The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

O'Brien fell into at cistern, at Syracuse, N.
Y, a few days ago. Her mother went to
her rescue, lost her footing and fell In. Both
were drowned. The father discovered the |
dead bodies when he returned from work |
in the evening.
A FEW days ago the Spanish-Ameri-
can claims commission, which had been in
existence eleven years, adjourned sine die.
A FEW days ago Westgate, who i'm
plicated himself in the murder of Cavendish
and Burke, in Ireland, and received free
transportation from South America to Ire
land, was released.
THE lynching of three cowboys at
Prineville, Ore, was reported few days
ago. The victims were desperate characters
and it is said belonged to an organized band
Of cattle and horse thieves, which the ci-
zens were determined to break up.
AT Cleveland, o., the operators of the
Massillon District coal mines a few days
since agreed to reduce the price of mining
from ninety-fve to eighty five cents a ton,
and appointed committee to confer with
the miners.
JEALOUSY caused James Clarke to
shoot and kill his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa.
the other morning.
IT was recently decided by the Dis
trict Court at Cincinnati that the Telephone
Company was justified in cutting out the in
strument of subscriber for using protane
language over the wires.
The other day Christian Timman,
who recently rescued two girls from a burn
ing building in Providence, R. l.. , was called
to tbeMayor's Office and presented with
1915 in currency and suit of clothes.
The escaping of gas from store at
Chicago, ILL.,, the other day, nearly sufio-
Gated Charles Korea and caused the death of
his wife.
THE hotels of San Francisco recently
announced their ability to accommodate
5000 persons at the Knights Templars' con-
clave next August.
ACCORDING to a recent report Of the
Secretary OF the New York Chamber Of
Commerce, the exports for the year by
American vessels aggregated $1O7, 5S5,56o,
while foreign vessels carried away goods
valued at sos, 1913, 7O9
The trustee of the Sprague estate,
petitioned the Supreme Court Of Rhode
Island for leave to disburse 100000 to hold
ers of trust mortgage notes few days
| since.
A FEW DAYS ago Annie Sullivan, more
than 100 years Of age, was killed by a train
| at Winchester, Mass.
The barn of David Pence, about
eight miles north of Fremont, o., was en-
| tered by thief or thieves, and span of
valuable black horses and a light spring
wagon were stolen, the other night, the
third visitation of horse.hieves in that
county during two weeks previous.
AT Atlanta, Ca, six books of record
were stolen from the sa es of the County
Clerks Office the other night. As nearly all
the original deeds to Atlanta property were
recorded in the stolen books, the authori
ties offered $3.50 reward.
BY tall chimney falling on build
ing in which number of operatives were
employed thirty-six persons We're killed
and forty seriously injured at Bradford,
Eng, few DAYS ago.
A MAN named Samuel Sheeks bored
holes in tree, filled them with powder and
stopped them up with plugs, at Chatfeld,
Tex the other day. He then touched off his
blast. One of the plugs hit him in the head,
killing him instantly.
THE bark Gembok, which arrived at
New York few days ago. reported that
october 9 a ball of fire passed across her
deck, injuring three seamen, and exploded
like rocket when twenty yards away.
A DWELLING house situated near
Corvallis, Benton County, Ore, was de-
stroyed by fire the other night. Two young
men were burned to a crisp, and third
party so badly injured that he was not ex-
pected to recover. The parties went to bed
drunk, leaving large fire burning, which
communicated the building. The other
inmates escaped.
MRS. WILLIAM GILBERT's four-year.
old son opened the stove and began play
ing with the fire at South Bend, Ind, a few
days ago. His clothes caught, and when the
mother got home. cal ed there by his screams,
he was burned to crisp.
IT is said that twenty persons were
drowned by the washing away of bridge
over the Rhine in Baden, Germany, the
other day.
The boiler in -four mill at Perry,
Shiawassee County, Mich. exploded the 9th.
er morning, demolishing the mill and killing
the engineer.
A NUMBER of Dakota and Wisconsin
lawyers were recently disbarred from prac.
tice before the Interior Department on &C.
count Of their connection with land frauds
TWENTY miles south of Beverly, w
Va, a farm-hou caught fire the Other
night and Adam Currenz and four Of hi
children were burned to death. Mrs. Cur.
REM received probably fatal injuries in {
vain effort to rescue them.
A PHILADELPHIAN for forty-five years
, had struggled through the world bearing the
name Of Nathan Ruzanowskowski, bu
. sought and obtained relief few days since
, a court granting his petition to change hi
name to Nathan Rosenau.
, A FEW days ago N. L. Dukes, who
shot and killed A. c. Mutt at Pittsburgh
Pa, was released on $l2,O 900 bail.
> AT Olson, Belgium, boiler in fac
tory exploded few days ago while tn
building was full of work people. A mum
Der Of persons were killed. Three bodie
had been extracted from the ruins.
A MAN named Sullivan, a resident o
Salt Lake, Utah, carried broken neck 70
8 a week, but died few days ago.