Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-06-02
THE National Board of Health a

THE National Board of Health at
Washington has been informed of twenty.
two deaths from yellow fever at Havana,
Cuba, for the week ended May is. The dis
ease had made its appearance among the
shipping at that port.
AT Rostoff, Russia, the other day, a
Russian was killed by Jew. Subsequently
mob attacked several houses and shops
occupied by Jews, which they robbed and
demolished. 1t was feared there would be
further outbreaks against the Jews.
AT Montgomery, Ala, additional in
dictments have been found against United
States Marshall Strobach. two deputy mar
shals and Thomas Jefferson Scott, Register
of the United States Land Office.
HENRY Il. DERRICK, negro, was
riddled with bullets by mob at Mariana,
Ark, the other day Tor burning livery
stable and its contents.
MILTON G. FOREMAN, of Colfax, Ind,
murdered near Traders Point, March 3,
was arrested the other morning, charged
with the murder.
A LARGE lumber mill and schooner
were destroyed by fire at Muskegon, Mich,
the other day, causing a loss of $4,000.
BAXTER COUNTY, Ark, has been Wis
tied by tornado. Great damage to prop
erty was reported, but no lives lost.
The French forces in Tonquin lost
two captains and four cen men killed in
recent sortie from Hanoi
They have had two fatal duels in Ber-
lin, Germany, within few days.
THE English training-ship Mars at
Dundee was badly damaged by fire the
other day, supposed to be of incendiary
origin.
TAhgE passengers were killed on the
steamship Strasburg by fall of rigging
in gale during her recent trip from Bre-
men to Baltimore, Md.
A PLOT to murder the King of Rou-
mania has been discovered.
THE English competitions for selec'
ton of an international rife team have be-
gun.
ARGENT special from Dallas, Tex,
announced the explosion OF scheme to get
| possession of large tracts of land in Next
co. A Southern syndicate had arranged
the matter with some Mexican politicians,
| but disagreement occurred and the plan
fell through.
THOMAS WEIGH, Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
who had been drinking, the other day struck
his wife, when she grabbed up red-hot
bayonet and stabbed him, the bayonet pass.
| ing through the left breast and coming out
at the back. There was no hope of his re-
covery.
DURING a pitched battle between
Italians and Irish at New York recently
Maria Norma was probably fatally injured
and many others less seriously hurt. Sticks,
stones, skillets and revolvers were freely
used.
AT Steubenville, O., John Bird, a
young Englishman, was shot and almost in,
stantly killed the other morning by Alex.
ander Wyatt, former husband of the wo
man to whom Bird was recently married.
Jealousy was the cause.
LEGAL proceedings instituted agains,
the Rochester g. Pittsburgh Railroad by the
Lackawana relative to a crossing culmi-
mated in riot, az Buffalo, NY, a few days
ago, for it's possession. Fifteen,cars Of the
two roads were destroyed and two men
were arrested, but subsequently released
FIFTEEN HUNDRED persons joined in
an Anarchist denionstra ion at the graves
of Communists at Paris, France, on the
9th. The red flag was displayed and sew.
eral speeches were delivered.
| CHRISTOPHER MUCHO was shot and
fatally wounded at Indianapolis, Ind, the
other morning by John Zapf, after which
Mr.. Zapf sent bullet crashing through his
own brain and fell dead upon the sidewalk.
Family troubles were said to be the cause.