Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Heavy rains in Northern Texas have done
great damage to railroads and in many places
the washouts stopped trains.
At Shiloh, o., an alteration took place be-
tween John E. Smith. a leading grain dealer,
and w. L. Phillips, pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which the latter received
several wounds by knife, one penetrating
two inches below the lower rib on the left
side. The quarrel arose from efforts to en-
force the law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic
beverages on Sunday.
Leonard Coker, the negro who committed
an outrage on a woman named Catharine
Payne, and then murdered her, near Mont
gomery, Ala, was captured and confessed the
crime. A crowd of whites and blacks engaged
in the search, and when captured, he was taken
10 the spot where he murdered his victim and
hanged TO a tree.
George Stone, the engineer of the wild en-
CINE which ran into a passenger train on the
Illinois u st. Louis Railroad, few miles east
of st. Louis, by which jerks, engineer of the
passenger train, was killed, and the fireman
fatally scalded, has been held for criminal
carelessness in running his engine out of time.
Master Mechanic Hacket, under whose orders
Stone was running the wild locomotive, is also
held on the same charge, and both are now in
jail at Bellville, Ill.
Sheriff Yates, of Comanche county, Texas,
has abseonded with all the county funds,
amounting to several thousand dollars.
r. E. Gray, ofSurry county, Va, whose wife
and child were poisoned some time ago by two
negro girls, committed suicide. The de-
ceased has been greatly depressed since their
death. He was native of Illinois.
Edward NJ. Weleh, one OF the supposed
Kewanee, H., bank robbers has been arrested
in Chenango county, n. Y. He was travelling
for Bosten fish house, and came originally
from independence. Iowa. He had between
81 600 and 5000 with him.
The town of Ben Franklin, in Tom Green
county, Texas, was inundated and some forty
persons drowned. San Angeles and Dublin
also suffered great destructiAn from high
water
boiler in Miller's tile mill near Selma, o.,
exploded killing Joe Wright, John Adams and
boy named Porter.
A man named James McGinnis, aged forty
seven, delivered himself to the police at
| Brockville, Ont. He says that five years ago
while waiter at the Rosvenor hotel, London,
England, he, in company with two others
whom he did not know, murdered three men.
The packing house of G. Bauman & Son,
Oshkosh, Wis, burned with contents. Loss
$4,000. Insurance $1,000.
Nat NJ. Burford, son of Judge Burford, of
! Dallas, Texas,was accidentally killed by VIII
lis Herbon, who snapped pistol at him "only
in fun" 10
Tucson dispatch says Indians killed a
Mr.. Martinez and two children on the Santa
Cruz ronte, near Horshaw, on the 9th.
Jacob Diestrode, of Green Bay, Wis, quar-
relied with his wife, when he shot her dead
with shotgun and then ran away. In the
afternoon he returned and shot himself.
VIM. June Grant, an alleged cousin of ex-
President Grant, is guilty of defalcation of
the funds of the lodges of anti-C Catholic negro
societies at Dallas, Texas
Montgomery, Ala, has quarantined against
Pensacola on account Of reported yellow fe-
yer at the latter place.
At a call Of O'Donivan Rosa one hundred
| contributors to the Irish fund met in New
York to take measures TO compel the account
ing from the trustee. Threats of violence
were freely made. Rosa stated that there were
SS9,OOO in the hands Of the trustees. A COM
mittee Of seven was appointed to demand the
accounting.
VIM. Manley and James Qualley had quar-
rel about young lady at Youngstown, Ohio.
and agreed to fight il out when Qualley was
fatally stabbed by Manley.
| On the return of an excurfion train from
Grand Rapids to Toledo, Ohio, on the evenipe
OF the 18th, five or six desperadoes with drawn
revolvers captured the train and committed
daring robbery and outrage. One citizen lost
SO; one was thrown from the platform, and
the conductor was used up trying to arrest
one OF the roughs.- All escaped except Larry
King, notorious character, whom the police
secured when the train reached Toledo.
Cashier Pratt, of the Kewanee, Ill, bank
has made full confession. He took one OF
Pinkerton's detective to spot in his fathers
barn yard where he had buried 5000 in gold
taken by him the day before the robbery,
Pratt lays the blame at the door of Dr. Scott,
OF st. Louis, who, he says, led him astray,
taught him to play poker, etc. Pratt is a sor
OF the keEanee Postmaster, teacher Of the
Y Sunday School, and was thought to be above
suspicion. Ii seems now that he forged
checks 20 the amount of 81 500 paid by him
His allegation is that Scott procured the
checks, Pratt forged and WEIGH turned them
in, taking certificate of deposit in order no,
to excite suspicion. In addition TO the 5000
recovered nom Pratt, $500 was recovered
from WEIGH. It is believed that Pratt cooked
up the books TO make it appear that $4,000
| was taken IN order IS clear up al his short
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