Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-26

each to one years. imprisonment and five
hundred dollars fine.
EARLY on the morning OF the 18th Sc
we're earthquake Stock was felt at Conto-
cook, N. H.
A CONFESSION was made OH the 18th by
Edward Tappan, confined in prison at Hun
ter, Point. L. l., for the Towns send out
rage, that his brother, John b. Tappan. on
the evening of November II last killed
Mrs. and Anna Maybee by stransling
them to death on the barn floor, and then
assaulted Mr.. Maybee and robbed the
prem ises.
In the miXing-houss of the Vulcan Dyn-
amite Company, at Allentown, Pa, ra-
cent explosion instantly killed Jacob Heff-
ncr, Isaac Kramer and John NJ. Bucken-
bone, injured three 9th. men and
wrecked three buildings.
AT Paterson, n j., six hundred ribbon
weavers went on strike on the 18Th for
higher wages.
DURING 4 gale the steamer City of CO.
lumbus, from Boston Tor Savannah, Ga,
wrecked off Gay Head, on tn, Mas sa-
chuSetts coast, about three O'Clock on the
morning OF the 18th, and of one hundred
anu fOrty-seven persons board only
twcnty:hrce were savel. The Columbus
was first-class iron ship of two thousand
tons, valued at $4,000. The victims were
mainly people from various parts of New
England who were going to Florida to pass
tho cold months.
BY the bursting of boiler in the Iii chen
of Frank T. Sherwood, At Hunters Point,
l.. L., n few mornings ago Mr.. Sherwoors
little boy was killed, his brother fatally
injured and Mrs. Sherwood was blinded
ard burned.
A. 1. YDJl.
County Bank, located on Long Island, for
10000, is announced.
Four mon were killed and seven others
were wounded, two fatally, by a recent
boiler explosion in f. y. & f. Wallace's
shoe mauufacto"y and tannery ut Roches-
ter, y. IL
WILLIAM BRONSON, a New York lawyer,
made an assignment few days ago for
$6j3, ,-GI, and William II. Gui III, one of the
| firm of Williams & Guion,' steamship
agents, failed for about $2,0G0,O01. specu-
lation in grain was the cause.
WHILE Stephen Grant was attempting
few days ago to separate two combatants
at Great Falls, n. H., one of the men
struck him with kettle, killing him in
stantly.
On the 18th Edward Tappan, charged
with the murder of the Maybee women,
made supplem entary confession, in
| which it said he acknowledged he, and
not his brother John, committed the crime,
! and indicated where the property stolen
| from the Maybees was hidden.
| ITALIANS engaged in riot in New York
| OH the 20th, during which three persons
| were fatally wounded and several others
were injured
| ADvICEs of the 20th from Boston state
| that the passenger list of the lost City of
| Columbus, corrected, foo.s up eighty -one
| passengers, cabin and stcerage. There
| were forty-five officers, seamen and wait
erS. The total deat!i-list ninet jseven.
| Not a woman of the number on board was
saved.
The death is announced of General Will
| lam c. Pluukett, prominent manufacturer,
at Adams, Mass.
II has been decided by the Atlantic mills
at Lawrence, Mass, and all the corpora
| tions of Lowell to reduce wages ten per
cent. in Eel ruary. 81
By the cxplosi, of the" gas-worlzs at
| Malone, n. ", the other day the engineer
and 10y were fatally injured.
| For paradirg the streets of Bridgeport,
| Conn, Alice Dixon and four other female
mcInbers of the Salvation army were ar
rested few days ago.
! BY the recent loss of the scEoo Knuts-
ford, which sailed eight weeks ago from
Glouce ster, Mass, on fishing trip to the
| Georges, seven wives were made willows
and seventeen children were made or
phans.
On the 21st leading residents of New Ha-
| ven, Conn.,, celebrated the centennial
| birthday o. the ely by listening to lis
t,rical addresses from Prof. ID .xter and
| others.
The death of Cpmm odors Timothy A.
Hunt, Unit ii States Navy, occurred at
| New Haven, Conn, on the 2lst, of conGes-
ton of the lungs. He was seventy mine
years of age.