St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-05

JEREMIAH MAHoNEY, for many years
teacher in the public schools OF Chicago
| and ready and caustic writer, chiefly on
educational topics, took fatal dose OF
audanum the other day. The Press Club
passed resolutions of respect to his memory,
ana appointed a committee OF five to attend
| the funeral.
A FEW days ago, at West Baden
| Springs, near Paoli, Ind, man named
Marley murdered one Archer in most
| cowardiy and brutal manner. The murder
er was aided to escape by friend named
Bundy, with whom he lived. A mob cap
| ured Bundy, hanged him to tree, and
then threw his body in the river.
VIM. BUEL and Robert Fleming were
killed by lightning in a field near Industry,
| HANS, on the 22d.
HENRY HUDSON, aged 70, was killed
by a train while walking home from camp
meeting near Indianapolis the other night.
AT Lapeer, Mich, the other night,
Elizabeth Smith, aged "A, administered
strychnine to little grandson and then took
fatal dose herself.
hObEhI Otff hICos q 11i iAoi, ""o
seized with apoplexy while walking in the
street of New London, Mo-, on the oath, and
fell to the ground, breaking his neck and
producing instant death.
Mrs. KELSEY, wife of farmer living
near Kokomo, Ind, made rope out OF
some yarn and hanged herself to beam in
the smoke house. Her mother died in like
manner some years ago.
F. C. PORTS, of Sewers, Potts & Co.,
book publishers, Philadelphia, Pa, took his
life with revolver the other dav. His bus
mess relations were of the best and the firm
rated high.
THE mangled remains of six negroes
were found the other morning on the Mobile
e. Ohio track, near De Soto, Miss. They had
recently been paid, and one colored man has
been arrested on charge Of having killed and
robbed the party.
MARY STEARNs, 16 years old, has
been arrested at Waynesburg, Pa, for poi
soning her step mother, with whom she
could not agree.
A DISPATCH from Muscogee, |. T.,
says the Greek Nation has been excited by
the killing of a Light Horse captain named
Scott by party of loyalists, or Sandsmen,
who made the ats.ck to rescue one OF their
number held as prisoner. Capt. Scott was
shot, and treated in the most shocking man
ner, while one of his men, who interfered,
was fatally wounded. Chief Chicota called
for volunteers to keep the peace, but the
Sandsmen were desperate and the citizens
feared bloody encounter.
c. H. WENBERGER, residing near
Grand Rapids, Mich, fell from a window on
the fourth floor OF a hotel in Washington,
the other day, and was so seriously injured
that he lived but six hours.
CHARLES MosBY, convict in the
Chester (Ill.) Penitentiary, committed sui
eide on the 25th by eating the sulphur from
a number of matches.
AT Augusta, Ky, July 25th, Ivan W.
Bowman, a prominent stock dealer, shot
and instantly killed Marshal Lane. Bowman
escaped.
O. H. GREGG, local editor of the Law
renee (Kans.) Tribune, was drowned at
Kansas City, Mo-, on the 25th.
IHE steamer Fanchon, running IN the
Atchafalaya trade in place of the Inflated
Wilson, exploded flue at New Orleans on
the Goth. She had about twenty-five per-
sons on board, mnaY Of whom were drown
ed.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, the other
day, worthless tramp named John Cog
gins killed his wife, with whom he had lot
been living for several years, because she
would not surrender a little money she had
succeeded in scraping together.
VIM. j. CLARK, a cripple, and John
Prindell, crank, were locked in cell to-
gether in Chicago. Prindell took oft Clark's
wooden leg and beat him to death with it
the other night.
MARTIN BECKETT, colored, was
lynched at Hampton, S. c., the other night,
for assaulting young white girl.