Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-16

named Green in the throat. The alleged
intimacy Of Green with Mrs. Brooks was the
cause.
Capt Dave. Kenyon, acting Fire Marshal
of Chicago, was fatally injured by being
thrown out of his buggy while on his way
to a ire An engine and the MarshdPs
buggy ran into each other, and Kenyon
was thrown over the dashboard and run
over by the heavy engine.
W. W CotterelI, ez-auditor of Henry
county, Indiana, who is missing, had ar
ranged to meet the Commissioners and pay
S., 700 Of school funds over due on the set
Element of his accounts. He was probably
unable TO make payment, and FED. Nobody
believes him dead.
Frank Manly was arrested near Henrietta,
Texas, on the charge of kidnapping Sadie
Barlow, a pretty siZteen-year-OId girl of
Kansas. He threatened her life if she in
formed on him, but she told Of her treat
ment while he was away, There is talk of
lynching Manly if the girls story is true.
Tho report comes from Brooking, Dako-
Ia, that what was supposed to be chicken
pox, prevailing IN that vicinity, is pro
nOunCed by competent authority to be
small pOx. The disease is rapidly spread
ing through the country, and is supposed
to have been brought in by emigrants.
Several persons have died.
At Edenburg, Pa, Gusta McKisson. the
wife Of Silas McKissOn, got her husband to
load a shotgun. aud going to a Held where
Patrick Forbes was at work, she discharged
the weapon at him. The contents took ef-
feet in his bowels, inhicting fatal wounds.
The murder was the result of an old family
feud. The woman was arrested.
A carriage containing George and Alice
Hall, of Stamford, Vt. was struck by an
express train at the GraylOck crossing, near
North Adams, Mass, and both occupants
instantly killed. The young mans body
remained on the engine pilot, while the
body Of the young lady was thrown a hun
dred feet. on bank ten feet high.
Richard Clark, of Caledonia, Canada, an
emplOye OF FOrepaugh's circus, while Oper-
ating the VentlatOr in a cage had his hand
seized by a tiger. While trying to release
himself he was seized by two tigers and
dragged in to the side Of the cage. The an
imals were finally beaten of with iron bars,
after Clark's arms and legs had been
crunched and mutilated.
About twenty miners assembled in q sa-
loon at Excelsior, about i've miles south
of OskalOOsa, Iowa, when William Harri-
son picked up from corner Of the room
what he supposed was a can Of fruit and
| began opening it with his knife. The can
contained powder, and an explosion fol-
! lowed, killing Harrison instantly and Sc
riOusly injuring ten others. The building
was torn to pieces.
Jackson Hickman, his daughter-in-law
/ and her two children, drove into a small
stream near Florida, Monroe county, Mo-.
and were drowned. Hickman drove into
| the stream, which was greatly swollen by
! the recent rains, in spite of the prOtesta-
tons of several bystanders, and was i'm
mediately swept away. His body has been
recovered, but the others have not yet been
found.
From TuscOn, A. r., intelligence has
! been received that Josh Winfield and S.
Fritz and their wives were found murdered,
October 3, at James Raherty's ranch IN the
HuachuCa Mountains. Rafferty,. who is
dered. 1t is rumOred that a band of Mex
leans from Sonora committed the murder
in revenge for the death OF a Mexican, Qui-
meme, who was hanged July 10.
At Edenburg, Pa, five masked men en-
tered the house of James Sherry, while the
family were eating supper, and commanded
all to hold up their hands. Besides Sherry
there were at the table two men, Michael
/ Keyser and George Best, a servant girl and
] boy, The entire party were gagged and
! bound, and Sherry then compelled to open
the safe, from which they took 5000. They
also obtained $4,000 from the bureau draw
| ers and other places about the house. The
gang then drove of in a carriage, which
was waiting. There is no clue.
Revenue Officers have seized Is, 600 do
nestle cigars, bearing import stamps, in the
store of Leo. D. Meyer, of Chicago. The
proprietor was i'll in Philadelphia, where
he still is. His son was arrested to-day.
Government officials assert that these cigars
were made in New York, and bear old i'm
port stamps taken from boxes of imported
cigars, and the import dates erased and
others substituted. They do not know
whether this work was done in New York
or IN Chicago, but express the opinion thai
Jhas been quite extensively practiced, and
that other dealers viii be implicated.
A railway accident at Bayfield,, Mimi,
is thus reported: The train consisted OF
three fats, and had a crew Of twenty
two men. who were all riding on the en-
CINE and tender. The engine plunged into
a WashOut, and the boiler was STAYED in,
and escaping steam was added to the hOr
rOrs OF the disaster. Every man, but one,
was killed or injured. Two, Johnson and
Mcconnell, were killed outright, and nine
others badly sCalded. The wounded were
removed to Ashland, where four more died
before morning, as follows: J. McCOry,
conductor, Glory; A. RabbingtOn, engineer,
A1tOOn; S. E. Ellis, fireman, and N, Nc
Garth. 1t is believed that three more will
die from sCalding. Ten collins were or
dered from st. Paul, which indicates that
the number OF victims is even greater.
A fire started under the stage of the
Grand Opera House at South Bethlehem,
Pa, which resulted in the total destruction
OF the building. A four story building ad-
joining was also destroyed. In the lower
portion Of the Opera House there were
three stores, which were also destroyed
One was occupied by G. w. Rhodes, who
kept the Bethlehem Iron COmpany's store.
The stock was valued at $40 900. The Opera
House was owned by Z. p. Wilbur, presi-
dent Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany. Loss, 100000. During the progress
of the fire a number of barrels Of liquor
were rolled into the street Some of the
hremen broke in the heads of the barrels
and drank the liquor like water. Many of
them became helplessly drunk, and one OF