Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
/ WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.

wife of George Lynch, n respected citi-
zen Of Berkeley, Texas, died some
weeks ago, leaving M infant. Lynch
had seven other children, the oldest,
Clemie, being Il years of age. On Fri
day night the family retired rs usual,
the lamp being lett burning iii tile main
room. At midnight, the father was
awakened 10y Il pistol-shot and ball
striking him in the breast. lie sprang
up and saw masked man IN the mid
die of the room pointing Il pistol at
him. The assassin fired again, the ball
entering beneath the collar-bone.
When he recovered consciousness lie
found himself lying in a lane outside Of
the premises The assassin thinking
Lynch was dead, seized Il Ratchet
and put the children, who We're witness
ses, out Of the way; he assaulted
Clemie and buried the Ratchet i'll her
head he also crushed the skulls of three
other children, and then set fire 70 tine
house. The distracted father saw the
burning house fall in ON the bodies of
his eight children; the bodies We're after
ward eNhumed, and 1T the inquest the
Ratchet wounds were discovered upon
the skulls of the children. 1t is thought
that Lynch will recover. Ayoung man
named Boatware, with whom Lynch
had had difficulty, is suspected of the
crime.
HORRIBLE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
An Oil City, Pa, special of the 10th
says: Between 12.md | o'clock Sunday.
magazine containing 20 pounds of
glycerine and 15 pounds of dynamite,
located at the Curtis farm, two miles
south Of Bradford, exploded with ter
rife force, instantly killing Andy r.
Higgins, j. b. Burkholder, \. b. Pulyer
and Chas. 5. Page, who were horribly
mangled and scarcely recognizable.
The remains of the unfortunate men
were found on different points about
the magazine, and at distances from it
varying from 80 to 100 feet The cause
of the explosion is unknown. Not one
Of the party who were present are left to
tell the story On the night of Aug. Sth
burglars endeavored to open the maya
zine by inserting glyccrine into the
lock and firing with Il fuse. The at
tempt failed, and the explosive stuff re-
manned in the lock. Last Sunday night,
Sept. Sth, another attempt was made TO
burglariae the safe and disarrange the
lock. Pulver and his friends were try
ing to open the safe, and it is supposed
in so doing fred the glycerine in the
lock- The accident has created pro-
found sensation, and hundreds of peo-
pie have visited the shocking scene.
&c 1SIp l. Of al
ing We're strewn over the ground.
A DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
A terrific storm swept over portions
of Ohio and the lakes on the 18th inst.
A special from Toronto, Canada, says;
Rain has fallen in this vicinity without
cessation since Tuesday, and last night
it eliminated IN 4 perfect
deluge Dispatches from yari-
Gus points of the country
describe it as the most severe wind and
rain storm that has visited this part 81
the province since 1851. A number of
bridges and culvcrts have been carried
away on the Great Western railway be
tween Toronto and Hamilton and on the
Grand Trunk between Toronto and
Georgetown the washouts and damage
are equally as great. The Nipissing
road has also suffered severely, bridges
and embarkments being carried away
at number Of places. No trains on
any of these roads have left the city
since last night, and the prospects are
they will not be able to run before Mon
day. The Grand Trunk is open east,
but trains are greatly delayed.
a Cleveland dispatch of the same
date says, On the lake the damage
was great. The well-known passenger
steamer Pearl, plying from Putin bay
to Buffalo, had on Tuesday night Il large
load of Buffalo exursionists on board,
and, being alarmed at the high sea, put
in at Fairport, thirty miles east Of here.
1t was tied to moorings, and steam was
down. In some way the moorings
were broken to-day by another barge
passing too near, and being perfectly
helpless, it drifted seward. 1t had reached
a distance Of nearly six milesout before
steam was up sufficiently to bring her
ashore, and, when this was done, she
was found considerably injured One
person was drowned, viz, the fireman,
named Scott, residence at Oberlin.
She is now thought to be safe from fur
ther damage.
CoSTEsTING 4. r. STEWARDS WILL.
4 New York special of the 18th says:
The contest over the will Of the late Az
L. Stewart has entered upon 4 new
phase. The proposition OF the contest
ants is that Mr.. Stewart was not in his
right mind when the viii was made,
and that document is the result of I'M
due influence and fraud. Alexander
Stewart, the old Vermont farmer whose
name has hitherto figured at the head