St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-10-08

in the glass with his hands and stuck in his
head to awaken the children. He was stifed
by the smoke, and fell to the ground almost
senseless. In spite Of the efforts OF neigh.
bors, the slight frame house was consumed
in few moments, and the four children
mentioned above were all burned to death
HENRY C. Cole, Mayor of Kokomo,
Ind. was shot dead few nights ago while
surreptitiousiy conveying some -four from a
mill. The owners of the mill had for some
time been aware Of the loss Of flour, and on
the night in question the Sheriff with a
posse had been concealed near by for the
purpose of nabbing the thief should he put
in an appearance. At little before II
O'Clock, as the Sheriff states, figure was
seen stealthily approaching the mill from
the rear. The man entered the mill and
had carried out four sacks of -four and de-
posted them near by, when he was ordered
to halt. AT this he ran and voley OF
shots were fired at him. He ran about 100
yards from the mill and dropped on the
ground. The Sheriff's posse followed him.
and when they arrived at the spot in which
he fell they found Mayor II. c. Cole stark
dead, with a revolver in each hand. Coles
previous reputation had not been altogether
unsmirched, but he possessed certain ele-
ments Of popularity which enabled him to
achieve political preferment at the hands of
his fellow citizens. He was elected Mayor
last spring as an Independent Democratic
candidate, owing to a split in the Republican
party Of the city. Coles friends a!lege that
the whole affair is a damnable conspiracy, in
which he met his death at the hands Of bit
ter foes.
A SERIOUS accident occurred on the
Des Moines & Northwestern Railroad, in
Greene County. Iowa, caused by a construc
ton train leaving the track. Three men
were killed outright, and thirty more or less
injured. The names of the killed are VIM.
Reardon, John Murphy and c. G. Gilbert
>. }. STETTHEIMER, a young man of
good education and fine appearance, said to
be the son of q wealthy New \ orker, shot
himself through the breast at a Boston
hotel. When told by the doctors that he
might possibly recover, he expressed his
regret, saying he had no wish to live longer.
Financial embarrassments are the supposed
cause of his dependency.
The boiler of an engine ON the Min
ncsota & st. Paul Railway exploded on the
9th, near Prior Lake, while running at fiji
teen miles an hour. The engine was thrown
80 feet forward and off the track, two cars
being derailed. Engineer Grove Bradbury
was thrown considerable distance and died
soon after. The fireman and Conductor
Jones were slightly injured.
IKE STOCKTON, one Of the leaders of
the notorious Stockton Eskridge gang of
who was wanted in New Mex
leo for murder, rape. arson, and other
crimes, was fatally shot while resisting ar
rest.
OF sixteen souls on board the ship
from East Indies for Boston,
wrecked near East London, only the mate,
and one seaman were saved. Five
bodies were recovered.
AT Williamsburgh, N. Y, Thomas
Saunders, aged 80. refused marriage by his
andlady, Susan Bromley, aged 81, went off
and got drunk, and returning to the house
engaged the woman in conversation. While
;alking he suddenly stabbed the woman and
hen drew the knife across his own throat.
Both will die.
THE boilers of Huff & Haltman's saw
Mill, at Traskwood, Ark, exploded on the
!4th, killing John n. Huff, one OF the pro-
'rietors, and B. Holiday and A. johnson,
yorkmen.