The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-10-16

ON the 18th Harry Patrick, of Terre
Haute, Ind, was arrested in st. Louis.
Mo-, on g telegram, charging him with OBJ
tanning goods on false pretenses.
AZ Laurel Hill, N. G., Charles McNairy
was Killed on the 7lh by his wife, who wa
tired OF supporting him. lie was an in
valid.
On the Ith Texas mob in pursuit of
thieves killed man named Hayes and
fatally wounded another named Dunlap
BY recent cyclone on the island Of
Sicily many persons were killed and
wounded.
GEORGE FRANK, arrested some time ago
in connection with the famous Phnbe
Paulin murder, and afterward released,
has been arrested for aggravated assault
on Mrs Hitinger, at Newark, N. J.
On the morning Of the Sth storm on
Lake Michigan washed away a hut in
which number Of men were living while
working in water tunnel for Chicago
suburb Ten Of them were drowned.
On he night Of the s ID Henry and Nicho-
! las Zimmerman, brothers, were fatally
stabbed in free fight at Honesville, Pa,
RICHARD CLARK, All employe OF Fore
paugh's Circus, whose home is in Canada,
while opening the yentilator in cage at
Waterbury, Conn, on the Sth, had his
hand seized by a tiger. While trying to
release himself he was seized by two
tigers and dragged inside the cage The
animals were finally beaten off with iron
bars, after Clark's arms and legs had been
| horribly crunchei and mangled.
On the night Of the It'll the safes Of
Mobiles s. Sons and Tomlinson &ssSons, at
Perry, n. ", were blown open by burg
lars and robbed Of $4,000 Of Arkansas
State bonds, besides a large amount Of
other securities and money.
FIRE destroyed the game and book man
ufaclory Of Peter G. Thompson al Cincn-
natl, O., the night Of the Sth. Adjoining
houses were somewhat damaged. Total
loss, 100000; insurance unknown A
heavy wind famed the flames.
FIRE destroyed Blanden & Co.'s large
-four mill at Fort Dodge, la, on the 9th.
AN explosion OF fire damp in mine in
Moravis, on the 9th, caused the death Of
twenty persons.
| on the 9th the Hamilton Powder Mills
exploded at Cummnsville, Ont Four
men were killed.
| III is said the Catania district in Sicily,
which suffered from a cyclone on the Sth,
presents almost the same appearance that
| Casamiciola did after the earthquake in
\ 1883. IL IS believed many corpses will yet
be found.
AT Odessa, Russia, man named
Deutsche has been sentenced to thirteen
years penal servitude in Siberia for throw
ing sulphuric acid over NJ. Guronovich,
nobleman.
on the 9th an unsuccessful attempt was
made at Toronto, Ont, TO wreck Metho-
dist excursion train with five hundred peo-
pie on board. Great excitement prevailed
None were injured.
On the 9Gh the wife Of Joseph Shirley,
residing near Letart, w. Va, was instant
ly killed by lightning. She was sitting in
her room with one os her little girls when
the bolt descended by the side Of the chin.
ney, it being an inside one, and came into
the room with tie above result The little
| girl was badly stunned, but will recover.
on the 9th Henry Simmons, an old aud
respected pioneer Of Oregon, committed
suicide near Salem, blowing out his brains.
He became insane over heavy financial
losses. Simmons was prominently identi-
fed with the early history of Oregon.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ONE Of the largest crowds that ever
gathered in ST. Louis, Mo-, witnessed the
Yelled Prophets pageant the evening of
the 7th, and the verdict Of all was that all
previous efforts We're outdone. There We're
twenty-five floats, representing Shaksper-
ian subjects, arranged in the most elabor-
ate and faithful manner. The city was
brilliantly illuminated. The Yelled
Prophets ball at the Chamber of Com
merce was a complete success.
BUSINESS Of all kinds is at complete
standstill at Hong Kong, China.
THE Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng.
neers at its session on the 7th at San
Francisco, Call, reelected e. 5. ingram
| First Grand Engineer and }. r. Spragge,
Toronto, Ont, Second Grand.
ON the 7th the Ninth Episcopal Congress
of the United States met at Detroit, Mich,
Bishop Harris presided and delivered the
address Of welcome.
A VERY disastrous storm swept over
portions of Pennsylvania on the Sth.
Al RATTLE has been fought by the French
and Chinese troops in the valley of the
Loo Chuan River, in which the Chinese
| were routed.
DURING the fiscal year the Western
Union Telegraph Company earned $19,-
e32,oOO. The expenses were S13,022,OOO, and
So 500, 900 were paid in dividends.
on the Sth the Episcopal Congress at
Detroit, Mich, discussed the "Cathedral
| System in America"
TIE Pittsburgh stove moulders' strike,
which lasted nine months, has been de-
clared of. Manufacturers will take the
men back as individuals, but not as mem.
bers of the Union.
AT last accounts the bombardment of
Tamsiu by the French fleet was in prog
ress. The Chinese are said to be strongly
intrenched.
ON the sth one hundred and ninety
seven fresh cases of cholera were re-
ported in Italy, and ninety-seven deaths
A CASE under the civil rights law was
decided against colored man at Wash
ington by Judge Smell. The suit grew out
Of the refusal to sell the colored man