The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
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wATERsPoUT has done great damage to
railroad property in Colorado, washing away
many bridges.
In Terrell county, Ga, colored man named
Hudson went to the farmhouse of David Lee
after the family had retired and told the farmer
that his woods were on fire and his fences burn
ing. Hudson went out with Lee, who soon re-
turned with an AK with which he killed Mrs.
Lee and colored girl and stunned another
colored girl. He then stole $500 and fled, but
was captured and lodged in jail Mr.. Lee was
found dead in the woods with his head split
open.
The crops in Ohio will be considerably
smaller this year than last, the estimates being:
Wheat seventy per cent or 3S, OOO, 900 bush
els, against 50, 500, 900 bushels in 1881 ; corn,
seventy per cent, or "a, 900, 600 bushels against
105,OO0000 bushels oats, 1O7 per cent, or
22,50O,0O0 bushels, against q, 100000 bushels.
GENERAL LESLIE CooMBs, veteran Of the war
of 1872, and man who for more than half
century past has taken prominent part in the
affairs Of Kentucky, died a few days ago in
Lexington, KY, aged lightweight years.
LIEUTENANT SMITH, four soldiers and mining
expert named Daily were killed in fight with
Indians in Texas.
AT Orange Texas, band Ct desperadoes
drew Sheriff Geor o Mitchell into an ambu h
and seriously wounded him. Thereupon the
incensed people took the law into their own
hands, caught six of the desperadoes and shot
them to death and hanged two others.
GREAT suffering has been caused at Rich
mond. Va, by water famine. In order to
afford relief the mayor ordered the superin.
tendant to turn off the water from the factories
THE Mississippi Greenbackcrs have nomi-
mated Colonel benjamin Hill for governor.
A SHERnAN tTcxas1 dispatch says thst some
time ago Benz. Blanton, ex-sheriff of Cook
county, a very desperate man, met James Todd
who had been witness against him ina law
puit, and abused him shamefully. They sop
arated, each vowing TO meet the other for final
settlement. The other day they met and each
drew weapon and fred. Todd was shot
through the heart, and the top Of Blantons
head was blown off,
The shops of the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio railroad, at Harrisburg, Texas,
were destroyed by fire, together with the tools,
machinery, three locomotives and passenger
car The loss is about $1,000
A MAN and his wife were about retiring to
bed in farmhouse near Fulton, ILL.,, when
they were instantly killed by lightning stroke,
while an infant four months old, who was be-
tween them, was uninjured.
THE Mississippi Republicans at their State
convention in jackson nominated fusion
ticket, with Benjamin King, also nominated by
the Greenbackers, for governor at the head.
THREE boys-Jimmie and Johnnie King and
Alexander Ballentine, aged six to eight years
were riding on couple of slabs floating in the
river at Steubenyille, Ohio. The slabs tilted
and the boys were thrown into the water. The
Oldest King boy was an expert swimmer, but in
endeayoring to save the other two he went
down, all three losing their lives.
AN old man named Brooks was beating his
wife at Floris Iowa, when son of eighteen
interfered to protect his mother. The father
turned on his son, who retreated to the wall
and then shot his father dead
A NAN named Howard, living in Delafeld,
Wis, poisoned his whole family, and his vito
and two children have died. An ungoyernable
temper and domestic troubles are the causes
assigned for the deed
The crops in portions Of the West have suf-
fered severely from drought. Copious showers
have, however, brought partial relief
WHILE four horse thieves, belonging to an
extensive gang which has been operating along
the Rio Grande for long time, were being
taken to Brackets, Texas by officers, the party
was attacked near the town of Dolores, and all
| of the thieves were killed
A FIRE at Chicago destroyed John G. Hately's
large pork-paeking establishment, causing a
loss of about 81, 100000. At the time of the
fire the building contained 100000 pounds Of
bacon and $4,000 barrels of pork.
| The citizens of Alaska are moving to obtain
a civil government and representation in
Congress.