Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-09-19
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
4 WHOLE FANILY MURDERED.

4 WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.
The following account of a most hor-
rible murder is given in dispatch of
the 10th from Houston, Texas: The
wife of George Lynch, d respected citi-
cen of Berkeley, Texas, died some
weeks ago, leaving an infant. Lynch
had seven other children, the Oldest.
Clemie, being II years Of age. On Fri
day night the family retired as usual,
the lamp being left burning in the main
room. At midnight, the father was
awakened by pistolshot and a ball
striking him in the breast. He sprang
up and saw 9 masked man in the mid
die of the room pointing pistol at him.
The assassin fired again, the ball enter
ing beneath the coIlar-bone. When
he recovered consciousness he found
himself lying in a lane outside of
the premises. The assassin thinking
and put the children, who were witnes-
ses, out of the way; he assaulted
Clemie and buried the hatchet in her
head; he also crushed the skulls Of three
other children, and then sat fire to the
house. The distracted father saw the
burning house fall in on the bodies CT
his eight children the bodies were after
ward eXhumed, and at the inquest the
hatchet wounds were discovered upon
the skulls of the children. 1t is thought
that Lynch will recover. A young
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 II and l o'clock Sunday,
a magazine containing 20 pounds of gly-
cerine and Is pounds of dynamite, To-
Gated at the Curtis farm, two miles
south Of Bradford, exploded with ter
rife force, instantly killing Andy P.
Higgins, J. B. Burkholder, n. B. PuIver
and Chas. S. Page, who were horribly
mangled and scarcely recognizable.
The remains of the unfortunate men
were found Oh different points about
the magazine, and at distances from it
varying from 90 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 maga-
zine by inserting glycerine into the
lock and firing with fuse The at
tempt failed, and the explosive stuff re-
manned in the lock. Last Sunday night
Sep. s, another attempt was made to
burglarize the safe and disarrange the
lock. Pulver and his friends were try
ing to open the safe, and it is supposed
III so doing fred the gIycerine in the
lock. The accident has created a pro-
found sensation, and hundreds of peo-
pie have visited the shocking scene.
Fragments Of flesh and shreds of cloth
ing were 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
perfect deluge. Dispatches from
various points of the country
describe it as the most severe wind and
rain storm that has visited this part of
the province since 1851. A number of
bridges and culverts 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 embankments 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 ableto 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 large
load of Buffalo exursonists on board. |
and, being alarmed a. the high sea, put
in at Fairport, thirty niles east of here. |
Here it was tiedto mornings, 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 seaward. 1t had reach |
ed distance of nearly six miles out be-
fore steam was up sufficiently to bring
her ashore, and, when this was done,
she was found considerably injured. !
One person was drowned, viz, the fire
man, named Scott, residence at Ober-
lin. She is now thought to be safe
from further damage.
A TERRIBLE DEATH.
A Nashville special o. the 18th says a
terrible calamity occurred here at 2 A. /
N. Carl Groves, a distinguished ex-
confederate soldier, vas burned to
death He was recovering from a bad
case of yellow fever He had been
pronounced convalescelt. DIR. Hay
wood had discharged him as needing
no further attention. Late yesterday
evening he showed unnistakable aber- !
ration of mind. On haring this, his
brother went to him, and found him
dressed and about to leave the house.
He was forced back to led. He quiet
ed down at 8 P. NJ, and seemed to have
| recovered his mind. The brother left
the house, and a muse in care of
Groves, with instructions to 60 for help
| if he became boisterou5 md unmanage-
able. At 1 o'clock A. NJ. Groves lost his
reason and grew wild. The nurse went
for help, and in his absence .he Bender
| son residence, IN which Groves was