The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-22
ON THE TOMBIGBEE.
Their Willy Way of Losing Muir.
dererS in the Woods.
Sad Score Of the Sins and Sorrows that
Daily Beset Us.

upon whom the cowa.uiy crlhie was hAeu
without question, were pursued ana hnally
run down in the neighborhood of Epes 2'a-
ton, on the Alabama and Great Western
Railroad. Their captors started to return
with them, but reached Demopolis, the
county seat, without them, and upon being
questioned they answered, with suspicious
SMILE that they had lost the two darkies in
the woods. No efforts have been made TO
find them.
WEARY OF THE OLD LADY.
MORRIS, ILL, Aug. 22.-Henry McBain
was arrested yesterday for making muir
derous assault upon Mrs. Laura Phillips,
his mcther-in-law, highly respected lady
of this city. McBan drew revolver and
fired one shot, the ball passing through the
fieshy part of her right arm.
DOSE FOR HORSE THIEF.
JACKSONVILLE ILL, Aug. ga horse
thief was shot and fatally wounded upon
the premises OF Johnny Sayre last night.
The thief, who gives his name as Pete May
berry, was in the act of taking a valuable
animal from the barn.
SHOOTING POLICEMAN AT LARGE.
SULLIVAN, ND, Aug. o. Yesterday Geo.
W. Leach arrested John Clark for an al
legged outrage. Clark broke away to escape,
when Leach fired at him three times The
first shot killed Henry Fry, Leach's best
friend; the second passed harmlessly be-
tween two young ladies, and the third hit
Clark in the back, inAicting fatal wound.
Leach has been placed under bonds.
ARM LOST IN A THREsIER.
SUyMAN, IND, Aug. 22.-Adam Boss had
his arm caught in threshing machine cyl
inder yesterday evening, about three miles
west Of here. 1t was horribly crushed and
will have to be amputated near the shoul-
der.
NEXT TIME HE'LL WALK.
MADISON, IND, Aug. 22.-George NJ. Row.
linson, of Milton Township, in attempting
to get into street car yesterday afternoon,
had his pockets rfed OF over $50 in money
and number of valuable papers.
THE NAUGHTY PEDAGoGuE.
FREEpoRT. ILL, Aug. 22.-Yesterday
school teacher named Il. S. Campbell, was
arrested upon complaint of Mary Bollin-
ger, beautiful girl, that Campbell seduced
her under promise OF marriage, and had
deserted her The girl was formerly one of
his pupils. Campbell was admitted to bail
in the sum of $1,000. ..
ADAY's DISASTERS AT DENVER.
DENVER, Col, Aug %. Yesterday John
Rethmans house, on Platte River burned
down. The cradle burned, and an infant
child was terribly injured before it could
be saved.
P. s. Oatman of this city, cattle trader,
was thrown from his horse on the plains
and killed
Jacob Bauzeter swede, became entangled
in his lariat rope, up the Platte, and was
dragged quarter of mile over the ground.
He was bruised to death.
OLD LADY BADLY INJURED.
EVANSVILLE, Aug 22.-Mrs. Heck, mother
OF Professor Louis Heck, of Sells Brothers
Circus while walking on the Baltimore &
Ohio track in the Eighth Ward, last even
ing, was struck by freight train, knocked
a considerable distance, and dangerously, if
not fatally, injured.
HAVE You LOST HAND?
DAYTON, O., Aug. 22.-The police are ex-
cited here over human hand, dried and
whithered, which was found last evening
by some children playing in an alley back
of Conductor L. B. Aliens house. 1t is the
left hand Of woman, with long fingers
and narrow, taperng nails.
LOST BOTH HIS LEGS.
National Associated Press to the Star.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 22.-George w. Wat
son, aged fifty years, an inmate of the Sol
diers Home, while crossing the railway
track last evening was run over by loco
motive and had both of his legs cut of.
KILLED By A.THUNDERBoLT.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22-Mrs. Jacob Marks, a
milk vender, who lives in Lake View, north |
of Chicago was instantly killed by thun-
derbolt this morning while straining milk
in the basement.
FIRE AT NORMAL, ILL.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Aug. 22.-Fire de-
stroyed the elevator of Thomas Helmut, at |
Normal, last night Loss $1,000.
HOTEL BURNED AT REHoBoTH BEACH.
REHoBoTH BEACH, DEL, Avg 22.-The
Surf House at this place caught fire at |
o'clock this morning, and in short time |
was reduced to ashes. The Surf was one of |
the largest hotels on the beach, and was |
owned by the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meet |
ing Association, who built it in 1872 at a |
cost of $1,000.
The buildino was croUded with ouost. NJ |
The time, and SO fierce and rapid was tie
advance of the flames that nothing was
saved, and some of the inmates barely es-
capped with their lives The total amount
Of insurance is $40, 900.