St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26
CHTMEs AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
THE Baptist Church at Port Morris,
N. J., and the Episcopal Church at Middle
port, N. Y, burned on the 18th and 14th re.
spectively.
On the 14th Nathan Hits and wife
and Lamar Robinson were arrested at Big
Rapids, Mich, in the very act of making
counterfeit silver coin. All the tools, dies,
etc., were captured. The pieces are one
dollars, Canadian quarters and new nickel
fives. @
ON the 18th the Grand Opera-house
at Lafayette, Ind, was damaged by fire to
the amount of $1,000. ''Her Atonement''
troupe was billed for that evening, and
had most of its scenery and effects in the
lower rooms, but all was saved without
loss. Damage to building about 5000. The
buildings and contents were insured for
$4,000.
On the 18th oil escaping from tank
at Bradford, Pa, ran along the railroad
track and caught fire just as a train was
passing. The flames enveloped the cars
and three persons were burned to death,
many others being severely injured.
On the 18th two children, left alone
in room in a New York tenement, lighted
fire ON the floor and were suffocated.
The mystery of the murder Of Clug-
stone at Valley Forge, Pa, in 1881, prom
ises to be unraveled. A man named W. H.
Atkins is in Jail at Norristown,P a., charged
with the crime, and not without strong cir
cumstantial evidence.
On the morning of the 18th the pres
bytery of the Catholic Church at Bayou Du
Large, Bonnie Terre Parish, La, burned
and Rev. Father Coastarst persisted in the
flames.
On the 18th freight train on the
Northern Central Railroad ran into the
rear of o. coal train at Shamokin, Pa. The
engine and several cars were completely
wrecked. John Childs, the fireman, was
fatally scalded. The engineer, James Kee-
nan, and two brakemen were seriously in
jured.
On the 10th the steamer J. D. John
son was burned at Wood's Run, Pa.
A MERCHANT named d. Hill, living
at Highbridge, N. j.. was called to his door
by masked men and assassinated before
daylight on the morning of the 16tb.
FIRE destroyed the Bechand Bros.
brick brewery at Fond Du Lac, Wis, built
in 1880, on the 10th, and boy aged four
teen years, supposed to have been in the
cellar, is missing. The origin of the fire is
alleged to be incendiary. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, SIS, 600. The brewery contained
1900 bushels of barley and malt, and 1000
barrels of beer.
On the 18th the Montezuma Hotel at
Las Vegas, n. NJ. burned; loss, 100000.
FIRE destroyed a large part Of the
business quarter Of Canastota, n. Y, on
the 18th.
On the 18th an express train with a
great number of passengers, including
many members of the Canadian Parliament
on their way to Ottawa, was wrecked at
Trenton, Ont. No one was killed, but
many were injured.
Ar Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th, Prof,
Peter Votz was found dead on the Tenth
street bridge. He had been shot and
robbed.
ON the 18th fire caused extensive
damage IN a block of Office buildings known
as Exchange Court, New York.
on the night of the 18th the Summers
Powder Company's mills, nine miles from
Scranton, Pa, blew up, one mill at a
time, destroying nine of the ten mills. It
is certain one man, Z. Fl. Emory, and
probably many more were killed. The COM
pany was organized year ago. The loss
is serious