Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-03
Record of Tragedies

At Bainbri.lgc, O.. on the 29th u|t., in fight
prompted by jealousy Mrs. Hlllard and Mrs.
Divins were fatally cut.
Adeline Grims and Mary Mulophe engaged
in fight about man at Monticello, Fla, on
the 18th ult., Mary plunged q dagger into
Adelincs bosom. inhicting fatal wound.
Christmas tree in q schCol-house near Abb
lene, Kansas, vas ornamentcd with Jumping
Jack intcn led for a Mis-, Foreman. Her friends
resented it as an insull, and held Arthur Shod-
niger RESPONSIBLE, but were restrained by
others. But Oh the night Of the 9th u t., her
three brothers, her lover, and her brothcr-in-
law went to & prayer-me citing to meet the Of
fender and have it out. Twelve or more shots
were tired. Shodinger was Shot through the
left lung. the girls beau received two wounds.
and one brother was shot i'll the wrist and
cllbbed with a revolver.
A son of Capt. Stafford was shot and badly
wounded at Columbus, Texas. on the 2sth.
Friends of the wounded man promptly hanged
the shooter.
Au affray occurred near Lloyds, Fla, on the
2Stb, between Wn,. Lang and Richard Kill
patrick. The latter killed Lang, but not before
receiving a fatal stat.
At West Belleville Oh the 29th, VIM. Walton.
coal miner, shot Jane Miibourn because she
would not marry him. He then shot himself.
Both died instantly.
The following are the particulars of TRACE
dv which was enacted at Lebanon, Ala, on the
9th: Two brothers. Dave and Henry Bulard,
lad gambling saloon III town, and Thomas
Jocaway, desiring 10 establish a school. Under
took to cump,l them to close by ius,itutlng
legal proceedings This led to q quarrel. The
Bu:laids attacked Tom Jocaway. The best
| cit1zeus Of the town came 10 his rescue, and
one of the Bulards was ki!ls and the other
wnuudeu, last night a BROTHER of Jocaw&v
went to his house, and he, nistaiing him for
a friend OF the Billiards.. shot him fatally.
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cal economy, killed his wife and then shot him
self at Berlin on ihe 9th. The tragedy was
the result of mutual agreement, the doctor
being pecunlarl]y embarrassed and bis wife al
| incurable Invalid.
Three cowboys Of desperate character,
we're lynched at Pincyllle, Oregon, on Christ
| mas night.
At Cation Creek. Ky, on the 25th, Col.
Crawford killed Pcnt. Lyons: Both we're
drunk and quarreled over girl. Crawford's
| friends enabled him to escape from the court
| next day.
At Evansville. Ind, on the 9th, Joe Grif-
tiths, a colored gambler, shot and killed a
woman in grocery store,
: George Portwood and Officer Laughlin had
| fight at Lawrenceberg, Ky., Oh the night of the
26th. Both drew pistols and commenced firing:
Lauyhlin was killed instantly and PortwOod
was corpse in few hours afterwards:
terrible affray o CURED at Pine Fill, Ala,
on the 9th. Three men were KILLED, VIZ:
John Townsend. Bert. Cowan and ". R,ln.
On Christmas day Gee. Folnar and Frank
| Hallway. we'll known business men of Column
bus, Ga, became involved IN quarrel; OF
course, shooting irons were used and Holloway
is no more, i'll consequence.
Al Petersburg, Va, on the 18th, Samuel
| Riyes bt canie engaged iii difficulty, when
negro named PARKER jnterposed himself as
peaceulaker. Thi, so enraged Rives that hc shot
Parlcl dead and then blew out lis own brains.
In an affray at McAirnont, Ark, on the 26th,
Col. john Rich was mortaliy wounded by
Frank Shaver.
Au epidemic of murder swept over the coun-
! try on the oath. Chicago I'D of With
tue killing Of a bohemian named
Bohamil Novy on Canal Street. Novy, his
brother Tn. odore, and two Others had COM
mitted q burglary and quafreled ever the spol'ss
-S4 and all old silver watch. Theodore fired
! four shots, aud bis brother fell with bullet in
his lungs At Grand Forks. Dak.. James
Saunders was shot ~ Ge orge Colby m drunk
en- quarrel. At Uniontown, Pa, Capt. A. Z.
Mutt, cashier of the Pennsylvania state treas
ury, was shot and killed by N. L. Dukes, an
attorney snd a member-elect of the state legls-
lature. The affray took place in the room OF
the latter at hotel, and is believed to have
been caused by domestic wrong suffered by
the deceased. Dukes walked to the police sta
tion and surrendered He is graduate OF
Princeton College, and had borne all excellent
Character. In Cincinnati notorious character
named James Chumley killed companion
named Lamb, both men being drunk Louis
Meyers, member Of the Scranton (Pa.) tow