The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-04
COMMERCE. AND lNDUsTRYI>
Ia COUNTERFEIT $40 silver certifoAte

COMMERCE. AND lNDUsTRY.>, |
IA COUNTERFEIT $40 silver certificate
his been received at TIE Treasury Depart
ment. 1t is easily detected. If
IIr is believed the losses incurred
through the failu1s> of Robert A. Bakers
Bank at Fond du Lac, Wis, will aggregate
sSOO,O Baker, the President, and Bur-
roughs. the Cashier, are both under arrest.
The city will lose 10000, running the City
Treasurer, C. j. Pierson. Everything indi-
Gates general crookedness on the part OF
Baker and Burroughs.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
JOE STEVENS (colored) was hanged
at Edgefeld, s. c., on the goth, for murder.
he took his place on the trap with irmness,
waving his handkerchief. e
PATRICK CROWLEY and James Ste
vens were killed by mine accident at Mill
Greek, Pa. .....:a.-,
THREE men were killed and five in
iured BY m accident at the Golden Terra
mine, Deadwood, Oak. A number of others
Were buried beneath falling timbers. One
workman was thrown by the compression OF
ai nearly eighty feet out Of the tunnel
aksinst the side wall Of the open cut, and
Instantly killed.
THE three desperadoes concerned in
the shooting Of Sheriff Davis and Collector
,Hatton, in Wayne County, Mo-, have been
killed. Or captured. James Hamilton, the
leader Of the gang, and Jesse Myers. his
cd ,,,paniol,, were overtaken by posse OF
citizens at place called Campbell's Switch,
and refusing to surrender both were shot,
the former being killed and the latter prob
ably fatally wounded. Frank Brown, the
third member Of the gang, was subsequent
III captured and lodged in Jail. The head
,auarters of the outlaws was In New Madrid
County. yE7-- -.
Il Lo1rIE A. POLAND, Of Newcomers
town, and Mrs. Emma C. Seaman, Of Cedar
Hill, Fairfield County, two patients at the
Central Lunatic Asylum, Columbus, o.,
tebmmitted suicide by drowning themselves
ID the lake upon the asylum grounds.
|" SANTOS BARELA, who murdered Jose
tJbjdla, and afterward assaulted the muir.
dered mans wife, at the town OF Colorado,
N. NJ, on the 18th Of last February, expi.
sled bis crime on the gallows at Mesilla on
tie 2lst. ga. r-r .,ns
Il iiBILIY LEROY and Sam Potter, two
dbsperadoes, were lynched by the citizens Of
1es Norte, Colo.
FIFTEEN barrels Of Danforth's fluid,
stored In > cellar in st. Joseph, NO., explod'
eA on the night Of the 23d. The main flool
d the building was occupied as . negro So
| idon, and twenty.seyen persons, all colored
Were enjoying themselves at the time the ex'
dosion occurred. The building was almost
entirely demolished In On instant, and thu
dbbris wrapped In flames. Three person'
we're killed outright, 1t ID believed, and theil
bbdiesc remated, and five were badly burned
! oAe At least fatally. 20 so
| KoBERT LANaHoRN and Robert Poin
started in s,skif to cross the river At LIE
Clair, ten miles above Davenport, Iowa
They had 8 keg Of beer with them, but wer
nbt nstieed to be intoxicated. When In mid
stream the skin sprung aleak and both wen
4 down before help could reach them. gao
| The boiler In Risk & Co.'s foundry a
Memphis exploded on the oath, killing W
! d. Halder and Edward Hopkins and seri
obsly injuring three other men. The boile
! vas an old one and. It 10 said, known by th
/ owners to be unfit for use. The Coroner
4 Jury declared them culpable for the dis
after. i'.1 VI 81
10 AT Fayette, Miss, the five-year.ol
fs1n Of Capt Stephen E. Ramble MOUNTS
| Tie balustrade at the head Of the windin
,lsjaixh for the purpose Of sliding down, whe
III lqat his balanes md went crashing head
1l1ne to, the bottom, his head striking th
! pbst At the foot Of the stairs. Nearly ever
,Igbbne in his bsdy WA fractured. = ssa ;
3, | WASHINGTON Benson, aged 81,
) wsalfiy farmer from Midland County
4 Mich, started with his family with privai
4 cbnvsysaces on . pleasure, trip to lows
while in camp nsar South Bend, Ind, NJ
Il Heasonywas leading . spirited stallion
! wsasgovhen the animal attacked him in
1|stskxs manner, biting and crushing him
4 "a atG. oi heuss eA9!F eoSAsa Ag!a y5,'@sa
\ AX appsliing disaster occurred ne.
Y IoansdHai, ontario, on Tie 24th:. The steam'
1ictorh, returning from an excursion dow
4 de river. denssly laden with passenger
Il Suddenly collapsed, throwing all on bosl
4 CiAtoths river, which isat tho place Of diSa
1, tlr about twelve feet In depth. OF abo
stb60 portions on board 1t IL estimated th
ii lot lesE than 176 were lost, the bodies
81 A05t 81 them being recovered. The seen
kF tie river bank ID the bodies were broug
W &rth ~ described y, heart-rending, tho
al Ands Of persons being copgregated who b
Y hiatiyes OF friends among the lost Amo
y he drowned sre jas. Robertson, Manager
. he Bank &c British North AmeIica;s J.
J. Meredith, Clerk Of the District Court; w
lcBride, Asssssos, aid ;inaay. other perso
|. i prominence in business q social circles
y MISS ANNlE TuksER, The ,handsor
AL td,ascbmplished daughtsr q Richard II
III Id, - b linf Tot, AWtsconain, died the Of
III Edw IRON tie effects 81 . drug procur
II 1br. her ~ Z, young man named Jose
III fnigitsi With whsn che had been keep
w1 (pnpAays . Knight was arrested and loda
III IL jailAt, DsrliagteR,a II yiU9 .aaa