Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-01
WEST AND SOUTH.

WEsyT AND SOUTH.
The st. Louis German Protestant Or
phans' Home, located a few miles west OF
that city, was entirely destroyed by fire on
the 18th. There were about go children in
the institution, all but one of whom, a boy
named Eugene Lang, were rescued from
the burning building.
A Democratic mass meeting was held at
Louisville, KY, on the 18th, at which 80
counties were represented. Resolutions
were passed, declaring a full belief in the
election OF Tilden and Hendricks, and in
dorsing q call for a National Democratic
Convention, adopted by the Ohio meeting.
The business portion Of Prescott, Ark,
was destroyed by fire on the morning Of the
18th.
Mr.. Charles Collins, Chief Engineer of
the Lake Shore Railroad, committed suicide
at his home in Cleveland, on the 10Th. Mr..
Collins had been connected with the Lake
Shore Road for the past 80 years. 1t is sup
posed that the terrible disaster at Ashtabula
so preyed upon his mind that he became
partially insane, he being, to a certain ex-
tent, held responsible for the safety Of all
the bridges on the road.
Two South Carolina negroes, one a DEM
ocrat and the other a Republican. recently
had q duel al Fair Bluffs, in that State.
Each fired four shots; one was wounded
three times, and the other once.
The Board of Supervisors OF San Francis
co have commenced taking testimony in re-
gard to alleged fraudulent registration and
illegal voting in that city at the recent cleo
tion. -
W. H. Rhodes, a photographer Of Quin-
cy, ILL.,, was found in a dying condition in
his studio, about 7 p. IN. on the evening Of
the ed. He had been terribly beaten, his
skull being broken in three places, and
there were evidences OF a desperate strng-
gle having taken place. Robbery is sup
posed to have been the cause of the murder,
as the victims pockets were turned inside
I out. @.
sqAie boilers in a steam saw-mill at Ink
Bayou, nine miles northeast of Little Rock,
Ark, exploded on the ed, killing three
men-two white and one colored-and in
juring severely several others. T-.a asza
The arrest, OF Miles Ogle, the celebrated
counterfeiter, has been followed. by the
capture in Cincinnati of q large quantity Of
we'll executed counterfeit bank-note plates
and about 40, 900 bogus 50-cent pieces. 1t
is said that Cgle 'ssquealed'' to the detect
ives and revealed where the stuff was Sc
creted. s. 49,
At Gentry Settlement, Saline County,
Ark, on the night OF the 23d, two ONE
Mrs. II. 7. d. Taylor and Mrs. FL. Stauer,
the wives Of respected planters, were mur-
dered in cold blood, robbery being the pre-
sumed cause. They were stopping at the
same house, their husbands having Comet to
Little Rock with produce. fe 80
Col. S. D. Childs, President Of the South
Carolina National Bank, Of Columbia, mas
made an affidavit denying the Statement,
made by Beverly Nash, Republican Elect.
or, before the Congressional investigating
committee at Washington, to the effect thai
he (Childs) attempted to bride him (Nasb,
to cast his vote for Tilden.
Sheriff Manning was shot and killed by s
desperate named John Fretwell, at Austin,
Miss, on the 23d. Fretwell was q relative
OF Manning's wife, and had recently beer
pardoned out of the Penitentiary through
Manning's efforts. The murdered escaped.
Judge David Davis was elected United
States Senator from Illinois on the 25th,
The contest was decided on the fortietf
joint ballot and the eighth days joint SEES
sion OF the Legislature. The vote was
Davis, Dem. and Ind.), 101; Lawrence.
(Rep.), 81; Haines, (Rep.), 3; scattering.2
The recently reported massacre of The
members Of a wagon train of 20 men, be,
longing to Yankton, by the Indians on tn,
Black Hills route, is entirely without foun
dation.