Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-01
West and South.

WHILE engaged few days ago in dig
cing IA well near Knoxville, Tenn, John
McClain and George Gwinn were both suf
located by foul air.
TaE Grand Commanlery, Knights Tenn
plar, of the United States, at San Fran
cisco on the 23l elected Robert +.
Withcrs, of Virginia, Grand Commander.
QrARANTINE was declared by Mobile
against Pensacola on the 23d because of
the outbreak of yellow fever. The scourge
had appeared in Woolsey, Pensacola
suburb, and two deaths had occurred.
THE village of Dollarvillc, in Wayne
County. Mich, was almost entirely de-
stroycd by fire on the 23d. Two children
were burned to death, and great many
people escaped only with what clothes
thcv had on.
WHILE attempting on the 23d to protect
Miller Mclean, a colored prisoner, from a
mob of lynchers, Sheriff Bumpass, of
Wayne County, Tenn, was shot dead, as
was also the negro.
REPORTS received on the 23d from Roch.
ester, Mimi, gave the number of persons
killed by the recent cyclone at thirtysix,
with a long list of wounded, and Il proper
tv loss of over 500, 900. A freak of the wind
was the driving of pine board through
the trunk of a maple tree.
FIRE recently destroyed ten buildings
and the St. James Hotel at Middleport, y.
A FLOOD in the town of Florence, A. T.,
a few nights ago swept away houses and
filed up the mines. A man named O'Don-
nell was drowned.
A NEW York piano manufacturer named
John NJ. Hale, and his son were drowned
in the Ohio River about mile above Park
ersburg, w. Va, a few days ago, while
bathing.
A LIvERY-srAnLE at Starkville, Miss,
was burned n few nights ago, and ten
horses perished in the flames.
WHILE two sisters named Littlef1eld
were attempting recently to escape from
an asylum at GAINESVILLE, o., by means Of
rope made of bed-clothing, they fell to the
ground and were killed.
THE cornerstone of a monument to
James A. Garfield at Golden Gate Park
was laid by the Sir Knights at San Fran
cisco on the 24th, after which the conclave
came to an end. st. Louis was chosen as
the place for the next meeting.
AT Winsted, Minn., William Tudor and
family were mysteriously poisoned by
their supper on the oath. Three had died,
and four others were not expected to sur
vIve.
THE elevator of Snow & Co., at Madi-
son, Ind, together with 100000 bushels OF
wheat, were burned few days ago. Loss,
$I25 900.
A COUPLE of horse-thieves were shot
dead near Erie, Mo-, few days ago by
Joseph May field and his son.
FIRE has destroyed thirty miles of val
ua BILE timber in the mountains near Chico,
Cal, and sixty men were at work on the
24th in checking the flames.
The death of Walter F. Pool, Congress
man-elect from the First North Carolina
District, occurred few days ago. at
Elizabeth City, N. c., at the age of thirty
two years.
Mrs. PosEY, the wife of well-to-do
farmer, of Valley Falls, Kan, committed
suicide a few days age because her hus-
bands brother had drowned himself the
week before.
POSTMASTER CoNLEY and five OF his at
taches at Atlanta, Ga, were removed from
oIice OH the 25th. The cause was said to
be general dissatisfaction.
AT Van Vert, O., Alice Buchner, aged
twenty, killed herself the other night with
strychnine because sLc had been disap-
pointed IN love