The National tribune., 1883-04-26

flowed its banks at Farmyille, Va, and the
lowlands are submerged. There was heavy
hail storm at Weldon, n. G. Considerable
damage was done to gardens and orchards. A
tornado passed over the western part OF Iowa
on Saturday night, overturning houses and
barns, and killing much stock. The Catholic
church at Danbury, Iowa, was wrecked. Sow
fell Monday in Northern New York. Snow
storms are also reported from Colorado and
points beyond but the officers of the Union
Pacific Railroad in New York say they have no
advices of any detention of trains.
Ellen Hollasey, aged sixty-fve years. was
found dead In her house in East Taunton,
Massachusetts,, on the 18th inst, with indica-
tions that she had been murdered. She was
lying with her head in tin basin, and sur
rounded by pools Of blood and with hole in
her forehead. VIM. Flynn was found in an
adjoining room severely cut in the forehead,
and his story is that Timothy, aged nineteen,
and John. aged twenty-five, the sons of the
murdered woman, were engaged IN an alterca-
ton, when he interfered, and was struck on
the head by Timothy with chair. The boys
put him In bed and the last he remembers was
the old woman standing over him and trying
to staunch the flow of blood He was awakened
at 3 o'clock next morning by John, who said
his mother was dead.
During the progress of fire in Sacramento
Cal, on the Goth inst, the roof of building
fell IN, burying number of persons in the
ruins John Hilsenberger, the keeper of a
saloon in the building which fell, and an I'M
known man were taken from the ruins, dead.
The following are the names of the wounded:
Vim. Meyers, Herbert Bilse, Jas. Lambert,
Chas. Evans, James McNUlty, ID. Bragg, L. A.
Lucas, J. Woodbridge Joseph Reddy, John
Higgins. John Sullivan and Geo. Loder. Most
OF the above persons were badly hurt about the
head and back. Several persons are known to
be in the rains, but it is believed that all the
wounded have been recovered.
P. W. Rigney writes MS that one of the most
destructive prairie fires ever witnessed passed
over the eastern part of Ellsworth county.
Kansas on the 18th inst The fire is supposed
10 have originated from the railroad from, which
ii spread with terrible Tapidity. The loss to the
farmers in that section is very great, cattle,
horses, and hogs being burned, along with hay,
grain, and farming implements. The scene is
one of utter desolation. Among the sufferers
are many old soldiers from all parts of the
/ Union who have been endeayoring TO make for
! themselves homes Oh the Western prairies.
A bloody ARRAY occurred on Sunday at
farmhouse in LuZerne Mountain, six miles
I from Glenn's Falls, n. Y, in which Geo. Dean,
a resident of Luzerne, was cut in the arm with
an axe, stabbed in the abdomen with pocket
! knife, and shot in the back with a revolver.
I Frank Colt did the shooting, Nancy White
used the axe and Colts ten-year-old boy in
/ ficted the knife wound. All these had been
roughly handled by Dean, who was at the
house for a lewd purpose. Dean will probably
die.
During a severe wind-and-rain storm at
Farmeryille, La on Saturday, d. Stein 81 Co.'S
fire wall was blown down, falling on a small
frame building, occupied by II. c. GlaSson as a
saloon, and completely demolishing it. II. c.
Glasson, w. A. Darby, Marion Schultz, Thos
1 Dawson, and I. c. Jones were in the building
when the wall fell Glasson was killed, Darby
/ had his leg broken and was otherwise seriously
and probably fatally injured, ard Schultz and
Dawson were badly hurt. Jones was uninjured
During rain and wind storm on the 18th
! inst, two boats, N which number of men
were returning from work on boom in the
! river, at Niliamsport, Pa, capsiZed, and Her
- Wits were drowned. Wits was only
twelve years old.
Dora Hulls. aged IL years, died at Reading,
| Pa, on the 18th inst, from rupture Of blood
/ vessel caused by an extraordinary distension Of
one Of her arms. The unnatural growth began
/ about two years ago. and at the time of her
death her arm measured thirty-four inches in
circumference and weighed forty-twe pounds
Kate Kane, the only woman lawyer in Mil
waukee, threw glass Of water in the face of
Judge Mallory, in the criminal court on the
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judge insulted her, but viii not say how. She
refused TO pay the fine, and win go to jail I'M
less friends interfere.
Abran Suydam, a lawyer, was arrested in
4 New York, on the 18th inst, on the charge of
swindling John M. Flagg out of $16,e00 by
means OF fraudulent real estate transaction.
The police say that if the swindle had not been
discovered Suydam would have succeeded in
obtaining S5oa,o00.
Lawrey Bros powder magazine, containing
about 1,500 pounds OF powder, situated quar-
ter OF mile from Larned Kan, exploded
/ Monday, killing instantly ChaS. l.. Goodrich,
late of Delaware, Ohio. The explosion shook
buildings and broke windows half mile dis
tant
Mrs. w. ]. Stephens, wife of the probate
judge Of Missoula county, Montana, on the
night Of the 18th inst, shot and killed man
named Smith, who was attempting to enter her
room through the window. Her husband was
away from home at the time.
At Utica, Ind, lime-burner named Lewis
while intoxicated, murdered his infant child
with a club and struck his wife with an axe
inficfing fatal injury Lewis was arrested
and taken to the Jacksonville jail.
At Poolesyille, Warren county, Indiana
Aaron Stevenson was instantly killed by bis
brother, Richard Stevenson, with an axe. The
brothers had been unfriendly for some time.
O'Brien's circus was attacked at Dover. Del.
on Saturday evening by mob, and Charles
Henderson, one of the proprietors, received a
wound which it is feared will prove fatal.
POLITICAL
On Monday last, Governor Butler, of Massa
chusetts sent an order TO the State Board Of
Health, instIucting them to assume all the pow.
ers and duties of the board of trustees of the
alInshouse at Tewksbury, to take effect at once
He requests the board Of health TO appoint
some officer 10 take charge of the TewksbRry
buildings and states that the name of Frank
w. Sanborn would be acceptable to him. He
also requests that an inventory of all the State
property at the almshouse be taken as a pre-
caution, should an action upon the bond of ths
superintendent become necessary The Gov
ernor says the families Of the various official:
are furnished with their entire living at the
t alrnshouse contrary to law; and he notifies tn;
board Of health that in future ne intends to put
the responsibility Of the conduct Of the aims
house upon them. The State Board of Health
and Charities refused, by vote of six to one
20 take immediate charge of the Tel7ksbury
aimshouse, and voted to ask the opinion of thu
Supreme Court as to whether the word may
; in the statute, is obligatory or not-that is
/: whether they may or must" take charc
| of it. The Governor has summarily disnaisse,
the board of trustees.
The Republican members of Governor But
, lers council understand that they have beer
dismissed until further wanted :" that l.
they have been told that when the governo