The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-18

The excess In value OF the exports Over tne
imports during the year ending April, 1850,
was only SITS, 4eo,21s.
A COMPANY has been formed, with
Gen. Grant as President, to build the Texas
Western Railway, . narrow.gauge, begin
ming At Houston and running west to the Rio
Grande. - s~'fEs
The most careful estimates put the
cotton crop Of last year at 6, 400, 900 bales, or
nearly million and half bales more than
the splendid crop of 1879.
A NUMBER of Pennsylvania blast
furnaces have suspended operations on &C.
count Of the alleged depression in the iron
trade.
LEADING manufacturers of agricul-
tural implements in the West are said to
have greatly curtailed operations on account
Of unfavorable sdvices regarding the coming
harvest.
TIE National Millers' Association held
their eighth annual Convention at Chicago,
beginning on the 7th. The Cochran patent
cases, representing claims for damages to
the amount Of $36, 900 against members
of the Association, were settled by compro-
mise, the terms Of which are private.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ROBERT SMITH and his wife, negroes,
past so years of age and professors OF the
voudou art, have been arrested at Mande.
vile, La. , for inhuman treatment Of negro
boy of 10, left by his dead parents to- be
cared for by Smith and his wife. For Aeal.
ing piece of bread, his tormentors held
the child in front of a fire, where, in spite Of
his cries, he was left until he was SO thor
oughly roasted that his life is despaired Of.
He was found by some Of the neighbors in
this situation and released.
BR1NGARD, Inspector Of Telegraphs,
and his escort have been massacred between
Frenda and Gervyville, Algeria. Twenty
six men were killed.
AT Leadville, Colo., Walter and Lot
tie Smith, aged and respectively, found q
giant cartridge and attempted to break it
open to see what was inside, when it ex-
ploded, throwing them several yards, badly
mutilating both. The boys hands were both
blown of and his eyes blown out.
AT Peru, Nemaha County, Neb., on the
Sd, Albert Clark, recently arrived in the town
with his wife and five children, cut his wife's
throat with pocket.knife, and then took
his shotgun and went out on the street.
| The first person he saw was E. NJ. Sargent,
well-known harness maker, who was shot
and lily killed. The mailman then took
his pocket-knife, with which he had already
slain his wife, and cut his own throat.
The supposition Is that Clark was crazy, and
had become impressed with the idea that
some one was following him with the intent
to do him injury. Mr.. Sargent leaves a
family, and the five children Of the murder.
er are homeless.
AT Cris6eld, N. j., Elijah Sterling,
proclaiming himself the son Of God, made an
attack on his wife and son with an ak. The
son escaped with flesh wound; the wife is
thought to be fatally injured.
ALANcAsTER co., dispatch says a
ten.year.old son Of Michael Heleburger
killed young son Of Henry Strake by stab
bling him to the heart with pocket.knife.
JACOB BERRY, for years principal of
the public schools at Buffalo, N. Y, COM
mitted suicide on the Sd. He was Yale
frst-prize man, and leaves wife and two
children.
BENJAMIN F. GERBER and wife, Of
Ligonier, Ind, were drowned by the upset.
ting Of boat At Rome City, Ind.
| C. A. CANNoN's livery stable, at How.
ard city, Kans., burned on the morning Of
the 4th. His son George, aged q, was
burned to death, also q horses.
LIGHTNING struck the Masonic build.
ing At Camptown, Ky., and two men, Ma
than Hollan and William R. Byrd, were in.
stantly killed. Seven others were badly
shocked. The dead were both prominent
citizens, about fifty years Of age, and leave
large families. !.
! A DISPATCH from Vienna says Gen.
Uchatius committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart. The cause as.
signed Il that he was suffering from an in.
durable malady.
/ Ebert WILLIAMS, colored, con.
victed Of the murder Of Major Hutchins,
was executed at Livingston, Ala, on the 3D..
He was composed and died without strug'
gle.
Two freight trains were wrecked
near Cedar Rapids, lows, on the 5th
through Misunderstanding Of orders or for
getfulness on the part Of telegraph oper'
ator. Two brakemen were killed. Engineer
Anderson had his leg and collar bone broken
besides receiving other injuries, and fireman
Mathews was bruised and scalded.
NEWS comes from Berlin, KY, Of The
murder Of William Sims by bis brother.in.
law, Mellow. When last seen together Nc
Low, who was drunk, was accusing Sims o.
having stolen bis money. On the 5th Sims
body was found in the woods, stabbed IL
eleven places. Mellow, when sober, fount
. the money on his own person. He has CON
{ fssssd the murder, and Is In jail at Brook
VILE. 't't
JOHN McCULLoueH was killed and
three men were badly injured by . boiler ex.
plosion At Arkansas City, Ark.
| "A FREIGHT train on the Denver, South
| Park 10 Pacific Railroad jumped the track
| near Dueaa Vista, Colo, on the 9th. 81
/ Black, engineer, J. Lee, fireman, and VIM
Arnoh, brakeman, were instantly killed. j
| L Kissiek, conductor, had bis ankle disloca.
ted. The engine and number Of cars ar
total wrecks.
WILLIAM AU1PHY, tho divorced hus
band Of Mira Newton McClarran, visited
that lady At her residence near Pittsburgh
Pa, the other day, and requested an inter
visw. When che appeared, Murphy threw
| Ai arms around her neck, and, while thu
embracing her, shot her In the back and
breast, and then placing . revolver against
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