The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-01-22
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

NAahEo AMI CASCALIlESs
In Hartford County, Maryland great
excitement existed on tho 18th over the
attempted murder by a tramp of Mrs.
Richard Carr who had refused him food
or money. The man cut her throatsevere-
ly. The Sheriff was searching for the
man, and should neighbors catch linn it
was certain he would be lyuched.
On the 12th Parmele's malt house at Au-
burn, n. Y., burned; 10000 bushels Of
barley were ruined. Loss, $1,000; insured.
On the 18th the flour mill Of Nat Palmer,
at Strong Point, Cumberland County, w.
Va, burned with loss Of $4,000,
FIRE destroyed the Post-oflica, four
stores and two other buildings at Far
well, Mich, on the night Of the llth. Loss,
$1,000.
FURTHER details of the terrible Alabama
cyclone increase the list Of casualties and
the amount of damage done.
AT Lockport, Ind, on the 18th seven
buildings were burned with loss OF $780,
600.
ALARGE party of Polish employees in
the plow works at South Bend, Ind,
struck on the 18th and there was riot
which almost required the calling out
of troops. The cause Of the riot was be-
cause one hundred OF the men refused to
quit work. There was some bloodshed.
A TERRIFIC dynamite explosion near
Somerset, Pa, on the l4th, resulted in the
death Of two men.
TIRE offices of the American Legation in
London, Eng, We're slightly damaged by
fire on the 18th.
On the l4th Ben +. TAFT, clerk Of the Gin
cinnati Police Department, was arrested
on charge Of embezzling Si,019.
On the 14th Matthew Brown, promi-
nent citizen of Toledo, o., was run over
and fatally injured by team Of horses.
POLICE COUNCILLOR RuMPFF was fatally
stabbed at Frankfort on the Main. Ii is
thought to be the work of unknown Social
lists
ONthe night of the 18th a farmer sixty
years OF age, living near Howell, Mich,
who had mourned only nine weeks for his
deceased wife, when he took unto himself
another, was given tin horn serenade.
"A shot was fired into the crowd and one Of
the serenaders killed.
FIRE destroyed an elevator and 6,00O
bushels of grain at Big Stone, d. T., the
night of the 18th. Loss $4,000.
BY an explosion OF fire. damp forty eight
men were entombed in coal mine in
France on the 18th.
On the 18th the bodies Of four infants
ranging from the age of one to three years
were discovered buried near Big Rock
Bridge, Franklin, Pa. Great excitement
was occasioned by the find. The bodies
were encased in rough boxes, and one, al
least, had been recently buried.
A FIRE in the dwelling Of Abel Kitcharr
in New York on the 18Th, burned the owner
to death before he could be taken out. HC
was over eighty years of age.
On the 10Th Matthew Brown, for many
years prominent grain merchant of To-
ledo, o.. and at present a Director in the
Second National Bank of that city, was
run over by u runaway team and received
injuries which were supposed to be fatal
He is about eighty years old.
EARLGNG, Ia, was almost wiped out by
fire on the 10Th. Ten business houses, and
the hotel and eating-house were destroyed
Loss, over $4,000.
on the 18th Richard Olds, at the bottom
OF the Star of the West Mine, at Butte
Utah, gave the wrong hoisting signal
The bucket turned with him and he fel
out alighting on an upright drill which
ran into his body, causing his death in
few hours.
THE Adams Express Company's office
at Greenville, Conn, was robbed the nigh
of the 14th of $500 in money, taken from
four C. 0. D. envelopes. Frank "
Brewster, agent of the company, was an,
rested and made a confession, returned
the money and gave bonds to appear fol
trial.