The patron of husbandry., 1882-01-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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shot out of Moore's house, and three men
were killed.
THOMAS WATERS and Joseph New
ton, Of Oskaloosa, Iowa, were overpowered
! by foul air in coal mine. The former died ::
the latter will not recover.
ToPL1FF, an old resident of Alama-
kee County, Iowa, committed suicide bv
hanging.
A CHILD of J. B. Coles, residing near
East Liverpool, o., died from drinking con-
centrated lye left within reach.
FRANK TAYLOR, of Napoleon, O., a
Wabash employee, was run down bv
yard engine at Toledo, o., and Instantly
killed.
JOHN MULLINS, witness in mur-
der trial at Mount Vernon, Ky.. was fined
for contemptof Court, but ran out, followed
by two Deputy Sheriffs, upon whom he fred
without effect. After a short chase he
was captured and brought to the court
room. lie was accompanied by his father,
Champ Mullins, who was also intoxicated.
John was ordered TO Jail by Judge Brady.
When the jaier and the posse started with
John to the jail the prisoner and his father
resisted, and scene ensued which beggars
| room broke into the widest disorder; men
were knocked down, pistols drawn, guards
rushed in with shot-guns, and the rush for
the doors and windows was tremendous.
The Mullinses and officers fought their way
out OF the courtroom and down stairs into
the street. Judge Brady left the bench
and shouted: 81 call on every man in this
house to help arrest these men, and I will
ass St 111NrS - h.,
and lodged in Jail, the jurymen were dis
charged, and the case continued till next
term.
A DISPATCH dated Yakima, w. T.,
18th, says Toma Hop Towne, an Indian, was
executed for the murder of Lorenzo d.
Perkins and his wife. The murder was
committed at Rattlesnake Creek, Yakima
County, during the raid in the summer of
1873. Seven Indians were engaged in the
murder. Three have been executed, three
nave been shot while resisting the Sheriff
and endeayoring to escape jail, and one re-
leased, having turned States evidence.
GALVESTON, Texas, has been swept
by fire. 1t originated in building occu-
pied by the Supreme Court rooms, Moody
d Jamison, Grace & Co., J. p. Kindred, C.
NJ. Pearre u Co., wholesale grocers. The
flames rapidly spread to the large wholesale
dry goods establishment of Greenleaf, Book
u Co. and the wholesale hardware estab-
lishment of E. Wood & Son. The County
library, valued at $25, 900, wa destroyed;
part of the records had been removed.
Losses are estimated at a million dollars.
AN express on the Hudson River Rail
way nearing New York City had to stop in a
cut beyond Spuyten Duyvil for repairs. A
Tarrytown special rounded a curve at the
rate Of twenty-five miles an hour and struck
the rear palace-car, Ldlewild, in which were
twelve passengers. The engine ran under
the platform and into the car, driving it in
to the Empire with terrific force. The stoves
and lamps in the parlor cars were upset and
ignlted the woodwork and upholstery. Pas
sengers iammed between the seats and sides
of the car were held while flames enveloped
them. Nine of the twelve passengers in the
Idlewild were killed and one sustained in
juries precluding hope of recovery. The
car burned until the last vestige of
wood was destroyed. Police Commissioner
Nichols, of New York, was lifted out of his
seat, hurled over the head Of Maurice +.
Halahan, and badly bruised. Edw. Kearney
was thrown violently against the side of the
car and injured by the conclusion and broken
glass. Assemblymen Sheehy, Robb, Cha
pin, of Brooklyn; Commissioner Ulrich, and
Spinney and Lyman, correspondents, were
inclosed in portion of the roof which fell
down, encased as in a box; they were all
dragged through hole cut in the side Of the
car. Some of the bodies recovered were so
badly burned and bruised they could not be
identified. Names of the dead ascertained: +:
Senator Webster Wagner and c. L. Raw
son, New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Park Yalen-
tine, Bennington, Vt.
j. VAN ALSTEIN, of Princeton, Mimi.
resisting arrest, was killed by Policeman
Turner, who was obliged to fire three shots,
two of which took effect. AIstein was in
liquor and attacked the officer with a hay-
fork.
MAJOR HICKS, under sentence of
death in the Coyington (Ky.) Jail, has small
pox.
THADDEUs BABER and William Ward
were hanged in st. Louis, Jan. 13. Moreau,
the French Canadian who killed his wife last
September, was executed at Rimouski, Cam
ada, on the same day. His head was nearly
severed from his body. Joe Hay, Eldridge
Scales and Matilda Carter, were hanged at
Wentworth, N. c., for the murder of Nash
Carter. All colored.
VIM. MASON, Waupa, and Jos. Spain,
Portage City, Wis, were both killed by run
away teams.
JOHN HAMER, Bucyrus, o., and Mike
Riley, Waterloo, Iowa, were killed while
coupling cars. The mangled remains of Sol.
Davis, of Catlettsburg, KY, were found on
the track, where he had fallen asleep.
F. FRANK, a German farmer, was
crushed to death under load of wood at
East Saginaw, Mich. His wagon was up
set.
MIsCREANTs near New Paris, o., re-
moved rail for the purpose of wrecking a
Dayton & Western express train. The mail
and express car was badly damaged. The
fireman was seriously injured, but the pas
sengers were unhurt.
G.. Fl. Gilbert, farmer residing near
La Grange, Ind, committed suicide by tax
ing morphine. He had been drinking for
some time and was under the influence of
Iiuuor when the deed was committed. He
leaves a wife and two children, and was 40
years of age.
BATES GALLAGHER was killed and
Thomas Wade seriously injured by being
thrown from Cleveland 81 Pittsburg train
near Steubenville, o. A truck became de-
tached from the car.
THOMAS ALEXANDER, a highly re-
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