Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-17

on the 9th, and cattle were dying in great
numbers from starvation and the stings of
buffalo-gnats. Negroes were fleeing from
the flooded regions.
THE Illinois Department OF Agriculture
were not encouraging for over eighty -four
per cent. Of an average yield of winter
wheat.
In the Eastern States terrible thunder
storms prevailed on the 9th, many houses
and barns being demolished and several
persons killed.
DANIEL G. TUCKER, prominent citizen
of Lockport, N. Y, for thirty years a
Deputy Federal Marshal, hanged himself
recently because of intense suffering from
asthma.
DURING game of baseball on the 9th
at Chillicothe, o., the grand stand gave
way, ten persons being seriously and
forty others slightly wounded.
DANIEL CRITzEN and Alexander Burket,
prominent residents of Freeport, Pa,
were drowned in the Allegheny River a
few days ago by their boat springing a
leak.
DURING storm on the 9th at Kriser, N.
u. three men were SUIuCk ny al u
stantly killed.
SEVERE thunder storms were prevalent
in New England on the 9th, many build
ings at Walpole, Mass, being damaged.
Lightning fred the post-office and three
other buildings at Epping, N. H., and an
aged invalid, George w. Warden, was
burned to death.
By a supposed earthquake on the 18th at
GAINESVILLE, o., about three acres of ground
sank several feet, carrying a number of
houses, which were badly damaged. No
lives were lost.
BARNA S. SNOW & Co., Wholesale fish
dealers of Boston, have made an assign
ment to cover liabilities of about 100000
LAWRENCE SPULLER, of Peters burg, w.
Va, enraged over the clandestine marriage
of his step-daughter to Edward Taylor,
followed them on the night of the 10th. and
after they had retired entered their room
and fatally shot them both. Spuller was
arrested.
j. CAsIMA, a Catholic priest, en- route to
California, was robbed on the 10th of
900 by'three unknown men on a train
near Dallas, Tex.
For several miles at either side of
Shreveport, La, the Red River had over
flown its banks on the 10th, inundating
plantations on both banks of the river
Several houses had been swept away, and
the damage done was very grea5. The
river was still rising.
THE Alert, the last ship of the Greedy
Expedition, left New York on the 10th.
THE factory of the Narragansett Suspen-
der Company, at Cantor, Mass, was
burned on the 10th, the loss being 100000
INVESTIGATION on the 10Th into the con-
duct of the Marshal's Office of Western
Pennsylvania indicated that there was a
defalcation of 100000 extending over a
period of nine years.
THE paint and varnish works of Sher-
win, Williams & Co., Cleveland, were
damaged to the extent of $50 600 by fire q
few days ago.
Four masked robbers entered the house
Of planter named Kite, near Red Fork,
| Ark, the other day, fred six charges from
! a revolver into his body, and escaped
| with $40 they found under the floor.
| REPORTS to the department at Washing
| ton on the 10th indicated winter yield Of
wheat this harvest of about 350, 100000
| bushels.
| THE Northwestern Manufacturing and
Car Company, of Saltwater, Mimi, OF
which United States Senator Sabin is
| President, failed ON the 10th, with llabili-
ties of about 900 and assets that
would aggregate $4,000,00). j. H. Town
send 6 Co., millers, also suspended, their
| liabilities being estimated at $500,030.
| THE Postp,asterGeneral has ordered the
name of the post.office at Damphool, Tenn.
to be changed to Blizzard.