Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
West and South.

THE construction of new lines which
will cost 81 800 900 has been begun by the
Postal Telegraph Company. Chicago
comes in for two additional wires to New
York and st. Louis
UNKNOWN parties a few days ago killed
Mack Marsden and Allen Hensley, leaders
of gang OF thieves ana HuroererS, near
Antonio, Mo.
DURING a quarrel in Fort Worth, Tex,
a few nights ago T. Jess, variety actor,
threw a pair of scissors at his wife. The
woman's throat was pierced and a fatal
wound inflicted.
IT is suggested by the Grand Jury at
New Orleans that crematory be estab-
lished a the Charity Hospital, as a sani-
tary measure, to dispose of persons who
die of cont agious diseases.
The failure of A. Martin, lumber-inill
owner. of New Orleans, for 100000, is
announced.
NEAR Topeka. Kan, two small children
of n colored man named Wood, left alone,
were burned to death in their home few
days ago.
THE planning and saw mills of the A. Ell
dred Manufacturing Company, together
with .OpO, 900 feet of lumber, were burned
n few davs ago at Fort Howard, Wis. Loss,
500, 900; insurance, $63,ooo
d. L. MonDY, assisted by Ira d. Sankey,
is coin, to hold a Revival Convention IN
Chicago September Is, 10 and 20, commenc-
ing at nine O'Clock on the frst-named date.
Tickets may b. procured gratultously from
F. c. Ensign, No. 1jo Madison street, and
will be mailed to parties at a distance if
they address a letter to him and inclose a
stamped envelope.
A FARMER named John Simons, resid-
ing near West Point, Miss, finding the
nh DhPr pitched
near his house few days ago, killed the
invader with shotgun.
AT Gallatin, Mo-, in the trial of Frank
James, General Joe Shelby appeared in
court on the 30th ult. in an intoxicated con-
dirion and drew a pistol on the States At
torney, The General afterward made an
apology to the Court and was let OIL with
a fine of ten dollars.
A NEGRO named Esau Smith, sentenced
TO be hanged in October, 1870, but who es-
caped from Jail and was not captured TILL
recently, was executed for his crime at o1'
Joseph, La, on the 31st uit.
THE death of NJ. f. Cults, Member OF
Congress from the Sixth Iowa District,
1st.
THE boiler attached to some farm ma
cbinery exploded near Frankfort, D. T.,
ly woundinS five others.
THERE was a large increase in the num-
ber of saloons open at St. Louis on the "a,
the law prohibiting the sale of liquor on
Sunday being generally defied.
TRAINS on the Western Maryland Rall
road collided the other day, near Baltl-
more, and two persons were killed ana
two or three others were seriously In
jured.
AT the Pensacola Navy Yard three new
cases of yellow-fever were discovered on
the Ist. The greatest alarm was reported
as prevalent
FIRE in and around the Times Star
building, in Cincinnati, O., on the 90
caused a loss of five lives and the destruc-
tion of about one hundred thousand dollars
in property.
SEVENTEEN coal mines in the Masslllon
(O.) district were closed on the ID on ac-
count of the miners having struck for an
advance in wages. .
The New York workingmen were notl-
fed on the Sd by the International Work
inemen,s Association of San Francisco
that Denis kearney was traitor, WHO
had received bribes from corporations, as
Photographic receipts in the possession oi
the senders would show, and, wlthout 40
ing any work for five years, was planning
another trip Eastward, to be PAID 1or' ike
his last, by capitalists.
STANDING Rock, the noted PAGER, ana MS
trainer. Frank Mason, were klueo os