The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-03

| lasl saturday. Fitzhugh & Stewart admitted
| time, Mr.. keene's loss would have been very
| large. The total amount OF losses sustained
| by various houses, is estimated at S2Ou,UUJ.
| CISCINNATI, December 26.-The failure OF
Meter & Co.. OF New York, does not involve
| in any way the Cincinnati firm, OF Season
good, Meter & Co, who have been mention
ell. They have no connection with Meter *
Co., Of New York. Mr.. Jacob SeasongOod
| makes the following settlement:
"Gabriel and Albert Meter left the firm OF
Srasongood, Netter & Go.
FOUR YEARS AGO,
and since that time have had no connection
whatever with Ses,>on.O od, Meter a Co., al
this city. ia sOb Meter, fttlicr OF u lbriel MI
| Albert, was a member of the CincInn ali firm
| up To tn. day OF his deaih, TIRE years ago,
| and Was, IN no manner, CONNECTED with Net
t.r & Co., of New York. Mr.. METERS name
was continued in the Cincinnati firm out OF
respect to his mem pry."
The ii IN OF seasongood, Meter K Co., is one
of the strongest in this city.
ST. LOUIS, Decembpr 25.-Between one and
| two O'Clock this morning, ,haS. Ky berg, a
wiper in he shops Of the indianapolis X st.
Louis railroad, at EasI st. Louis, attempted
TO murder his wife while lying in bed, a.! eep.
He struck her four heavy blows on the head
with pOtatoe masher, rendering her inSen-
sible. Thinking his wife dead, he shot him
self just back of the right temple with a
| small derringer, but this not producing
THE DESIRED RESULT,
he cut two large gashes across the left wrist,
severing the tendens and arteries, from " hicn
the blood flowed copiOusiy. Soon afterwards
Mrs. Ry be Z recovered her senses and lou ii
n r husband lying, insensi bic, on the floor,
and 10y great effort she aroused the neighbors.
DOCTOR WAS SENT FOR,
and the wounds of both attended to. Naith-
er are supposed to be fatally hurt. but Ry berg
i, in a critical condition from the great loss
of blood. Mrs. Ryberg attributed her hus-
b ,nd's act TO temporary insanity, caused by
= o.. he.
two or three similar attacks, but III neiihe {
of them did he commit any violence.
CHEYENNE. December 26.-Express train
No and freight train No collid I'd one N, lie.
east of this city AT four O'Clock this afternoon
A dense fog prevailed al the time, and neith-
er saw the other approach until they We're
within 100 yards OF each other When Engi-
neer Weeks, on the express, discovered the
freight approaching, he at once
REVERSED HIS ENGINE
and applied the air brake, when he and n is
fireman jumped, the fireman receiving no in
jury, while Weeks ESCAPED with a dislocattd
ankle. On the freight engine Were Michael
Mcguire, engineer, and Michael Callahan,
fireman, the latter of whom was killei in
stanty and the legs OF the former cut of. and
his death occurred two hours later. Conduc-
tor Curtis, OF the freight train, was on the eu-
CINE, and jumped,
SAVING HIS LIFE.
The trains were neither moving at more than
I N miles per hour. The engine OF the freight
was badly wrecked. The passenger engine
was less damaged, and the train behind was
very little injured.
The express messenger was thrown from
end TO end of his car. The responsibility rests
on train dispatches Lougdon who II is said
realized his failure To hold No. for No. TOO
late To stop her.
DEADwooD. ID. T.. December "a man
named Edward Trimpy went into the Peal
saloon this morning and there became
engaged IN a dlspute about some missing
money with Kitty Sparrow, better known
among the sportikg fraternity Tricks"
The quarrel finally resulted in the shooting
Of Trimpy by ..rric $" The bail striking
Trimpy on the right cheek near the nose aud
passing through TO the back of his head. The
wound Is considered fatal
WASHINGTON, December 2.-Lieut. Walter
WALTON, assistant inspector life saving ser
vice on the North Caioiina coast makes his
report in relation L. the loss Of the Huron
showing tina Evan ONcill, a fisherman of
Mays Head, discovered the ..Huron' coming
ON shore at l:;30 A. NJ. on the morning tnA
disaster occurred She dHfted and pounded
along on the outer ed 81 OF the bar, and finally
struck broadSide on her head. Shouts and
screams Were heard
ABOARD THE STRANDED VESSEL.
He saw rockets go up, followed by burning
signals from end To end, 80 that even the
light rigging and men could be plainly seen.
A boat on the st,rboard side full of men dis
appeared when the foremost fell. The shout
ing and screaming continued, and in about
an hour and quarter after he first discuv-
cred the ship The sign iling 'ased and all was
u"i sheh "Shi NUM-, "t hi>
breakfast, and dad not rrturn to the wreck
until after sunrise. He knew where the
keeper Of the life saving station lived, only
two miles and a, half distant. He had "a good
boat, a free wind to go and return Inside of
Roanoke Island, and yet he remained silent
and Indifferent Tor three hours.
THE REPosT CONCLUDES
IL Is shocking 10 record that out Of ninety-one
',S'ie "u ', a 1871 ,st, vi mioan mTie
deemed n rel C by relatives Of the dead
n,a,,.,, .ng 49, t,,,1r 80, ri 80,
siri,,H.d ~ nv those VIM, fi-si a9n,d IN. hodi
les n, thew were washed up. Good evidence
is sound in The cas-. of Iirutenant Simons
whose third and fourth fingers OF tine Jeff
hand had been scratched and souged by the
body robbers i'm their haste to secure their ILL.,
gotten booty
NEW YORK. December 2.-Some ljpbt has
n, i..I h.n f1r,,xrn nnon tna NH, M. I,idj,,s,
Mac ~ ON nsSsioner Nurnhy Tnday s,,
nneri nfendenr WAITING received a disi,arch
from the police authorities of Buffalo, stating
thai "a check on the Pacific bank for $1,000 by
Owen Murphy had been sent by the manager
of the consolidated bank of ~. Catherine.
Canada, TO the farmers and mechanic b INK.
intend, mt Walling infers that Murphy j. AT
81 Catherine. Ii is also understood that the
friends of Murphy in this city admit having
tina; he intends opening communication with
the city authorities with vi W TO bringing
about a compromise, and that he will return
New 1OTk.
NEW YORK, Dccemoer "a receiver was
Today appointed Tor the Peoples SAVINGS
bank. Liabilities, $40 V0; assets, sla0,rO,
The Post says the amount oil ioaiIs 10 which
Meter & Co were surety, was not far from
-3,UDV0. The coliate al can all be obtained
al a cost to the osners OF from tlo"v To sav,-
90, Tor which Meter q Co. Will be RESPONSE
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!e, secins 70 kho" !" OH.
NEW YORK, December 21.-It Is now report
ed in Wall street that the losses by the faii ure
of Meter & Co., will amount to nearly $780,
co. Ex-Judge Dittenhoffer, counsel Tor the
firm rvceivei-a dispatch, to-day from friends
of the N-tter., in Cincinnati, stating that
friends had started for New York to arTainge
the affairs Of the firm.