The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-01-13
CASUAL.

Lydia Slaughter. an aged col ,re,l woman,
thought T. De more than 10 years old, and
her son Henry Slaughter. 10 years Of age,
living six miles southwest Of BOOnyille,
persisted with cold on the night Of the es.h
ult- They had an abundance Of food and
clothing. the man owning little farm and
considerable other property. The woman
man enfeeb!ed from sickness.
The wife of Christian Matthiessen, a
shipping merchant Of Baltimore, COM
mitted suicide. Sund y evening. with q
razor. She had recently been discharged
from lunatic asylum, but il was the in
tentiOn of her friends to send her back
for treatment.
The Cosmos newspaper Office and the
opera house Of j. c. Mittelberger. contain
ing on the ground floor the dry goods store
Of Mittelberger 4 Sons, at St Charles. Mo-,
was destroyed by fire Saturday. Loss $40.
COO: insured, 10000
A spreading Of the rails Of the Rutland
road, near North Bennington, VT. threw
three coaches from the track. The chief
sufferer was j. A. SpoffOrd, freight agent
Of the Troy and Boston road, whose Shout
der was dislOcs'ed.
Mary Fogarty. of Galesburg, Ill, prose-
cuted ten salOOn-keepers Of that city for
$4,000 damages for the loss Of her husband,
WIN Wd> klileu Oy Inc cary Wulft IOUbXl-
Gated. She obtained Q verdict for 81 800.
A new barge belonging to the Mississippi
valley Transportation company capsized
on Tuesday. The cargo. consisting Of
$1,000 bushels Of grain In bulk. Is total
loss. 1t was valued at $4,000; insured.
Patrick Norris. q Mollie Mcguire Of
Pennsylvania. charged with participatiOn
In the murder Of David Storely, at Hazel
ton, seven years ago, was captured In Ken
lucky and taken 10 Harrisburg.
William Duffy, conductor on the c. B.
4 q. railroad. was killed Tuesday night
between Peoria and Galesburg. II Is sup
posed he slipped on the ice and fell under
the wheels.
At New Albany. ind, twin babes Of
William and Fannie Johnson We're fro.er
to death. The father went away 10 0bIain
employment, leaving his family without
fuel.
The summer residence Il James A.
kcene. at Newport, X. l., was burned on
the 10Th ult. The house and contents were
valued at $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
An Italian street stand owner. John
Padula, at St yOaerh. NO., was fatally
which he was making fire.
The First Mc:',caist church OF Canton,
Ohio. was destrey.i hy S-e Sunday night.
The original cost * the church was Ss5,-
600: insurance. e25OW.
An Illinois Central freight train jumped
the track near La Sale. wrecking the loco
motive and fifteen cars and injuring the en-
gineer, John Russell.
The normal school building and several
business houses at Carmi. H.. were burn
cd ON Monday. Loss $4,000
The Windsor hotel and Dulimore house
at Atlantic City. y. J., were destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000
A party Of eight fat-boatmen were found
frozen to death on their craft, near Port
Royal. 5. c.
The residence cs William Orr. At Otta-
wa. III. was buined on Friday. Loss,
soon
Mrs. William s. Hull, Of Grand Rapids,
Mich, was killed by fall on the side
walk.
On the morning If the a0.h ult, Jackson,
Mich, had an $1,000 fire.
McKeeSport. Pa. sustained loss Of ST.
90 by fire on the 30th ult-
Rockville, Ind, had $1,000 Ore on tho
10Th nit.