Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-07-27
LArEs1 By MAlL.

Des Moines, July 25--A broken axle
on a car on the Keokuk & Des Moines
railway, quarter of mile east of
Prairie City, resulted in the destruction
of twelve freight cars and the destruction
of the track for some distance.
Troy, N. Y, July 25-William Gavin,
while suffering from delirium tremens,
lesped head foremost this morning from
q precipice l25 feet high to the rocky
bed Of Poestinkill creek. He was terri
bly, cut aud bruised, but will probably
recover. His escape was miraculous.
Saratoga, July 25-F,rst race, 2-year
beth second. Time, 1889. Second
race, one and half miles. Theora first;
Boulevard, second; Eole, third. Time.
2:46. Won easily. There was . heavy
rain before and during the races.
Denver, July 25-An engine of the
south bound passenger train on the Col
orado Central road last night ran into q
culve,t between Berthoud and Long
mont. Frank Whitney, the engineer,
w. Tillery, fireman, badly bruised. The
washing the bridge away.
Chicago, July 25-A squall which
swept over this city about half past five
o'clock this afternoon, upset several
small craft on the lake, and it is feared
one or two people were drowned. Twelve
men were saved by Capt. Bussey, who
gallantly put out with his little steam
yacht "Pet" in the height of the gah.
-Four more were rescued by the life saw
ing crew.
Chicago, July 25-Father Boylan ad-
dressed q meeting at Mccormick hall
this evening on the land question. He
indorsed Parnell and the land league,
condemned O'Ccnner, Power and the
secedefs, and declared that the Irish peo-
PIE would never be satisfied with 1any-
thing short of legislative independence
Carroll, Iowa, July 25-About 6 clock
tonight . daughter Of John Fritz, q
farmer living mile west of Carroll, aged
Z, while carrying water to the harvest
hands, was assaulted by o drunken rail.
roader, who attempted rape. The screams
of the child brought assistance when the
fend fed, but was captured and is now
in custody.
Des Moines, July 25.-The shooting
affray Sunday afternoon between F. w
George and John Epps, one q printing
press engineer and the other q quacl
doctor and barber, was about frail CIR
to whom both had been paying atten
tions. Epps' death was instantaneous
The latter was erdeavoring to procure
divorce from his wife to marry the girl
George, who is 40 years of age, claim
that Epps was trying to procure al
abortion for her, and he killed him as
friend of the girls parents.
Louisville, July 25.-A special to th
Courier-J ournal from Paducah says: Al
exciting tragedy occurred here to-doy
Eleven convicted prisoners in the count
Jail were 10 have started al 8 o'clock thi
. forenoon to the penitentiary. Betwee
I 6 and o'clock there was noise in on
| of the cells which attracted attentlo
, outside and quickly brought Jailor Ed
wards and his assistant to the seen.
Two negroes, Levi Bolden and job
, Stewart, convicted of larceny, were COZ
. fined together, and on reaching their ce
I the officers found that Bolden had kille
Stewart, having beaten his brains ou
e with piece of the iron bunk. As 500
= as the cell door was opened Bolden q
Q tackled the officers and would have kille
Z some of them but for their pistols, whicl
= , firing almost together, they sent one ba
through his body and another throug
d his brain,