The National tribune., 1883-03-01

! One case reported IS that OF servant girl
working for S3 week who had each week
carried her scanty savings to the church for
deposit until they had reached the sum of 500.
| A short time ago, being about to get married,
she called for her money, intending to use it
in preparing her brGal outfit and furnishing n
home. She was shocked when told that she
could not draw dollar. The general impress
sion is that there has been no downright dis
honesty, but that the trouble has been caused
| by bad management, the result of business
inexperience.
A terrible and mysterious case of poisoning
| occurred at the Western LuHatic Asylum,
Staunton, Va on the 9th ult., which resulted
/ in the almost instantaneous death of five male
/ patients. About breakfast time Nelson An
| drcwS, an attendant, informed DIR. Il. 5. IIamil-
ton the superintendent that 1" Young wilkins
had dropped dead " about halfpast seven, i'm
mcdiateiy after taking his medicine. Before
DIR. Hamilton left the news reached him that
four or five more patients had died. 1t was
/ found on inquiry that the morning medicine
! had been mixed, as usual, about half-paSt five
/ p. IN. and taken to the attendants rooms, where
/ il was locked up until about half-past seven
! 4. m, when it was taken out and administered
I to the patients The medicines were prepared,
/ as has always been the custom, in the prcsCTip-
! tion-room of the asylum-On this occasion by
| Dr W. II. Butler, one of the assistant physi-
! clans. The poison must have been sprinklcd
| by malicious or insane person indisCriminately
/ over the medicine. 1t was of the most deadly
/ character, as evidenced by the rapidity OF its
action. and was described by one of the patients
1 Just before he died rs burning like fire down
/ his throat and insides" The following are the
/ names of the patients whose death occurred
| within ten minutes after the taking Of the
/ poison: Thomas w. Adams, J. NJ. Holman,
/ John w Hines, Isaac Frederick Sperry, Leon
ard 7. Wilkins. Mr.. Wilkins was GONZALES
cent and would have returned to his family,
who are said to be wealthy, in n few days
Matthew Vaughan is very low and likely to
die.
a gang of eighteen white and four colored
COnvicts, while ut work on the lCvee about two
miles below Helena. Ark. rcvoltcd last Satur-
day, disarming Hill and Rankin, two of the
guards, and with The lattcr's gun killing Mr..
James ii. Cant, a very prominent planter, who
was near the scene at the time Of the outbreak.
Mr.. Cant was on horseback when shot but fell
from his horse after riding about 200 yards,
and died five minutes afterwards. In the
meantime the Convicts made rush for the
west, and soon had got across the field en- route
to the hills, when men were sent 10 the city 10
carry the terrible news. Two white men,
train robbers. are the leaders One of them.
. named Sullivan, is he who fired the shot which
killed Mr.. Cant a. he was pursuing the fleeing
party. Not only did the convicts relieve Hill
and Rankin of their guns and ammunition,
b itNtit&1t n,
ColCTyd, which was on their route, and took all
the clothing they could lay their hands on.
They separated into two parties and were last
seen passing into the cane5rakc near the Lamb
plantation. About TWENTY-FIVE persons have
gone from Helena to Join in the search for the
convict murdcrers. Latest adviccS state that
hounds have been put on the track Of the muir
derers, and they are perhaps surrounded in the
caaebrake They robbed and PIundcrod rs
they went 1t is thought that they have Sc
cured at least half dozen pistols. Five have
since been captured.
4 dispatch from Hong Kong announces the
loss Of the United States steamer Ashuclot
with eleven OF the crew. Al the officers were
saved. She WAS d paddc-whcel, thin-plated
iron shin of 1870 tons displacement and was
what is known as a dOuhe-Cndcr She carried
six guns and was of 1-6 tons burden. She was
built in 1853, for the purpose ct river naviga-
ton during the war. and was used in the
blockade. She has been used on the As'Htic
station to visit posts not accessible to heavy
drai, vessels Two or three similar vessels have
been lost. and others built were sold. except
the AIonoeacv, which is now on the Asiatc
station, and the FaIapoasa, which has been
greatly altered from her original plan. The
latest information Of the Ashucet received at
the Navy Dgpal tmcnt was dated january 1.
She was then at Shanghai, and was expected to
reach Hong Kong January l.. 1t was never
States, but il was the opinion that she was in
good condition, as $4,000 were laid out in
repairs to her about two years ago.
During the discussion Of the proposition made
by Polk, the dciaultng ex-trcasurcr of Ten
ucssec, to settle with the State. one of the in
ycstigating committee asked that committee
bc appointed 10 ascertain how much Tennessee
new issue Mr. Polk had, stating that the conf
mittcc had reason 20 believe that he had enough
/ !. T,l
member Of the committee says Polk had over
Ia!fa million in new issue. and was holding it
with the belief that the United States Supreme
Court would decide it binding on the State, aud
thus enable him 10 make his acc6nnts square
before his term expired. The adjournment of
the court lor the holidays without deciding The
question made this impossible, and he fled on
the eve Of the examination. \ committee was
appointed 10 investigate.
\ Dispatch from Matamoras Mexico dated
February 23d, says: Louis Fernandez and Car
men LiIa, aged sixteen years, after binding
their bodies together with Il rope this morning.
Spran@ into the lara river and were drowned.
They had been lovers for some time. Last
evening Fernandez called on tn" parents of the
girl 10 ask her hand in marriage and was re-
jcctcd. Overcome with grief the pair deter
mined 10 end their lives aS above described.
Their bodies were recovered an hour later.
The mother Of the girl after seeing the corpse
OF her daughter a il was taken from the river,
bound to that Of Fernandez, also sprang into
the river and was drowned.
Charles Brcslin Martin Brennan and Tho5
Gallagher were horribly burned last Saturday
by an explosion at Green Ridge Colicry, Mt.
Carmel, Ia. Brennan went up the breast.
leaving Gallagher and Brcslin talking in the
heading but rs he reached the top his lamp
I2nitcd the sulphur. and he was hurried down
the breast and terribly burned. Breslin and
Gallagher were blown through the heading
and some yards distance into another breast
Rreslin is most dangerously burned and cannot
recover The others have some chance of re-
C0yCry. All are married men.
II has been discovered that Gilbert L. Crowcll,
Of New York president Of the Empire Mining
Company. Of Park City, Utah, has misappropri-
atci trust funds belonging 10 the heirs Of the
Tallinan estate 20 the amount of about &GGO,0
Mr. CrOwel WIS wcii-knoWu in New York and
was ut one time cashier Of the Peoples Bank
in that city. The money above mentioned, be-
sides his own fortune Of Sl25,0O0, was sunk in
endeaVoring to develop mine at Park City.
The grand jury at Milwaukee on Monday
tuuad an indictment against Scheler, the bar
keeper Of The Ncwhail House, charging him
with setting fire to the building. He was
auaimcd in court and entered a plea Of not
guilty" His bail was fixed at $4,000 1t is
believed that indictments will he found against
Nash. Antc.lcl and night clerk Delaney for
falling to warn the victims of their danger
until escape was impossible.