The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-11
South and West.

THREE coored men-Pleasant Adams, Joe
Burton and Richard Bates we're hanged at
Greenvile, s. c., for setting on fire the Acad-
envy of Music in that place in December, 1879.
ONE of the boilers on the steamer Marion,
used in cleaning out the Wateree river, South
Carolina. exploded with terrible effect. She
had on board picnic party Of about forty
persons. Miss Minnie Henry was instantly
killed Misses Matte and Mamie Henry and
Orville Stiles were missing and supposed to
be drowned Thomas Richardson (colored),
one of the crew, was drowned and five other
persons were injured.
THE cornerstone Of the National Mining and
Industrial Exposition building was formally
laid at Denver, COL, by Governor Pitkin. The
exposition will open August 1.
Two companies of The Sixth United States
cavalry, commanded by Captain Tupper, have
had severe fight with the Indians in Arizona
under Chiet Loco. The Indians lost twelve or
fifteen of their number, and the troops had one
man killed and several wounded.
AN extraordinary scene occurred in the Hi
nois legislature during the debate in the house
on the redistricting act. Representative Par
rish called Representative Harrington liar,
and was promptly knocked down. Parrish was
dragged out and the blood washed from his
face. Harrington then apologized to the House,
but Parrish on returning to his desk denounced
Harrington as brute and a coward.
HORACE MAYNARD, postmaster-gen under
HAYES, and at ene time United States minister
at Constantinople, died suddenly the other day
at Knoxville, Tenn, of heart disease aged
sixty-eight years.
CHICAGO daily paper publishes reports from
Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kan
sas and other States indicating excellent crops
despite the cold and a backward spring.
Ap1sPATcH received at Santa Fe, New Mexico
states that column of Mexican troops under
command of Colonel Garcia met the Indians
whom Colonel Forsyth had been pursuing
through Arizona, killed seventy-eight of them
and took thirty three prisoners.
A SALOON at Uedarville, Ohio, was blown up
by unknown palties with dynamite. The saloon
keeper and his family narrowly escaped death
THE Indian troubles in Arizona have sub.
sided In the fight on the border between the
Mexicans, under General Garcia and Loco's
band, the Indians lost seventy-eight killed and
all their stock. Loco himself was killed and
thirty-three Indians taken prisoners. Tho
Mexicans' loss is said to be twenty-sever
killed and wounded. A careful summary shows
total of 141 whites and Mexicans killed by
Indians during the outbreak, 500 head of stocl
killed and captured and over SIS, 900 worth o
property destroyed.
CAPTAIN Upper and his troops have had a
second encounter in New Mexico with the
Indians, killing forty and recapturing stock.
Tupper's loss was one killed aud one wounded.
HENRY HEWLETT, the oldest engineer in
Florida, was killed and colored fireman was
badly injured in collision between two trains
near Jacksonville.
FIFTEEN acres of the city of Racine, Wis
have been destroyed by fire. The burnt dis
trict comprised seven blocks and included
over forty-four buildings and more than ter
million feet of lumber. The losses aggregate
about $75O,0OO That part of the city which is
in ashes was the Oldest and least ornamental
being largely composed of inferior buildings
with here and there fine one.
The coal miners strike in the Cumberland
(AId.) region still continues about three thou
sand men having been idle there for the pas
two months.
NEAR Leona, Kansas, farmers wife sho
her husband and then killed herself because
she believed the former was going to disinheri
their son.