The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-02-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


News from London announces the death Of
E. A. sothern, the actor.
A CABLEaAlI says that Mr.. Gladstone is to be .
elevated to an EarldOm.
An oil well !, AS feet deep is in successful
operation at Canon City, Col
SIX MoOnshiners were arrested in Wayne
County, Kentucky, last week
10. H VAN WICK has been elected United .
States Senator from Nebraska.
TIE bodies Of nine persons have been recov-
cred from the ruins at Alta, Utah.
Disastrous avalanches have occurred Eat
Custer and Bonanza, in Idaho Territory.
The damage by storm to telegraph wires in 4
the vicinity Of New York, is estimated at $780,
OtO.
A TERRIFIC storm prevails on the Mediter-
ranean. It is reported that fifty smacks were
wrecked.
ONE hundred commission merchants Of Chi /
eago have sighed a pledge not to sell oleomar-
garine.
WAr. VAN BLAIHcoaI, a farmer in Livingston I
County, Mich, shot his wife and himself. Both .
are dead.
TIE United States Minister at Rio Janeiro .
has been robbed OF $1,000 in money besides /
/ various articles OF value.
! A BILL has been introduced in the New York .
Legislature providing rpunishing wife-beatera
at the whipping post.
/ The Indiana House Of Representatives has
| passed the bin submitting the constitutional
amendments again to the votes Of the people.
| CARRIE STOKES, a colored woman, was muir
dered at Atlanta, Ga, and the murderer at
tempted to burn the body, but only partially
succeeded.
| THERE have. been severe and disastrous floods
/ throughout Oregon and Washington Territory,
| property to the value Of over q half a million
dollars having been des troyed by the over
flowing streams
J. A. COPELAND, a young man Of Chicago,
cashier in q wholesale house, seeing that a dis
crepancy In his accounts could no longer be con
cealed, went to a secluded spot and blew his
brains out.
FoUR persons have been arrested ct st.
Petersburg on the suspicion Of being Nihilists.
Quite an arsenal was found in their possession,
besides programme Of what was to be done
by them.
FOURTEEN persons at MarshaItoWn, Iowa,
took arsenic in their coffee at breakfast, owing
to what is said to have been 'the insanity Of the
hired girl at their clearinghouse. They all
recovered.
A slLAsH-UP occurred on the Illinois Central
few miles from Golden. Fireman sanderson
and brakeman Markham were killed, and an en-
gineer seriously injured. Two Brakemen were
badly hurt and have broken bones.
Two colored men, named Sherman and Fair,
were lynched at Prosperity, S. G., for having
outraged and then brutally murdered Miss
Bessie Werts, daughter Of William Werts. The
unfortunate victim was twenty-five years old
and a beautiful and excellent young woman.
FANNY NEPHEB, young lady OF seventeen,
at BrOWnYiIe, Neb., contracted a dry goods
bill in preparation for marriage, and had the
bill sent to her afianoed. He not only refused
to pay the bill, but jlted Fanny, whereupon
she forthwith took strychnine and died
BECAUSE Mrs. Revsr, a grass widow in New
York, refused to entertain a young liquor a,
dealer named Dussel, Dussel procured a guam
tity Of vitriol and threw it in her face. He
also threw a quantity in the faces Of Mrs.
ReYer's brother, named Holmes, and Holmes
wife, who had come to her assistance. All were
horribly burned
THREE passenger cars Of the eastbOund ex-
press train on the Chicago Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad were thrown from the track by ,
broken rail, near Pond Greek, III. One Of the Z
cars was burned, and Mrs. Kirby, Of Nevada, {
Ohio was so badly burned that she died in a ]
few hours. Several other persons were seri- q
ously if not fatally hurt.
Non oF r,oslre5 mar, rant n, tI,s ,si,l,,,
Of Noah Anderson, near Carlisle, Ky, and be
ing refused adrnittance, broke the door down.
As they entered, Anderson began firing on
them. Tho mob returned the fire and instantly 1
killed Anderson. Sam. Anderson, Noah's son, ]
rushed to his fathers rescue and was fatally
wounded in the region Of the heart 1t is said v
that Anderson mistreated his family, and the q
mob had gone to his house to whip him for it. c
The members Of the mob are unknown.
ICE in the Ohio River has done eonsIderabie
damage. At Wheeling the steamer Mallie r. v
gon was left high and dry, and viii prove almost q
q total loss. At Louisville the t0wboat Etna s
was cut down, and may have to be wrecked, h
and the Silver Cloud had a hole cut in her, but
she was SO far repaired as to be able to proceed
on her way. The steamer EldoradO, which was 2
cut down at Portsville some days ago is now n
nearly covered with water, and the Clifton, e
sunk at CarroIlton, KY, may have ali her upper /
works carried away.
The storm in the Eastern States. occurring
on the Goth inst, isreported to have been one =
Of the most disastrous known in the history Of
the telegraph companies. Communication Iy
wire with New York was practically eut oT. h
Messages had to be carried by trains, and by n,
aid Of 70 Ugf
could be telegraphed. The wires lay on the n.
ground in the streets of New York, or were
thrown about in such a manner as to make
walking dangerous. In case Of a FIRE it would
have been impossible to summon the fire COM B
panies. The City Hall Tower gave way under S
the weight Of the ice, and the greatest damage c
has been done to property. I
A DISPATCH from Buenos Aryes, dated Jauu- s.
sry 20, says: 'gThe Chilians attacked and COM 9
pletely defeated the Peruvian army at Mira O.
flores. General PierOIa, President Of Peru. and g
Of the Army, has fed. =
The Chilians occupied Lima, the capital, with
out resistance on the 18th inst. Later inteiIi-
gence, however, states that General Pedera's
brother and the Peruvian Minister of Wal
were taken prisoners. The Peruvian loss in
the battle at Charella is said to have been 900 AZ
killed and 1000 prisoners. Twenty-Five thoa- CO
sand PeruyianB were engaged in the battle at dI
lIirafores. The Gillian loss in both battIes Is
heavy The diplomatic body ct Lima have
urged q conclusion Of the armistice, and ask
that the person Of Senor PierOla be respected
WHITAKER and his lacerated ears have cost
Sam sorry sum. The Court Of Inquiry
which sat upon his case cost 1900. The prin-
sipal items Of expense incurred during the in he
Iuiry were experts and counsels' fees, detec-
ives charges, reporting, and photOsraphing.
United States District Attorney Townsend
charged and received s764. The four experts
charged from s25 to 800 each per day, and ~.
we're paid altogether s1,25O. The detectives ''
bills for services and expenses amounted to
s525. The photOgraphing cost S95, and the
ItenogTapher charged 81, ,O56 for his verbatim
,epOrt Of the proceedings. As a eourt-martial
las been ordered in the case this festive youth
viii probably cost the taxpayers $4,000
additional; and still the cOlored problem viii
remain unsettled.
A DAYTON (O.) correspondent reports
strange case. A. young girl, thirteen years Of
ige, the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. William An
lerson, was born in MontevideO, S. A., and at
he age Of two years, with her parents came to
North America. When they crossed the equa-