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ceiyed conclusions on the head and an
Italian was dangerously injured by coils :
lon on the New York & New England Rail =
road, near Waterbury, Conn.,, the other
day.
FIRE broke out in Hampton Court, a
palace fifteen miles from London, Eng, the
other morning. Two rooms above the pic
ture gallery were burned, the damage by
fire and water being ESQ 900.
A LABoRER, James Brennan, choked
to death in dining saloon in Brooklyn N.
Y, the other day. A piece OF meat lodged
in his throat aud strangled him.
| NEAR the track of the indianapolis
Road In Terre Haute, Ind, the other morn
ing, were found two mail pouches contain
ing matter destined from New York for COL
orado. The letters had been cut open and
put back in the bags.
FIVE hundred Egyptians, charged
with incendiarism and massacre at Alexan.
dria, were released the other day on &C.
count of insufficient evidence against them
by falling off train at Alton, Iowa,
Hon. Clinton Briggs, for over twenty years a
prominent lawyer and statesman in Nebras-
ka, and resident OF Omaha, was killed the
other morning.
HIGH officials at London, Eng, re-
ceived letter few days ago, threatening
to blow I'D one or more OF the Government
offices within five days, in revenge for the
hanging OF the Joyce murderers at Galway
GEORGE j. RICE, ex-President of the
Utica, Ithaca & EImira Railroad, was baied
in $25, 900 in New York a few days ago to
stand trial on a charge Of hypothecatng
$4,000 worth Of the company's bonds and
stocks which should have been cancelled.
AT Minneapolis, Mimi, fire in the
| Barton block a few days ago DESTROYED
property valued at $4,000; insurance, $7O,-
600.
By great fire in Canton, China, re-
Gently, eight hundred houses were de-
stroyed and many lives were lost. including
firemen burned to death. The viceroy WIS.,
tied the scene with body of soldiers to
prevent robberies, and fierce fight ensued
between thieves and citizens. Two fires in
Foo Chow consumed ABOUT 200 houses each.
Five lives were lost.
ENGINEER PETERS, Postal Clerks
Wharton, Hollingsworth and Goebel were
killed by collision on the Pittsburgh, Gin
cinnati & St. Louis Road near Kings Sta
ton, thirty miles from Cincinnati, o., few
days ago. An elephant belonging to a
theatrical troupe was also killed.
The press-house of the Powder
Works at Mountain View, eight miles from
Paterson, N. j., blew up the other after
noon killing three men. The shock of the
explosion was felt for miles, and not pane
oil o. IL
By the bursting of the boiler at the
Globe Rolling Mills at Cincinnati, o., the
other day Thomas Maloy was instantly
killed, Lon Hargrave was probably fatally
injured, and a number of other men were
seriously hurt.
WHILE some men were taking out
pillars in coal mine three miles from
Akron, o., a few days ago, stone weigh
ing fifty tons caved in on them and two men
were instantly killed and two others mar.
rowly escaped with slight bruises.
A YOUNG son of j. w. Usellon met
with serious accident while skating on the
river at Weesvile, o., few days ago. He
picked up piece of phosphorus and put it
in his pocket. The terrible stuff soon
burned his hand, leg and side in a horrible
manner, and was slowly but steadily eating
into his side. Physicians feared the case
would prove fatal.
A FIRE causing the death of niue per-
sons occurred in the town of Lepury, France,
the other day.
A DISPUTE about paying seventy-five
cents for beer led to fight in a saloon in
New York City few days ago, which re-
suited in Martin Hesse stabbing Frederick
Dochterman to death.
BY fire at Corsicana, Tex, a few
days ago an entire business block was de-
stroyed. Seven brick houses and 1000
bales Of cotton were consumed. Partly in
sured. The fire was believed to have been
incendiary.
STEWART, the fugitive Secretary of
the Brooklyn, N. Y, Board of Education,
was recently shown by expert accountants
to be defaulter to the amount of $3.50, 900.
JOHN SPALDING, City Marshal of
Waxahachie, Tex, was killed few days
ago by negro whom he attempted to ar
rest for some trifling offense. posse pur-
sued the negro, and, overtaking him a short
distance from town, literally ridded him
with bullets.
DAVE WILCHER, colored, was in
stantly killed at Townsville, Ga, by his
brother William the other night.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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