Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-31
ncMEsTIC.

HENRY HAYS, a farmer of Davies Coun-
Ky., was found dead near his residence
lew DAYS ago with three pistol-shots in
N body. Hays was desperate man,
| nd had engaged in several shooting af-
|hys.
IN Elk Township, Pa, the other night
In. and Mrs. Greist lay quietly sleeping,
when man entered at the window, and
sruclz the woman on the head with an ak,
hlling her. The husband followed, but
he assassin escaped.
The wholesale dry-goods firm of Elliott,
Dewey & Co., of Richmond, Va, has
made an assignment, with liabilities of
|@0,OO0.
A FREIGHT train on the Parker & Karns
CITY Railroad went through trestle near
Knms City, Pa, few days ago, and was
biny wrecked. Two men, named Thomp-
snald Cook, were killed.
lM house of Samuel Alderman, near
Portsmouth, o., was destroyed by fire
few nights ago, and Mr.. Ackerman, his
wife and daughter aged sixteen years
ersbed in the flames. The other six chill
lnl we're saved.
ACATTLE-RAIsER of Texas, who had just
made tour of the stock region, estimated
on the 22d that the drive for the season
| sOuld be half a million head.
The following executions for murder
took place on the 23d: Loban Stevens, at
Nayerly, o.; Lloyd L. Majors, at Oak
land, CAL; Leonidas johnson, at McDo-
Mush, Ga. John McKiethen, at Way
CFo:s, Ca, and Charles B. Clark, at Little
Valley, N Y.
NICHOLAS PAULEY's house in Clyde,
Arh., was destroyed by fire on the 23d,
ha two children, aged eleven and eight
NaIs, parished in the flames.
IaERE were 203 failures in the United
Mates and Canada during the seven days
4aed on the 23d, against 222 the previous
wen days, distributed as follows: Mid
ue States 5S; New England, 2S; Southern,
. Western, %; Pacific States and Terri
MeS 10; Canada, %.
IMPORTS on the 23d of the condition of
~e gram crops in Illinois, Iowa, Minneso-
aaa Dakota continued to be very favor
iaE failure is announced of Joseph B.
,ncDohald, lumber-dealer of Woburn,
As's' with liabilities of $125,00o.
ihE Penn Bank of Pittsburgh, Pa, re-
,'nsa business on the 23d, and kept it's
~ open until five p. M, during which
s4S s0'OVO were deposited in excess of
amount withdrawn.
4OvR men were drowned on the 23d at
~ ~!ie' N y, by the upsetting of a boat
: FREIGHT train on the Burlington Road,
~ ~ VaF OF which was supplied with air.
~ avs passed through Nebraska on the
q. .@' Tue rate of twenty seven miles an
~ ana The officials pronounced the ex-
rIH'iiV successful one.
a s1ARLEs "a A. HINCKEEY, paying teller of
i. 'o "eSt Side Bank of New York, was on
n -oa discovered to have embezzled $780,
y ~ he had disappeared.
MI, s'sf before midnight on the 22l a coll
~ ~ occurred between New York Central
ss. aus at Brighton Station, N. Y. Twenty
j,n.alS were injured, among them the
NJ Use frlnee and eleven members of
sn - - hallway Mail Bureau at Washing
d,lr 'He 25d completed a schedule for
ctr cs service between New York AMI the
In. -. mexico, 3,159 miles, the average
Oeins seven days.
.O1 r. INNINGS, clerk of the Standard
scra,r ipahy at Long Island City, dis
d ~.su dr.. a few days ago with $4,000 which
Asr N 70 pay employees.
fsk 3 kpioArE n on the 23d purchased from
spma.! match, of New York, all the Gov
BEN nv u Oohas the fira held, which placed
llcnrap position to settle their affairs.
tftba bSiNG .,iiNG on the 23d struck an oil tank
spnrh atlantic Refining Company in the
qreas C. OF Philadelphia. The flames
eislsa aep eap'aly and in short time a loss
B'I,VN was caused.
Grsmb G ~ BLANCHARD, a coffee merchant at
IHg NJ nat Va, has failed for s223,OOo.
ae ssssi Iao'a ,ha, supreme Court decided on
'aidly 90 a' the Capital Commission was
has daoitss sani.ed, reversing Judge Edger-
ippsaI yrs ,,''0n Ia the Supreme Court An
'A%ss- to the United States Su.