Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1883-05-03

received that the cyclone in Clay
coupiy Is reported to have destroyed
two churches. Two persons were
killed at Abbott.
More Cyclone.
MFMPPIs, Apri; 2G-French Camp,
Miss, town of 200 inhabitants, was
destroyed Sunday by a cyclone, sew
eral were killed.
The Laud Lee que.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 60
The Irish Convention is largely at
tended. None but men. bers OF the
Land League took part in the pro
ceedings. A were men of respec
table appearance. President James
Mooney read the opening address; Il
committee on credentials was ap-
pointed AID a recess taken. In the
afternoon, yesterday, the Convention
was resumed The secretary's re-
port showed during the year eighty
three new branches report d to the
central Office. There are now five
hundred and fifty branches, of which
the central flee has eighty~nine not
known officially. The balance of
cash on hand April 9th, was IS, ,692
RENTED to Ireland for land league
purposes, to date, $39, 102.
John suIIivnu Dying.
BosToN, April 25-Late last night
John L. Sullivan had hemorrhage
of the lungs. Sullivan has been
leading fast life of late, and his
heavy drinking has at last brought
him down. 1t was while visiting
| friends that he was attacked, and
after losing large quantities of blood
he became lnsensible, and did not
regain consciousness until to-day
The last rites OF the church were ad-
ministered to h m by Rev. Father
Patterson early this morning. His
friends fear that he may never re
cover from the attack.
The Cyclone.
JACKSON, Miss, April ga cy-
clone struck the town of Harrisville,
Simpson County, killing 10 ersors
seven killed near Morton and the
names are unknown.
Eliza PinkstOm.
Eliza Pinkston, colorcd, who fig
ured so prominently as a witness in
rs and '76, died in Jail at Canton,
and was buried as a pauper.
Another Cyclone.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 26--Ben Roop
prosperous farmer and miller, lived
on the Hillahoochie, six miles from
Franklin. The creek rose rapidly
on Sunday last, and lifted the build
ing in which he lived and started it
down stream with all the inmates
Roop, his wife and three children
and a negro servant We're in the
house. II struck tree and went to
pieces. A flash of lightning enabled
Roop to see the family sink. He
graspel Il mattress and f1Oatcd down
until he struck another tree, in
which he remained till morning
RaiIrolds and telegraph report the
stoim destructive to life and prop
erty.
shot and Killed
LoRDsBURG, April 27.-Thomas
Galvil was shot and instantly killed
about five O'Clock this morning by
his partner John Walsh. The men
were engaged in the saloon business
together and during dispute about
the proderly the rash act was COM
mitted.
New Paper.
LoRDsBURG, April 27-Thc mater
ial of the Lordsburg AdUasce, for
merly the Hillsboro, New Mexico
Prospect0r, arrived here yesterday
and will issue for the first time on
Saturday.
Sufcfded.
SAN FRANCIsCo, April 21-Louis
Wiley. native of Germany, aged
26 wears, committed suicide two days
ago by dose of laudnum. The
body was not found until to-day
The cause was despondency, owing
to the death of his wife several
weeks ago.
Ereland's Friends.
PHILAEELPHIA, Pa, April 90
Alter short recess Il permanent or
gln1zation was effected, with Nj. a
Ferran, of Ohio, as chairman. A
number of vice-presidcnts were
chosen. Mr. Ferran counse lied uni
fication of every Irish society, per-
haps, in the world.
The following telegram was read
by Father DonneY, ESD, President
of the Irish American Convention,
Philadelphia My presence at the
session of the most representative
Convention of Irish Anne rican opin-
ion ever assembled being impossible,
owing to the necessity of my remain
ing here to oppose the criminal code
bill, which re-enacts permanently the
worst provisions of the coercion act
passed. VIII leave constitutional
movements at the mercy of God.
would ask you to lay my views be-
fore the Convention l would re-
spectfully advise that your platform
should be so framed as to enable us
20 continue to accept help from
America, and at the same time avoid
affording preteXt to the British
Government for entirely sup2ressing
the national movement in ireland.
In this way only can unity of move