The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-08-07

Mrs. Adam J. Miller was mortally wound.
ed, and an eccentric brpther-in.law is
thought TO be the one who did the deed.
NEW YoRK hasappropriated two million
dollars for the erection of armories for the
National Guard.
IN Marisle. Asia Minor, fire on the 2Sth,
destroyed four hundred houses, four ho.
tells, three mosques, and the municipal
| palace.
POLICEMAN MCLAUGHLIN who was shot
at Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 26th, by
hoodlum, died. The excitement against
the murderer is intense.
On the 2Ssh passenger train on the Bed.
ford Narrow-Gauge Road went through
bridge at Bloomfield, Ind, into the river,
the engineer being killed and number Of
persons seriously injured.
On the afternoon of the 29th cyclone
in Virginia did a great deal of damage
in Norfolk County to buildings and cattle.
On the 29th gang of cattle-thieves, who
have been rayaging Oregon, were run
down by regulators, and out of seventeen
captured two were hung.
On the 2Sah the iron steamship Alverto
ran down and sank the propeller j. NJ. Os-
borne on Lake Superior. The mate ana
| five deca-hands were drowned.
NEAR Lewistown, Montana, seven trees
We're decorated with the bodies Of as many
horsetheyes on the Goth, the operation be-
ing superintended by Regulators.
AT Greenport, L. l., while Robert B.
Covey was working on the wreck Of the
ship Ohio, on the 205h, some dynamite
4 which he was using exploded and drove a
bolt, fourteen inches long and weighing
two pounds, through his head, killing him
| instantly.
ON the Both Frank Bean, had colored
man Of Baltimore, Md, was fatally stab
bed by bad white man.
WHILE boating with young lady near
Coopeistown, n. X, on the 3oth, Edward
9. Steer accidentally shot himself
\ Al Beatrice, Neb., on the 50th, during
thunder storm, lightning struck Nathan
4 Miller's frame house, instantly killing his
| four daughters.
1 Mrs. APME1ER, Of Cincinnati, exploded
a six-pound rocket on the 3Oth by striking
| il with an axe, and she, her daughter, son
and another little boy were dangerously
injured.
| A PARTY Of masked men with revolvers
| ON the 3lst compelled Rhody Boyle, a
farmer near Petrolia, Pa, to give up $13,-
600. They escaped
| THE suit for libel at Dublin Of Bolton
against O'3ren, editor of United Ireland,
resulted in verdict in favor Of the plaint-
if
! MAJOR NORTH, one Of the men in Buffalo
! Bill's show, was thrown from his horse at
| Hartford, Conn, on the 3lst, and severely
injured
THERE was much excitement near Battle
Greek, Mich, OH the Slst, over the discov-
cry Of cremated child. "A young woman,
mother but no wife, was suspected.
A GANG Of burglars who worked tile
fashionable residence portion Of Pitts
hurgh, Pa, were captured on the 31st with
S19,eO0 worth Of swag inthe shape Of jew.
elry, silyerware, etc.
MISCELLANEOUS.
AT a meeting in the interest Of colonial
confederation at London, on the ooh, it
was resolved that confederation was abso-
lutely necessary in order to secure perma-
nent unity of the Empire.
UNDER act Of June 8 to provide for the
muster and pay Of certain officers and en-
listed men, and Of July 8 TO relieve certain
! soldiers from the charge of desertion,
claimants should make application to the
Adjutant-G General for amendments of their
records; and having secured this, the Sec.
ond Auditor Of the Treasury can take cog
nizance of and act upon claims for pay.
The intermediatlon Of claim agent is un-
necessary.
On the 29th the new French divorce law
was gazetted. Three thousands suits for
.3;, a1r ,,l,l,I
and prominent families being involved.
On the Goth, III the French Chamber o 4
Deputies, a deputation, under the leader
ship OF NJ NJ. Cemenceau, appointed by
the Extreme Left to visit places aiil cted
with cholera, reported that the people of
Aries were fleeing TO farms in the vicinity,
where they huddle together in novels and
sleep as best they can. The sick were en-.
tirely neglected. Cases Of cholera were
secreted from the authorities and sur
veillance observed. The deputation in
spected the mad. house at Marseilles and
found numerous cases Of cholera there.
The lunatic asylum is a center Of in
fection.
In Marseilles the sale of melons is pro-
hibited. The cholera is gaining in area
though losing in intensity.
On the Both Dempsey defeated Fulljames
at New York in a twenty-five round battle.
AT Bradford, Pa, on the 80th, striking
glass-workers gouged the eyes out of a
non-union workman while he was at work.
AFFAIRS at Foo Chow, China, bear
strained aspect and it looks like war,
though one high in authority claims peace
will be maintained.
A DOUBLE atfliction rests upon Russia.
A mild form of cholera has appeared at
ST. Petersburg and other places, and at
Pieskoff the Siberian plague is spreading.
In Chicago campaign has been opened
up against the "specialist" doctors, and
thirteen have been indicted upon a charge
of practicing medicine without license.
yHE Surgeon General has ordered that
steps be taken at once to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of yellow lever TO this country
from Sonora, Mexico, where it is spread
ing.
AT London on the both, meeting pre-
eidad oyer bv Joiin Morley. characterized |