Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-02-03
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Galveston, Feb. 1.-The murderers OF
Col. Potter were taken from Jail last night
at Albuquerque and hanged.
Norfolk, Va, Feb. 1.-Information has
been received that Plymouth, Washing
ton county, N. c., was destroyed by fire
last night. The freight warehouse Of the
steamer Chowan and one store are the
only houses left standing. The fire orig
mated from o kerosene explosion. -Four
Thousand bales of cotton burned.
Cleveland, O., Feb. Ia mysterious
fire broke out in st. Mary's German Cath
olic church steeple. The flames were
first discovered curling around the clock
dial. The tower was burned SO that the
spire fell, part of it crushing through the
roof and the three chime Of bells drop
ped upon the organ underneath, demol-
ishing it. The fire was confined to the
steeple. Loss, $4,000; insured.
New York, Feb. John A. Sweezey,
rather reckless senior partner of the dry
goods house of sweezey 4 Darton, Leon
ard street, disappeared Friday and has
mitted forgeries to the amount of $75,-
mated discussion this morning in dry
goods circles and universal surprise. Mrs
Sweezey is penniless and the trade re-
lieved her literally.
Milwaukee, Feb. 1.-The snow fall of
the past two days has been general and
heavy throughout Wisconsin and has
greatly impeded railroad business; in
fact, has blockaded and more or less de-
layed oil the trains on all the roads.
Snow plows are running on the Chicago,
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Central, the Lake Shore & Western, and
all the lines generally. There is less
trouble on the Chicago & Northwestern
in the interior of the state.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The house COM
mittee on commerce completed the river
and harbor bill, with the exception Of
some twenty small items, which remain
to be passed upon. The committee pro-
poses to finish the bill tonight. It is
stated that the aggregate amount already
provided for will exceed Sl0,O00,0OO, and
there is hardly any probability that the
committee will consent to increase this
amount by an appropriation for the re-
claiming Of the Potomac flats, though
some members strongly urged it.
Chicago. Feb. 1.-The Inter-Ocean's g
Decatur, ILL.,, special says: John A. Horn-
stein, German citizen Of this place, at
tempted to kill his young wife this fore
noon, making desperate stabs at her with
a knife and then pounding her over the
head with kettle. Two gentlemen then
interfered. He then pulled revolver
and shot himself twice in the head, and
that failing to kill him he siezed com.
mon wood saw and hacked away at his
throat until he severed the jugular vein,
when he bled to death. He was 81 and
married his wife two years ago when she
was seventeen years old. He was abus.
i've and Jealous and she deserted him
which inclted him to this fearful attempt
at vengeance.
San Francisco, Feb. 1T began rain.
ing in the central and northern parts of
tie state again to-day. The floods in the
rivers are abating very slowly. At Shasta,
up to this afternoon, there has fallen
this season the enormous quantity OF
eighty -one and forty-hundredths inches
OF rain, and the damage in that section
of the state cannot be approximated. In
Klamath, Del Norte, Trinity and Siski-
you counties the rainfall is very heavy
All the streams in those counties are
over the banks, flooding the valleys, de.
stroying farms, carrying away every
bridge across them and many sawmillt
and houses. Much grain in the stack il
} lost. The property destroyed is esti
mated up in the millions. In Caluss
county the rainfall is higher than ever
In that county half million would MOI
pay for the property destroyed. Th,
late storm is by far the most extensiv,
: and destructive ever known on the coas
since the whites settled here. A larg,
part Of the country flooded is whea
ground, and unless the water runs of
!. quickly there will be much smaller crol
: in California the coming season thai
: heretofore counted on.