Fair play., 1881-02-12
Personal AND GENERAL.

DIR. WASHINGTON +. IIARBAUGH, q
on the evening OF the 9Th ,h0t his wife
through the head with a revolver. KILN"
her almost instantly. lie then with shot
gun blew off the top of his Own head. Dr.
1iarbaugh was about 40 years Of a=". For
some time past he had been addicted 10
drink and when under its influence was eN-
frcmely quarrelsOmc. He had >cycral tlme-
beaten his wife, who was a most e>tma',le
woman. Only a few months ago >hc was
compelled to hide for nearly Il week I" es
cape from her brutal husband. Three Young
children are left orphans by this tragic oc-
currcncc.
The brothers Albert Z. and Charles
L. Talbot have been found guilty of the
murder Of their father, at Maryvilic, Noda-
way County, No., fn September last. and
sentenced to lie banged OIL the 18th day OF
March next. The scene in court fOllown"
the Judges sentence was most distressing,
the mother, sisters and other relatives Of
the doomed men being present and express
ing their grief, in the most heart-rendins
manner. ~ s
s A PASSENGER train on the Sunbury Il
Lewiston Railroad ran OF the track near
Middlebury, Pa, on the 10Th. Two ears
were overturned and took fire and the pas
sengers were rescued with great difficulty.
Fifteen persons were injured, five seriously.
LOUIS GRUMME, Chicago soap
manufacturer, wasa most determined sui
eide. He first took poison, then opened the
veins Of his wrist with a pocket-knife, and
finally hung himself. 1t Is perhaps need
less 10 add that he was dead when ciit down.
He was about I'd years of age, unmarried,
and prosperous in his business, 50 that no
cause for the act can be assigned unless il
he insanity.
The propeller St. Albans, while ell
route from Milwaukee 10 Ludinston, on the
10th, was so badly injured 10y the lee that it
was found necessary to abandon her. The
twenty-five persons on board took to the
boats, and after many hours OF extreme hard
ship and peril succeeded in getting back to
Milwaukee. There were several ladies
among the passengers.
Two boys, named Rogers and Greer,
while coasting at Freedom. Pa, ran into
passing freight train and We're 80 terribly
msnsled that they can not recover.
CONDUCTOR HALsEY and Fireman
Harding were killed, and Engineer Murphy
badly injured 10y a railroad accident near
\. G..
The business portion Of Plymouth,
County. n. c., was burned on
the night Of the 3lst, caused by q kerosene
explosion. Thirty-three buildings, inrlud-
ing the Court house and Episcopal Church.
and 100 bales Of cotton were DESTROYED.
Losses foot up $l.. ,G0, with but small in
s,irance. .-.-.-...
AT Decatur, ILL.,, on the lst, John A.
Hornstcin. aged 81. married 10 a girl only
10 years old, attempted to heit his witc's
brains ont with an iron kettle and then
stabbed her several times in the throat,
after which he committed suicide hy shoot
|nG himself twice through the head. The
IN assorted. pair had never lived harnoni-
,usly together, the husband being jealous of
The wife, and for some time past they had
been separ ssed. -
ANOTHER sevefe snow storm occurred
IN the Slst, seriously, impeding railroad
Irafic throughout the Eastern. Northern
and Northwestern States.
THREE men in jile4 q Albuquerque,
n. NJ, charged with The murder Of Col.
Charles Potter, some months ago, were
hanged by mob on thu nieht of the 3lst.
Tb6y were Escatastfco PeyS, Miguel Barrcra
md sCatifornia Joe.
Mrs. EN.D.IEwIs, of Helena,
Ark. was bnrped TO death ly tie explosion
# glass keFosene lamp. Hsr husband was
,adly burned while trying - exiinguish the
lanes.
sJoHAKNA CALLAHAN and her son
William were burned to death in her dwell !
ing 1t Dorchestes, Mass.
THREE children of Rev. Manning
funter, colored, in Sumter County. :. G.,
we're burped to death by lamp explosion |
Turing the absence OF their parents.
Mrs. GEORGE STONE and her daugh- !
er and son perished in the flames at the |
'urning Of shOe-shop, at Union, Conn.
The mail stage between San Antonio |
nd FL Paso, Texas. was robbed on the night
4 the 1st. The mail-bags were ripped open
nd relieved OF their most valuable contents. |
FRANKTOwN, Nevada, has been
wept away by the breaking Of reservoir
am. The inhabitants vacated their houses
n time to escape the coming Hood.
A AFAssENGER-CARo on the Fergus Falls
Division Of the st. Paul. Minnesota 4 Mani
oba Railroad, OH the I'd, near Elk River.
ras thrown from the track and rolled down
n embankment sixty feet high. MANY Of
he passengers were badly injured. one or
lorc it was thought fatally.
The house of Tobias o. CheSner, AT
audubon, Minn.. burned on the I'd. and
[rs. CheSner and two children peri>hcd in
he flames. The fire was caused by kero-
me explosion.
ABE TwrGG> colored, whose brother
as recently hanged for murder in B,lrrei
ounty, Ga, has been lynchcd, il is said by
esroes, because he testified against hi,
rother.
The steam yacht Carrie, of Fhiladel-
hia. exploded her boiler at Baltimore. kill
l. four men.
EIGHT Cinnamon engaged in cutting
mber fourteen miles from Santa Cr',z, Cal.
ere buried alive by a landslide.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
JAN. aS.-In the Senate, Mr.. Blaine in
-oiuced hill for the establishment Oft nt,,i