The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-21
South and West.

Four men-three negroes and white man
were shot during political row at Green
vile, Miss. One negro was instantly killed
and another fatally wounded.
A FIRE in Pine Bluff, Ark, destroyed two
blocks Of buildings, including the Planters
house, four business houses, two barber shops
and nine saloons. The total loss is estimated
at 100000.
A FIRE started in the Consolidated Virgin
ia mine in Virginia City, Nevada, three
years ago, is still ming at a distance of
over 1850 feet below the surface. There are
100000, 600 feet of timber in the mine.
OFFICIAL satisfies show that forty-nine
counties in Illinois produce coal, and that
there are $50 coal mines in the State which
in 1883 have yielded l0,50S, 19l tons
SEVEN lives were lost by the sinking of the
steam barge Enterprise on Lake Huron.
WILLIAM RAMSEY shot and killed his broth
er at East Saginaw, Mich, installing him for
q burglar.
LOUIS ANDERSON was buried under a
fallen haystacli at La Crosse Wis. and Law
there undisco cred twenty-three DAYS with
out food or water When discovered he was
mere skeleton, but it was believed he would
recover.
THE oyster schooner Mary Ann went to the
bottom in Chesal cake bay during heavy
squall, and the nine men on beard were all
d. owned.
A wELL-DREs SEQ crank has been ANNOYING
the Garfield family in Cleveland by calling at
their residerce and declaring that he was a
distant relative of George Washington and
that he had come a the way from st. Louis
to marry Miss Molie Garfield, the murdered
Presidents daughter
The Grant County bank, in Silver CITY,
Col, has sus ended.
NORRIS BEL icolored) was hanged at Ma
con, Miss, Tor the murder of his wife
Two prominent st. Paul business blocks
have b en- wiped out by the flames Aggre-
gate losses about S!6O,OOO
COLONEL j. r. POWELL, sixty-nine years
old, promi ent llanter, was shot near va
zoo City, Mis-. ., By Charles Robinson during
a trivial disrn e. Robinsons brother wa,
killed BY Powe year ago.
NIGILANTto captured five horse thieves in
Dakota, shot two of them TO death and
hangei the other three.
FRANK JAMES. the noted Missouri outlaw
was released ON ) % 0 bal! at Kansas City,
but was mu G ately rearrested ON a charge
of killing Cashier Sheets, at Gallatin in lstjS
CHARLES NJ LAUGHLIY, San Franei &C
capitalist ank ne among tine cltys million
all es, was slot and killed in his office by
Jerome Il. Cox. The tragedy was the result
of seven cen years litigation between the
two men, n which Cox was worsted.
The adverse decisions so weighed uDon Cox'.
Justice NJ * nsie of the supreme court. HC
went to Mcla ghlin's Office few days acc
and demanded 0,D00. Being refused, Inc
shot Mel avg lin three times.
TWELVE 81 oO1 keepers in Cambridge
OHIO, were sentenced 10 fines aggresatma
$i,400, and 10 inlrisonment in the count \
jail for { Ia 40 days, for violation OF
the Scott u.r aw. Seventy more CASES
We're yet to he tr ed.
TRAGIC O.. RAJ, growing out OF bitter
pohtica feel ng. occurred at a polling place
In the Seventh ward of New Orleans, where
primary e q tlons for the delegates to the
Democ attic tate nominating con
venton were being held Pistol.
were displayed, many shots were fired. and
when the smoke Ind cleared OFF it was found
that three mcn Captain Fortier, a promi-
nent politician, Angus us Renaud, a superin-
tendent of streets, aud Deputy Constable Ed
ward Mason had been killed, and eleven
Other men more o. Sss dangerously wounded.