The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-06-05

Dawson) were killed.
TEE MOOSE OF HEMP-sPHERE.
At Sacramento on the 29th, Troy Dye,
formerly administrator of Sacramento county,
and his partner in crime, Edward Anderson,
were hanged for the murder OF A. n. Tullis,
last August.
BROKER SENTENCED.
VIM. Gray, we'll known in Wall street
ten years ago, and recently returned by Eng
land on the charge of raising" bonds, has been
sentenced tn ten years in the State prison.
CASUAL.
FATAL coNYLAaRAIIoS.
About two o'clock on the morning of
the 29th the Washington House at Hagerstown,
Md, was discovered to be on Ere. Before an
alarm could be given the fire gained such head
way that the flames rushed up the stairway,
completely cutting of all escape. There were
upwards Of sixty persons on the register, be-
sides regular boarders, nearly all of whom
were compelled to escape by climbing down
the porch pillars. Several Of those who es-
capped in this way sustained serious injuries.
by falling. One man made . rope of his bed
clothing, and attempted to escape that way
from the fourth floor. The rope broke n he
reached the third floor. and he in now lying
in . very critical condition. A child Of the
agent Of the Cumberland Valley railway,
while climbing down the porch from the fourth
floor, fell, and il supposed to be fatally in
jured. Two bodies have been found in the
ruins burned to . crisp. One Of them 10 L.
Troxell, of Cumberland, and the other one is
unknown. There are six persons missing. sup
posed to be burnt and in the ruins. Fifteen
persons are injured seriously, from falling,
and about twenty slightly injured.
HOTEL BURNED.
IT, Hoxo1 OF Honorcfnrp
Md, was destroyed by fire on the night of the
18th. Before an alarm could be given the
flames rushed up the stairway, completely cut
ting off all escape. There were sixty persons
in the house besides regular boarders, nearly
all of whom were compelled to escape by climb
ing down the porch pillars. Several of those
who escaped in this way sustained serious injur-
les by falling: child OF the agent OF the
Cumberland Valley railway while climbing
down the porch from the fourth floor, fell and
is supposed to be fatally injured. Two bodies
have been found in the ruins burned to
crisp, one of them is L. Troxell. of Cumber-
land. There are six persons missing, supposed
to be buried in the ruins. Fifteen persons are
injured seriously.
A CRAZY TENOR.
At DAYTON on the 18th 7. c. Packard,
the celebrated tenor of the Carl Rosa opera
troupe, was found deranged, and WAS taken to
the station house, where his identity became
known and friends were telegrsphed. He had
on his person when found jewelry and money
ard other valuables to the amount of several
thousand dollars. He left Boston about
week ago for CINCINNATI and was to be mar
ried in few days to Miss Julia Gaylord, the
leading soprano of the Rosa troupe, who re-
turned from Europe with Packard . few
months ago. His condition is regarded ~
critical.
ANoTHKR CYCLONE.
At five O'Clock on the evening of the Goth
Q cyclone swept across the country three miles
north of Bolkow, Mo-, tearing down houses, up
roofing and twisting of trees, and destroying
property Of all descriptions. 1t moved in .
circular motion with . velocity Of sixty miles
per hour in . northeasterly direction, and
when several miles east of Barnard suddenly
disappeared. A track of territory half . mile
wide was devastated by the whirlwind. The
full extent of damage has not yet been ascer-
tanned.
TIE YIRK RECORD.
The large packing house of S. and D.
A. Brown, in East Toledo WAS destroyed by
FIRE on the 3Oth. Loss es,0OO. A large saw
mill owned by A. J. Miller, at Miburg, Ohio,
was burned on the 30th, also . dwelling and
near Harrisville, Mich. On the afternoon of
the 3Oth in Detroit. . fire caught in the roll
ways Of r. A. Alger 4 Co.. containing some ten
million feet of pine logs. and will probably de-
stroy about three million feet.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
An investigation into the death Of II.
II. Ellis, farmer in St. Clair county, on the
night of the I'D, supposed to have been caused
by Jack Mcmahon, Shown it Was accidental,
the gun being discharged while Mr.. Ellis had
his mouth over the muzzle and foot on the
hammer. Ellis had just learned of his daugh-
tiers criminal intercourse with Mcmahon and
started to kill him. Just before he reached
the house the fatal shot occurred.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
The.through express train east over the
Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railruad on the night Of the 9Th ran into .
rock ut . point three miles west Of the confiu-
ence. An engineer named Pntchard, and .
tramp named Boyle. who was riding between
the Baggage ca and tender were killed. The
fireman and . tramp named Magras were in
jured. but not a-riously.
FIRE IN wrAxporT.
At about four O'Clock on the morning
of the 18th the city Of Wyandott Vas aroused
by the alarm of fire, which proved to be .
building on Minnesota avenue owned BY
Cochran and barbour of New York. The
building was completely destroyed and the
loss estimated 1t about 5000
prsousIISe DkArHs
Nine children drank from small stream
near Newark, Vermont, on May 2sth. The Va
ter had been polluted by the carcasses Of .
horse and several sheep, and were poisoned,
from the effects Of which seven died soon after
their bodies becoming putrid and demanding
immediate burial
COTTON ooysCNKp.
A loss Of several hundred thousand dol
lars Was caused by FIRE in State street New
York on the 9Th Several houses and . very
large number of bales of cotton contained in
the houses were burned
AYoCfHYrL SUICIDE.
A lad about fifteen years Of age, living
With his bfother-in-lau. Mr.. Burns. near LeI.
ington, No. suicided BY hanging hims~h on
Friday. Nay sd.
pEcAPfrafEp.
A man named Patrick Collins was rur
over and killed by . switch engine 1t SedAlia
| On the 18th. Collins bead vas severed from
his body.
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