Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-01
gave birth to Eve babies on the 10th. Two

gave birth 10 eve babies on the 10th. Two
lived.
SmAs M. WAITE, former President Of
the First National Bank Of Brattleboro, VT,
who absconded last June, leaving a defalca-
tlon Of about half a million dollars, was ar
rested at Omaha on the 2ist a. the house Of
his brotherin-lnw. Waite had purchased
cattle rancho in Northern Nebraska, away
from civilization, and had intended to enjoy
his ill-gotten wealth there.
ONE man was killed and nine wounded
by the troops in the fight at the Corning mine
In Perry County, Ohio, on the 10Th.
The Cabinetmakers' Union furniture
factory and lumber together with number
Of small dwellings at Tell City, Ind, were de-
stroyed by FIRE on the night Of the 18th
The twelfth reunion of the Army Of
the Cumberland commenced at Toledo on the
22d with some five hundred members present
A SATISFACTORY arrangement for a
settlement has been made with the Memphis
Tenn, bondholders Of New York.
JESSE GRANT, son of General Grant,
was married TO Miss Lizzie, daughter OF W,
s. Chapman, at the Palace Hotel, San Fran
cisco, on the 2lst.
OK the night ofthe 22d, shortly after
detail had been placed on duty at the Corn
Ing, Ohio, coal mines, fire was opened on
the troops by miners concealed In the bushes.
It was so dark that nothing could be discerned,
but the soldiers guided by the flashes OF FIRE
from the muskets, returned the shots. None
Of the troops we're injured, and II could not
be ascertained whether any Of the rioters had
| been hit OF not.
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED people in Norton
| County, Kan, are in absolute want Of food.
The wheat crop in that and number Of other
counties failed and in June was plowed up
and planted in corn, which has been destroyed
/ by the wire worm. The local and State pa
pers are accused OF suppTessing these facts,
as Il will iniure the State.
THE Board of Managers of the Ma.
tional Soldiers Homes have made several
changes in officers, removing Governor Brown
Of the Dayton Home, and appointing Genera
Patrick, Of New York, in his place. Governor
Hinck, Of the Milwaukee Home, is TO be su
perceded by General Sharpe, Of New York
Colonel Brown was appointed General In
/ spector Of Homes.
The boiler in fruit drying estab
llshment at Monroe, Mich, exploded witt
terrific violence on the oath, killing Henr
O'Brien, engineer, Leonard Morton, cutter
and boy named Chaleauroaux, and woundin
more or less seriously nine others. Their
were at the time thirty persons around tn
building, which was demolished.
The steamer Florence Meyer, fron
Cincinnati struck snag on the morning c
the oath at Bullit's Bayou, twelve miles abov
Natchez, and sunk to the hurricane roof. Fiy
persons were drowned.
AN accidental explosion of three hun
dred pounds Of hercules powder and nitr
glycerine took place at the Lime Kiln Cross
ing a shoal in the Detroit river about twent
miles below Detroit on the 24th. The eXplC
sive materials were in a scow moving owe
the shoals. Several workmen engaged net
the vicinity were cut by flying splinters bI
none were seriously hurt.
AN east bound freight and west boun
passenger train on the Yandalia line collide
nine miles west Of Terre Haute on the 24tl
Both trains were badly wrecked. An enginet
and fireman were killed, and an enginee
brakeman and four postal clerks were sci
ously injured. None Of the passengers wei
injured in the least.
AT River Falls, Wis, on the afternoo
) of the oath, Mary Weldon, aged ten year
was found lying upon the floor at her hon
: horribly mutllated, dead and rapidly decon
= posing. A sister aged twelve years, was lyir
, | on lounge senseleBs. The father was mis-
: ing aud no clue TO the murderer had been o
| talned.