The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-05
FEMALE FIEND.
Atrocious Deed of an Ar.
kansas Girl.
A Beaver Dam Father Stabs
His Son.
Twelve Fishermen Drowned ut Port
land, Oregon.
TWELVE FISHERMEN DROWNED.

TWELVE FISHERMEN DROWNED.
Specials to the Star.
CHICAGO, May 5.-A Portland, Oregon.
special to-day says large feet of fishing
vessels started out Monday 10 lay nets out
at the mouth of the Columbia River.
Twenty OF the boats were driven on bar
by squall and swamped. At least twelve
OF the fishermen were drowned.
"J BOY DROWNED AT NATcHEz.
NATcHEz, MISS, May 5.-A negro boy
was drowned in the river in front of this
city last evening. He had been ski ff-riding
when his boat capsized and he went down.
CRUSHED BY HIS OWN WAGON.
DUBUQUE, IA, May 5.-Perry Dunnigan,
Constable of Cascade, was found dead under
his wagon, near Bucktown, yesterday. He
had been driving beer wagon for the Cas-
cade Brewery, and when found the wagon
was upset, the horses entangled and Dun
nigan underneath, crushed to death.
..s TWO SUICIDES AT CHARLOTTE.
CHARLOTTE, MICH. May 5.-Ari Conklin,
boy aged sixteen. clerk in store here,
committed suicide yesterday by shooting
himself in the head. He had had trouble
with his family. a-
Rensselaer, McCutcheon, father of Hon. ].
D. McCutcheon, Probate Judge, committed
suicide Yesterday by hanging himself in the
water closet with handkerchief. He was
sixty-six years old, and was temporarily
out OF his mind. ".
A FEMALE FGEND IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, May "Details OF
a terrible tragedy in Muddy Fork Town
shin. Howard County. are received. Hen.
ry Polk, from the scene of the tragedy,
states that Sally Stokes young lady aged
eighteen, went on horseback to the house
of Mrs. Stephens, and commenced to abuse
the old lady about some scandalous stories
circulated by the gossips Of the neighbor
hood. Mrs. Stephens daughter Linda then
came out, and Miss Stokes dared her ia
come to the gate. Linda accepted the
challenge, when Miss Stokes jumped from
her horse, and, drawing butcher-knife,
stabbed Linda to the heart, killing her in.
stanty. The Sheriff promptly arrested the
murderess, but there are rumors that hei
many relatives will attempt her rescue.
DOTS FROM DALLAS.
DALLAS, TEX, May 5.-The dead bodies
of Henderson and Gray, horse and cattle
thieves, we're found dangling from the
limb of tree in the outskirts of Lewisville,
Denton County. a.
Legg, clerk in the Fort Worth Post-of-
fee, was jailed here yesterday for embez-
element of Uncle Sans funds Some time
ago another clerk was arrested on suspi.
cion, but released. A package of $500 was
found in Leggs trunk. He is cousin Of
the Postmaster and is highly connected.
FATHER sTABs HIS SON.
BEAVER DAM, WIS, May 5.-John Hartl.
an old man in South Beaver Dam, shot his
son, John Har,l, in the ,hi h, last night,
and then stabbed him fatally in the breast.
with butcher-knife. Both were intoxi.
Gated. The old man was arrested.
81 MuTlLATED INFANT.
PoRTAGE, Wis, May 5.-The body Of an
infant was discovered last evening near
here minus one leg and an arm, whic, had
been eaten of. The leg was found near
the canal with part of the flesh on, and the
arm in yard near by, also badly mutt.
lated. At the coroner's inquest the tesii
m"ny was that the infant was two days old
at the time of its dea h, which was by
means of strangulation, and had been
h,1riad ahont npa wank
sH, cKING ACCIDENT IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May Sat the Star and
Crescent Mills on Randolph street, just
west of the bridge, little after O'clock
this morning, Mr.. Thomas Hermans, one
of the proprietors of. the mill, fell down
the elevator-shaft, from the sixth story to
the basement, distance of ninety feet,
and was instantly killed. No one saw him
fall and the manner of the accident is to
ome extent matter of surmise.
The most probable theory is that he
reached for the rope to draw the elevator
up, missed his hold and fell. He struck
with his head upon the cross-beam of the
elevator carriage. His neck was instantly
broken, and he died within thirty minutes.
Mr.. Hermans was a widower, his wife hay.
ing died about five years ago, and he leaves
three boys aged twenty, fifteen and six.
He came here from Saugerties, N. Y.