Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-06-23

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THE Harper High-License bill was passed
in the Illinois Senate on the 10Th by vote
of thirty to twenty, and it was Immediately
signed by the Governor.
JAMES TAYLOR JONES has been nominat-
ed for Congress by the Democrats of the
First Alabama District
In the vicinity of Rutherford, N. c., the
Mormon missionaries who have been pros
elyting for some time were on the 18th
|. given notice by the residents of the town
to leave the neighborhood on pain of sum-
mary justice. The Mormons left.
NEAR Utica, Miss, on the 18th a fight
occurred between the families of Thomp-
son and Suwell, about trespassing on land.
Colonel w. t. Thompson was killed his son
badly wounded, and Charles Suwell was
fatally shot.
In quarrel at Eastman, Ga. ,on the 18th
a negro named Wynne was cut to pieces;
convict at Dubois, Ga, was shot dead while
trying to escape; at Warner Station, Ark,
John Smith (colored) was killed in sa-
| loon row, and at Coosacoo, Ala, Jordan
| Corbin, negro murderer, was taken from
| the Jail by mob and hanged.
| 1T was discovered on tho 10Th that a'per-
| go port as Jack Tar for several years was
| a young girl.
WILLIE HARDEE and Solomon H. New
EFT (colored) were hanged at Conway, S.
| c., on the 10Th, for the murder of jeremiah
Stalvery, an old merchant.
In the vicinity of Columbus, O., severe
hail-storm a few nights ago did great dam
age to the crops.
TILL WARNER, a man who had been ar
rested on suspicion of having perpetrated
a brutal outrage upon and attempted to
kill little girl named Nellie Lyons, was
hanged by a mob at Cheboygan, Mich, on
the night of the 18th. He protested his in
nocence to the last. On the night of the
18th Mr.. Lyons missed his little daughter
Nellie, beautiful child of eight years. No
great anxiety was felt until the next morn
ing, as it was thought she was with
friends. Inquiries, however, showed that
she was not in town. Search was made,
and many hours were spent in a
vain hunt. Finally one of the party, in
traversing a swamp about a mile from
town, saw a child's dress Seizing it he
socn discovered that it was the little girl.
She was unconscious. Several terrible
knife wounds were found in her body, and
her dress was stained with blood. She was
carried to her fathers house and medical
aid summoned. Careful nursing succeeded
in saving her life. She had been horribly
abused, and then, as if from very fiendish-
ness, stabbed in the chest. Her condition
was still critical on the 10Th, but she might
recover with care.
AN affray occurred at a recent school ex-
hibition at Sulphur Well, KY, in which
one man was killed and another mortally
wounded; a negro went to the brush to die
hpf his wounds, and lady was shot in the
Sheek.
IA POSSE few days ago killed Six-shooter
ck and captured his band of six ot flaws
EkeI Haley, Idaho.
oESIE ILLISeIg end portions q Ms. Ms.
Hain-storms on the 18th. At LeavenJ ,rth,
Kyn., all communication by rail Vi cut
Oft over forty bridges being damaged, and
on the Chicago & Alton Road all trains
were abandoned. &
THE town of Neligt, Neb., was visited by
a tornado the other night, which demol-
ished number of houses and fatally in
| jured one woman.
THE death of James w. Sheahan, of Chi
cago, for many years leading editorial
writer on the Tribune, of that city, oc-
Cured early on the morning of the 18th,
at the age of fifty-nine years. Mr.. Sheahan
was born in Baltimore, Nd, February %,
1924, and in the year 1854 went to Chicago.
He leaves wife and eight children.
In Floyd County (Va.) saloon a few
evenings ago eight persons, men and wom-
en-, were drinking, when discarded lover
of one of the women threw blazing pine
knot through window, upsetting the
lamp, which exploded, and set the whole
party on fire. The house and one man were
consumed, and the remainder of the party
were shockingly burnt.
THE firm of McGeoch, Everingham &
Co., of Chicago, who had been trying to run
lard corner, failed on the 10Th, with liza
bilities estimated at about s., 10000 They
carried six other firms with them, viz:
James NJ. Ball& Co., Ellis & Lightner,
Holley & Allen, NJ. B. Crafts & Co., Tabor
& Wilson and w. NJ. Martin & o.,whose
liabilities aggregate 81 100000
On the 18th Colonel Biddle arrived at
Tucson, A. T., with five Mexican women
rescued from the Apaches by General
Crook.
WHILE intoxicated few days ago Ed
ward Mulholland, of Mingo Junction, o.,
went home, and on being reproved by his
aged mother he shot her in the head, inf1ict-
ing fatal wound.
THE failure of Prescott Bros. & Co., of
Indianapolis, hardware dealers, for $50 900,
is announced.
AT Milwaukee OH the 18th John and
Martin Reuter-, brothers, while digging a
WELL were suffocated by ire-damp.
MOUNTED men drove out two Mormon
missionaries, residing in caves near
Raleigh, N. c., on the 18TH 1t was be-
lieved that all the Mormons had now been
driven from the State:
Two BOYS named Samuel Walker and
John Gillard, of Cincinnati, were drowned
while bathing in the river few mornings
ago..
A CoLORED man named Granville
! Warden, of Duncan, Ark, was taken from
his home few days ago and hanged by a
mob for having testified against white
man who sold liquor without license.
1T was reported on the 18th that the recent
storm in Eastern Nebraska submerged one
hundred houses in Lancaster County and
| a like number in Richardson County. A
large number of hogs, sheep and cattle
were drowned.
| THOMAS AKINs and family and Mr.. Bo-
rari and family, eight persons in all, OF
Bakersford, Kan, during the recent storm
attempted to cross Turkey Greek in wag-
oh, which was caught in the current and
upset. Seven of the party were drowned,
Mrs. Borari alone escaping.
JOHN BOWERS, James Berry and George
Wyatt were struck by lightning and killed
during storm near Ravenna, Mo-, few
mornings ago.
THE Mississippi River has been greatly