Delta chief., 1884-04-16


and died in the presence Of her little children.
No cause is knewn.
A fire in St. Louis. on the 9th, burned
Fredericks & Baconi's wire rope factory, and
the Fredericks barbed wire works. Loss, S50,-
600; insurance, $4,000.
C. P. Willard, of Charleston, West
Virginia, secretary Of the Eureka Detective
Association, was accidentally shot and killed
by his own rifle, on the 7th.
On the 7th fire at Chatham. Vr-
ginia, burned four stores, the jail, the Pittsyl-
vania Tribune office and stable. Loss heavy,
with only 5000 insurance.
The First National Bank of Mon
mouth, Illinois, has closed It's doors. The
cashier is short somewhere between $4,000
and 100000. He speculated.
R. H. Turner, railroad agent at Min
go. Junction. Ohio, disappeared several days
ago. It has just been discovered that his &C
counts are over $4,000 short.
At Laconia, New Hampshire, Thos.
Lamon was on the 1lth, sentenced to be
hanged on April II, for the murder of Mrs.
Ford and the Ruddys last fall.
Near Richmond, Texas, Jack Thern-
ton, colored, who married Marie Glenn to
avoid the legal results Of her seduction, on the
9th, murdered the girl and her infant and fed.
The Pocahontas mines, in Virginia
have been reopened, and thirty eight collins
were ordered for the remains of the victims OF
the explosion, which occurred some weeks
ago.
At Altoona, Pennsylvania, on the 7th,
Mrs. L. A. Beach the wife Of u prominent ply
sician, was found with her head nearly severed
from her body. Her husband has been ar
rested.
The distillery of Freiburg & Workum,
at Petersburg, Indiana, burned on the 5th.
Eight hundred head of cattle were consumed
with the property. Loss, 100000 to $4,000.
Insured.
The House Committee on Indian AZ
fairs will investigate the leases Of lands in the
Indian Territory and the distribution OF the
$500, 600 which was appropriated by the last
congress.
The Cincinnati grand jury has indict-
hardware store to get ammunition during the
riot. The Indictment Is for burglary only,
not for riot
On the 9th, during farm house
dance near Salem, Pa, the McLaughlins
and the wagners fonght. George wagner's
skull was cracked by Elmer Mclaughlin, and
he will die.
The dead body of Carmilio Farochs
was found near New Brighton, Staten Island,
on the 9th, and It is believed that he was mur-
dered by Antonio Flacclomo in quarrel over
business matters.
On the 5th, at Parrisvile, Michigan,
three masked robbers plundered the house of
Carl Schultz OF 1900 in German gold, after
killing his son and beating others Of the fami-
ly into insensibility.
On the Sth, in fracas on Dry Greek,
twelve miles from Junction City, Kansas, Tim
OConnor md one Breen were killed and Mike
O'Conner was injured. An old fcud caused It.
Everybody was arrested.
On the 11th. Rustcm Effendi, the
Secretary OF the Turkish Legation, was gar
roted on the steps OF his house In Seventeenth
street, New York, and robbed Of his watch
and chain and s57 in money.
Two maskers visited John Smiths
house, near Rising Sun, Indiana, searching for
money on the 9Th. Failing to find It, they par
TALLY roasted Smith over fire to make him
confess. They got nothing.
Further particulars Of the murder Of
the Fleetwood couple near Matoop, Illinois,
point strongly against James winklebach, the
hired man, as the perpetrator Of the deed, and
he has been committed to jail.
The Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel
Of the Fourth Ohio National Guard, have been
relieved from duty and placed under arrest for
disobedience Of orders during the Cincinnati
riots. court martial is ordered.
The American Minister to Hayti has
demanded 100000 indemnity for the losses
sustained by Americans during the revolution
ary outbreak on the island. Seven thousand
persons were killed during the revolution.
At Newellton, Mississippi, on the 5th,
gang Of four thieves attempted to rob Rich
bergcr's store and we're discovered. They
murdered one negro woman and shot the pro-
prietor in the shoulder. They were all ar-
rested.
On the 9th, three boys in n wagon
were struck by a train on the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton d Dayton Railroad near Spring Grove
cemetery, Cincinnati and instantly killed.