The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20
Personal AND GENERAL.

pending examination
| WHILE a train on the Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad, loaded with excursionirts
from Boston and New York, was rounding a
curve near Canyon City, few days ago, five
Cars jumped the track, injuring fifteen per-
sons, l.. X. Kinyson. OF Batavia, N. Y. be-
| ing the greatest sufferer,
A BUNDLE of straw at Eau Claire,
Wis.,, was ignited by sparks from steam
boat, the other day. Next large quantity
OF Kerosene took fire, and within an hour
almost the entire business portion of the
West Side was in ashes. The loss is esti.
mated at 500 200.
AT Georgetown, o., April "a, Will
liam stull, discharged laborer, fired six
bullets into the head OF his employers wife,
claiming that she had caused his dismis sal.
escaping to the woods, he was pursued by
Sherin's posse, but refused to surrender
and fatally shot himself in the head.
/ j. ID. ROGER, of Rome, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, committed suicide by shoot-
! ing himself through the heart with pistol,
April "A. Financial troubles are assigned as
the cause of the act.
| NELLIE Trent, a little girl living in
St. Joseph, Mo-, was accidentally pushed
out of a window by some playmales, April
26, and was fatally injured.
The American Forestry Congress has
been organized at Cincinnati to encourage
the planting and protection Of trees. Hon.
George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agri-
culture, was chosen President, and ID. ID.
| Thompson, of Cincinnati, Secretary.
AUSTIN WOODS lost his life by inter-
| fering in quarrel between a man and his
wife, in Liberty, Va, the other day. Mr..
and Mrs. John Hendricks were at variance,
and just as the peace maker appeared the
irate husband was about to knock his wife
down. Woods rushed in to save her, where
upon the woman turned upon him, saving
it was no business of his, and that they
could settle their own quarrels, and Hen
bricks picked up an Ak and crushed in his
skull, inflicting wound from which be died
IN few minutes. The murderer was ar
rested.
A DISPATCH from Atlanta, Ca, says
two carloads of convicts stopped at a water
station on the Cherokee Road, on the POI b.
The convicts were chained together, and a
number of them. thinking that they were
expected to get off, stepped to Il ground,
IS.h
moved on, dragging tue men on the ground
several hundred feet by their chains, beat.
ing their bodies against the cross ties and
iron. Six were terribly injured and are not
expected to live. The manag ment is loudly
censured for inhumanitv in not Enchanting
the nfortunates.
AN express train on the Cincinnati
Southern, going fifteen miles per hour. was
dertiled by a misplaced switch at Lexing-
ton, Ohio, April -. David Dri>coll, the en-
gineer, was killed and the fireman slightly
scalded.
ROsELIA ROsEBIRCHER, aged IS, Hv-
ing in Newport, KY, went into commissions,
a few nights since, and died, to all appear
anee, before medical attendance could be
summoned. Next day the girl, rigid and
cold, was co1incd, and twenty-four hours
later some ~one touching the body was
startled to find warmth in it, and saw the
eyeids twitching. The family physician
was summoned and he observed an I'M
wonted freshness of color, and tried restor-
atWes but did not meet with immediate
success. The burial, which was to have
taken place on the 10th, was postponed, and
a corps of surgeons from the Cincinnati
resuscitation.
AN engine and one car went through
a trestlework near Carbon Hill, Ohio, April
16. The engineer, VIM. Dowland, and fire.
man, Charles Dowland, his son, were killed
instantly. James lille, brakeman, was bad
" scalded and had leg broken.
AT Lake City, Colo, on the 9th,
hundred masked men overpowered the
guard and took from Jail George Belts and
Jim Brown, charged with the murder of
Sheriff Campbell, and strung them up to a
bridge in the lower part OF the town. Both
men died game, Belts asking for a chew of
tobacco Just before the rope was placed
around his neck.
PAT MCGRAw, hermit residing near
Newport, Ky, armed himself with huge
club, the other day, and gained entrance to
the First National Bank by the rear door,
before the hour for commencing business.
He made for the safe, pushing the janitress
aside, when her screams brought aid. The
first man who appeared was dealt a crush
ing blow with the club, and it required six
men to get him to the station house. For
five hours Pat retained possession of a hor-
rible knife, but was finally disarmed.
FRANK MCMANUs, aged 26, in jail at
Minnea polls, Mimi, for brutally assaulting
a four-year- old girl, was hanged by excited
citizens. on the 2Sth. The Sheriff was made
prisoner, but refused to reveal the where
abouts of the cuprit, whereupon the mob
broke in the cell doors until they found
him. He was taken to the home of his vic
tim, where he was fully identified, and
then strung UP in front of the High School.
He confessed his terrible crime. The little
girl lies in critical condition.
THE Rangers have captured two of
the Texas & Pacific train robbers and killed
a third. The bloodhounds ran them into a
CANYON near the Brazos River, where they
showed fight.
AN Indian who had threatened the life
of prominent farmer, and was a bad man
generally, was taken from a constable at
Stony Creek, thirty miles west of Colu>a,
CAL, the other day, AID hanged.
A DESTRUCTIVE storm swept through
Mason and Lewis Counties, Ky, the other
day. One house was turned upside down
and completely demolished. A number of
persons were injured.
FIVE convicts in the Quebec Peniten-
tiary, while working outside the walls, the
otffer day, tied the Warden and started off.
He released one hand and alarmed the
guards with his revolver, but he was fatally
shot in the struggle which ensued
The brothers William and Bradford
Courts quarreled with james and John
Smith, near Fairview, Ky, the other day,
and Bradford used his pistol with fatal eff
nil; ho