The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-09-18

- I'm mas oeeh senJ by Acting Sec
retary of State Davis to Consul General
Mason at Marseilles expressing the appre-
citation ofthe State Department. and Of this
government for his fidelity and courage
IN remaining at mis- post and efficiently
performing his duties during the cholera
epidemic in France.
FATHER BREcHARD, of River Onelle,
Nova Scotia, who was formerly Catholic
missionary in Egypt, has been appointed
Chapialn OF the Canadian Nile contingent
The steamers sailed direct for Alexandria.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ON the night Of the 7th an extensive CON
migration in Cleveland, o., destroyed an
immense amount Of property in that por.
tien Of the city known as 'the flats" The
burned district includes lumber yards and
manufacturing establishments OF many
kinds. At midnight the fire was still burn
ing and it was impossible to estimate the
! loss.
OK the sth Dr.. Geo. r. Lswelling, Of
Scottsburg, Ind, fell from ferry boat
and was drowned.
| ON the Slh union stove molders at Gin
cinnati severely beat two non-union men
who went out afGer beer. Several of the
| strikers We're arrested.
SUNDAY nights destructive conhagra-
tion at Cleveland, o., occasioned losses
exceeding million dollars. The fire was
not under control until late on the morn
ing of the S5h.
| NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., was in the wild
est state of excitement on the Sth over the
failure Of the First National Bank, caused
by Cashier Hills rascality. Runyon, the
President, followed HIPS example and
committed suicide. A depositor who had
lost all he had cut his throat. Farmers
were in town demanding their money; es-
tates are wrecked and the city is mixed up
with the affair and will probably be bank
rupted. Directors are sick and worried,
and altogether it is one Of the worst fail
nres imaginable.
| On the Ii Oliver Bateman confessed to
the outraging and numbering Of the two
| Mclaughlin girls at Flagg Springs, Mo-
| He was alons in the commission Of the
deed.
On the Oh VIM. Hill, an old farmer Of
the Cherokee Nation, was assassinated
| by his son-in-law, VIM. Phillips. who fed.
| On the night of the Sth William Collision,
telegraph operator on duty at Snake Hol-
low, in the Hooking Valley, where the
property of the coal operators is being
| guarded by troops, was shot by Guard
Beaten, being mistaken for a striking
miner who was supposed to BE- in the act
Of setting fire to one Of the hoppers. He
died instantly.
NEARLY all of the business portion of the
town Of Mitchell, Dakota, was destroyed
| by fire on the 10Th.
on The 10Th Jacob Stein, Postmaster at
Reno, Ia, shot his wife dead and then
committed suicide.
| CLEAR LAKE, Wis, was badly wrecked
by storm on the 10Th A number of
other towns in the Northwest were either
demolished or seriously damaged. The
storm was one of the severest in years.
Ten deaths from sun-stroke and thirty
cases of prostration were reported in New
York on the 10th.
ON the 10th lightning struck $4,000 bar
rel oil tank owned by the United Pipe
Lines, near Oiean, N. Y. The flames rap
idly consumed the oil and the destruction
of large amount of property was immi-
nent. The loss as far as reported was es-
timated at about $4,000
WEALTHY farmer named James Norval,
who was found unconscious on the Fair
Grounds at Shelbyville, Ind, few days
ago, as was supposed from sunstroke, had
a lucid interval on the 9th, and stated that
he had been drugged and robbed Of II 700.
On the 10Th he was insane and dying.
AT Delavan, Wis, on the 11th scaifold
fell at the Lutheran Church, and several
workmen were badly injured. Silas Hol
den suffered internal injuries of fatal ma
ture. Pat Tolden had several ribs broken,
and was internally injured. Another man
was slightly hurt.
A PRECIOUS scoundrel named Baker,
with six distinct aliases, who was arrest
ed at Wiikesbarre, by Government de.
tective, is awaiting trial at Pittsburgh,
Pa, for fleeing widows and daughters lof
soldiers.
on the 18th Robert Hurgrave, first officer
of large steam collier at Walla
Walla. Ore, was caught under heavy
coal bucket and instantly killed. The
body was horribly crushed. James
Burns, a seaman, was also fatally in
jured.
building Of the Detroit Roller Skating
Company fell on the 11th, burying eight
worltmen in the rains. Seven of the men
were extricated, most Of them being in
iured. Two of them, Antoine Anton and
Fred Moses, have since died.
THOMAS Mooney a prominent citizen OF
Cascade, Ore, was buried under large
landslide On the 18th. The body was
Ecrushed to a jelly and could not be extri-
Gated for some hours
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE st. Louis Exposition managers nave
made arrangements with the school
Hoard of the city TO admit, on days set
iapart. the pupils Of the publicischools atthe
nominal fee Of five cents each. The Expo
|ssition is now in excellent running order.
fON the 9th California celebrated her ad-
mission to the Union with great enthusi-
as,, asnecially in Sacramento and San