Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-07-17
Los ANGELES. SATURDAY MORNING. JULY II 1880

by which thievish tramp and two
citizens lost their lives. j. w
Myers, a farmer living in that
county, found, upon returning to
his house from the fields, that il
had been plundered in his absence e.
He Immediately gave chase and
ran the thief down In Scott county,
Missouri, where he was stopping
over night at the house OF Mr..
Kimberlain, and soon had him COW
cred with his rifle. The tramp said
he would surrender, but five Sec
onds latter drew a pistol, while his
captor was off his guard. and shot
him through the heart. The tramp
then escaped back into Arkansas,
where a Sheriff and eight men
finally ran him down at the
house of an old man supposed
to be his father. They sur
rounded the house and, when
he appeared IN the door, opened
fire, simultaneously, causing the
dust to fly from his cloths, but not
fatally wounding him. He return.
ed the fire with pistol in either
hand, and while they were RELOAD
ing. took to the fields. The posse
followed him and, firing another
volley, brought him to the ground
apparently dead; but when one of
the party, n Mr.. Jones, went up to
take look at him. the fellow
pointed his pistol at his head and
fired, Mr.. Jones falling back dead.
The desperate soon after expired.
He is believed to have been concern
ed in many dark deeds of late in
this section.
N"sters roiissc.a.
CHICAGO, July 16.-The Demo-
Gratis of the Fourts enth District
have re.nominated A. J. Sparks for
Congress. The Iowa Democratic
State Central Committee have de-
cided to hold o convention on Sept
ember q.
Forest fires TO New BruaswieH.
ST. JOHNS. N. B., July 16.-Fires
are raging along the line OF the st.
Johns, Maine and European and
North American railways, through
to Mattowankeag. Wednesday
night the fire swept the railroad be.
tween Cook AMI Harvey stations,
and burned the bridge across the
Lyons stream. 1t was repaired SO
that trains yesterday morning
passed over.
Protest sgNi..t IL si~,as. WG sbe
Prsoce Imperial.
LONDON, July 16.-At a public
meeting last night protest was
entered against tho erection in
Westminster Abbey of statue OF
tue Price Imperial.
M"r- Treub,s ~ CsbDi.
CABUL, July 16.-Abdurrahman
Kahn has crossed the Hindoo Kosh
with a small following and arrived
at Tutondarra.
The Albanian. n onte.t Ksnu la"s-
tuiii~s.
SCUrARI, July 16.-Tbe Alba
MAN leaders secretly decided to
take the offensive some days ago.
Sunday night last seventy clans
men were sent by circuitous
route to fall on the rear Of the
Montenegran position near Colon.
busche. On Mond ~ morning they
surprised the picket of sixteen
only six of whom es-
capped, and they badly wounded.
A simultaneous attack was made
on the Montenegran front and sew
enty clansmen returned to camp
with thirteen MonteDegrans heads
and about twenty rifles and am
munition cases. A mountaineer
just arrived reports u renewal of
the attack at Blementi, near De-
vosi. He says that twenty-eight
Montenegran heads, three of them
officers, were brought in. Cannon
firing is heard here this even
ing. Albanian clans are hurrying
to the front. The committee
here has telegraphed to a powerful
Dibra tribe for five thousand men.
The League is undergoing import
ant. developments. The Commit
tee at Prizerend has summoned o
great council Of the Albanian ma
ton to meet there and concert
measures for the future. The Turk
ish Governor here continues to sup.
port the Leaguers, aud HodobOsgs,
the Albanian Commander in
Chief, continues to receive revenues
as a Turkish officer. The attach
causes great excitement. The
Prince of Montenegro can scarcely
restrain his warriors, pending hit
appeal To EnrDpe.
On Exhibition.