Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-20

He had shot himself through the head,
removing his clothes before doing so. Hogs
had eaten nearly all the flesh from the
bones. His father, residing at Pennington,
ILL.,, had offered a reward of $500 for his
discovery.
Frightful Tragedy In New York.
NEW York, November 19th.-Louis and
Edward Gueld, Frenchmen, 81 and 80
years old, arrived here on Sunday last, and
went to an emigrant boarding house. This
afternoon Louis shot his brother IN the
head, infiicting mortal wound, and then
killed himself. The shooting occurred IN
their bedroom. The inmates OF the house
found Louis dead and Edward staggering
around the room with a frlghtful wound in
his head. Edward said, pointing. to his
dead brother, He did it." At dinner,
few hours previous, they were both appa-
rently on friendly terms. While they were
eating. Louis. addressing his brother, said ::
s.Jt is all right, if we haven't any money;
these will settle us "-exhibiting a revolver
and two cartridges The brothers came
from Canton, Stark county, Ohio, and left
there with the intention of returning to
their native place.
PitifuI Tale of Distress.
LYNcHBURG (Va.), November 19th.-A
tale of deep distress comes from Buchanan,
Wise and dickinson counties, occupying an
isolated position in the extreme western
limit of Virginia. For some weeks fatal
disease has been prevalent there, and the
number of deaths has been terrible The
nature of the disease is as yet underlined,
but is supposed to arise from poisonous
water. The drought there for month
nearly dried all the streams, springs and
wells and it is supposed that the water left
is impregnated with mineral poison. a
reliable correspondent tells pitiful story,
and saws that in some cases as many as TOUR
corpses were found in a single house.
Explosion of Steamboat Boiler.
MONTGOMERY (Ala). November 10TH
The steamer Captain Sam, plying between
this city and Selma, exploded her boiler
last night at Hodnot's Bar. The boat was
badly wrecked About twenty-five people
were on the boat. Captain English was
hurt and several of the crew. Five people
are missing, including the little daughter OF
the Captain.
Later news is that one of the passengers,
D. McNeilly, who had both legs broken,
died to-day.
Serious Railroad Accident.
MONTGOMERY (Ala.), November l9th.-ln
the wreck of a freight train on the Mobile
and Montgomery road, this morning, a
brakeman, H. A. Davidson, was killed, and
the engineer, Henry Ray, and the fireman,
Joseph Dow, seriously hurt. Seven cars
and the engine were demolished
Four Tramps Reported Killed.
New ORLEANS November 19th.-The
Picaml,e's Delta special says: The west
bound freight train on the Nlcksburg
Shreveport and Pacific Railroad was
wrecked near Raysyille this morning, and
four tramps are reported killed.
Sloggers Indicted.
New YORK, November 19th.-The prize
fighters, Sullivan and Greenfield, were to-
day indicted by the Grand Jury tor en-
gaging in prize fight.
Murderer Executed.
CANTON (Miss.) November 19th.-lsaac
Johnson (colored), who murdered his mis-
tress, Belle Booker, last April, was executed
here to-day.
Blackleg" in Pennsylvania.
READING (Pa.), November 19th.-"Black-
leg" has broken out among the young cattle
in the western section of Berks county. The
disease is very loathsome, and many young
cattle have succumbed.
An Old Feud Effectually Settled.
CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.), November 18th
A special to the Times from Claysville, Mar
shall county, Va, says: K. a. Howard
entered the house of a farmer named Peake
to settle an old feud Peake shot him, and
in his dying throes Howard raised shot
gun and killed both Peake and his wife.
Drought and Disease.