The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

mantled, and D. c. johnson, a brakeman,
seriously injured.
REV. G. o. BARNES, the mountain
evangelist of Kentucky, claims a,4I8 conser-
sions "a The result of seven weeks work in
Louisville, and the restoration to health OF
nearly as many more by the prayer cure.
HENRY BALzER, employed at Car
negie Bros.' rolling mill, Pittsburgh, Pa,
| while examining an electric light machine
the other day placed his hand on one of the
| wires and received shock that killed him
| instantly.
RAILROAD and telegraphic communi-
cation in the Northwest has been inter-
rupted by heavy snow storms.
| Mrs. VIM. SEWAGE, of Louisville,
KY, was fatally burned on the 2lst. Her
dress caught fire while She was sitting in
| front of agrste.
TIE Mystic Krow of Comus, of New
| Orleans, celebrated their twenty fifth an :
niversary on the 21st by pageant OF twenty
ears representing the reii sions OF the world.
| The krew's entertainment concluded with
| grand bah and tableaux at the Opera
| house.
| Mrs. ToLLEFF HANSON, of Moor
head, Mimi, was shot and killed by her
| husband, Feb. 81, from whom she had pro-
cured divorce on the grounds of cruel
/ treatment. Hanson then made weak at
| tempt to Kill himself, but will recover.
Two young men, r. d. Raven and
James Cook, disputed the spelling OF a
word at Waverly, Lancaster County, Neb. /,
the other night. Raven called Cook an OPP
| prohrious epithet and Cook struck him with
| his fist. Raven then drew pistol aud shot
| Cook through the body. Cook died in few
| minutes. 4 crowd collected 10 lynch the
| murderer, and threw rope over his head,
but Deputy Sheriff Mellick struggled des-
| perately and succeeded in getting his pris-
| oner TO jail.
MR.. IL. GRENET, one of the oldest
most prominent and respected citizens of
| San Antonio, Texas, was found dead in his
bath-tub on the 21st. The Coroner's jury
| returned verdict of death from congestion
and apoplexy of the brain.
In the Sprague divorce case, the ex-
| Senator withdrew his counter bill, and the
complainant struck out all allegations ex-
| cept that OF non-support. The custodian
at Canonchet testified that Sprague had re-
/ fused to maintain his wife, and the c.se was
doeketed as held for sdvisement until the
amount of alimony can be settled. The
| girls were surrendered to the mother, while
Wi liam remains with his father.
THE Herzegovinians recently defeated
Austrians troops in several minor engage :
ments. Three insurgent divisions surround
| ed Flatcha and demanded its surrender. An
attack was made on Mottia, in which ten
women and six children were killed, but the
insurgents were driven away.
j. w. NORRIS, postmaster and store
keeper at Rice, Navarro County, Texas, was
murdered the other night by two men who
called him from bed to sell them some goods.
He managed to stagger back to his room and
inform his wife that the two men, who were
strangers, had shot him.
WIN. II. MCGEHIE, a skillful painter
and man of culture, highly esteemed in Pine
Bluff, Ark, recently threw himself into the
river and was drowned. He left note ad-
dressed to his sons, bidding them farewell
and committing them to the Father OF Mer-
cies. A few days previous to his death he
had given unmistakable evidences of mental
alteration.
EDWARD SAMUEL, of Cincinnati, was
fatally injured by falling from the top of a
scaffold which he was erecting for the exc
cution of Major Hicks.
JAMES MCNAMARA, of Chicago, yard
man in the employ of the Michigan South
ern Railway, was shot and killed by J. W.
Evans, in the town of Lake, on the 22d,
Evans says Mcnamara assaulted him for the
purpose of robbery, but the latter has borne
good reputation and the statement is dis
credited.
SOLOMON RICHARDSON, a prosperous
| farmer of Charlton, Mass, was reported
| fatally wounded by the accidental discharge
Of gun, some days ago, while riding on q
| load of logs with his son and a neighbor. On
| the 22d the son confessed that he shot his
father, intending to kill him. He had car
| ried the gun two days, waiting a favorable
opportunity, and fired while the neghbor' S
| back was turned.
ANNIE CLARK, of Bloomington, H.,
ended some love troubles by taking strych-
nine on the 22d.
THE Governor of Mississippi has APP
pealed for aid in behalf OF the flood victims
in the Yazoo delta.
AT Dover, n. H., on the 23d, Arthur
Hunter, sixteen years of age, was commit
ted in default of so, 900 bail for trial for at
/ tempting to throw pass enger train off the
/ track of the Dover & Winnipiseogee Railroad
by tying log to one Of the rails over Gull
vert near Durham. The train was moving
slowly at the time and broke the log fasten-
ings else there would have been terrible
wreck and loss of life. The boy was found
sitting on fence waiting to see the smash
up. He said be had read of the Cole 5
Crossing disaster and wished to see one
himself.
A WOMAN who registered herself as
Mrs. Wilson, of Canada, jumped or fell
from a third-story window of the Brevoort
House, Kansas City, the other night. She
was found on the sidewalk next morning,
delirious and suffering from internal injur-
les. When she regained consciousness she
said her name was Susie Drew; that she has
a sister named Nellie Drew, and that she
came from Chicago, where she was nurse
in st. Luke's Hospital Her chances of re-
covery are good.
PHILIP HENsEN, Miss Rosa Robinson
and two-year- old child recently left Brook
vile, Franklin County, Ind, for Fairfield
| The body Of Hiss Robinson was subsequent
ly found in Templeton's Creek, near ford,
and it was thought the whole party were
drowned in an attempt to cross the swollen
| stream.
WAsHINGToN's birthday (Feb. 22d)
was marked by a general suspension of bus
! mess.
EIGHTmen were horribly scalded and
one killed by boiler explosion at the Vul-