Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-07

Mrs. MEAKTR. protesting her lnho'
cence to the last, was hanged on the 3Ott
ult., at Windsor, VT, for the murder Of her
little niece. For the murder of +. n Me.
Dowell, Oliver Bristow was executed at
Camden, s. c., and Charles William Bea-
yer paid tho penalty of an assault on
little girl with his life at Leesburg, Va, on
the same day. ~
THE failure of Antonio Lewis, Schultz
& Co., general merchants and cigar I'M
p0rters, London, Eng, with liabilities of
Esq., 900, has been announced.
A FOREST fire was reported raging on
the Blue Mountain, near Lehigh Gap, Pa,
on the 3Oth ult., and much valuable timber
was being destroyed.
The death of Rev. Derment Cole
ridge, son of the celebrated poet, occurred
at London, Eng, a few days ago.
LIEUTENANT VESY, United States
Navy, and other members of the expedition
sent by the American Government to Pata-
gonia to take observations of the transit of
Venus, arrived at Liverpool, Eng, on the
10Th on their way home.
DAVID WHELAN, an informer, was
shot dead at marlborough, Ireland, on the
10Th. One arrest was made.
THREATS having been made to blow
up the Post.office at Cork, Ireland, that
building was being guarded by military on
the 30th ult.
REPORTS from the Scottish coast on
the 30th ult said terrific aud DESTRUCTIVE
gale had visited that section. Taree yes
sells had gone ashore in the vicinity O.
Aberdeen. A bark was reported ashore nt
Hollyhead and the crew OF twenty.thiee
persons drowned.
DIR. GEORGE BUCHANAN, OF Pailadel-
phia, Pa, son of the famons bogus diploma
doctor, John Buchanan, WAS convicted r
Gently of having caused the death OF EliZg
beth Holstein by a criminal sur rical opel
ration.
DURING the recent terrific COLE Of
Yarmouth Eng, six fishing sm.cks We
down and forty sailors were lost.
BURGLARS blew open the sac in .
drugstore at Nashville, Yates County. n
Y, the other morning, aud stole over $50
900 in notes, bonds and mort. ages, anc
$1,000 cash.
THE towboat Polar Star blew up Tx
other afternoon near Henderson, KY, ant
from fifteen to twenty-five persons wer,
reported missing
IT was reported from Cork, Ireland
on the LIST that the police believed an in
fernal machine factory had been estab
lished in that locality.
In the collision the other night on thu
Vandalia Line, near Brazil, Ind, William
Stewart, fireman, was instantly killed, ant
William Brennan perhaps fatally hurt
The loss to the railroad was large.
The St. Petersburg Russia) polio,
raided house full of Nihilists recently
capturing eight and about IA pounds O
dynamite. Three of the officers were
wounded and one of the Nihilists committed
suicide.
A BOILER explosion at st. Dizier
France, on tho 1st killed twenty-six per
sons and injured thirty-eight.
THERE was a promise of trouble il
Memphis, Tenn, the other day over tn
Dissertation OF tho Catholic Cemetery by tn
original proprietor Of the ground, VIII
claimed that part of the purchase none,
had never been paid.
A FLEET of thirty-seven barges
loaded with 10000 bushels Of coal, brok
loose at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 3lst ult
tha ,tu u, %,
steamers and tearing everyt thing afoat tina
lay in it's way.
The charge of ENLIGHTENMENT sgains
Asa F. Leopold, Treasurer of Crystal Lake
Mich, was withdrawn the other day an
Leopold has commenced suit against Georg
Bunkel, the accuser and who caused hi
} arrest, for $4,000 damages.