Huntsville gazette., 1881-10-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Two robbers, known as Clark alias
Butch, and Frenchy, both formerly Of the
notorious Stockton gang, were lynched at
Socorro, N. M. William Nicholson was
lynched at Saunders Stationy N. NJ, for
murder. Church, the murderer of Miss
Thompson, Newton, N. c., was taken from
Jail and hanged.
CAPTAINsHowGATE was taken before
the Criminal Court on the 7th, in obedience
to a writ of habcas corpus. District At
torney Corkhill stated the Government
would be satisfied with $4,000 additional
bal, but counsel for the defense said it would
be impossible for their client to obtain that
amount. fS s tAS@@ EstS
THE Minnesota Democrats have nom.
mated the following ticket: Governor, Gen
r. w. johnson; Lieutenant Governor, r.
T. Barnum, of st. Cloud; Auditor, Rudolph
Lehlnicke, of Saltwater; Secretary of State,
A. t. Lamberton, of st. Peter; Treasurer,
John f. Russell, Of Houston County; At
torney General, George N. Baxter, Of Rice
County; Railroad Commissioner, r. S. Cook,
of Owatonna. The Convention indorsed
Judges Clark, Dickinson and Mitchell, the
present Supreme Judges. Dickinson and
Mitchell are Republican nominees.
VIM. TOWNSEND, a dry-goods mer-
chant of Franklin, Ind, was found dead
with bullet hole in his forehead, in bis
room at Cincinnati hotel. A note to his
wife shows it was suicide, though.no motive
for the act can be discovered. \ NJ.
A DISPATCH from Fort Wilcox, Ari-
zona, Sth says: Troops are now moving
across southeast of Chiricahua range toward
Mexico to intercept the hostiles in that di-
rection. Orders have been sent to- Bernard
to follow the hostiles into Sonora, if permis-.
sion is granted by the Mexican uthorities.
to cross the line and to cooperate with their
troops. A courier arrived at Bowie reports
that Arnold's command attacked the Indi-
ans between Badocolona ranch and the
Huacahuaca Mountains. The Indians aban-
doned all their animals and took to the
mountains. Two Indians were found dead;
the rest have gone to the south end of the
Huacahuaca Mountains .u. -
A HORRIBLE double murder has come
to light in Ellsworth County, Kans. On the
2lst of September Andrew Ware and his
son, aged II, both mysteriously disappeared.
1t being known that Ware and a neighbor,.
L. A. Rose, had had some difficulty; suspf-
cion Of foul play was entertained, and
search being made, on the Sth inst. the
bodies of both father and son were
found buried on Roses farm Rose
meanwhile had fled, but his wife has given
full particulars of the terrible crime. She
says her husband shot the elder Ware twice,
and then Drained the son with the butt of his
gun to prevent his testifying against him.
The wounds upon the bodies were such as
described by Mrs. Rose. The murderer is
So years of age, six feet high, fair complex
ion, has blue eyes and a red face; weight
200 pounds; chin whiskers and mustache;
has scar from knife under the left nip-s
pie. Slkl -
NEAR Clinton, Iowa, on the Sth, a
passenger train dashed -intosa heavily laden
freight car at crossing. throwing it on to
the platform of the station. j. J. Flanagan,
the agent, and Arthur Cuddy, a lad of Is,
were killed and three other bystanders more
or less injured.
GEN. JOSEPH G.. ABBOTT, ex-United
States Senator, died at Wilmington, N. G, !,
on the Sth. +
A DISPATCH from Denver, Colo, says
a controversy took place over the Telegraph
wires between J.. S. Mcbride, operator at
Glorietta, and Jack Hardy, operator at Levy
Station. The latter went to Glorietta and
called on Mcbride about midnight for the
purpose of revenge. Hardy was found on
the floor Of the telegraph Office fatally shot.
Mcbride is missing, and the shooting IS sup
posed to be justifiable. 90 80
A YOUNG negro named Robertson,
who committed most aggravated assault
upon an old lady of 60, at Morgan's Fork,
Franklin County, Miss, was lynched by a
party.of several hundred citizens, white and
black. - ~ &.
AT Quincy, ILL.,, on the 8th, q shoot
ING ARRAY occurred between John McDades
and Thomas Jackson, in which the former
received bullet through the body and the
latter one in his jaw and another in his thigh.
McDade died ON the following day from the
effect of his wound; jackson seemed likely
to recover McDade was q we|l l-knownb bus-
mess man and formerly Chief of
Police. Jackson is a sporting mana gam
bier. The affray grew out of game OF
cards, in which McDade claimed to have
been cheated, and while under the influence
of liquor he armed himself with shotgun
and attempted to kill Jackson, who defcnd-
ed himself with revolver.
BY the explosion of a tank in the lin
seed oil-mill of the sAlston Manufacturing
Company, Chicago, Frank Callahan, Super
intendent, and Ole Bargeson, a laborer, were
scalded to death.
THERE will be some ninety nomina-
tions for Postmasters sent to the Senate for
confirmation during the special session. OF
these about forty-fiye are Postmasters ap-
pointed by President Garfield after the adj
iournment Of the Senate last summer.
The Cincinnati, New Orleans &
Texas Pacific Railway Company has been
organized, to operate the Cincinnati South
ern road under the Erlanger lease. Theo-
dore Cook was elected President, and John
Scott General Manager. fsss
FRANK RUEHsTALLER'S saloon and
residence in Sacramento, Cal, burned few
nights ago. Ruehstaller dragged out his
wife and two children, but two other chill
dror rloaY,inr an tho floor ahoye poriSbnd