The true northerner., 1880-04-30

tors OF the San Francisco Chronicle, was shot
and killed in his Office, ON the evening of April
%, by son of DIR. Kalloch, on whom DE Young
made a murderous assault, last fall.
Nugent and Redemeier, murderers,
we're executed at st. Louis, No., April %.
The first named left paper in which he pro-
tested his innocence and claimed that he had
not had a fair trial. Both Sied without
struggle.
Dennis Kearney will be given another
hearing in the Superior Court Of San Francisco,
the Supreme Court of California having issued
a writ of habeas corpus.
The people of Marshfeld, Mo-, are to
have 500 army tents to live in while they are re-
building their homes.
A Government life-saving crew at HUI
ron City set out, few mornings ago, to rescue
the crew of an unknown vessel which had gone
ashore during the night few miles south of
that place. but soon after leaving port the surf
boat was swamped and all but the Captain, six
in number, were drowned. The crew was a
gallant one and had record for bravery and
success second to none on the great lakes.
A destructive tornado swept over a
section of Central Illinois on the night of April
"a, doing considerable damage to property and
causing some loss of life. In the vicinity of
Taylorville, Christian county, four persons were
killed and about a dozen seriously injured. In
Macoupin and Adams counties many houses
were blown down and several persons injured.
The reception of "The Tourists" at
Haverly's Chicago Theater, at the opening of
the present week, left no doubt of the financial
success of the engagement of that talented
party of variety actors. There are several par
ties of this kind now on the road, and, so far
az known, all are doing well. The plan is to
give an old-fashioned variety performance, with
just enough plot to hang the various acts upon,
and it takes immensely with the pubic. This
troupe contains considerable first-class talent
and several really fine singers.
South.
The boiler of saw-mill exploded at
Warrington, W. Va, totally destroying the
mill and killing one Of the employees.
Graham Ormsby's team became frac-
tious while being driven npon the ferry fiat at
wickliffe Landing, on the Kentucky river. His
mother sister and Miss Miller and the horses
were plunged into the river and drowned. The
young man, who was on his way to be married,
narrowly escaped death.
Forest fires are reported in the swamp
regions of North Carolina. Vast tracts of
timber have been destroyed and several people
burned to death.
A large portion of the town of Macon,
Miss, was destroyed by cyclone, on the night
of April 25. A dispatch from that point thus
describes the awful visitation: "The day had
been unusually sultry. At $50 p. M, two ter
rible currents of air, one from the northeast and
the other from the southwest bearing clouds
charged with electricity, were hurled together
right Mt the Inflated locality. 1t was war of
storms. Besides incessant lightning, balls
of fire were seen whirling across the clouds,
varying in size from chestnut to that of
mans head. Right in the center of that part
of town around the railroad station the storm
met, and the work of destruction commenced,
and in less time than it can be told the place
was in ruins. The loss of life was fearful.
Through beating rain, and against pitiless
winds, the citizens rushed to the scene to
aid the sufferers. Through the night squads
of men combined and went to work to re-
move the debris, gather up the wound
ed, dying and dead that were scat
tered everywhere. The scene beggars all
human attempts at description. Eighteen were
killed outright, and forty more or less wounded
some perhaps fatally. After the storm some
of the ruins caught fire, but it was checked
before spreading to any extent. About 10 O'Clock
a perfect water-spout visited the scene to rem
der it more horrible. Men and women were
found decapitated, limbs torn from bodies, and
otherwise mutilated, quarter of mile from
their homes. Stock was all killed in that vicin-
ity. A bolt of goods from store was found
eight miles from town in tree-top."