The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-10-09
CASUAL.

w. y. Anderson, station-agent and
operator 1T Fayette, Mo-, shot himself on the
street, near the Merchants hotel, about eleven
o'clock Friday night. The ball entered his
breast near the left nipple. He spoke after
shooting himself and said that he did it him
self, but could say nothing further. he had
been drinking heavily and it il reported had
lost heavily at faro and other games.
At 2 o'clock Friday morning FIRE broke
out in the National Hotel, 6hakopee, MIMI, q
large three story structure in the heart Of the
city. The flames spread to the roofs OF small
buildings in the same block, and all were con-
sumed. help Was summoned from St. Paul
and the FIRE was kept from spreading to val
liable business block.
A FIRE Saturday morning destroyed a
portion Of Marsh harvester works At Plano
iii. Owing to the isolation of the place par.
ticulars are hard to obtain, but the loss will
| fall inside of e30,O0O. Insurance small.
fire at Joliet Saturday night burned Murrc
photograph gallery and damaged several 9th.
Their buildings. Loss, $4,000; partially in
| sured.
By collision between a gravel train
and the Blue Line freight on the Philadelphia
and Reading road several miles west of Potts
tswn, on Saturday morning, Isaac Prizer, con
ductOr of the gravel train, WAS instantly kill
ed. Alexander Young, . repairman, was Also
killed, and Daniel Dsvidheiser was badly in
jured.
The mangled body of James Hefferman
conductor on the Indianapolis and st Louii
railroad, was found early Friday morning neal
Witt station, west of Terre Haute, on the l. d
Ct. L. r r. It is supposed he fell through be
tween the cars on his train. BE died while
being brought to Nation.
Just before reaching the landing at Ca
nal street, New Orleans, cotton on the New
Matches took fire. The passengers were land
ed and three hundred bales Of burning cottor
thrown overheard. The boat was slightly
damaged, and the cargo damaged $4,000
George and William Sappington
brothers, residing at Fort Wayne, Ind, vert
quailhunting Monday morning, William
| ing the neck of George ut the base of the brain
causing instant death.
An accident occurred on the ship ORIENT
1t New Orleans, caused by the giving way Of
Ia hawser bv which the vessel Was being towed
Edward Hanson, . seaman, and William Hall
| . stowaway boy, have since died of the injur
ies they received.
At st. Paul Friday, Thomas Divinney
Q middle aged man threw himself over bluff
ninety feet high, above the river bank. anc
was crushed to death by the fall. No cause j,
assigned, perhaps An accident.
The north wall Of J. P. Evans & Coz
oil mill, Indianapolis, fell down, causing {
loss of probably $4,000. A very large guam
tity of aaxseed was stored in the building.
Michael Hall, residing near Winthrop,
was run over and killed by the accommoda-
ton train ON the X. c., st. ]. 4 G. B. railroad
Wednesday near Silver Lake.
James T. Hankinson, former saloon
keeper, ut Chicago, but recently out Of work
took morphine with suicidal intent, and died
in his bed Tuesday night.
Thomas Dodson, a coal-wheeler at the
Brown Station Mines, Boon county, was drown.
ed by the capsizing Of boat in which he and
three boys we're sailing.
At Massillon, O.. Monday, man, aged
40, named A. Campbell, while gathering nuts
fell from tree, distance Of fifty feet, and
was instantly killed.
George II. Tryon, Of Littlefeld town
ship, Mich, while irving to extract . ball
from . rifle, accidentally discharged it, killing
him instantly.
Henry A. Hall, a well known rubber
manufacturer, committed suicide at Bridge
port Tuesday afternoon, cutting his throat in
bath tub.
Anton Lamotte grocer, corner Center
avenue and LArr1Oee Btreet, Onic1gO, nuu8
himself during Tuesday night. Cause, domes-
tic trouble.
At Milwaukee, Wis, lightning struck
the elevator of Angus, Smith 4 Co., Saturday
forenoon, and set fire to it. The loss is about
$4,000.
During FIRE on West Fortieth street,
New York, Mrs. Schwab and son were prob
ably fatally injured by jumping from win
dow.
The boiler of threshing-machine near
Manchester, Iowa, exploded Monday, killing
one man and fatally injuring two others.
Peter Bowman, Of Glasgow. No.. had
both legs crushed by passing train, in At
tempting to board it while in motion.
The United States practice ship Mime
sofa broke from her moorings at Newport Har-
Dor, and went ashore ut Fort Adams.
J. Morton Boehm, telegraph operator,
was accidentally drowned in the Bayou Dcs
Allemands, At New Orleans Friday.
l George Smith. shoemaker. committed
suicide in New York police station on Mon
day night.
l Paul Nicoud died of heart disease on a
Missouri Pacific train near Pleasant Hill Fri
day.