The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-01-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

the order OF Charles Ill of Spain.
- AT Greencastle, Ind, the other la
Mrs. Myra j. Osborn and her sou, seven
teen years old, were found dead In thei
rooms, from poison, supposed to have beef
administered by the woman
AN Italian named Michaeio Pietrazz,
snatched q lace handkerchief from the neel
n OF DONATE Frozzo's daughter Ia New York
few days ago, and when Frozzo and Mchae
Cicerrlli. the girls husband, demanded n
7, explanation Pietrazzo drew revolver AM
" shot both men. probably fatally.
THE whaling bark Hercules arrived
@ at New Bedford, Mass, the other day witt
v ten cases OF smallpox on board. Tire.
persons had died.
BESSIE BYE, fifteen years of age, and
9 sister, aged ten, were drowned at Merreton
It Ont, few days ago. The younger attempt.
ed TO rescue the older, who bad broken
through the ice
AT meeting the other day of the
creditors of j. A. Il w. IL. Sweeney. sus-
pended bankers at New York, james A.
Sweeney promised that every cent due
should be paid.
/ LUCTUs w. POND, the famous forger
OF Worcester, Mass, was pardoned from the
half his term. He had been a member of
the State Senate and a leader in religious
circles.
LONG distance handicap racing has
been introduced into the United States. In
contest of twelve hours, in Brooklyn, n.
T., the other day, thirty OF the best run
ners of all nations participated. Norman
Taylor won by a score OF eighiv-three
miles.
II. w. WHITE, a soldier of the war of
1872. died at De Witt. Iowa. few days
since, ana was buried with military honors.
DR.. CoRyIsARL, an eminent practi-
TONER of Paris, who died recently, never re-
covered from the effects of the shock con-
yeyed by the news of the fate OF young Ma.
poleon in Zululand.
A PUGILIsTIC contest, lasting ninety
minutes, took place the other day at New
ark. \. D., between Charles Gray and Fred
Refehert. Five hundred person. were pres
ent. Reichert fell unconscious in the TWEEN.
ty-eighth round.
FIFTY spiritualists residing in Tran
tenau, Bohemia, were recently summoned
before a magistrate, and The local press
urged the Minister of the Interior to iusti-
tute an inquiry on tbe subject of spiritual
ism.
THERE was riot in Limerick, Ire
land, the other night between soldiers and |
civilians. The latter attacked the military |
and free fight ensued, the soldiers using |
their belts. The soldiers were badly ,
handled, owing TO the numerical superiori I
" OF the assailants. The police eventually /
quelled the disorder.
WILLIAM FORT, a blacksmith. was
found battering In the doors of Mrs. Eliz,
Piers house, In Newark, n. j., the other
morning. Mrs. Pier and her family were
sitting up watching the body of Mrs. Pier,
mother, who died the day previous. Fort.
on being refused admittance. threatened to
break into the house, take away the corpse.
and drag it through the streets. He was
attempting TO carry out this brutal threat
when be was arrested.
MERRIAM A. MONTGOMERY. about
twenty-eight years old, shot his two little
children at Packardville, near Amherst,
Mass, the other morning, instantly killing
GEORGE, six years old and probably fatally
Wohndlng Eva, four years old. Montgom-
cry had not lived with bis wife for eight ! ,
months, and she made her home with her
iatber, Horatio Marsh, farmer. Mont | ,
fioliCh ldHliiN anu asked his wife / Z
she would live with him, and she refused. 1,
tie Immediately went out to where the >.
children were playing and shot them. He .
then tried to shoot his wife and her father.
but be was overpowered by the latter and
Kept in the house till the Sheriff came. He
was taken to Northampton, pleaded no, e
guilty and was sent to JAIL Montgomery a
lid not drink and said he did not remember
having committed the crime
The Cooperative Dress Association. h
i New York CITY. OF which Kate Field was 3
resident, closed its store few DAYS since. l
ne assets were stated at S244,00 liabili- .
les, S125, 900.
A CASE of smallpox developed at
davenport, Iowa, recently and the family
the sufferer were sent to the pest house.
AT Hartwellville. Mass, a few DAYS b
go, while Fred Williams and Marshall Ma al
on were looking at an engine, an explosion u
the boiler took place and they were in y
family killed, their bodies being horribly
tangled. The head of the boiler went into .,
chair factory adjoining. The boiler house ~
'as demolished, the chair factory was bad he
damaged. thirty tons of rock were re- OF
loved three rods, and boy was lifted into al
lie air and carried four rods. IT.
LILLIAN SPENCER was shot and Sc %
'reiy injured by one of her company at the nv
cademy OF Music in Rochester, n. Y, the err
her night. The shooting was accidental. pa
took place ut the close of the first act of pc
e play called "Article Il" when DuhameI c ~,
oots Clara. A. H. Forrest played Duha-
81 and he fired a blank cartridge at too
Dse proximity to MISS Spencer. She re-
ived the charge in her ear.
EMMA FRIHoFF was found dead in 29
T bed in New York few days ago. When ce'
e Coroner arrived he found one of her sic
rs dancing in the room. Another son was res
{ able to tell his name. They were both
sane. tn,
THREE ice gorges in the Allegheny en-
yer broke the other day, carrying away pr
600 feet of lu mber at Pittsburgh, Pa.
The steamer Volmer arrived at Vic pr
Ia, B. c., the other day, bringing forty
inese women. thirty-two were sold to tro
inamen who reside in the United States cit
ey went TO the American side disguised | mi
Indian women. the
JOSEPH kosINsKY, employed il the
n-works at Cleveland, O., being fatigued Cit
the days work, lay down beside the a b
st.furnace the other night FOR short tir,
p, having volunteered 10 work double
le. Next morning he was found dead. -.
located by the gases from the furnace. -
leaves young widow and infant.
AN error of q telegraph-operator son y
sed collision of freight trains on the L.,
" York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Road, In chi
ich Conductor Theodore York was killed. Gov
w days ago.
The two upper floors of William 49,
liteley's furniture store in London, Bug. nor
ned the other night. Damage very on ,
- oo'sosnunens was one oil the to {
" Lohuu. i"enty -hVe engines in t