The National tribune., 1882-05-20
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

DN. Lev mo " IiiIc, q wealthy ana WGiI-NnONn
citizen Of Shcrburnc, Ny, is dead. lie leaves
fortune Of about $500000, mostly to an
adopted son. He gave $4,000 to the local
churches. He recently presented to the village
q soldiers monument costing 5000.
In thohumbor Of is farms the Empire State
/ IS the third in the Uniou-tho first b-ing Hi
u0fs, ttIe second Jnip, and the fourth Missouri
The exact figures are as follows Illinois,
255-II farms. N1io. 2i71S9: New York, 2n,-
OBS, and Missouri. 2l5,5c5. The areas in acres
of tho four States are respectively as follows:
Missouri, ill., l4I5aJ acres; Illinois, 3G 30 900;
New Eo,--, 81. .Ei5.99). and OHIO, 2j,2Is. .4o3.
A s-arel1us.E tragic story comes from Bos-
tou-ttaJ OF It woman rendered insane by
NEGLECT and jealousy attempting 20 take her
ova life and the lives Of her four children.
The mother was tual.y di~ar4cd. Augusta,
al-l tiyo yaa-s, vas found dead; Alfred aged
twelve laraths. Was severely cIt about the
arms, l.., and face; lIary, aged thirteen, had
her threat aaI taa. horribly mu Hated; Emil,
aged seventeen. was ai55srraryIv stabbed. The
Mus..rrs5 was considerably mJtilatgd about
a.. legs one OF tie iac5siJls made by .he knife
0-.ug yer. sryeEt.
E.au- uga,-ve Cassidy hes received a tcle-
gt.4 from Governor -..n&ca4, of Nevada,
s.owe..- the ..a.Iot United States District
.a.., - ~. i.u.E.r, 81. Carson City. Judge
H4og.r ...J n..., ...lie.g, for several months
with l-olcn.u-o ol tae U.,,l1t, auJJ bill WAS pend
in- in ym-r.. to authorize tn. appointment
of ANEW judge fo1 rao State Of Nevada
T.. rrafluu, has appointed a Board Of Vis-
isors to gt.c-o iuo annual examination at the
Military Acstouv ay West Point, as follows
q. G. Cha"mra. of ST, Louis, Mo; Clifton Il.
Moore. %. Clifton. Ill.,: General Horace Porter,
of =. Y. City; General Norris Schaf, of Bos-
ton: General 3D. TI,mau, i yctrcviile Tenn;
J. b. Treat Monroe, Wis; and Hon. Marcus Z.
Ward. OF Eo7ar's NJ. Tire President Of the
S.ua., has appointed as members OF the hoard
Senators r. ". Ferry aud L. Q. q. Lamar.
The G.e.Dr. G.A.La..au, rastoror the Third
Bas.... Chu..h OF S.. Louis lo.t for vacation
Oh Ir.oar.l tot las. week. After tbe tram
aad gone q tess a,lss. IL is alleged that ne put
his a-l .coaaI l.0v wit. whom he was sit
ti.e. w.ar,u.sn sine jumred up aud Ian
screaming into another car. Three or FOUR
u..: tn.n 4.,o t.. clergyman a severe drub-
Uog. j.. line mele,ahot,lyot Of whisky fo.l from
the c'...ru-r's c... pocket. Passengers ON
Tie train say that Lotion was iat.zlca.cJ lie
has returned lrus Iuokns like . defeated
m,zo-agut-r. Tie says tH.. h. offered no in
G..l.t, to tao lady. t.it tle mau whipped him
vt..ou. cags, and toat Che bottle contained
r.cl. .aa rye an1 slvearuo which had been
....rr..3 for his usa ag "a pAEsis.an.
Captain JOHN j.. Walker, or the army, who
was recently tried ny coUr.-mag.ial Ut Fort
Fred steele, Wsou.r ON the charge OF con-
duet uunc...ur ar officer and "a gentleman,
r.aE.rr .'.. a.d det5-sa'rry charges aea.n-.
Major Gy.m-. H.s |..u ordered to join the
a-.a,.u.ar or h.. regimen, on route to Ari-
z,l.a. a. Rock Crock, #somirs. and report %
H., cauaanau. officer, in arrest, TO await the
r.=u., q. tine trial.
Aealarol w.nan at Antssrtilo, Rar2ahan-
-n.'. c,ua.v, w.. ...l lsr soA, nine years Old
uand and ...,, g. a.~ c..aiU door made q fire
over him vii. .H..t.~s auI burned him to
a..tr T.. t... ..ri War. s..-c.rt % the
u..... h~ -.u.... ....a. from tacca1ir window
The woman has been arrested.
I'.rrls. Of California. who claims to be the
a.uu... ~.r #aoert Tnhn,gl,, is aaaiu in san
.-a...t. Ills @.t.~na. says hc has been
re......t by ar.e former employees OF the
.ieaa.rHa family
Frank Har,gts ans agreed TO Give Robert Z.
Odum, of Washington, 5000, if he viii jump
from The zig Gso.Elyn bridge into the East
E'yyr. OJ.au has accepted, and will make
Tine jump on ta" 1ta instant.
2lfor I.asr!-.r aas nccn detailed by the
President us La-iuyer Commissioner Of the
District oi tolumbia to succeed The late Com
missioner IWiuius.