St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-17

ABOUT ten o'clock the night OF the
9TH fire at VAUDEVILLE, Ont, about three
miles above Detroit, Mich, on the opposite
side of the river, destroyed the extensive
range of sheds attached to the large distil-
lery of Hiram Walker & Sons and 300 head
of cattle stored for fattening.
Z. F. KELLY, a tramp printer, was
run over and killed by a Wabash train near
Lafayette, Ind, on the 9th.
A DWELLING burned at Sanford, n.
c., on the 9th with three negro children.
IT is reported that Jacob Hipp, OF
Milwaukee, was murdered recently in Mex
leo and robbed of $1,000.
A QUANTITY of benzine exploded dur
ing fire at Roubaix, France, on the 9th,
killing ten persons.
On the 9th six men were badly in
jured by the fall Of an elevator in the Cap
itol building at Bismarck, D. I.
A FARMER named John Boltz was
run over and instantly killed near Lancas-
ter, O., the night of the It'll by train of the
c. & H. V. Railroad.
BURGLARS raided the iewelry store of
G. L. Darling, at Simcoe, Ont, the night OF
the 9th and stole $4,000 worth of watches
and jswelry.
HENRY KISSING, while intoxicated,
on the 18th rode Mexican pony wildly
| through the streets of Delphi, Ind, collided
with horse and buggy, and was thrown
and killed.
On the 18th Joseph Firman, conductor
of a freight train on the Chesapeake q ONO
Railroad was killed, being crushed by the
| cars, which went through forty foot tres.
| tie.
A CHINAMAN was murdered in Park
| City, Utah, in September last under mys-
| FERROUS circumstances. On the It'll an OH
Ger passed through Salt Lake City with one
| Hank Clemens, arrested in Tintic for the
| crime.
THERE have been eleven deaths as
the result Of the recent tornado at Spring
field, Mo-, and vicinity.
On the night of the 18th Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific train, from st. Paul,
collided with a freight train just outside
Chicago. Both trains were badly wrecked.
Baggageman George Berry received proba-
bly, fatal injuries, and several others were
slightly hurt.
On the 9TH an explosion occurred in
the Moorefeld colliery, Lancashire, Eng,
where ITO men were at work. Sixty-three
were killed
THE Commercial Hotel, Western
| House, three stores and a livery stable,
] with thirty horses, were destroyed by fire
/ at South Falls, Iowa, on the It'll.
On the 9Th, at Logansport, Ind,
/ George West fatally shot Editor Williams
of the Advertiser.
i On the 9Th a steam thresher exploded
i in Tuscarawas County, o., badly injurlng
several persons and destroying barn.
On the 9Th near Newark, o., a COLI
sion occurred between a Panhandle and a
B. & o., train, in which four NEW were IA
tally injured.
Four men were killed and many 9th
ers were badly hurt by the falling of the
roof new wing of the Wisconsin Capitol
building on the sth.
/ On the 9Th an attempt was made by
an incendiary to burn the house of NJ. ).
Sturgeon, Davenport Ia.) lawyer.
| On the Sth, while picking up chips
about building which workmen were
tearing down, Mrs. Eliza Simpson, of In.
dianapolis, had her neck broken by tall
ing beam.
! A DOMESTIC named Lena Darmander,
employed in an Indianapolis family, light.
ed a. fire on the morning of the Sth with coal
oil. The can exploded and the girl was
burned to death.
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