The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-19
Western and Southern States.

William Davis was executed at Lockhart,
Texas, for She murder of Dolly Hudspeth
October 20, 1873. He acknowledged his guilt
from the scatfold, and suffered death without
evincing any emotion. A large crowd wit
messed the hanging.
A dispatch from st. Paul, Mimi, says that
Ma or M. A. Reno, who, two years ago, was
court-martaled Tor offensive oondect toward
a woman, and whose sentence mitigated
by President Hayes, is again in trouble Tor a
similar offence, the victim of the insult this
time being the wife OF Post-trader Farnshaw.
Major Reno was drunk at the time. General
Terry has declared court-martial TO try him
to sit at Fort Meade 1t will be remembered
thaC Major Reno was in command OF troops
near Custer when the latter and his force were
mas>acred.
A house. toulouse inspection has been com
menced at Memphis under the auspices OF the
national board OF health.
AS the two hundred hands-mostly boys
and girls-employed in the cracker and candy
mandatory OF j. F. Corle & Son at Kansas
City, Mo. were returning to work from dinner
one oil the walls of the building suddenly fell
in with terrible crash, burying in the ruins
nearly one hundred persons. Then the rest
OF the walls gave way in rapid succession.
| From within the huge, tumbling wreck issued
| the terror-stricken occupants, who mingled
| their screams and shrieks with the crash OF
/
had the house fallen before the ruins took fire.
| The furnaces were in full blast at the time of
the accident and the dry building material was
| like finder. In the meantime the scene within
and about the building was terrifying in the
extreme. In the second story about thirty
/ girls were cut off from the stairs by timbers
blocking the doorway. They ran to the win
dows, and before any one could stop them
SC veral had jumped to the ground, receiving
| terrible wounds. At last the door to the
| stairway was battered down and the girls were
released, but not before eight persons had
been killed and several more badly injured.
The accident is supposed to have resulted
from the heavy stock on hand causing the
| walls 10 crumble. The building was three
stories in height, but OF brick, and was erected
| in 1862. 1t was considered perfectly safe, and
had been in use by the Me5srs Corle two
years.
Governor Bishop, OF Ohio, has sued the
| Cincinnati Gazette Tor libel, claiming $50 ,00C
damages for falsely charging him with cor
rupt bargain and conspiracy to obtain control
OF the Cincinnati police board.
G. plain Hall, and a squad of rangers and
several citizens, anticipating attempt to
/ plunder one Campbells store, in Atascosa
4 county, Texas, concealed themselves in order
| to capture the robbers. During the mig five
| men rode up and entered the store. Two oil
them secured the clerk, while the others be-
| appeared and demanded the surrender of the
robbers The latter, however, fired on the
| rangers, wounding one citizen. Halls men
returned the fire, killing one robber, MORALLY
| wounding another, and slightly wounding q
third. The others escaped.
AS train was crossing the iron bridge over
the Missouri river at st. Charles, Mo-, the
west span OF the main structure suddenly gave
way, precipitating seventeen cars loaded with
live stock, caboose and seven men in the
river. The engine and one car, with the con.
ductor, engineer and fireman were saved by
the breaking of the connection between the
cars. -Four men were killed and three Sc
verely injured. The damage done to the
bridge is estimated at 5000; value of thu
cars and stock at about $25,t00.
The business part of Napoleon, Ohio, tow1
OF 1900 inhabitants, has been destroyed By
fire. Loss, 100000.
The steamship Arizona, which sailed from
New York for Liverpool with 800 souls OF
board, ran into huge iceberg with terrif
force and stove in her bow. Fortunately tn
vessel remained watertight and was able Il
. put into st. Johns, Newfoundland
!, On the night OF the Champion disaste
another Charleston steamer-the Falcon
bound to that port from BaItimore-was ruI
into off Cove Point by the schooner s.
Tryon and sunk, but fortunately no lives wer
, lost.
At Cincinnati few days ago cattle pc
belonging to Perrin, Calf & Co. was destroye
, by fire, and $50 head OF cattle were roaste
alive.
. The town of Strasburg Mo-, has been al mos
5 completely destroyed by cyclone.
Regulators" are reported as extendin
, their organization through portion OF Ken
lucky and threatening all judges and attorney
with summary treatment it they hinder Q
!, legal technicalities the trials OF any person
Q in custody Tor ieonies Since the hanging
!. Kendall ,snd McMillan at Martinsburg, Ellio
:. county, the regulators are increasing in nortl
i east Kentucky, and are said to have enrolle
: 1900 of the better citizens OF that region.
In Lancaster county, N. c., Mrs. Jam'