Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-09-21
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

tor w aFnef was shot through the cheek,
and hurt by falling from the platform, but
the robbers weredriven-off.
THE Crescent Mills and Elevator at
| Denver, Colo, burned on the 12gh. Loss,
1925, 600. 5 q E
A. n. ROBERTS who was threatening
to kill everybody in sight in saloon on the
railroad track near YIckRbnrg, Miss, the
other night, was himself killed by bar
keeper. a1o# o fti Z rs CO n -
AlBAND of tramps buIl-dozed num-
Der of shopkeepers at Rockland, Me-, the
other night, and assaulted two gentlemen
on the street, enforcing a demand for money
| by -slashing them with a knife. The rogues
fell out subsequently,, and after a terrible
| fight, in which one was seriously stabbed,
! they were arrested. Eabsz Rn-
A NAN named Davis was fatally shot
by his wife, atsRhea Springs. Tenn, on the
18th. They had been married only six
months, and both were prominent and we'll
known in the best circles before their mar
| riage. 1t is believed the Woman's mind is
unsettled.
A sHo OTIEG AFFRAY occurred at the
Occidental Saloon at Fort worth, Texas,
Sept. II, in which ex-Peiceman Walter R.
Witty received wounds from which he died
the same evening. A hack-drfVer, known
as Canada Bill with whom witty had q
standing grievance, was the murderer.
VIM. G. GRIFFITH, a farmer living in
Wheeler County, Nebr., was found under
the ruins of his sod house, the other day,
which had fallen in on him while asleep.
Near him lay the bodies OF his two sons,
Lester and Willie, who were also killed in
the same manner.
p A NORWEGIAN bark from Rotterdam
to Galveston was wrecked near Corpus
Christi, Texas, on the 18th. Five OF the crew
We're drowned. SA-
FRANK LEvoK, engineer at the Co
operative Stove Works, Cleveland, Ohio,
was caught in the machinery while ADJUST
ing belt, Sept. u. AMI met horrible fate.
His neck was broken, both legs wrenched
off at the knees and both arms pulled of at
the elbows.
r. G. THOMPSON, superintendent of
the plow works at South Bend, Ind, took
an overdose of medicine on the 18th and
died within few hours.
BERTHoI.D GoETz, of Milwaukee,
Wis, committed suicide by hanging, Sept.
u. He was 81 years of age, worth from
$50, 600 to $50. 900, in the shape of real es-
tate, and yet his rash act is attributed to a
business transaction in which he sustained
a loss net exceeding 5000, over which he has
been constantly brooding for two years.
A UNITED STATES registered $4,000
bond was stolen from the office of the Regis
ter Of the United States Treasury some days
ago. The secret service force have thusifar
failed to recover the bond or discover the
thief.
WILLIAM TRUMAN and James Bah
cock were fatally injured near Medina, Ohio,
the other day. They were racing to the fair,
and the wagon upset.
PRAIRIE FIRES threatened Sidney,
Nebr., on the 18th. ~
JOHN NIEHAUs, farmer near Troy,
Ind. was called to his door by burglars the
robbed Of $500. His wife escaped by Jump
ing from second-story window and hid
ing in a corn-feld.
DIPHTHERIA is epidemic at Gratiot,
Wis. Six of the children of William Shaw
ley of that place have died of it, and the sew
enth is dangerously i'll.
THOMAS j. Cox, of Bloomington, one
Of the most extensive millers and grain OPP
orators in Central Illinois, has failed. Liza
bilities estimated at 500, 900.
T. w. MADDOX and another newspa-
per man, named Strate. had a misunder-
standing in Omaha, Nebr., the other night.
During the fight Strate drew a pistol and
fired at Maddox, inhicting serious wound.
Much excitement has been caused in
the vicinity Of KeOsauqua, Iowa, by the
mysterious disappearance of Hon. Mathew
Leach, one of the most prominent citizens
of Van Buren, County. No trace OF his
whereabouts can be learned, and it is feared
that he has either met with foul play or has
committed suicide.
Mrs. g. S. CARTER sues Brooklyn,
N. Y, saloon keeper for $4,000 damage
for causing her husband to become an ha-
bitual drunkard. The latter received ST.
600 for injuries received in tie Ashtabula
disaster, and has been on spree four years.
The expert appointed to examine the
books of the Washington (Pa.) Savings Bank
and ascertain the amounts Of Ruth's defal
cation has reported to the court a deficiency
of SILT, 576. Ruth, in his confession, &C.
knowledged taking $50. 200. ----
ALEXANDER FEENEY and Dolph Pitts
quarreled about the ownership of 25-ceut
SkllI6IJ IN DOuSS OOunIyS OhsS LHc OIn0E
day. Feeney cut Pitts fatally in the stom-
ach, and while trying 20 escape was fired
upon by Pitts friends and killed.
A YOUNG SON of D. S. Wright, Of
Elyria, Ohio, while attempting TO jump from
one car to another, the other morning, was
struck by small foot bridge which passes
over the track. The boy fell between the
cars and one leg was cut of below the knee
and the other terribly mangled. He lived
about six hours.
THREE survivors of the Jeanette ex-
petition, Melville, Ninderman and Noros.
accompanied by Lieutenant Berry, of the
relief steamer Rodgers, arrived in New
York the other day, and were warmly well
coined. --t....--e -..-...z1s-
| MARTIN v. B. EDGERLY has been
nominated by the Democrats for Governor
Of New Hampshire.
SHERIFF W. S. HATES and Deputy
Sheriff John Conway. of Chattanooga, Tenn,
started for Knoxville, Sept Il, with three
prisoners. Two of the prisoners. John Tay-
| lor and Sam Carter, under sentence for
murder, were chained to seat. When the
train stopped at Sweetwater three men en-
tered the car. One, the brother Of Taylor,
entered the car from the rear while the
| other two entered at the front. Taylor's
brother approached from behind and blew
COnWay's brains out. He then took the
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