The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-11

en- quarrel at Genoa junction, small
station on The Kenosha & Rockford
Raiirosd, few miles north of here,
!, last evening, Pierce striking Haw-
thorne on the head with q blunt in
strument, killing him instantly.
Plymouth, Ind, Nov. so.-An in
toxicated man was run over by the ae.
commodation train near Columbia
City. and killed Instantly, shout &
o'clock p H., on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago railroad.
On the 2Bth of November promi-
nent merchant and respected citizen
of this (Dc Witt county, DR. Greene,
committed suicide by jumping into a
cistern on his premises The doctor
had been drinking very hard, and was
afflicted with something like delirium
tremens at the time of his fatal jump.
He leaves wife and two children.
Farmland, Ind, Nov. 30.-Last
night VIM. Burners, who had all day
been drinking and quarreiing with
every one he met, especially with his
family, took up a double barreled
shotgun, and while his wife was sitting
with her babe in her arms, shot her
through the head, killing her instantly.
He was arrested and taken to Win
chester. He says the shot was acct
dental. He came near shooting her
once before, when he was drunk, with
the same weapon. aeu~0
Little Rock, Ark, Dec. A sad
affair occurred here last night, in the
death of Billy Bangh, bartender,
who threw himself from third-story
window Of the Capitol Hotel.
1t seems young Baugh, who was
well regarded here, had been drinking
to excess, and suffered tormcnts for
many hours previous to his last rash
act, but had almost recovered from
his spree.
Greenville Independent, of Deem
Der 8: We learn very serious diff
Guilty occurred at Lone Oak, in Hunt
County, Texas, on last Tuesday, be-
tween John Sullivan and his friends, in
which pistols, knives, shot-gnns and
quirts were brought into requistion
with very serions results. Our infor-
nation is that John Sullivan is shot
twice, perhaps fatally; Green Blanken-
ship, Isaac Wallace and another party,
whose name VIC did not get, are each
SHOT once, neither of them dangerous
ly, and JAS. Wallace cut twice and
perhaps shot once, thought to be fatal;
and others are considerably bruised up.
Our information is that they were all
| drinlsing.-Galvesto News.
Yesterday morning j. Farete and
Chas. Lawson, while out hunting in
the swamp about one hundred yards
from the Oakland Park, came across a
colorcd man living face downward in
the water. Ff 9
| They Immediately carried thealmost
lifeless body to the roadside, and gave
an alarm which attracted Peter Fran
cisco, an aged colored man to the
scene and he identified the dying man
as his son Thomas. Every effort was
made to resuscitate Thomas, bnt with
ont success, rs he expired soon after
he was removed from the swamp.
pepnty Coroner DIR. Driefus viewed
the body, and from his investigation
it was discovered that death had re-
suited from drowning. Thomas was a
heavy drinkcr, and it is supposed that
while returning home under the infu-
ence Of liquor he fell in the swamp
and was SO stupid with drink that he
was powerlcss to move, and laid 10 the
water until found BY She hnnterss-N.
O. Times.
William Chanley, while under the
influence of liquor, was run over yes
terday evening by float driven by
John Curley, at the head Of Gravier
street The driver hailed the unfor-
tunate man, but Curley was unable, to
check up his team The wounded
man was takcnto the Charity Hospi-
tai, where be died Of his wounds this
/ morning. Cnrley was locked up in
the harbor station.--N. O. City Item,
December z.
Schnlenbnrg, Tex, Dec. Co. oung
Miss Hafford, daughter of a farmer
living near here, committed suicide by
poison, for the alleged reason that her
brother was a drunksrd.
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