Huntsville gazette., 1882-05-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


| PATSY DEvINE was hanged at Clinton,
H., May II.
AT Uvalde, Texas, on the 18th, Tom
Weymiller, stockman, shot and killed a
German named Christian Shredder. Wey-
miller had difficulty with some German
stone cutters, and procuring pistol, went
on the street, declaring that he would kill
the first Dutchman he met. Meeting Schroe-
der, whom he did not know, but recognized
as a German, he shot him through the stom-
ach. Weymiller was arrested and jailed,
and Coroner's jury held him responsible
for the H, = n. Weymiller is himself a
GernKsk sc murdered man leaves a wife
and two children.
Mrs. H. w. PICER, wife of a promi-
nent merchant in Leadville, Colo, escaped
from the county insane asylum the other
day and was killed by train at place
called the Horseshoe, the track having to
double the hill in order to make the steep
grade. The engineer saw her on the track
and blew his whistle, but was unable to stop
the train. The woman was literally cut to
pieces. aior
WILLIE WRIGHT, aged II, was killed
by train near st. Paul, Minn., May IA. In
December, 1881, he was enticed from his
home by an Indian, and his parents were
wild with grief over his supposed loss; but
after long search he was found at Ver-
sailles, KY, and restored to his friends, only
| to meet a horrible death. ...
Mrs. G. G.. BROTHERTON, a lady from
Escanaba, Mich, died very suddenly, under
suspicious circumstances, at the American
House, in Denver, Colo, the other night.
Her husband is a civil engineer in the en-
ploY OF the Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road
JOHN BRIZZALAPO, who killed his
wife and shot himself in Baltimore, Md,
the other day, succeeded in abridging his
career by jumping from the fifth STORY cor
ridor Of the jail.
AT Galveston, Texas, on the 14th,
4 George Henderson cut Dennis Crawley in
the abdomen, inflicting a dangerous If not
fatal wound. Henderson was arrested, and
while in charge OF an officer he was assault
ed by the wife and sister-in-law OF the
wounded man, the former with a knife and
the latter with hatchet. The officer, to
save his prisoner from the infuriated fe-
. males, had to make run for the Police
! Station, where they followed, land would
! have made short work OF Henderson but
: for the timely interference of the officers in
: charge.
II A REMARKABLE suit was begun at
!, Pawpaw, Mich, the other day. B. A. Oh
ney, the wealthiest man in Van Buren,
County, filed a bill in chancery to restrain
!. | To, ~
lectiDg or disposing of note for $4,000,
given by Olney and held by her.. While WIS.,
iting her in December last, he AYERS that
she removed from basket nearly $50, 900 in
money, notes and mortgages, which he had
therein, filling the basket with chips. He
did not discover his loss till next day, and
when he demanded the return Of the miss
ing property which she held she refused,
land on the contrary threatened to destroy it
unless he gave her $50, 600. To recover the
securities he yielded to her demand, and
now he asks to be relieved from paying it,
alleging duress.
Is AT Pullman, ILL.,, on the 14th, party
OF twelve men embarked in sai-boat for
from the. shore and had made about half the
width, when the boat was capsized. Three
boats were promptly manned and put out
for the il-fated pleasure seekers. Two Of
the boats, a racing shell and small row.
boat, were compelled to return on account
of the heavy sea, and another sail-boat start
ed, manned by Charles Bronson and Frank
i Brayman. When they approached within
j fifteen feet Of the wrecked boat they saw six
men cinging to it and were welcomed with
/ glad cheers. The relief boat found it i'm
possible to get nearer the wreck and Bray
man and Bronson called to the men to let 60
their hold and swim to them. James Buck
| lin attempted to obey, but sank after swim
ming few feet, evidently the victim Of
cramps. AT this juncture the wind became
more fierce, the boom and mast of the relief
boat were carried away, and Brayman and
Bronson were compelled to get out on a
mud bank and wade home, reaching Pull
man in an exhausted state long after mid
night. Napoleon Bucklin, James Bucklin,
William Oliver, Charles F. Pierce, w. A.
! Burns, BENZ. F. Bucklin, John L. Smith,
1 George Dorr, II. T. Moore, Foster Davis,
and two others went down.
H AT Battle Greek, Mich, the other
night, Mrs. Anna Prosser and a daughter Of
the same name plunged into the Kalamazoo
River to end their troubles. The mother
perished, but the daughter waded ashore in
4 An almost unconscious condition.
THREE well-known railway men of
| ST. Paul. Minn.-C. w. D. Young, auditor
of the Omaha line, Irwin Moore and Mr..
| Gosick-wert out on White Bear Lake, re-
Gently, in an old sail-boat, and, as the rud-
| der has been found, it is supposed they lost
their lives.
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS-.