The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

has been destroyed By fire, only the bare
stone walls remaining. 49,
THOMAS MAJOR committed suicide In
Chicago by poison, on account Of the death Of
his wife while giving birth to child, which
also died. All three were buried In one
grave Major was 3 Frenchman By birth.
foreman Of large woodworking estab-
lishment-
RENEWED excitement prevails In Dub
lin over the discovery in house on Braba-
zon street of eight hand grenades, two par
cells Of dynamite, twenty-six Enfield breech-
loading rifles, six reyolvers, 5000 rife car
tridges, 500 revolver cartridges and twenty
eight pounds Of gunpowder, with a list of
names OF officers belonging to some organi-
cation. Two brothers named Wheelan, and
. man named Ryan were arrested. The
documents seized were Of an old date and
had reference 10 Fenian organization Of
1867. The discovery Is believed 70 be close
~ connected with the Bradford affair, for
which Tobin was arrested Papers found
at the time implicated q number of persons
on both sides Of the channel. There Is no
doubt the material ID associated with the
Fenians.
Col. DUSKTSs, Of Austin, Fish Com
missioner Of Texas, and Chief Engineer OF
the New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad,
died from the effects Of injuries received
in railroad accident, both his legs being
cut OF. Sos
MARGARET JACKSON, an elderly wo-
man, and her daughter Nancy, were killed
instantly near Hanion's Station, o., on The
Panhandle Road, By being struck by an
engine while crossing the track.
A TERRIBLE explosion of dynamite
occurred on the 18th at Mount Union, Hunt
ington County, Pa, by which an entire
family, save one little one, were blown out
Of existence. John A. Ingram, a miner,
upon preparing 10 90 TO his daily work al an
early hour in the morning, found the can Of
dynamite used in the mines was frozen, and
placed il upon the stove TO thau out,
which it seems is the ordinary way Of
doing it and not supposed to be
fraught with any danger. In this instance,
however, for some reason not explained, the
can exploded, completely demolishiEg the
house and killing Mr.. Ingram, his wife and
four children, the latter being in bed over
the room where the explosion occurred.
One little one In some way escaped unhurt
from the general wreck. The force Of the
explosion was felt from one end Of the town
TO the other. Nothing remains of the
house, and hardly enough Of the family over
which 70 hold an inquest, the fragments Of
bodies being collected in baskets.
DILLON has been indirectly informed
promising to leave Ireland. He refuses to
give the pledge.
A LITTLE son of Mr.. Christian Bar
tholomew, Of Jefferson Township, near Go.
shen, Ind, fell into tub of boiling water
and was sealded to death.
A FoURTEEE-YEAR-oLD son OF Paul
Swanson, a farmer living near St. Croix
Falls, Wis.,, hanged himself in hay-loft.
When found his knees rested On the hay.
No cause is assigned.
a RoUND-HoUsE at Bismarck, on the
Northern Pacific Railroad, burned to the
ground on the 29th. Five locomotives were
damaged to the extent of 500, 900.
A DISPATCH from Charlestown, w.
Va, says Capt. VIM. Vandegrif, noted
Confederate officer, was shot and killed
by Henry Legg, with whom he had quar-
LEOPOLD BOWER, French, 48 years
old, once a wealthy St. Louis merchant,
committed suicide by hanging in New Y ork
City police station, where he was confined
on charge Of forgery.
Mr.. DRAPER, a merchant of Ham
mond, Ind, 40 years Of age, died in Chi
cago dental Office while under the influence
of chloroform administered by DR.. Louis
Dodge in extracting teeth.
ALBERT MOWER and a companion,
driving a blind horse at night near East
Dubuque, H., lost their way and went
down a twenty foot embankment.
Mower was killed and the other badly in
iured.
Two boys, William and Frederick
Korn, of Watertown, Wis, broke through
the ice while skating and were drowned.
James Campbell and VIM. Rust, Of Allen
ton, Pa, were drowned By the upsetting Of
a boat.
THE jury in the case of Geo. NJ. ALL
sop, who murdered Constable Harrison, Of
Jefferson County, KY, last August, returned
a verdict Of guilty, and fixed the sentence at
imprisonment for life.
Four persons were killed and several
injured by the explosion of gasometer in
the Northern Railway Station, Vienna.
WIN. CRAWFORD, special agent of the
D apartment Of Justice, was fatally shot in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, by either
Franklin Ward or Jay Elliott. He formerly
served on the stats of Generals Buell. and
Mckenzie. Ward is in Jail, but Elliott is at
large.
REINDoRF STEELZER, resident of
Piqua, o., shot his wife, killing her Instant
", and then took his own life. Steelzer was
about fifty years of age, and had at one time
been an inmate of an insane asylum. Re-
Gently he had been drinking to excess.
FREDERICK a. PALMER, City Auditor
of Newark, n. j., has confessed to embez-
zling S125, 600, which he has lost in Wall
street specuIations. He was arrested and
placed in Jail.
A LOCOMOTIVE and tender on the
Northwestern Railroad plunged into the
Chicago River through an open draw bridge.
The conductor was killed and the engineer
was badly bruised.
THE school-house and farmhouse at
the Wichita Agency, in Indian Territory,
were destroyed by an incendiary fire, eighty
pupils escaping in their night-elothes. The
loss is s., 900. The children will be sent to
their tribes until new buildings can be
erected.
AT Memphis, on the morning of the
22d, A. Hartman shot negro whom he dis
covered stealing corn from his stable, killing
him instantly.
MRS. JOHN EVANS, of Sheridan,
Montcalm County, Mich, locked her house