The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-08-21

ROBERT KNIGHT was killed, and VIM.
Smith was seriously injured by dynam-
ite explosion at Granite Falls, Mimi, on
the 18th.
THE town of Jalso, in Austrian Galicia,
was almost destroyed by fire Oh the 11th.
NEAR Circleville, o., on the 18th, three
children who went to a barn "to take
smoke" set fire to the place and were
burned to death.
NELSON BURKHARDT, Chief of Police at
Jackson, Mich, while making an arrest at
the race track in that city on the 18th, was
attacked by roughs and mortally wounded.
MAIL robberies OH an extensive scale
haYe recently been detected in Austria.
AT North East, near Erie, Pa, fire on
the 18th destroyed nearly all the business
portion of the town.
Two firemen were buried by falling
walls and burned to crisp during a
large conhagration at Boston, Mass, on
the 18Th
A PARTY of nou-Union men employed in
a Chicago stove factory were attacked on
the 13th by mob of strikers, The former
were armed and fired into the mob, killing
man named Heck instantly, and wound
ing one other. The mob quickly scat
tered after this decisive resistance was
offered.
On the 14sh Bowser, of Murraysville gas
wells riot fame in Pennsylvania, was con
victed of murder in the second degree.
OK the 14th Leonard w. Davis was SEN
fenced in New York to one year in the
Penitentiary for forging the name Of
Joseph Pulitzer.
IT is reported that John Mcmahon, for
ten years trusted employe of the Leather
Manufacturers Bank of New York, has
absconded with a package containing
$4,000, with which he was sent to the Ex-
press office.
AN excursion train loaded with Knights
of Pythias bound for Detroit on the new
Michigan g. Ohio Road, was derailed and
badly wrecked between Battle Greek and
Marshall, Mich, on the l4ih. The en-
gineer was scalded, perhaps fatally.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE State Labor party, at its conven-
tion at Albany, N. r., studiously avoided
in the resolutions adopted all political
questions.
On the 18th the Knights of Pythias had
grand parade at Toledo, Q.
THE joint session OF the two houses of
the French Assembly rejected the amend
ment abolishing the Presidency; also the
amendment providing that the President
be elected by universal suffrage.
ACCORDING to present indications, the
Pittsburgh window glass factories will
remain closed during September, on ac-
count of low prices ana limited demand.
AN almost incredible story is published
about the Greely party while in the Arctic
regions. 1t is stated that life was sus-
tanned by members of the party feeding on
the flesh of those who died.
THE miners who went to the Fourth pool
district in Pennsylvania as missionaries
to induce the men to quit work, gained a
number of converts. There was no vic.
lence and their camp was a model of So
briefly.
THE State Department learns from the
United States Consul at Sierra Leone that
he has been compelled to leave the Consul
ate by the prevalence Of severe form of
African fever there, and from which ten
of the sixty European residents have died
since May 10.
THE surgeon in charge at Cape Charles
quarantine station, telegraphed the Sur
geon General of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice on the 12.h that he had detained the
schooner Taylor, from Porto Belo for
Baltimore, with three cases of supposed
yellow fever on board.
INFORMATION has reached the Marine
Hospital Service that there were four
deaths from yellow fever at Mazatlani
Mexico, during May, eight during June
and twenty during July.
DURING the month OF July total of 81
952 immigrants arrived in this country.
Ar Toronto, Ont, a Salvation Army was
mobbed on the 18Th.
THE Ancient der of Hibernians met il
National Convention at New York on the
18th.
UPWARD of a million and quarter dol
lars arrived from England in British gold
lars on the 18th.
ON the 18th the National Association OF
ex-Union Prisoners of the war met at Pc
troi Mich.
VIOLENT thunder storms swept ovel
North England and Scotland on the l3lh
CHOLERA is said to have appeared il
several more towns of Italy.
The Irish National League met at Bos
ton. Mass, on the 18Th, with upwards oi
so delega es in attendance.
AT Cheyenne, w. T., seventy-one mer
employed in the Union Pacific car shops
struck on the 18th.
FoRTY deaths were reported from
cholera in two days ended the l35h a
Les Omergues, hamlet in the Depart
ment Of Basses Alpes.
on the 18Th the Society of the Army o.
the Tennessee met at Lake Minnetonka
and were called to order by Genera
Sherman.
THE Amaigamated Association Of lror
and Steel Workers reelected the ole
officers on the 18th and adjourned sin
die.
IT is thought that all the pig-iron fur
naces viii be banked for quite a period II
order to restrict the production.
TIE Government of Russia has decided
TO purchase Of the English owner the cele
brated picture, Elaboration OF the Magi''
Price, fl2,oOO.
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