Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-22

Of the cars took fire from q lamp.
Two passengers were fatally injur-
ed and four 60 seriously hurt that
they were obliged to remain at the
hotel at Tiskilwa, Illinois. Mrs.
Kerby, Of Nevada, Ohio, was 30
badly burned that she died In a
few hours. The conductor Of the
train was badly burned about the
hands and face in his efforts to ex.
tinguish the flames in which she
was enveloped. Matt Phelps, Of
Grinnell, Iowa, received injuries
from which 1t is thought he cannot
recover.
0esss~i Dr.ak Of wises-Muraer
ana 8usclde.
CHICAGO, Jan. 21st.-Owing to q
heavy sleet storm which seems to
extend from Philadelphia north.
ward along the coast into New
England and for 200 miles, NO re-
ports are received from the East,
the wires being broken and unfit
for business. There is not single
wire to New York, only one from
Pittsburg TO Baltimore, and the
latter city 10 sending all telegraph
business through to New York by
train. There is very little prospect
for getting any Eastern or Euro
pean news until late in the even.
ing.
A special to the Evening Journal
from Geneva, Livingston county,
Michigan, says VIM. Vanblarc0m,
o farmer living near there, yester.
day shot his wife dead and then
killed himself. Cause, drink and
family troubles.
wife Murderer II anged.
DANvILLE, ILL.,, Jan. 2lst.-
Frederick Kester, for the murder
of his wife in August, 1879, was
hanged In the jail yard to-day 1t
one O'Clock. He died without .
struggle. His crime was bloody
eod uupIUvUkeu. ne nAu been
married but year and had con-
stantly maltreated his wife, 80
that her father threatened to take
her from him. Kester, on the
night of the murder, shot his wife
with o gun and, failing to kill her,
had beaten her brains out with an
axe. He then dragged her body to
some tall woods near the house
and taking his swiftest horse fed
the place. He was tracked to Iowa
and brought back for trial.
The Tsaaessee senasorixl Fighs.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 2lst.-The
eighteenth ballot stood: Maynard
SO, Beslsy 13, Bales 81, r. L. Tay-
loy 13, Bright 8, L. L. Hawkins 2,
r. r. Butler l, Etheridge 3, Smith
!. Harrison l. On the 18th, l4th,
18th and 18th ballots Maynard re.
ceived Al votes, the full. Republi-
can strength.
Powder ior Benic,s-sanguinnry
Items.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2lst.-There is
10000 pounds of powder in the de.
pot at the arsenal, IA miles below
this city, for Benicia.
Noah Bowlings, during q drunk.
en- spree yesterday, at Delaware
Bend, on Red river. Texas, assault.
ed Geo. Barnett with q pistol and
was shot and killed by Barnett.
A soldier of Company F, 10Th In
fantry, was shot and killed in cold
blood at San Angelo, Texas, near
Fort Concho, night before last, by
q gambler named R. G. Watson,
who, after the murder, was fur.
nished with q fleet horse by friends
and escaped.
saloon Keeper Killed.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 21st.-A
special to the Dispdtch says: Last
night saloon keeper named Laf-
ferty put two men, named Altman
and Jones, out of his saloon, for
raising q disturbance. The mon;
broke open the door OF the place,
re.entered and killed Lafferty With
. chunk of iron. They were arrest
ed and are now in Jail.
Esthsr Eawsrd Pureess Dsaa.-s
CINCINNATI, Jan. 2lst.-Father
Edward Purcell, brother to the
Archbishop and manager Of the
disastrous church banking concern
here, whose failure cost depositors
several millions of dollars, died of
apoplexy last night.
The Ohiisass Gsaa Auosher Vic.
tory.
BUENos AYREs, Jan. 20th.-A
telegram from Valparaiso reports
that great battle has been fought
near ChorIllas, nine miles south of
Lima. The Peruvians were de.
feated and driven from their posi-
ttons with heavy loss. The Chill.
ana hold Nhnrillaa