Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ened prosecution for theft, caused William
Macduff, financial broker at New York,
to shoot and kill his wife, his six-year-old
son and then himself, at Brooklyn, few
days ago. Ht gaiuz ag - 6Ha
AT the little village of Elizabethtown.
in Essex County, N. T., on the 9th, Henry
DE Bosneys was hanged for the murder of
his wife, committed in August last. Frazer
Copeland was hanged at Walhalla, S. c.,
on the same day for the murder of William
John Hunnicutt the I'd of December last.
THE New York police have managed
to get up diplomatic tangle with Den
mark by aiding the Danish Consul{o bull
doze an alleged embezzler on his arrival in
that port.
The Tar River in North Carolina was
reported very high from rains on the 9th.
The lowlands were overhowed and people
were abandoning their houses in boats.
Many bridges and dams were washed
away.
Two boys were burned to death in a
sugar house at st. Thomas, Quebec, the
other night.
The log books of three Texas war
ships were received by the Governor at
Austin the other day from gentleman in
Indiana. They give the record of several
engagements which occurr ed from 1910 to
1S43. A
AT Columbus, O., few days ago, a
colored barber made a murderous assault
on his wife with hatchet and then cut his
own throat with razor. 1t was thought
| both would die.
| MRS. JANE ANTHONY, of New York,
attempted to cross the railroad track in
| front of an express train at Jersey CITY, n
j., the other day, when Lawrence O'Brien.
switchman, attempted to save her, but she
resisted and both fell upon the track. The
woman was killed instantly and O'Brien
lived ten minuets after being struck.
| O'Brien lost leg short time ago in res
cuing child.
| REV. G. ID. BOYNTON, aged seventy
seven years, for twenty-fiv years pastor
of the Vine Street Congregational Church at
Cincinnati, o., and who had also served
two terms as Chaplain of the House of Rep
resentatives at Washington, died in the
former city a few days ago.
PHIL B. THOMPSON, member of Con-
gress from the Fifth (Ky.) District shot
and instantly killed Walter Davis, grocer,
at Harrodsburg, KY, on the 9th inst.
Thompson Immediately surrendered him:
self to Judge Hardin of the Circuit Court,
and was released on 5000 bail.
Four inches of snow fell at Quebec,
| Ont, on the 9th. Sleighing was again re-
| sumed. @
THE Philadelphia Pa.) banking firm
of George F. Work & Co. is accused of en-
bezzling something like 100000 from the
Peoples Passenger Railway Company of
| that city. Two members of the firm were
| arrested few days ago and warrant
awaited the third partners return from
Florida. A
THIRTEEN arrests were made at Lari-
more City, Oak, the other day for the re-
cent murder of the Ward brothers, former
| ly of Chicago.
| The workmen at the end of the Can
! ada Pacific Railroad, in Manitoba, were
threatened by Indians recently, who COM
planned that their country was being in
vaded. The Indians had shown an un-
friendly disposition for months previous,
| and trouble was feared.
THERE were eight deaths from small
pox at st. Louis, Mo-, during the week
ended on the 2Sth inst.
A MOB of disguised men stormed the
Jail at Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala,
the other night, took George Ware, con-
fined therein on the charge of numbering
1 Robert Bethune, and hung him to a tree. A
reward has been offered for the arrest of
any Of the perpetrators of the outrage.
A FIRE which started in livery sta
BILE at Wellsburg, w. Va, the other morn
j ing DESTROYED half of one of the best busi-
ness blocks in the city.
In religious riot at Port Said, Egypt,
on the Doth several lives were lost. British
troops were called out to protect the Greek
! Church.
AT Newaygo. Mich, ON the 29th,
Brooks Hotel, the Exchange Hotel, two
churches and fourteen other buildings were
swept away by fire, causing a loss of $780,
OO0 The Great Works Milling and Manu-
| featuring Company's saw-mills at Bangor,
Me-, were burned ON the same day, the loss
being $4,000. t-fEs
BY the capsizing of man-of-war
boat at Toulon, France, the other day
seven men were drowned. ~ =.
! THE internal revenue receipts for
March, 1883, were 81 ,425, ,121 greater than in
| March last year. <-%
RECENT advices from Vera Cruz,
Mex, state that yellow fever has broken
out in that place. There had been several
cases of black vomit.
AN attachment was served against E.
M. Rockwell, manufacturer of woollen
goods at Leominster, Mass, a few days
4 ago. Liabilities were reported at $40, 900;
assets $ls0,0O0 w ---,-
The Secretary Of the Interior has
rendered decision regarding the route of
the Northern Pacific Railroad which short
ems the line forty three miles and restores
to the public domain more than i, ,000,0 900
acres of land. sausFzYa - Hzn -
A PASSENGER train was wrecked near
Monroe, Mich, the other night, and several
persons badly hurt. -
WILLIAM DEMENT,, an old Kentucky
Indian fighter, died at Louisville q few
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