Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-06-23

IN an interview at Peoria, Ill, tho
other day Bishop Spaulding corroborated
the statement that the Archhishops OF the
United States were commanded to arrange
programme for Plenary Cour ell to lie
held in America.
AFTER the bombardment of Majunga,
Madagascar, the French occupied the town
and are collecting customs.
GRANT GRANVILLE, a negro living on
Major Palmer's place, near Brinkley, Ark,
was lynched between eleven and twelve
o'clock the other night. He had murdered
white man.
IT was said on the 18th that the esti-
mate of half million dollars as the cost of
the Government in the star-route cases
was considerably under the true figures.
A DOCK laborer cut the throat of q
laundress and then served himself the
same way in Chicago Ill.,, the other night.
She died; he would recover.
AT a school exhibition in Metcalf
County, KY, the other day, revolvers were
brought into play to quiet some noisy fell
lows. Mcfarland, bystander, was killed
instantly; Town Marshal Beauchamp was
mortally wounded; Miss P illipot was shot
in the cheek, and negro was missing and
was supposed to have crawled off into the
bushes and died.
BERNHARD J. MAHAN was fatally
stabbed in the neck by woman in Boston,
Mass, few days ago. She used shawl
pin.
AT Las Gatos, small town fifty-six
miles from San Francisco, CAL, the other
day, two Mexicans named Garcia and
Marvdles had quarrel over cards, during
which Garcia plunged knife into Mar
vales' bowels, killing him instantly. An
hour afterward the Constable cut down
Garcia's dead body from bridge near by,
where he had been hung up by vigilantes.
The failure of McGeoch, Everingham
& Co., for some time past the heaviest
provision dealers on the Chicago Qn.)
Board of Trade, was announced on the 10Th.
The break in lard, which caused the failure,
is said to have been the biggest ever known.
Several other failures were reported in
Chicago and Milwaukee.
AT Mansfield. La, a few days ago
Rev. j. Lane Borden, President of the
Mansfield Female College, was shot and
killed by Rev. Benjamin F. Jenkins.
JAMES M. BARROW, one of the best.
known railroad men in Missouri, was struck
by lightning and instantly killed about six
O'Clock the other evening while making up
train in the yards of the Hannibal & st.
| loo y oilrood IN, Hor,ac C;tx,
CHARLES MUNHALL fell from a third.
story window at indianapolis, Ind. the other
day and was killed. His wife has been ar
rested on charge of having pushed her
husband from the window.
In Sunderland, England, at an enter
tainment given by sleighy-o hand per-
former on the 10th panic occurred among
the large audience of children and 1SS were
killed on the stairs.
GRAY's Opera-house at Boston, Mass,
was destroyed by fire few days a:o, and
many people mad narrow escapes from the
flames The loss would reach probably
100000.
In the course of an alteration among
negroes at Twelfth and Morgan streets,
st. Louis, Mo-, the otter night Charles r.
Morton fired shot alta man named Wilson,
but missed him and killed Paul Lassoux,
a bystander.
A MAN and woman who started in a
balloon to cross the Mediterranean from
Marseilles, France, the other day were
picked up next day at sea.
Four Polish poets have been arrested
at Leipsig, Germany, for giving informa-
ton to Russian revolutionists regarding
movements Of troops.
The remains of Mrs. Bertha Blechcn
and of Mrs. Cornelius Wolberg, both of New
York, were cremated at the Lemoyne Fur
mace, Washington, Pa, a few days ago.