, and other property were