The daily gazette., 1883-04-07
.onN,NG SUMMARY.

saanc,. woollen mill at Preston,
W. n. o,,' was burned on Thursday
Connee'iIIr ~ $50 900, insurance Sl5,OOO.
night ,,,n.e Of C. II. Coy Il Co., bankers,
The a's'E 0hio. who failed on Monday,
Of IotIu' sssets at Sl23,OO0; liabilities,
s9lOOO. T.oos,,er of snarts
~, y snd a well known stock dealer Haod' Is re-
We ,,,dj 10 be a deiaulter Tor elo'oVo' WHICH
P"|t lo.t h grain speculation
,,,, Grand Jury at Moorehead, Mime
l"T e.. lnuud I'VE indictments against ex-
s,la s.,g r. Bodhl for allowing prisoners TO
euv'~ ana and for embezllement
4''f -, sbclbyyille, Tennessee, yester-
~, ,roye1 eight buildings, including
day u,''Is Hall The loss is estimated at
i,g I,g, "", "on and insurance at $4,000.
,,,,l Underwood was hanged yester-
gb,rlrston, Missouri, in presence OF
ia! ',i n tLnu,And spectators, for the murder
Henlnrl woman, committed more than
aycar ago ,,....u..o wo.,,. !,
Ia,,,r mari OF Cincinnati, an emory
wy Li blr.t Yesterday, Instantly killing
sn,, Saargs Lott and WIN. Huban and slightly
buripg VIM Curden.
P H. Tompkins private banker Of FL
p,.o Texas, failed on Thursday ior o21O,OOO.
rs' u'ay. his assets amount TO $4,000, but 1t
1 generally believed they will realize less
han s90Oo0. He had been speculating In
Opuons'
T n Hodgsou, the wholesale cheese and
tut,qr merchant, recently arrested at the
in.,snep of the Bank OF Montreal for obtain
inc advances, is reported to have comprO-
missed ,n1 With the bank for 100000, and fed
iron Montreal across the border to escape
nj. other creditors.
Messenger train on the Watertown
branch nl the Fitchburg railroad in Massa-
clusplts ON Thursday night struck two
sIppper, when had been purposely placed
haween the tracks, and the engine was
Usrtly thrown oil the rails. M other dam
age was done
Apattemp was made early on Thursday
moruiug 10 wreck Il train on the Missouri
p.ciae ralruad 10 miles north of Denton,
T.yas. but M damage resulted. II Is sup
n,sed the real object was to stop train on
ibe way to Mexico with Sl0O,0 900 to pay the
construction hands Of the Mexican Central
railroad.
Last Wednesday afternoon, while Sergeant
Hughes aud Policeman Codd were standing
IN me hallway of the Eastern Department
building at Ottawa, Canada, bottle con
tanning an explosive was thrown from
above and burst with great force. They saw
Il coming, aud took shelter in time behind
a pillar The matter was kept secret until
lAstnyh
Aboilcr exploded in the factory of George
.l..,r
night. killing he engineer, Abram Brown,
aud the fireman, Frank Emmett, and in
turing three other persons, one woman
who wa, in i house l99 yards distant. Half
the factory was demolished, and all the
houses in the vicinity were more or less
damaged.
The heaviest rain Of the season in Jack
son. Mississippi, fen yesterday, and bridges
iu some parts OF the city were swept away.
TIE rainfall extended to Vicksburg, where
# wa the heaviest for years, "A inches
being the precipitation IRON eleven O'Clock
ID the morning until tour in the afternoon.
Much damage Was done to property, and
several bridges were destroyed.
A severe storm Of wind hail aud rain pre-
vailed IN Central and Southwestern Ar
kansas On Thursday night. A passenger car
Oh the Hot Springs ana Malvern railroad
was blown from the track by the force OF the
wind, and several persons were injured.
Two buildings were blown down at Alex
andcr station, on the Iron Mountain rail
road and twelve dwellings and as many
stables were lcyelrd at Mabelvale, ten miles
south Of Little Rock No lives were lost.
Mrs Parker, of Trenton, New Jersey, has
Instructed "A lawyer in New York to com
mencr suit against Richard X. Fox for
damage. Tor alleged libel The libel is based
upon what Mrs. Parker claims to be a fcti-
t1l' narrative Of her life in a volume
published by Mr. Fox entitled "The Muir
letessrs Of America" Several years ago
Mrs Parker shot and killed her former
husband, a lawyer named House, for
whipping their hoy She was acquitted by
a jury