The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-12-09
CASUAL.

The propeller Simcoe, of thee Chicago and
| Cailinwood line. which left Chicago on the
18th for Callingwo0d Ont, with I6,0co BUSH
| SIS of corn, is undoubtedly lot with all
hands, on Lake Huron. The Simcoe was
| commanded by Capt. l,obt- Hill. ard car
fied crew OF twenty-one men. She had
on board besides corn $40 barrels of flour,
bound to Oetlenstaig. insured for $3.50;
$50 barrels Of pork. shipped by Armour 81
Co. and { J. Macit- insured for SLIGO; H.
700 pounds OF boxed meats, shipped by Ar
mouI Ii Co. Since her departure not a
word was heard OF her whereabouts until
Saturday, he 9th when lie, cabin. wheel
house and lot o. freight and wreckage
were picked up by the propeller Canada. In
Lake Huron The Slmcoe was Canadian
vessel. of 3s5 tons, belonged To the Georgian
| Day Transportation company. was valued
| at $4,000 and insured for l6OO, She was
consider staunch and seaworthy.
The citizens of Weston, No., and vicin-
, lty. were surprised and terrified on Saturt
day morning TO learn that one OF the Oldest
and most highly esteemed citizens of the
county had committed suicide Mr.. Thorn
as Ellis. well known as Uncle Tommy l.
Eilis, was found hanging By the neck to
an apple tree. not more than ten steps from
his own house. Life had been extinct for
some time when he was found, as the body
was cold. He had climed up into the tree
-
fastning the Other end around his neck
with regular hangman's knot, kicked
away the ladder and swung of. All the
circumstances Went 10 show that be did
not intend 10 make any mistakes about II,
Dnt desired To have the work thoroughly
dore.
a dispatch from Wheeling. ". Va. dated
the 18th, says: A thirteen-year old blind
daughter OF John Iouch. living few
miles IN the country. met a terrible death
last evening. She was left alone In the
room, and groped her way to q red-ho'
stove. from which her clothes caught IRE.
While running around the room in agony,
shc leli across the stove and lseiDg unable
to get up, her body was burned To a crisp.
She was found in this position by friends
attracted by her screams
A fire at West Point, Va, Tuesday night,
destroyed the extensive wharyes and sheds
Of the Richmond, Fork River and Chesa-
peakc railroad company and the company's
steamer Shirley: also the telegraph and
freight Offices, and all freight on the
wharyeS. including twenty-siX hundred
bales ri cotton. The loss is estimated At
Sl"D,0O. Insured.
just as the Thanksgiving dinner was to
be spread before the inmates OF the peui-
Tertiary at Allegheny City, Pa, flames
We're discovered in the roof of the east
wing. causing great alarm within and
without the walls, as five hundred prison
erS We're involved. Twenty engines kept
the conilacrati0n in the wing, which lost
SiNty-eight cells.
Disasters on the lakes continue in an un-
broken food. The propeller California,
loaded with wheat. WAS sunk by the ice in
Toronto harb0r: the stean-barge Fletcher
corn laden, WAS wrecked on South Fox
island. and the tOw-bargc Shawnee has
been lost ON Lake Huron. with all hands.
y dispatch from Galveston, Texas, dated
the 26ih, says: The rear coach Of Ne
| south bound passenger train on the q. e. e
Santa Fe railroad was thrown from The
Track and overturned near Arcola, inluring
tws ia,lirS and an old gentleman. the latter
seriously.
The dead body Of n man was found In
the ccilarway, rear of the Hotel Barnum,
st. Louis, which proved to be that Of w.
| J. Murphy, a Catholic Priest, former resi-
lcni OF New Orleans.
Carrie i!aincs, a young lady OF 81, in a
| fit OF dependency, cccasioned Ly unr,-
Quilted love. threw herself in front OF 4
| passing train at Paramount, Illinois, Sun
| lay last, and was instantly killed.
The cheese factory Of lIuntley & Taft,
nj Sargeant's Bluff. six miles east of Sioux
City. Iowa, burned Tuesday last. Loss,
| 5000: insurance. 81 go, in the CONNER
| ciai Union, of London.
| A fire in the Arcade building, Detroit,
Monday night. completely Quilted the Union
| job Printing company's office, and slightly
damaged the adjoining job Office Of j. +.
| Eby & Co.
A Lake Shore freight train Of forty cars
| got stalled at Adrian, Mich, and was near
| ly turned into kindling wood by another
| following too closely.
W. +. Bean, q young lawyer of promise,
| al years old, committed suicide at NickS-
burg, Miss. on Monday, by taking an over
does of morphine.
| Hayden ii. Spouse, prominent and well
known citizen Of Kentucky suicided at
Louisville hotel, Monday night. No cause
conjectured.
Samuel Jones, a miner, residing near
| West Elizabeth, Pa, suicided by shooting
himself, Sunday morning. Insanity.
Mrs. Anna Coleman, the wife Of farmer
| living near JOnesboro, Indiana, was liter
ally torn to pieces by vicious bull.
Francis llotchkiss. a retired merchant Of
New Haven, died very suddenly, and his
wife expired on learning his fate.
J. F. Dunn, Of Alma, Col. was carried
| three thousand feet down the mountain by
a snow-slide, losing his life.
The state fish hatchery, at Boyne Falls,
has been destroyed by a flood.
| Fifty sacks of mail has been burned on
the Texas Pacific railway.