Jamestown alert., 1879-06-26

vanced toward her and was shot above the
heart. The woman then shot herself in the
left breast. The woman's wound is not con-
sidered dangerous. Mrs. Tomlinson claims
the shooting of her husband was accidental; !;
he claimed that it was deliberate Mr.. Tom
linson is man of considerable property.
ATTEMPTED SHOOTING IN COURT.
On the afternoon Of June II, at Mem
phis, Tenn. during the trial of John j.
O'Brien for the alleged seduction OF Miss Liz
zie Voss, and while defendcnt was testifying
as to his innocence of the crime, Miss Lizzie
rose from her seat near her coun sci, and walk
ing toward the defendant said, "You villain,
you murdered my father, and now you want
to ruin my reputation" As she ceased speak
ing, she drew pistol from her dress pocket,
but before she could fire it was cought by the
deputy sheriff, who wrestcd it from her. Il
was mentioned in dispatches last March that
her father, Henry Voss, had committed sui
eide on learning Of his daughters disgrace.
The suit now pending is for $1,000 damages,
and was brought by deceased
BRIGHAM YoUNG's ESTATE.
A Salt Lake telegram Of June Is, says
Amelia A. Young, the nineteenth wife of the
late Prophet, Priest and King, Brigham Young
June IA, made application for the appoint
ment Of a receiver and for an injunction to re-
strain the executors Of the estate of Brigham
Young from further performance of duty,
laiming they have improperly made away
with about one million dollars of the estate
The executors are George @. Cannon, Albert
Darlington and Brigham Young, Jr. The
Third district court has appointed United
States Marshal Shaughnessy and Mccormick
banker, as receivers. The estate is claimed to
be orth two and half millions. About one
million is said to have been returned to John
Taylor, trustee of the Mormon church, by the
executors of Brigham Young's will.
PRINCE NAPOLEON SLAIN.
Reuters dispatch from Cape town, dated
June s, via Madeira, states Prince Louis Ma
polcon, prince imperial of France, accompa-
MED by other officers, left Col. Woods camp
to reconnoitrc. The party dismounted in
mealic field, when the cnnemy crept
upon them and assailed the
prince, killing him. His body was
recovered. The London Times correspondent
writing from Itclzi Hills on the I'd inst says:
The body of the prince imperial was discov-
cred in field of long grass. There were no
bullet holes upon it, but there were seventeen
wounds made by assegai thrusts. The body
was found stripped and his clothes had been
taken away. Dispatch from Cape Town June 8,
says news of the death of the prince imperial
cast gloom over the city. All flags are fly
inc at half mast.
WELCOME TO VANDERBILT.
June Is, William II. Vanderbilt reached
New York in the steamship Brittanic from
his four weeks trip to Europe. A party of
over $50 persons of the employees of the New
York Central & Hudson River road, accom-
panied by number of invited guests, met
Mr. Vanderbilt on the steamboat before the
Brittanic reached her pier. Chaunccy M.
Depew welcomed the railroad king in a char
acteristic speech assuring him that "thc boys
had kept the machine running in good order
since his absence" AS proof that business
had suffered no detrment, he alluded to the
fact that the Lake Shore and Northwestern
were blooming in the stock market while the
New York Central & Hudson River touched
120 the day before" Mr. Vanderbilt protests
that his visit to Europe had no business signif-
cance whatever, that it was not made to cX-
tend his dominion or strengthen his bonds as
railroad king" but purely as a pleasure ex-
cursion for recreation solely T..
CLOUD BURST.
Dcadwood, D. T. telegram of June Is:
INV ri cF 11p
Buffalo Gap Thursday evening, obtained from
passengers this evening, show that the water
commenced rising abodt o'clock in Beaver
Creek and a mile this side Of Buffalo Gap sta
ton, on the Sidney stage road and about
miles from Dcadwood. Near the
banks Of the creek were camped a party of
nine persons from Mill county, Iowa, four
from the Black Hills, and Montgomery Bros
and Clark's freight outfit, loaded with 10000
pounds, principally crushing machinery, which
was nearly all destroyed and scattered for
miles around. The wagons with one excep-
ton, were also, destroyed, and only a few
mules were saved. Nine persons were drown
ed, whose names were given in the previous
dis patch. -Four bodies have thus far been re
covered. The water covered a space forty
miles wide and subsidcd within two hours
after the rise. Fragments of wagons, ETC.,
were seen three to five miles from the scene of
disaster. All the creeks around this hill are
unusually high
A BURGLAR SHOT.
Last week several burglaries were COM
mittcd in Owatonna, Steele county, Minneso-
ia. The suspected parties reached Rochester,
Minn Saturday noon, June 14th, and were
pursued by an officer Early Sunday morn
ing, one Of the suspected burglars was de-
scribed to Marshal Kalb Of Rochester, who
Immediately commenced search for him, and
found him at the Norton House and arrested
him He quietly submitted TO the arrest, and