Daily Republican., 1883-11-02
NEWS sunnAsY.
Tired Of Life - 0sDhlsF KILLED
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Tired Of LAO 0smhlsF KILLED
Chasarsa AaA6eaaed.
A gambler named Arthur Lynn me-
another gambler named Walter Klein
In Waco, Texas, yesterday, and draw
ing revolver, demanded that kieir
should on his knees retract certair
words. Klein ran into saloon, snatch
ed up pistol and shot Lynn through
the heart.
William D. Clancy, . master IN
Equity of Charleston, South Carolina, ~
bachelor noted for his wit and social
accom- plishme ents," blew out his
brains in that city yesterday after
noon.
William B. Ditmars, . well-knOwn
architect of Brooklyn, New York,
committed suicide yesterday morning
at his boarding house In that city,
by hanging himself to the door in his
room.
Mrs Mary Welsh, aged 60 years, and
her Qran,ison, Charles Skillman, aged Z,
were suffocated on Wednesday night
during fire in their house, at Cum
minsville, a suburb of Cincinnati.
Two children of John Earnest, aged
respectively five and six years, were
suffocated yesterday morning ty the
burning of their fathers house, in Mid
dletown, Ohio.
The Post-office in Haverhill Mass,s-
chusetts, was robbed on Wednesday
night of $500 in money and 81 900 worth
of stamps, the safe being blown open to
obtain the plunder.
Charles Schroeder, IL years of age,
was killed with club by Henry Peter.
son, an insane man, In Chicago, yester.
day morning Peterson is still a'
large.
On Wednesday morning AGO employees
In the Northern Pacific Railroad
shops, at Brainard, Minnesota, were
discharged on telegraphic orders from
New York.
The first frost of the season at Char
lotte, North Carolina, was felt there yes
terday morning. 1t came in time h
stop the growth of cotton.
Fourteen small boys were yesterday
fined 81 each in q Jersey City Police
Court for having celebrated All Hallows
Eve by busting pedestrians with -four.
Charles w. Backman, . young Swede
committed suicide In disreputabls
house in New York early yesterday
morning.
Peter Mayer shot himself dead yester-
day morning In the same city.
The Ere Fiend.
The losses by Wednesdays fire In
Savannah are estimated at upwards Of
81 ,OOO, 600. Nine bodies have been re-
moved from the ruins in the burned
district, seven of them cOlored. The
remains of a white man have been re-
cognized as those of James Cash. Itii
believed others are still in the ruins. A
relief fund of $500 has already been
contributed for the homeless.
A fire in Garfield, Colorado, early or
Wednesday morning, destroyed tn,
post office, hotels and most of the busi
ness part Of the town, causing loss o.
$50, 900. During the progress Of the fire
600 pounds Of giant powder exploded II
burning building, scattering blazing
timbersand fragments in every direc
ton. A number of persons were knock
ed down and stunned, one being fatal!
injured.
| A fre in Whiting, Kansas, on Wed
nesday, destroyed Ave stores and tw,
dwellings. 1t was started by burglars
who blew open safe in drug store.
The steamer Katie p. kountz, f.on
Arkansas City, was burned on Wednes
day twenty miles above New Orleans
The boat and cargo we're valued at $S3,
900. No lives were lost.
The steamer City Of Toronto wa
burned yesterday at Port Dalhousie, On
tariO. Loss, $50, 600.
The Cliff House on the Rocky river
six miles from Cleveland, Ohio. wa
burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000.
| The paper mill of Wiswell & Co., a
Packard's Falls, New Hampshire, wa
burned yesterday. Loss, S35,O0O. Tw
women employed in the mil were badl
burned in the face and arms.