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and took out two murderes, Thomas Wall and
Trinidad Charlie, and hung them to small
cabin opposite the jail. They were shackled
together by one arm.
JIM MITCHELL, a negro, was taken from the
Sheriff near Mt. Sterling, Ky, while on bis
way to jail, and hanged. He had outraged q
Mrs. Thomas (white), the day before. The
mob consisted of about 500 men.
TIE old man William Belcham, sentenced at
Cincinnati to hang July 13, for the murder of
a man named Hughes, who assaulted Belcham
upon the latter's premises, has had his sentence
committed to imprisonment for ife.,
The Republicans of Maine have nominated
Colonel Frederick Robie for Governor, and
Thomas B. Reed, Nelson Dngley, Charles A.
Boutelle and Seth D. Milliken for Congress.
Eugene Hale presided over the convention.
WHILE Captain Dwight, of Springfield Mass,
of the ship Freeman Clark, from Calcutta, was
asleep in his berth at sea, he was murdered by
the Malay steward and cook. The murderers
were killed by the crew after bloody fight.
A RIOT broke out in Cleveland in crowd of
about two thousand strikers attacking the
Rolling Mill Company's workmen on their way
home. Many workmen were hit with missiles,
and the protecting force of policemen bruised.
AT THE session at Indianapolis of the Ameri-
can Institute of Homeopathy, Niagara Falls
was selected as the place of holding the next
meeting. Officers were elected for the ensuing
year, headed by Bushrod W. James, for Presi-
dent.
AT RED WING, Mimi, while John Nelson, a
prominent dry goods merchant, and his wife,
son and Miss Bradley, of Springfield, Ohio,
were boating, they came in contact with the
cable of ferry-boat, capsized and both ladies
were drowned.
GEORGE McMULLEN was found at Canton.
Ohio, June 15, with bullet-hole in his breast,
and his wife dead in bed, with bullet-hole
under the eye. He says an unknown woman
entered the room and committed the deed.
McMullen is under arrest.
A PASSENGER train on the L., N. A. and C.
Railroad was wrecked near Bedford, Ind,
caused by the rear coach jumping the track,
and rolled down an embankment. Of forty
passengers aboard all were more or less injured.
John Carmony, engineer, was killed.
HARRY, only son of ex-Congressman Finley,
of Bucyrus, O., committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head. He was graduate at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, and has held the
position of midshipmaa in the navy until a
short time before his death, when he resigned.
DURING furious wind-storm, on the night
of June 16, tower of Mt. st. Mary's Acad-
emy,i near Leavenworth, Kansas, was blown
down, crushing in the roof of the dormitory,
killing four young girls. The loss of property
in and about the city is estimated at $500,0O0.
The British House of Commons have adopted
clauses z and of the repression bill. The
Government adopted an amendment that Mag
istrates should appear at meetings and summon
the people to disperse. Gladstone declined to
introduce bill suspending evictions for six
months.
In A prize fight at Smiths Ferry Pennsylva-
mia, Weeden gave Maloney a terrible pounding,
but after the forty-frst round he agreed to call
the battle q draw, he being overawed by the
roughs present who had their money up ON
Maloney. Weeden is celebrity and Maloney
an amateur.
The following is reported as the probable
composition of the new Egyptian Ministry ::
Ragheb Pasha will take the portfolio of FL
nance Ahmed Raschid, Minister of the Inter-
ior Zulfkar Pasha, Minister of Justice Zetki
Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Arab
Pasha, Minister of War. -. --..... --,,
A DISPATCH from Alexandria states that the
Governor and Military Commandant admit
that they have no control over the situation,
and that the soldiers only obey their colonies.
Private advices from Carlo state that all
European have left there, including the staff
of the Eastern Cable Company.
THE steamship Pera, from Montreal for
Great Britain, foundered off Cape Race She
had as part of her cargo, 2O4 head of cattle.
OF the crew, which took to boats, ten were
missing at last accounts. The Sidney steamer
Raleigh, from Sidney for San Francisco, was
| wrecked near Cardwell, Queensland. Crew
| saved. 5f..t a. ss ..-.l. SIR .a
FIVE boys named Thomas Mccormick,
| George Mccormick, Willie Shorey, Mesney
Meggett, Daniel Kelley and Charles Duplessis
were drowned at New Orleans by the capsizing
of boat. Five laborers, at Paspebiac, Que
bee, came to their death in the same manner,
while the rising tide at Isle AUX Grues covered
an islet on which two children named Lapointo
and Harvey were at play, and they were
drowned. a---- -gs .
| EIGHT veterans of the war Of 1912 held re-
union at Lexington, KY, on the 18th inst. DIR
Chinn, chairman of the meeting, said tha
fifteen years ago the Association numbered
near $50. A coincidence is that in 1873 ther,
| were 35 present, and 35 deaths reported il
1879 25 present and Is deaths in $780, II
present and Is deaths {; in 1881, IA present ant
Is deaths, and the present meeting presen
and Q deaths. -.-.
RAIN fell in torrents in Ohio and Indiana o.
the 14th inst, doing an immense amount o
damage to property. The Big and Littl
Miamis in Ohio were higher than they hav
been since 1866, carrying of much stoc
and destroying property. In many Of the rive
towns people were driven from their homes
the water in many instances Reaching th
second story. All over Ohio and Indiana rail
road bridges were swept away and railroa
travel seriously impeded.
Ex-GoyERNoR WILLIAM DENNIsoN, known Q
"the War Governor of Ohio" died at Colun
bus, Thursday morning, June Is, aged sixt,
seven years. He was Governor of the Stat
from 1860 to 1862; Postmaster General undt
Lincoln and johnson Commissioner Of tt
District of Columbia under Grant, and prom
nent in other public positions. He was Pres
dent of the National Convention which nom
mated Lincoln and johnson. Candidate II
nomination for Vice President against Wilsc
in 1872, and for Senator when Garfield WI
chosen in 1880. He was sick for nearly yea
ADyIoEs from the section trayersed by q G
clone, in Iowa, are of the most distressir
character At Grinnell both buildings of Il
Iowa College were blown down and about on
third of the houses in the place were wreck,
or badly damaged. The number of perso
killed are estimated at one hundred, and the
arc about one hundred and fifty bad
injured now under the care of physician