The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

was blown down, and two men, VIM. Hunt
and Frank Mcdonald, were killed; John
Houser and VIM. Sharle were fatally in
jured, and five others slightly hurt. A
frame house in Pittsburg was demolished
and John Atkinson and Patrick Gavin were
fatally injured. At Wheeling, w. Va,
hailstones the size of waInuts pelted west
ern fronts like volley of rife balls. Win
dows in the State-house, United States Gus
tom house, Female College, Linsby Insti
tute, the large hotels and factories, all he
warl school buildings, and many business
houses and residences were ridded. Hot
beds, greenhouses and skylights gave way
like egg shells, and many valuable plants
were destroyed. Persons who were exposed
to the storm and not in reach of shelter were
badly bruised about the head, and horses
in many instances became frantic and ran
away. The street-cars and railway coaches
all suffered more or less damage to the win
dows.
AT Jasper, Ohio, on the 2Sth, Gilbert
Shopshin shot and instantly killed John
Rider and his son George, and put bullet
through the arm of another of Riders sons.
The tragedy is sequel to a feud which has
existed between two families for several
years.
KALTATA, an Alaska Indian murder
| er, was executed at Portland, Ore, March
| %. He assembled the scaff old firmly, babe
all present goodby, and, shaking hands,
objected to having his arms pinioned and
force was required to eonfne them. His
neck was broken by the fall. He died with
| out struggle.
VIM. M. HAINEs, formerly a resident
of West Salem, Ohio, became so trouble.
some in the sleeping car of an Ohio & Mis-
sissippi train, on the morning of the Goth,
| he was removed to a forward coach, where
| he conducted himself very well for short
| time. Between Sparksville and Medora,
| Ind, he suddenly drew a revolver, and,
without word Of warning, fired into the
breast of Mr.. A. c. Wingate, of Midway,
| Ky, killing him instantly. He then went to
| the car door, where he fired another shot at
| the brakeman; but missed him. He jumped
| from the train while it was going at the rate
| of forty miles an hour and landed safely,
walked half mile to creek, stripped him.
! self naked and jumped into a stream, where
his dead body was found a few hours later.
| The clothing found hanging on the bridge
| contained $50 in cash, q gold watch, an
express receipt for $500 sent from Ell Paso,
Texas, to New Salem, Ohio, and a quart
| bottle of ginger brandy, about half full.
WALKER HALL, the most beautiful of
the Amherst (Mass.) College buildings, was
burned on the 18th, involving loss of $780,
| 600. 1t contained the Shepard collection of
minerals, valued at 100000, and which can
never be fully replaced; a full set of physi-
cal apparatus valued at $1,000, and a fine
| oon of oil Tha h,,fl
was in the Gothic style of architec-
ture, and was presented to the college by a
Providence Or. ~ gentleman, whose name
it hore. The cause of the fire is unknown.
ST. PAUL and Winnipeg dispatches
record heavy snow storms along the Cana
dian Pacific, which block travelling until
warm weather. The storm at Winnipeg
was unprecedentedly severe. Pierre Du-
chain, aged sixteen, who started across the
country with yoke of oxen, was showed
under near Cavalier, Dakota. His body
| was recovered.
EDWARD PETERS, who tortured and
starved to death lad of years at Mansions
vile, Quebec, has been sentenced to be
hanged April %.
IDA SMITH, a young girl of Grand
Rapids, Mich, recently took fatal dose of
arsenic because of a reproof from her
mother.
On a ranch about eight miles from
! Tombstone, Arizona, the other day, in a
battle with cattle thieves, Deputy Sheriff
Gillespie was killed and the desperadoes
sought were both fatally wounded.
| MORMON leaders, including Joseph
Taylor and Joseph Smith, have placed their
wives in separate houses, to avoid arrest
under the clause of the anti polygamy law
which makes cohabitation with more than
| one woman misdemeanor.
AT st. James, Mo-, the other day, j.
R. Bowman. late Judge of Phelps Co. v,
fired load of buckshot into the body of Al
fred Hayes.
| A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at
| Crawford Settlement, Mich, the other day,
| in which Jacob Smith, aged about 50, was
killed by Joseph Butcher. 1t appears that
| Smith, who is a resident of Harrison, went
to Bucher's with Mrs. Butcher, who has
been divorced from her husband, to get her
children. Butcher refused to give up the
children, and Smith turned to leave, where
upon Butcher struck him with his fist, and
| followed it up by blow with wooden
mallet, crushing his victims skull and kill
ing him on the spot. Bucher, who is about
As, and one of the earliest settlers of Clare
County, was arrested.
j. w. KERR, until recently paving
teller Of the Bank of the Republic, Wash
! ington, killed himself on the Goth. He left
a note, saying: Realizing that / have ex-
pended money belonging to others to an ex-
tent that can never repay, 1 have sought
| this relief from dishonor, sorrow and dis
! grace
| JOHN KENNEDY and John O'Neal,
| carpenters, fell from scaffolding in Dem
yer, Colo, March 80, and were precipitat-
ed distance of seventy-five feet. Kennedy
will probably recover. O'Neal is a native
| of Prince Edward Island, where he has
wife. He will probably die from his in
| juries.
DURING fire which destroyed sew
| eral frame buildings in LIE Sueur, MIMI, on
| the 30th, Miss Fishbaum was burned to
death, and another girl was slightly hurt by
| jumping from window
EX-GOVERNOR MOSES, of South Car
DINA, has again been arrested in New York
on charge of swindling.
ALLEN Fox, wealthy citizen of
| Louisville, KY, aged 81 years, MORALLY
w@lnded himself with a razor the other
evening.
TRUMAN DUNHAM, President of the
| Clavoland Tinsaad Oil Works an old and