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WILLIE BURNS, aged six, and Char
ley Zelenka, about the same age, were killed
at Cleveland by the caying of a sand bank
beneath which they were playing.
The propeller Zealand is supposed to
have been lost on Lake Ontario with all on
board, nine in number. Her Captain was
Edward Zealand. of Hamilton, Ont.
WASHINGTON advices indicate the fol-
lowing changes in the military service: Gen.
w. B. Hazen to succeed Gen. Myer as Chief
Signal Officer; Col. Nelson A. Miles to be
promoted to the rank Of Brigadier- General,
and to succeed Gen. Ord, who will be placed
on the retired list. The vacancy caused by
the retirement of Surgeon General Barnes
will probably be filed by the promotion Of
Col. j. II. Baxter. The present Pay
master-General of the Army will soon be re-
tired, and will be succeeded by Col. Nc
Clure, now Assistant Paymaster-Gen
Col. Rufus ingalls, may succeed Gen. Meigs
as Quartermaster- General, and Col. D. r.
Sackett will succeed Gen. r. B. Marcy as
Inspector General. Many of these changes
will probably be made during President
Hayes Administration.
AT Bordell City, twelve miles from
Bradford, Pa, horrible disaster occurred
on the night Of the 10th, by which eight
lives were lost. In boarding house were a
number Of hands employed in a saw-mill.
Four Of them were in bed in the second
story, and number of others were sitting
around the fire downstairs. The fire getting
low, one of the men took dipper full Of
kerosene from pail and threw it into the
stove. 1t at once ignited, and the flames
flashed up to the oil in the dipper, causing
the holder to throw it down in proximity to
the pailful Of oil, to which it instantly COM
municated, causing an explosion and envel-
oping the place in flames. Four of the men
were fatally burned and died soon after
ward; a fifth is not likely to recover. The
building burned to the ground and the re-
mains of the four men sleeping upstairs
were found in the ruins.
Mr.. O'BRIEN and wife, living in the
suburbs of Syracuse, n. Y, were on the
night of the 18th attacked while in
bed by burglar and their skulls crushed
with hammer. Mrs. O'Brien's injuries
were considered mortal; he may recover.
The burglar rifed Mr.. O'Brien's pocket
of his wallet, containing a small sum
of money. 1t is supposed that Mrs.
O'Brien was awakened by the move
ments Of the robber in the room, and hence
the murderous onslaught. Fortunately the
murderer and an accomplice were captured
within few hours after the discovery of the
deed, and the evidence against them was so
clear that they at once confessed the crime.
WILLIAM V. GROVER, aged 30, of
Red Bank, n. j., married Jemima Mack,
aged 10, last May, and the two went to live
at Eatontown. Growers abuse of his young
wife made life uncomfortable, and she left
him. Subsequently she returned to the
house to get some clothes, when Grover
shot her twice in the head, inhicting fatal
wounds.
AT Las Vegas, Colo, the other night,
three murderers, two train-robbers and a
horse-thief escaped from Jail. Aposse went
in pursuit and overlook and attacked them.
James Allen and Davidson, murderers, were
killed outright; another is said to have been
wounded, but escaped with his comrades.
The posse continued the pursuit and hoped |
to capture the whole party.
JOHN DUTToN was killed on his farm,
u miles southeast of Valparaiso, Ind, by
neighboring farmer, Brainard Taft. They |
had disagreed about the division Of corn in
a field, which Taft had rented of Dutton,
and Taft found Dutton in the field gathering |
the corn. After ordering him out, and being |
refused, Taft fired at button, killing him |
Taft gave himself up to the au-
thorities.
LUCRETIA MOTT died at her residence !
near Philadelphia on the 18th, aged IS.
AT Winslow, Ind, DR.. j. T. Aust |
killed his brother in law, James Humphrey. |
Both were drunk at the time, but it is said |
an old grudge existed.
EXTENSIVE preparations are already |
being made in Washington for the inaugu- |
ton ceremonies to take place on March 4th |
next. The principal ceremonies will proba- |
bly, be held in the new Museum Building of |
the Smithsonian Institution.
A GAS explosion occurred in the Ford
pit Of the Albion Mine at Stellarton, Nova |
Scotia, cutting off the escape of large num-
Der of workmen. The number of the dead
is thought to be A.
WARREN SHEPARD, colored, was
hanged at Montgomery, Texas, on the 18th,
for the murder of Levi Conner, also colored, |
in 1873