The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28
News AND NorEs.

'"eat that once weut by shin ranna "a
'lorn to Europe, has been recently sbinne
py rail- to New Orleans and thence bv stss,,
er to Liverpool; and the French com,no.
clai ilne's steamship Paris, which arrived :
Nem orieans last Fri,lay, brought numbe
o. Swiss and italian immlgrtnts booxe,
through to California over the sontharn p,
elle railroad. 1t is stated that the far,
from hayre to San Francisco by this route !,
20 2 sSoless than by New York.
At Graham, Kan, in fight between fou,
men, two on each side, for he possession Il
az q log house, one was killed aud III ~
oIhers wounded, Revolvers shotraDs and
winchester rifles were the weapons used
L y stated that one St. Louis firm bos
paia the Gov rnment SO % dates on goods
Drought from Paris on which the cnstons
were evadedi also that other firms viii ra-
fund heavily. = =
Near Corsieana, Tex, February 81 tbe
lamlly OF William Rush was poisnned II.
naving morphine administered instead of
qainine' The mother and three children
died from the effects The mistake orose
from having morphine and qninine sida ii
slde on the mantlepiece in The same siz.d
bottles. ''4 7'-su
= woman was the only passenger in 4
Montana stage except her baby wbom ~
wrapped in her fur cloak. leaving berss,f
unprotected from the zero temp psrature Ths
driver saw that she was benumbed and
would freeze to death unless aroused u ,;a
lent exercise, He dragged her from rbo
coach and left her by the roadside "Ob
my baby!" she cried. The driver cracked
his whip. The stage few over the sno,v
with the woman running after The r,c.
wa4 Kept up for nearly two miles. when the
driver took the mother In again and yr,n.
pea hls coat around her. He had warmed
her blood and saved her life.
After the wedding Of David Dav;, NJ
unmarried Senators will Be Mr.. Anthonv ~
Rhode Island, aged Gs, Mr. Hampton of
South Carolina, 90, and Mr.. Jones u Flori
da about 3D.
Idaho is relatively stronger in Mormon u
than i Utah, there beng ten Mormon rep. |
rescntatiyes in its Legislature. one 81 whan |
isa Bishop iifthe ciurch, ana falIy M.
third Of the 5000 inhabitants ara aahar.
ents Of the Mormon faith.
Pupils nowadays study 80 much that
hey don't know anything" saws ! mem
oer Of the Massachusetts, board If ednca.
ion
AN attempt was made to burn the ,wn Of
Red Bluf, California, The school bnpsa
yas discovered to be on fire but the flames
we're soon put ont, and il was hen found
nat the interior had been smcared Win
Gal oil. The floor and walls OF The Conrt
iopse hal also been sprinkled with III.
anne fluid. Oae man has been arrested "a
uspicion. Others are watched, ana 4 yiai
lncs committee istilked If.
At Charlotte n g, therl il large wb;te
chool for girls between the age. II To and
4 " ars a w days ago these giris. w,ile
aturniag totneir homes, re wtylaia bY Il
arty Of negro yonths and subjected ID
ross indignities. Some ot the girls report i
the facts 10 their brothers a tendinr 1
oys' school IN the n ighborhood, where I
P ~ the white boys form d party t. ayenge /
70 insult After school they hurried Ia the l \
andczvous Of the negroes and laid in wait
r them Soon afterward. as the girls 1
lme down the road on their way home, k
ley were followed by the negroes The J
hite boys wAibed until the negroes began /,
leir attack on the girls, and then at d word .
ON their leader rushed from their ambush r
he girls fed, anda battle followed. The bows !
I'd no firearms, but sticks and stones were y
'ed with terrible effect and the negroes fed
ON the field. The mistake the white boys /,
adc in going forth to protect their sisters
ON the assaults Of the brutes was ia not !
king their "irons.r |.
AT Cairo, Father Steye died on the 2lst. q
E was the Oldest Catholic priest in the Y
nited States, and one of the oldest in the "
,rld, being over so years Of age.
At Springfield, illinois, Mrs. Tilly Schou- =
., the young wife Of Frank Schoudea, du. y'
lg her husbands absence from home, shot q
4 3.months old baby through the head p
a then shot herself dead. q
AT Orange, Texas, conductor named
instead, on the Texas and New Orleans =
i road, while attempting to board his =
lin while in motion, fell aud had one Of
feet 50 badly crushe by the train as To n
lder amputation necessary. Olmstead is q
J Oldest conductor in the service.
u Meigs county, Tennessee, man n
med Cogle was killed by John Harwood. pr
gle's brother, with shotgun, fatally sa
i, Harwood, and dangerously wounded
} Scott who was with him. Te
Ieven convicts in the Jefferson City mo- IN
,itentiary set fire to the building and at 20
lpted to escape All were captured and ~
urned to their cells The loss by the FIRE, 10y
ich reached adjacent buildings, win ]
cunt to 100000. rel
sev Thomas Mccormick, one Of the old. th'
clergymen in the country, died in Balti- Ca
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