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and instantly Killed By boarder named

ana Instantly Killed By boardor named
ssmuei Smith, during & quarrel about the
settlement Of board bill. The murder is
said 10 have been committed without any
jnstifable provocation, the landlord being
shot in the back OF the head while walking
away from his assailant. The murderer is
only p years of age, son of a wealthy stock.
dealer. He Is under arrest.
William Baldwin, colored, was hanged i'm
Miller County, Ark, ON the Sd, for the muir
der OF negro woman named Melissa Phil
lips, in October last.
Gov. Nichols, of Louisiana, has signed the
MOtett Register bill.
The Illinois Republican state Convention
VIII be held at Springfield on June aeth.
I Hon. Henry NJ. Darnall, Jr., of Gayoso,
4 Pemiseot County, Mo-, was deceived from
his home across the river into Lake County,
/ Tenn, on the evening Of April q, and bru
tally murdered by William Shearer. The
latter had formerly been tenant of Mr.
DarnalPs, but about week previous 70
the murder he moved over into Ten
nessee, from whence he wrote TO OAR
nall, saying he was almost dead Of hem
orrhage OF the lungs, and requesting him
20 come and see him. Darnall was shot by
Shesrer as he was getting out Of his boat.
! The murderer fed, but was pursued and
o' ertaken the next day, and while trying to
escape from the custody Of the Sheriff he
was fred upon and killed. 1t Is reported
that Shearer confessed that he had been
hired by another party TO kill Darnall. The
latter was about 81 years Of age, a farmer,
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sembly Of Missouri
At Charlottesville, Ind, on the Sd, two
young men, @. r. Bailey and @. T, Dedse,
both students Of Wabash College, boarded a
freight-train for Lafayette, and seated them
selves on tho box-car attached to the loco
motive. When a short distance out of town
/ the coupling pin broke, and they were both
! precipitated under the wheels. The whole
train, consisting of about 90 cars, passed over
/ them, mangling them into an unrecognizable
mass of flesh and bones. The heads OF both
/ were found 30 yards Off from the rest of the
bodies. Bailey's parents live at Carlinville,
ILL.,, and Dodge's at Fair Haven, o.
A shooting affray occurred in Little Rock,
Ark, on the 5th, between Mai. John ID.
/ Adams, editor OF the Gazette, and Col. J.
/ n. Smithee, editor of the Democrat and
! State Land Commissioner. Seven shots
| were exchanged at short range, Colo
mel Smithee receiving bullet
through the right arm and another in the
hip, which placed him hOrS de combat. Mai
Adams had the brim Of his hat pierced by
one Of his antagonists shots, but sustained
no bodily injury. The latter was arrested
and gave bail. A newspaper controversy was
the cause Of the difficulty.
The first Congressional election of the year
will be held in Oregon, which State chooses
its member OF the House Of Representatives
on the first Monday in June, as well as a
Legislature which will elect a United States
Senator to succeed John NJ. Mitchell. The
Democrats carried the State in 1874 and also
the last Legislature, which sent Gov. Grover
to the Senate, but the Republicans won in
the Presidential election by little over 900
majority.
Gen. John NJ. Buckley, of Milwaukee,
formerly Assistant Attorney General Of the
United States, committed suicide on the
night Of the 9th by drowning himself in the
lake. He left several letters addressed to
different parties, the contents of which show
conclusively his intention to take his life.
The immediate cause of his rash act Is at
tributed to mental alteration brought on by
domestic troubles. Gen. Binckley's family
consisted of wife, from whom he was sep
arated, and four children, all Of whom are
now in Knoxville, Tenn.
portable engine, used for hosting ice
out OF barge into an e-house at Memphis,
Tenn, exploded its boiler, on the 9th, kill
ing Tom Hoist, the engineer, and seriously
injuring several others.
Contracts have been let by the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company for
the construction Of the first 100 miles OF its
New Mexico extension.