The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-01-12

TIE Ohio legislature met, organized and re-
ccived the annual message of Governor Foster.
COLONEL WILLIAM Z. CAamoS was inaugu-
rated at Richmond, as governor OF Virginia,
in quiet manner.
WHILE Knights OF Pythias festival was in
progress at Shancsvle, Ohio, the floor gave
way and the entire company, numbering three
hundred, fell with it to the floor below. A
stove containing burning coal fell also and set
fire to the building. Four women and one boy
perished In the flames and two other persons
were crushed to death by falling timbers. The
citizens by heroic efforts extinguished the fire,
but not until one hundred persons had been
burned or otherwise injured.
THE Atlanta exposition closed after sac
sessful existence of three months.
w. L. GRAHAM, who killed, robbed Snd
burned Philip Egley, at Yenango, Kansas, on
the night OF December %, was hanged hy q
crowd in front o. tho courthouse the othor
night
In Missouri child sevon years old, having
quarreed with playmate aged five, obtained
"a revolver and shot his little adversary, killing
him instantly.
WHILE attempting to escape from jail at
Graham, Texas, three brothers named Nc
Donald, charged with murder, were shot and
killed, as was also deputy sheriff. The Nc
Donads frat killed the deputy sheriff AMI
then broke out OF Jail and took another deputy
sheriff along in their flight compelling him to
act No a shield between them and their pur-
suers Then pitched battle took place be-
nd 1urtvf, 10,
McDonalds were all killed and throe other men
were wounded.
THE boiler in a saw-min near Winamac,
Ind, exploded, killing John Hem, fatally i'll
| iuring Daniel Drit and severely injuring a
| hird M an.
SAMUEL BEcKLEY died at Flint, Mich, few
days ago, at the age Of 109
CLEMENT C. CLAY, formerly United States
Senator from Alabama, died at his residence
near Huntsville, Ala, agel sixtythr years.
THE Maryland legislature met at Annapolis
and organized by the election of George II.
Williams as president of the senate, and OILS
Keilholtz speaker Of the house.
NUMBER OF men assembled in a store at
Westport, La, quarreled about q horse race
revolvers were drawn, and in the general fight
which followed three men were killel outright,
fourth was mortally wounded and two others
we're slightly hurt
AT Oskaloosa, Iowa, three boys John Phil.
lips, son of the mayor, Gerald Joyce and John
Stedman-were shooting with rifles, using the
side OF wooden building containing 500 kegs
of powder as q target, when terrible eYplo.
sion occurred. The three boys were instantly
| hn5;as fri oh fill or
and burned were hurled from fifty to two hun.
dred yards away. Nearly all the plate-glas:
windows in the vicinity were broken by the
conclusion, and many ho7ses in the southern
part of the city were badly damaged. Many
persons were injured by the falling glass ant
debris. The shock of the explosion was felt a
Monroe, distance of thirty miles.
The prisoners in the Jail at Hillsboro, N. G.
overpowered the jailer and eight of thom mad,
their escape.
DURING the funeral Of the pastor of thu
Salem Evangelical church, at Quincy, ILL.,,
panic was created by the giving way of a rail
ing, and in the rush which followed for the
doors about forty persons were injured, some
20 severely that recovery is doubtful.
AT Catlettsburg, Ky, three men charged
with the recent atrocous murder OF tho Glib
bons children and Miss Thomas, were put OF
board steamboat for conveyance to Mays
vile, the justices fearing that they would b,
lynched. crowd obtained another steamc
and pursued the sherif7s party until the,
heard that militia were coming, when the.
gave up the pursuit
APACHE Indians attacked mine in Arizon;
and murdered six mon.
THREE inmates of the Mason county Oil.
poolnouse perished in the fire which consume,
that institution.
FIVE men were hanged the other day-thret
in Missouri and two in Louiaiana. At st
Louis, Joseph NJ. Kotoysky and Charles Eli
the first white and tho other colored-wer,
hanged, Kotovsky for numbering Il pretty ser
want girl who had rejected his advances, an,
Ellis for killing Mack Sanders, patron Of hi
gambling house. At Marshall, Mo-, John A
Phelps was LOCALLY stranglod for the murder o
Elijah Keyton, wealthy farmer, aud at Frank
in, La, Sterling Ben and Terence Achille, botl
I colored met their death on tho galows fo
killing D. Larmand, wealthy citizen.