The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-09

O., was nosssiiy shot % he sotA By Tom
Aaisrssn, Who 90 sssistiag arrest.
A RAILnoAD Wrsek near Iowa City on
The OiA resulted n ~ death Of I. Norton
sUd r. Malone, ensiasss and brakeman.
Rineard, the fireman, wss badly injured.
MlSCEl.I.ANEOUS.
A DErgOir graverobber has been
sentenced TO Ave years In the statc.rrison.
At Elizabeth, n. j., Martin Magic, .
young man Of good family, shot Miss Fannie
Walker, = drcssmakcr, inhic:ing merely a
f'c,h wound. lie then put two bullets into
his own body. causing almost instant death.
Magic had been ycrg'ng upon insanity for
souc time, AMI hi, friends had intended 10
place him In m asylum, hut had criminally
neglected 10 do so. Tie was asuitor for Miss
Walkers hand, and jealousy was the imme.
date cause Of the crime.
Tux United States steamer Alliance
has sailed on four months cruise In search
Of The missing steamer Jeanette.
CHARLEY ALLISON, Henry Watts and
Louis Perkins, three noted highway.
men, who have committed many crimes in
New Mexico and Colorado. and for whose
arrest heavy rewards were offered, have
finally been captured.
Tux l0Gth anniversary OF the battle Of
Bunker Iill, June 18th, was celebrated ut
Boston. 4 specially Interesting feature Of
the Day was the formal dedication Of q bronze
statue Of Col. VIM. Prescott, the hero Of the
fight.
TIE two stages running between Fay.
c,ieville and Alma. Ark, were both robbed
IN The night Of the 18th, ut q point near
where they pass each other, about twenty
miles north OF Alma. The north. bound
STAGE first came along and was stopped; the
robbers. two In number. presenting their
rero',ers at the head Of the driver, compel.
led him TO dismount and have his hands So.
cured. afser doing which they blindfolded
aud bound the passengers, at the same time
relieving them Of their valuables. The 9th.
er stage soon aiterwaid put In an appear.
ancc and the driver and passengers were nut
through similar programme. The robbers
did not get very heavy return for their 10.
bors, only about S;G In cash and gold watch
and chain. They ripped open the mail bags,
however, taking oil the registered letters
and valuable packages.
TWENTY blooded mares, Of the best
English racing stock, have Just been pur.
chased Ia England for Frank Sherwin, Of
Maxwell Grant, New Mexico.
HOWELL and Weston on the 10th
started on six.days' pedestrian contest at
London for the championship Of the world.
PorAroEs have been nipped by the
frost At Quebec.
FOUR workmen were thrown to the
ground BY the breaking loose Of scaiioldins
on Christ Church, Lexington, Ky, and all
were seriously injured.
Ar Newburyport, Mass, on the 18th,
many people were alarmed At the rumbling
and shaking Of IN earthquake, which was
felt Tor some seconds. Buildings were
shaken senslOIy.
A RECENT anti.Italian demonstration
at Msrseilles at one time threatened TO a.
sumo very serious proportions. When the
hrst detachment Of troops returning from
the Tani'ian expedition marched past the
italian Club House, some Of the habitues
gathered on the steps and at the windows
and Kissed, which 10 iniuria' cd the French
populsce Oh The sidewalk that In few mo.
mcnts there was hardly an unbroksn pane
Of glass In the entire front Of the building.
S. DiLLINoER 4 Sons distillery and
warehouse At Bethany, Pa. were destroye
by firs on the l7ih. Loss, $3.50, 900; partially
covered by insurance.
OVER one thousand herders In the
Choctaw section Of Indian Territory have
armed themselves with Spencer rines to re-.
sist the collection Of the permit tax on cat.
tie. .t,,.
THE Laredo and San Antonio stage
was robbed on the 18th by one HoAn, who
had . pocket pistol In one hand an6 . Win.
chester rife In the other. The mail pouches
were broken open and letters ridsd. Two
railroad men IN the stage ut thu time were
told BY the robber they could keep their
pocket change. L..
The Kansas Supreme Court has rem.
dered decision In the druSIists' cases st
Topeka. Tho Court held tbs. the grant Of
power to the Probate Judge to Issue per.
mita Was valid, 10 that the &c: was not uu.
constitutional, although II ssMric'ed TO one
class, namely, the drugxista. the right to 70.
ssive permit 10 cell iatoyi.ating liquor.
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