Delta chief., 1884-01-09

boats were valued at $4,000.
Abner Bond, aged fifty years, a cous-
in Of Miss Emma Bond, committed suicide on
the LIST. 1t is supposed his mind was unbal
anced by his cousins troubles.
Clarence M. Barton. formerly man
| aging editor OF the National Repsb|fenn, at
Washington, is said to be q fugitive. He is
charged with several forgeres.
On the 2nd, one hotel, the county of
fees, with their reco@ds and nine busines.
houses burned at Breckenridge, Minnesota
Loss, 200; insurance, sahoT
The business failures in
States and Canada during ~
with the 2sth, numbered .S
than the failures for the Us
A representation of ODon o..
neral occurred at San Francisco on the 3Gti.
but was a failure in point of numbers because
many organizations refused % participate
The crew of the Swedish brig Natal
mutinied on the voyage to Queensland, killed
the second mate and wounded the Captain and
the first mate. The mutineers were shot.
On the 29th Colonel Rathbone. whn.
Killed his wife in Hanover and attempted sui
eide, has recovered sufficiently to he taken tn
= hospital, and his ultimate cure is probable.
James w. Cooke. of Cave Springs.
Mo, who held his wife's head between hi.
knee- while be cut her throat, was, on ,hc2qth.
sentenced la ninety y-tive year, imprisonment
The value of the imports for the year
which ended November 20, was eis, lsd, ,O11 ics,
than for the previous year willir the cyrort,
for the same time increased So1,H0,G,q To-
yalnr-
The well known Irish Nationals.
John Mccarthy seully. died IN Sgv York irum
heart di-cnss on the 3n,h He Tas thr chief
orgauIzsr uf the Land League movement Co..
Ncu TDr.
After the meeting at Dromorc ON the 1
2nd. the Orangyncn sucerc,ie,i 10 attarEugS
the Nationalist, aud g hloody drhi follow "a
The military lnirTfcrcd urd uruujod o number
of Orst,srmeu.
On the 2sth. MIR. Lipport, Of Mason
county. Inlnoi-, and ihr mother of Large
family. shot and mortsIly wounded wHHaH
Ray bccau-c he bad circua,Sd seaudal1us 80.
r.e- about her.
William II. Hatfield, nn escaped ron-
vic, frpm Michigan, was srrrsDd At MEl1us
New York, on the seth, after sisbbing Sheriff
stoeSwcll Hni biz .ou- Hataeld VS. .la
through the thigh.
Mr.. Daniel Holcomb. daughter ui
Mr. Cruurh, WIN wa recently murdered nrsF
jackson Michigan. was found l,-.d In hrr brrI
on the 81 An empty iandaHum bottle wa,
found in her room.
The building. Nos. ! ~ and l2l. Mon
rrc street, Chirago. occupird hy ZONE uf tle
largest printing housrs IN the country, bururI
nn the Goth, causing Ips. nj nearly quarter
Of million. .dorIlsr-
The residence of Charles T. STYLES,
agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad. at kieH-
snn. Kansas, burned ON the i9th. Mr. syIs,
aud her daughter persisted In the narnrs. abd
Mr. styles ~As badly burned.
l.. \. Griffith. farmer residing near
Salem, Ohio, was found dead by hi. son. vlin
saId that HE father hsd Killed himself The
sons suh.cqucn, Disappearance lcnds in the t,.
li.f that the old man was murdered
+. II, kurbc, u clerk In n Liverpool
commission house. forged their paper and OBJ
tanned about si0o.Un. He was captured In
Chicago on the 81, ne he was about 10 start
for Mexico, and n large sum wac recovered,
On the 30th fire ut jamestown. Da-
kotn, which originated in the Northwestern
Hotel, destroyed the whole block The total
loss win amour, to about 10000 with about
100000 Insurance. -Four girls uarrrowly re-
capped death.
John Byrnc, n former soldier. ap-
pcarcd before the United States au,horitic. at
Leavcn~orth, Kansas, on the 3D., aud entered
complaint against himself for dcfraudinR the
government out OF 500 His conscience was
troubling him.
Al Eastman, Georgia. on the 4th,
Jim Cumonidy, condemned criminal, attack.
ed the sheriff and assistants, who attempted
to take him tothc scafrold. and then gnshcd
his own throat lie was carried 10 the scafTold
on II stre'cher and hanged.
Stout Higgins and Thomas Haynes
two wealthy kcntuci, farmers, met at Green
dale station and quarrcllcd, on the 2ath IIig-
gins cndcnyorod to draw his pistol, hut
Haynes fired first. Both were dangerously
wounded. A iawsui, caused the trouble
Business failures In the United States
during 1883, as reported by Dun Il Co.. mum
bor is9, against q, ,3s in 1889, an increase Of
2fi6 Liabilities for 1889 arc slTa,0oo,coo,
against siol 100000 for 1859. The failures OF