, 1881-09-30
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TET.EaxAPH TO DATE.

The JetiersOnian democracy of the state
OF New York will issue call for a state
convention October 10th.
The Carroll House at Carrollton. Mo-.
with stores underneath, burned Sept, 18th
loss, $4,000 to 100000; partly insured.
Thomas Stinson, of Chester, Pa. aged
53, while drunk, killed his wife aged 90,
and then probably fatally stabbed him
self
Douglass q Co, crOckery and queens
ware dealers of Denver have assigned,
with liabilities of 900 and assets $50
000
Paynim Gallon, for wantonly murder
ing Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Dilley, for
whom he had worked and whom he
wished TO rob, was hanged at Cambridge,
Ill.
The star parlor Organ Cos and Beatty's
immense organ factories was burned: loss
estimated at 100000, partially insured.
-Four hundred men are thown ont of en-
ployment.
Geo. Marshall, i hostler working for the
San Andreas Stage Co, at the North Amer
lean house, Calaveras Co., was, on the 18th
instantly killed by falling down well $50
feet in depth.
Daring quarrel DIT Boston, Harvey
Forbes shot Geo. w. Townsend, well
known marine diver, through the neck,
! and then shot himself in the head and
fell dead. Townsend will probably die.
/ A young man named Somerset, aged
about l9 wears, was accidentally drowned
i'll the Mokelumne river near LockfOrd
Locke diyed into the stream and recov-
cred the body, but TOO late to save his
life.
Andrew kountz, an insanely jealous
German, fatally hurt his wife and cut his
| own throat at PittSburg, Sept. 18th. a
barder whom he suspected of alternating
her affections was assaulted, but not badly
hurt.
w. b. Ragland and Thomas Bivens,
contractors were attacked and badly
beaten with "a cane by u. S. Degarmo
Ragland was probably fatally injured
The cause was a lawsuit. Degarmo Was
arrested.
The citizens of Frio county, Texas, have
been granted authority to raise volun-
| teer minute company TO protect life and
property from raiders beyond the Rio
Grande, the state bearing none of the ex-
penses.
The second assembly district republican
conxeRtion,- ,-SiReiairsYille,- n 0rK
adopted resolutions of sympathy with
| President Garfield. An effort by stall
warts to secure the state delegates was lost
| 66 to 10.
A Trinidad special says; Friday night
in dance hall at Starkville, Jose Lafoya
being drunk, drew revolver and de.
clared his Intention to shoot everybody In
range. He was seized by a friend when
the revolver was discharged, the bullet
striking Lefoya and producing instant
| death.
On the 18th at Rockland, Me-, Charles
Smith, labOrer, shot and killed his wife,
infant son and mother-in-law, and at
tempted to kill Mrs Metcalf, an old lady
living in the house; but she, with two
children, escaped. The murderer surren-
dered. Jealousy was the cause of his
horrid acts.
District Attorney Corkhill, of Wash
ingIon, has been severely criticised for
having dismissed the grand jury until
October Sd, while star route cases we're
awaiting consideration. CorkhilPs excuse
was that the cases were not ready for
presentation and that some of the grand
jurors had important business to attend
TO, and he gave them a recess to allow
them an opportunity of doing so.
The latest scandal in the departments
lHtOlteS d. I|NdlS, Cuicl VI IoiiCS-
ton division in the sixth auditors office,
and Miss Della Hines, a sister of a prom
inent official in the postotice department.
Their relations have buen a matter OF
gossip, and chief clerk Elya has been or
dered 10 investigate the formal charges
filed by clerk who was recently re-
moved.
Pacific coast postal changes--estaOlished
Died. Walla Walla county, w. l., j. w.
Cochrane, 2. NJ. Discontinued, Chapman,
Klickitat county, W. 7. Name changed,
Butler creek, Umatilla county, Oregon, to
Vinson aud Lucien Evarts appointed
postmaster; Postmasters appointed;
Cyril w. Warden, Grand Mound, Thurs
ton county, w. T., c. Bradne, Pine City,
Whitman county, w. T., w. II. Fouts,
Whatcom, Whatcom county, w. L, Mrs.
| Ella Brown, Sitka, Alaska.
Ex-senator Christiancy having fire.
quently openly denounced his wife's tes-
| timony in the divorce case as perjury, hei
| brother, DIR. Lngenbeei, yesterday. after
| trying to see Christlancy, sent hlin for
NAL challenge to meet him at any spot IN
| Virginia, within twenty miles of Wash
| ington. Christiancy replied that he had
| no desire for notoriety as AN assassin such
rs possessed Lugenbeel, and assuring him
| that he would allow him To carry out the
| implied threat of the letter at his own
convenience; but that for himself he
would depend upon the laws of his coun:
! try for protection. Christiancy applied
for the arrest of Lugenbeel.
The Herald's London special says: Ac.
cording to advices received at Plymouth,
fearful typhoon has visited Shanghai
driving about 200 vessels of all nationali-
| ties onshore, uprooting trees, and leveilni
with the ground lines of houses. During
| the storm, which lasted barely an hour
over ten inches of rain fell. hundred ma
| tive sampans sank with their occupants
About $500, 900 worth of tea stored for snip
ment was washed away and lost. A por'
ton of the sailors home was blown away
The Sunday Herald's cable from Ham
burg SAYS: The active life of the empe Oh
is the subject of general conversation
| From a review near Hanover on Ihnrs
dav of last week he proceeded direct t
Dantzic. On Friday the interview witt
the czar took place. On Saturday ht
| looked at the maneuvers near konitZ- De
spent Saturday night in Berlin and lef
| Sunday morning for Itzehoe. Thence ht
came to Hamburg on Wednesday, leavlnl
again for Itzehoe the same evening" Hs
went to Kiel on Friday TO witness thu
maneuvers, and on Sunday leaves fol
Baden Baden to attend the carlzino'i
marriage festivities. On Tuesday he vii
take rest at Baden Baden. The emperor