Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-11-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

destructive storm the other afternoon A
number of buildings were demolished, and
| immense hailstones shattered windows and
! skyights for miles around. Mrs. George
| Fenno was killed and two other occupants
of her house were seriously injured by fall
! ing timbers.
j. Z. JAMESON, prominent lawyer
and pOlitian Of Kingstree, S. c.. killed HIM
self with pistol the other day.
IsIDOR CAzAT, of Little Rock, Ark,
for many years an engineer in the Iron
Mountain machine shops opposite the city,
who had been out Of work some time, rose
from the dinner-table the other day, babe
his family goodby, discharged pistol into
his head, and fell dead. An hour later his
son, Demo Cazat, about 81 years old,
crossed the river to avenge his fathers
death. He entered one of the offices and
| inquired for Master Mechanic Richardson,
who had discharged his father. Richardson
was absent, but George F. Barnes, his clerk
| and time. keeper, was there. Cazat began
cursing him as the cause of his fathers dis
charge, drew pistol. and ordered him to
get on his knees and beg pardon. Barnes
eXpOstulated, then CaZat said he would kill
! him anyhow. some, two," and while pro-
nOuncing the word ''three'' he thrust the
pistol into Barnes face and fired. The ball
entered Barnes forehead, over the right
eye, making a mortal wound. Cazat fled
and hid in a clump Of willows near the river
edge, where he was arrested. At the in
quest Mrs. Cazat stated under oath that an
agreement had been made in her presence
between her husband and son that the for
mer should commit suicide and the latter
kill Richardson.
CHARLES KRAMER, formerly of VIM
chester, Va, died in the poorhouse at San
Antonio, Texas, the other night, leaving a
valuable estate to his daughter. Intemper-
ance killed him.
Mrs. BEDLEs, formerly in charge of
the table department at Harvard College,
was burned to death by the explosion of
lamp in Boston the other day.
FLOODS have caused great damage to
property in the vicinity of Mentone, South
ern France. It is estimated the loss will
aggregate 100000 francs. The coast road
from the Gulf of Jouen to Antilles has been
completely destroyed.
A DETECTIVE and lieutenant of police
and a member of the fire department in
Baltimore, Md, are in trouble for conspir-
ing to cause illegal voting.
THE Virginia State Fair at Richmond
was inaugurated by an imposing procession
of military, civic, and trade societies.
WHILE party of mourners were sit
ting up with the corpse of Edward Murphy,
a pauper, near Hot Springs, Ark, the 9TH
er night, lamp was upset and exploded,
| and before the flames were eXtinguished the
| body was burned to a crisp.
A. B. COLE, a lawyer, was killed by
Texas Pacific train near Dallas, Texas, the
other morning. AS he had been financially
embarrassed for some time it is thought he
threw himself on the track.
LOUISA RAISING, of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, a woman with two daughters to care
for, hanged herself the other morning rath-
er than pay heavy fine or undergo impris-
onment for selling whisky.
Two women living near Martins Fer
ry, OhiO,gOt into quarrel over some trif1ing
domestic affair the other night. After some
hard words had been exchanged, Mrs. BOnar
stabbed Mrs. Mccartney with a large pair
of scissors. The blade took effect in the
breast, passing downward to the depth of
about four inches, making a very serious
wound.
DURING the last trip of the steamer
0oeanica from Chicago to Buffalo, n. Y,
the boilers broke from their fastenings and
| the steam and water escaped into the fire.
hold. After an hours pumping, the body
Of John Christopher, aged 40, was found ly-
ing face downward, where he had proba-
bly, thrown himself TO escape the steam,
/ only to die in the hot water.
JULES RoEDER, a commercial tray
| eler for st. Louis house, was found dead
] l. Al. I ALL
| the other morning. He had been taking
morphine for some time, and probably died
from an overdose.
THOMAS GERRAHTY, aged %, fell in
to grain-bin while loading cars at the ele-
vator in Madison, Ind, the other day, and
was drawn into the chute and suffOcated.
JOHN GLYNN, a negligent fagman,
caused a collision of freight trains at Dia-
mond, Pa, Nov. 1, which cost him his life.
| Several employees were hurt and twenty five
| cars were demolished.
Two lads, named Theodore Bache
and William Switzer, were fatally burned
by the explosion of barrel of coal oil in
Philadelphia, Pa; Nov. 1.
HENRY P. COOPER, a well-known
tailor, was sent to private mad-house in
New York the other day at the instance of
two brothers, and now a third brother has
begun legal proceedings to have him re-
| leased, claiming him perfectly sane.
THE engine-house of Fox & Co. IS
wooden factory at Urbana, Ohio, was de-
molished by boiler explosion on the list,
and Robert Outram, the engineer, was badly
! injured and died in few hours.
AN official dispatch from Manila to
Madrid states that twenty merchant ships
were lost aud 100 sailors drowned during
the recent typhoon.
THE New York Central freight depot
at Rochester, n. Y, and ten cars loaded
with merchandise were destroyed by fire
the other day. Losses will probably reach
! 100000.
ANDREW JACKSON, a negro who had
assaulted a little white girl near Vienna,
La, was lynehed by vigiIantes the other
day.
THE skeleton OF a hunter, named
Goodenough, who had long been missing
! from Greenville, Me-, was discovered in the
woods near Moosehead Lake the other day,
fastened in bear-trap.
A YOUNG daughter of J. G. Welsh
aus, of Glen's Falls, w. Va, was fatally
burned by the explosion of a lamp the other
evening.
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