Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-27
nUsPATCHES.

CncAeo, April PA special from
Clinton. Iowa, says: At 5 o'clock tins
morning the night express, which left
here westward bound on the Rock
Island division of the Chicago, NIL
waukee and St. Paul railroad, broke
through the trestle over. the Meredo-
sia river. near Albany, Ill. The river,
which is perfect torrent, fioated on
two of the cars. Engineer West and
the fireman, a resident Of Freeport,
but whose name is unknown, went
down in the cab, and nothing has
been seen since of the men or the
locomotive. The rest Of the tram
men escaped with slight injuries
There were eleven passengers IN the
former car, including q man and
bov, residents of Pine River, Wis,
en- route for Omaha, a woman and
two children who boarded the tram
at Savannah for Rock Island, DIR. u.
W. Lundy, of Albany, and five others
whose destination was unknown VI
these two men jumped ashore as the
floating cars passed the abutment OF
the wagon bridge which went out
Yesterday another man made leap,
but fell back and was drowned. The
woman and one child and the boy
from Pine River were taken of the
car after it lodged at the island, and
the six other passengers including
the man from Pine River, the little
child of the woman and DR.. Lundy,
were drowned. There were only
three passengers in the sleeper, and
they together with the colored porter
climbed out of the rear end of the
car and escaped uninjured. The
wounded have been made comforta-
Bile at hotel. The lady mentioned
is prostrated by the shock. Twenty
boats were at work in a pouring rain
searching for bodies and picking up
luggage. All the bodies are believed,
however, to be washed out. A hole
has been cut in the roof of the bag
gage car and some baggage has been
taken out. The shore here for eight
miles below is lined with people look
ing for tokens of the wreck.
DoYLEsTowN, April Il. - Samuel
Hofford, aged about 40 years, a farm
er, residing near Point Pleasant, this
county, committed suicide yesterday
by shooting himself in the neck with
a shotgun. His head was almost en-
tirely severed from his body. No
cause is assigned for the deed
BR1DGEroN, n j., April 21.-A farm
er living near Marlboro, Cumberland
county, attempted to commit suicide
by taking two teaspoonfuls of Paris
green. A physician was summoned
as soon as the act was discovered,
but he is in q precarious condition
and it is not believed he can recover.
No cause is assigned for the deed
SPARTANBURG, s. C., April Ia
Information has reached here of the
lynchlng Of Ann Cowan, a colored wo-
man, at Martins depot, Laurens coun-
ty, in this State. The victim of this
horrible affair attempted to set fire to
the premises of planter named j. S.
Blalock. She succeeded in burning a
barn, with its contents. She was ar
rested by constable upon this charge.
The officer attempted to carry his pris
ouer to the guard-house at Martins de
pot, where she was to be committed for
trial. The woman was taken from the
officer BY mob and hanged to a con
venient tree She confessed that she
had given her. The lynching took place
about twenty FIVE miles from the spot
where the negro men suffered death in
the same manper about the middle of
February, for an Infamous assault upon
young lady whom they afterward beat
to death with a club and concealed her
body in the bushes. The punishment
of those 6ends was approved by the
community.