Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-05
West and South

other day swept away house on the |
shore, and its inmates, Mr. Ross and his |
wife ami seven children, were drowned.
On the 26-h General Mackenzie was tenn
porarily relieved of the command of the
Department of Texas, after excessive
nervous prostration, and his friend, were
preparing to take him to the Military In
sane Asylum
A FREE fight too. place few days ago
at Allendale, S. c., during which three
persons were killed and several others
were woun led
AN avalanche of snow dashed down the
Marshall Basin, in Southwestern Colorado,
few days ago and buried the Mendrta
Mine shaft-house, in which were fourteen
men, eli .lt of whom were killed instantly
and two wer, wounded. Four others bur-
rowei their way out from the mountain of
snow.
WHILE disputing recently A. j. COursey,
a farmer of Ailenvill., Mo-, was dcliber-
ately shot AMI killed by his son, Red
Coursey.
On the Eastern slope of the Rich Mount
ain, near Beverly, w. Va, poor woman
and her two children were murdered a few
| days ago, and their house was burned.
THE expedition of tho New Orleans
| Times Dea0crUt. to the Everglades of
| Florida has returned to New Orleans all
| safe and wei, AMI reports wonderful
! country full of game and Indians.
| THE Edwards family, the most prom
inent citizens of Mason County, w. Va,
| are endeavoring to establish their title TO
| the Trinity Church property in New York,
| now valued at $6I,OO0,OO0.
| JOHN A. CLARK was hanged on the 9th
at BoZeman, NJ. T., for the murder of
| Thomas Rogers. The condemned man died
! protesting his innocence.
| c. A. CoUTANT & Co., of Chicago, dry
! goods dealers, have failed for $12o,0oO.
In boring for oil at Warfield, KY, work
| men struck flow of gas the other day
which blew five thousand pounds of tools
into the air. The roar of the well could be
| heard for three miles.
| A FEW days ago Mrs. Bggerstof and her
little daughter Ida were drowned i'll the
| Black River at Piedmont Mo.
| IN Colorado a few days ago three more
| r,a,, lost treir 1.-Two, by ,nuv-s1ides.
THE marriage :, announced of Rev. l..
| W. Warren, Me. no list Bishop of Georgia,
| to the widow of Lift, the Colorado cattle
king, with two children and $2,0Jo,00l.
| JOHN c. MONTGOMERY, one of the defend
| ants in the Emma Bond case at HlllSboro,
| ILL.,, was examined on the 21th as to his
| whereabouts on the day of the outrage.
He denied any connection with the crime,
| and also denied that he knew anything of
the conversation which two convicts testl-
fed took place in the Jail. His statements
| were corroborated by three other persons.
GENERAL SHERIDAN stated on the 2.th
| that he had been informed that the miss
| ing Charlie McCOmas was probably with a
band of Chiricahua Indians who were daily
| expected to arrive at the San Carlos
| Agency.
GOVERNOR IRWIN, of Idaho, declines to
| receive his salary since July 1, as he has
been unable to attend to his duties.
The other day Henry S. Beall, a tele-
| graph operator at Ell Paso, Tex, killed him
self at his desk because he had lost his
months pay in gambling.
CITIZENS took two negroes, accused of
shooting white men, from Jail on the 2Sth
at Brooks vile, Fla, and shot them dead.
The other day Rev. Mr.. Freddy, of
Shreve, O., while standing at window,
stopped to pick up his little daughter, and
missed a bullet fired at him by some mis-
creant.
A STORY is set af1oat by Cleveland
jo:,rnel that Marshal Ney was an Ameri-
can, the brother of Mrs. Garfield's grand
father.
THE Socialist Labor Congress at Balti-
more, Md, clossd OH the 2Sth. resolu-
ton was adopted demanding the abolition
of tie offices of President and Vice. Presi-
0ent OF UQe UHlteu .otaicS anu tho Oii'SU
States Senate, and the substitution Of a
Federal Council.
PETITIONS to President Arthur were be-
ing signed by the people of Dakato on the
2Sth against the ereappointment mt of Governor
Ordway.
| AFTER two days convention at Colum-
| bus the Ohio liquor dealers perfected an
organization the 2Sth, resolved that
the Scott law was inimical to the best
interests of the State, and would ask the
coming Legislature to repeal the Scott
law by a judicious and constitutional
enactment.
, stage-driver who crossed the mountains on
| foot reported that twenty-seven men had
been killed by snow-slides.
| In the vicinity of Cape Grardeau, Mo-,
q farmer named kimball, after losing some
valuable stock, organized a party and
started in pursuit of the thieves. James
and Andrew Davis were overtaken on the
2Sth and killed, ami an accomplice was IA
tally wounded. Two of the pursuers were
also fatally wounded by shots from the
robbers.
, THE public execu ion of William Fox for
the murder of Thomas Howard took place
on the 2Sth at Nevada, Mo-, and was wit
messed by ten thousand persons.
, In the Emma Bond case at Hill -boro, ILL.,,
the defense reSteO on tne 20 ii, anu SuOsc-
ouently moved for continuance, which was
, | denied. Several witnesses testified in re-
buttal, among them being Miss Bond, who
was seized with a fainting fit and had to
be removed. On recovering she remarked
that her condition was caused by the
. presence of John Montgomery.
AT Whitesboro, Tex, fifteen business
houses were destroyed by fire few nights
ago.
THE premises occupied by Bra liner,
, Smith & Co., Shober G. Carqueviile, and
the National Printing Company, in Chi
, cago, were damaged by fire on the 3oth
ult to the extent of about S4OO,O0O.
AT Cincinnati a few days ago hels
, | Brothers & Co., fancy grocers, failed for
$50, 900, and Isaac Reis, a cigar manufac-
, turer, made an assignment for s8oO,OQ9.
OK q plantation at Summerton, 8. e.,
four colored children, in the absence oil
their mother, built fire recently, which
consumed the house and cremsted them
selves.