Delta chief., 1884-02-13

ue SOltIdCtb law pCSh oi6hco.
At Cedar Bayou, Texas, on the 3rd,
W. j. Perkins killed Andrew johnson for al
legged improper liberties with Mrs. Perkins. All
of the parties are highly respected.
Three battalions of infantry, two
squadrons of cavalry and two batteries Of ar
tillery are kept in constant readiness in Wen
ma to put down any local disturbance.
The warehouse attached to the Fer
gus Falls, Minnesota, flour mill burst on the
end, letting out 10000 bushels OF grain. Three
box cars were destroyed. Loss, $4,000.
The Nationalist's meeting at Balti-
more on the 3rd, ended in a riot with the
Orangemen. Three Nationalists were wound
cd, and three Orangemen were arrested
On the 7th stranger. aged about
nineteen, committed suicide in a private box
of the Vaudeville theater, at San Antonio,
Texas, as the curtain fell on the last act
Eight tanks att Hunters Point, Long
Island, belonging to the Standard OIL com
pany, burned, together with other property,
on the sth. Loss, s73,Ooo; partially insured
The Dundee whaler Thetis, one of
the strongest and staunchest vessels in the
Dundee feet, has been purchased by the
United States for the Greeley relief expedi-
ton.
William Thompson, justice of the
peace al Randolph. Illinois, refused to allow
Leroy Smith to visit his daughter, and Smith
shot him dead as he was leaving chulch, on
the 4th.
At Racine, Wisconsin, on the 3rd,
Andrew johnson, after = harmless shot at his
rival, killed Bertha Brassmsn, who had refused
TO have ANYTHING to do with him, and then
shot himself
Judge Henry Cooper. Of Tennessee,
manager Of the Polk Mining company, whose
property is located 1. the Sierra Msdre Noun
tains, Of Chihuahus, Mexico, has been mur
dered by robbers.
Hon. Richard Nelson, colorsd, edi-
tor of the Galveston Spectator, was elected
from the rear coach of Texas 4 st. Loui.
passenger train, and viii sue for damages In
the State courts.
At Lancaster, Texas. on tho End,
John Nash, an aged gentleman, was fatally
stabbed by his maniac brother, whom he had
kept In his house In preference to copnning
him in an asylum.
The Ohio river at Steubcnville. on
the sth, after reaching a height'of forty. nine
feet, began to decline. This Is the highes, wa. |
ter since Is42. The loss to private property I. |
placed at $4,000.
On the Sth, the dead bodies of John
Iuu nd III
barn, six miles from Frankfort, in Northeast
ern Kansas, and his hired man, = horse and
saddle had disappeared.
Leol Cranson was arrested nj Chica-
go on the 4th, for enbczzling go, 900 worth Of
diamonds from q New York nrm. Eleven
thousand dollars were recovered, and Cran.on
was taken to New York.
John Logan, with nine small BOYS,
while coasting on the Schuylkii at Philadel- |
phia, on the End, broke through the Ice. |
Hogan saved eight Of them, but James Don. |
nelly, aged ten, was drowned.
Dick Liddell's competency as wit
ness against Frank James is questioned, be- |
cause he served term in tho penitentiary.
Governor Crittenden was appealed to for n |
IT,
William Bradshaw. an aged aud |
wealthy farmer, living eleven miles from Al |
bany, Missouri, was found dead on the 3rd |
and with surroundings which indicated tha, he |
had been terribly tortured by Ore before he
was killed.
The examination papers Of the can
didates for cleskships In Secretary Chandlcr's |
department, and which were approved by the
civil service commission have been returned by |
the Secretary, who says the applicants are in
competent.
Dispatches ON the 9th, tell the story
Of much loss Of property and trouble by the
inundstion Of houses and streets, At Evans |
viii, Allegheny, Pitttsburg Cincinnati and
wheeling, the foods being caused BY rain.
swollen rivers.
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Swetzer. aged
eighty -one years, who died In Baltimore on the
7th, came to America when fourteen years
old, was sold 70 . butcher ::for her passage
ty-eight years.
The railways between Chicago and
the Missouri river have settled their differ
ences, and the agreement which thsy have en-
tered Into compels the formation Of Il Local
Agents Association at Chicago, pledged to
maintain rates.
At Belleville, Ohio, on the 3rd, Peter
Clifford was called to his door and shot