Huntsville gazette., 1882-09-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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sailles, Mo-, has been arrested for misappro.
priation OF deposits. The failure caused a
sensation.
NEAR Belleville, H., the other day,
a passenger train on the Illinois & st. Louis
road ran into an extra engine. killing the
engineer Of the train, j. d. Ensminger, and
seriously scalding his firemcn, named JUL
lus Barnischol. The man in charge of the
wild locomotive, named Stone, was unac-
quainted with the road, and has been ar
rested.
WHILE Marshal West and a deputy
named Fowler were taking two prisoners
into Cynthiana, Ky, the other day, James
Kearns interfered, knocked the deputy
against moving train, and then attacked
West. The marshal used a revolver with
fatal effect and marched his prisoners to Jail
Fowler was seriously injured by the cars,
and narrowly escaped death.
THE Erie Railway elevator at Buffalo,
N. Y, was destroyed by an explosion and
fire on the oath. John Bonner, Henry Lee
Chas. Anterbach and John Kemp, en-
ployees, could not be found and were sup
posed to have perished. Timothy Driscoll
was fatally injured. About 100000 will
cover the loss of property.
G. L. WARE and Calvin Gay perished
in fire at Walpole Plains, Mass, on the
25th.
SOME young rowdies disturbed a
prayer meeting in a school-house in Car
rollton Township, Boone County, Ark, a
few nights ago, and were solemnly rebuked
by the pastor They remained, however,
until the services were concluded, and in
less than fifteen minutes the building was
discovered to be in flames. The people
rushed back, but all their efforts to subdue
the fire were unavailing Warrants were
issued for the arrest of all the boys.
Mrs. MATILDA SMITH was thrown
from a wagon and fatally injured, near Far
ley, Iowa. Aug. "a. A wheel broke.
A FEW weeks ago Frederick Wagon
er, Of Belle Center, Ohio, quarreed with
Jacob KeunZel, an employee who had
spoiled some work. On the 24th Keunzel
entered Wagoner's shop and fatally shot
him. The murderer then swallowed dose
Of poison, but emetics brought it up and he
was lodged in Jail.
A DAUGHTER of n. G.. Greer was
burned to death at Pearson, Ca, on the
Goth. Her sister was rescued with difficulty
by Il. J. Mcdonald.
THE trial of Mrs. Mary CHM, at Ban
gor, Me-, for making away with daughters
child, resulted in verdict of murder in the
first degree. The woman, who is about 45
years of age, in her testimony asserted that
she was not a ware of what she did, and
claimed that she was influenced by her de-
ceased husbands spirit, he having pro-
nounced curse upon her before he died.
The defense of insanity, or irresistible i'm
pulse, was not sustained.
j. B. SHIRK, a mail agent on the
Vandalia Railway, was thrown from q train
while crossing a bridge near indianapolis,
the other evening, and crushed to death in
the timbers.
THERE was conflict between striking
'longshoremen and Italians who had taken
their places, in Boston, Mass, Aug. 90.
The assailants were driven off by the po-
lice
w. L. PHILLIPS, pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at Shiloh, Ohio, was
severely stabbed by John E. Smith, lead
ing grain dealer, the other day. The quar-
rel grew out Of efforts to enforce the law
prohibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday.
Il. G. GRAY, of Surrey County, Va,
whose wife and child were poisoned by two
colored girls some time ago, committed sui
eide the other dav. Grief.
JOSEPH WRIGHT, engineer, and John
| Odom, fireman, were killed by boiler ex-
plosion near Salem, Ohio, on the Goth.
Robert Porter and Kinney Burns were Sc
yerely injured, and several others were
scratched and scalded.
LENA ROBERTS, q prepossesslng and
! intelligent young woman, took fatal dose
of morphine at Omaha, Nebr., the other
night.
LEONARD CoKER, the negro who
murdered Mrs. Catherine Paynes, was cap
tured near Montgomery, Ala, the other
day, and confessed his guilt. A crowd OF
whites and blacks took him to the spot
hanged him on a tree.
A FREIGHT train on the Cairo Short
Line was derailed near Duquoin. H., the
other night The fireman was killed, the
| engineer seriously injured, and sixteen cars
were demolished.
SHERIFF YATES, of Comanche Coun-
ty, Texas, is said to have absconded with
! large amount of money.
The Hooking Valley Manufacturing
Company's works at Lancaster, Ohio, burned
on the 2Tth. Loss $135,000.
THE recent killing of Colonel l.. W.
r. Blair at Camden, S. c., by Captain j.
| T.. Halle, has been followed by the suicide
| of the Coonel's daughter. Blair's father
| took his own life when a member OF Con-
gress, and his grandfather was hanged for
murder.
Two negroes, named savage and
James, who had been convicted OF the mur-
der of Frank Patterson at Madison, Fla,
were granted new trial by the Supreme
Court. AS they were being conveyed from
Tallahassee to Jasper, large body of white
citizens rushed into the cars and riddled the
bodies of the prisoners with bullets.
Mrs. HOvEY, a Young woman living
in Thetford, Mich, went into the Unknown,
| Aug. 27, by holding her head in tub OF