The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-09-08
Western and Southern States.

The latest estimate of the grain crop OF
MINES ota is As 900 bushels of wheat, q 600, E
900 bushels OF oats, 1850 900 bushels of corn
and 3, lS60,0 bushels of barley.
One hundred and thirty-seven hostile Sioux
have been captured by the United States
troops and brought into Fort Keogh.
A few weeks ago one Waldrop ran away
with his wife's sister, girl OF twelve, and
went to Sunnyside, Ga, where he was ar
rested by the sheriff. The other day crowd
ovclpowered the officer and cut the prisoners
bead off.
The Colorado Democrats have nominated
John s. Hough for governor.
e Twin @. Mix, Jr., aged thirty-two years,
was killed at New Orleans by the three
Dsrance brothers, Ferdinand, Armand and
Henri, aged respectively twenty five, twenty
and eighteen years, because he flirted with
their sister.
Joel Chenowitz and the horse he was riding
were both killed by lightning the other even
ing near Green Law m cemetery, Columbus, o.
Monroe Robertson was hanged at Green.
vile, Ohio, Tor the murder of Willy Coulter,
his wife's brother, last October.
The construction OF railroad to the Black
Hills has been commenced.
Town Marshal James f. Morris and Ben f.
Richardson were killed and Sheriff Loop and
Blk others were wounded in an encounter with
roughs at O circus in Morrislowu, Tenn.
Ex-Judge Henry NJ Spofford, who v i'll be
remembered as the contestant to Mr.. Kellogg's
seat In the United States Senate from Louisi-
ana, died the other day at Red Sulphur
Springs, Va.
The complete census returns show Illinois
to have population of 8, rS3, 1925, an increase
OF 5i3, 435 since 1870.
A number of towns in lower Texas have
suffered heavily from terrific storm. At
Matamoras about 300 houses were wrecked
and the damage done was estimated at $780,.
600. AT Brownville many houses were
wrecked and o loss was incurred OF about
100000. AT Point Isabel the damage done
to shipping alone is estimated at $500 600.
A fire at st. Paul, Mimi, destroyed paper
warehouse, wholesale grocery and other prop.
efty, causing a loss OF about $3.50, 900.
~ shocking double tragedy is reported from
lineage. simon Zimmerman, aged about
thirty, shot and killed his wife and then com.
United suicide. Zimmerman's two little chill
dren were locked in and passed the day with
the dead bodies OF Their parents. The murder
and suicide are supposed to have been caused
by quarrel between husband and wife.
During quarrel at Leesville, Texas, three
brothers-William, Philip and Houston Little
field-were killed.
Near Wauseon, Ohio, young man named
Edward Mikesell while trying to kill chicken
shot and instantly killed his mother who WIS
sitting at window.
An Annapolis (Md) dispatch says that a
natural curiosity died there the other evening.
L was child of colored parentage, and when
born had white curly hair resembling sheep
wool. The eyes were Of pinkish color and the
complexion was snow white, with a slight
ms nj oil L. Af.a ~ ,aIx Al.
resembled o large wax doll which has been
exhibited in shop window and which the
mother OF the child had frequently admired
and expressed an anxious desire to purchase
but was unable 10 do so. The physicians
pronounce il a remarkable case.