The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07

esc,,oe. but ran back into the house 10
save Y. lged relic.
Near Blakasburg. Iowa. on Monday
evening. "a party OF citizens hanged
Pleasant Anderson for the murder CT
CHRISTIAN McAiiister. He was last
wear acquitted OF the crime by jury
in Mshaska county.
Suit against the Alton road for
So5. o3g damages has been commenced
bv Fred >8Uiner. oI bloomington In
nois. who has just attained his maJorl-
IL Fifteen years ago his legs were
en- eli ny an Alton engine.
II George Best, of Cincinnati, after
being sentenced 10 three years IN the
pelliieiltiary Tor disseminating obscene
literature. swallowed poison IN the
-o,rt room, and WAS only saved 10y the
heroic efforts OF physicians.
In the United States district court at
Cincinnati five men We're sent 10 JAN
for -r,im one TO SIX months Tor illegal
voting. and two others were gwen
halt year each for hinderlIrg cldzens
from depositing their oallots.
Frederick Bergholtz, foreman OF
narty Of brieklayers on the new build
ing opposite the Chicago city nan,
slipped on some ice on the. top moor
| and fell nine stories down the elevator
| shaft. being instantly killed.
/ G.. McMath, whose term as prose-
| cutting attorney fer Clermont county,
| Ohio. is about Ia expire. shows clean
! hand as To his official accounts, but mas
transferred al his property to meet
| losses sustained IN 50 EQUATION.
The eorporators OF the Manuiactur-
| ers' and Merchants institute al Dos
| ton are about 10 declare IL lnscITeit'
! IL owns a 100000 building on Hunt
| inpton avenue, covering eight acres,
| and it has floating debt OF ST5,Oo.
While eight tramps were sleeping
over the boiler-house of the coal COM
| pany at Lincoln, H., wednesday morn
| ing. tile blow-oft pipe exploded, tne
steam scalding the men IN a terrible
manner, and fatally wCunding two oil
| them.
W. C. Harvey. express agent at IA
| nora, Iowa. undertook TO carry nome
| SS.OO1 package Wednesday night. m
J stead OF leaving it in the safe al his oi-
icc. lie claims TO have been SDot IN
he arm by robbeT, who escaped with
tie money.
The Illinois railway commission held
meeting at Springfield Monday, 10
hear arguments by officers of various
roads against reduction in freight
rates, and TO listen to petitions from
citizens against the continuance or dis-
elimination.
DIR. Mary " alker created panic in
the Governor office al Albany Friday
She did not find Mr.. Cleveland IN,
much to her regret, as she SAID, be-
cause she wished TO apply for an once
and to give him some advice about
matrlmony.
Jacob Avery, who alone operated a
| iOurinq-mill near Greenbush, Illinois.
VAS OH Saturday night found by his son
in condition which showed that ne
had been caught by shaft ana pound
{ ed 10 jelly. nothing but boot beng
left on his body.
A wedding-party Mt the house OF
: Charles White, near Lexington. Ky,
was interrupted by gang OF roughs
who perpetrated various indignitles,
Daniel Hays, tobacco-orOXer shot
one OF the intruderS dead and wound
ed another. Tae rest escaped.
George ". ChIids of Philadelphia
! states that 100000 could easily bt
raised to save General Grants prop
, erty. but il would again be seized by
: creditors of Grant & Ward. Measures
i are certain TO be taken 10 rescue tht
? generals personal trophies.
The suspension of the Keystone
T bridge-works at IittSpurg was the re
suit of discussions among the stock.
, iuction in wages have resigned, anC
the works will resume next week Il
= the employees Will yield 70 the cut.
Mrs Emma II. Wallace. hailins
from Chicago, has brought suit in New
I York to recover one-tilrtieth OF tht
real estate held by Trinity church
: | She offers to settle for 81 0OO COX
I cash. Her father, Cornelius y. Thorpe
: spent So0,000 IN similar litigation.
I. The passenger agents of the eastern
trunk lines have agreed to Withdraw
to-day all round-trip tickets from New
i York to Chicago. The Northern Pa
y cIfic road recently sold to an eastern
;. syndicate. for $4,000. twentv-seveI
e sections Of land on the jamestown
branch.
/ The Northwestern Travelling Mem
i association, ut a meeting held in Chi
= cago. elected j. c. Miller president ant
y I. :. Quincy secretary. There ar
over 3, 400 members, and during tn
( past year $40, 900 was disbursed il
! benefits, leaving about 500 ,000 in tn,
! cash-boX.
- The leader OF gang of Chinese nun
3 derers, who have been operating abOu
- New 1orB, has been arrested. III
4 proved to be Tom Sing, who served a
u officers steward on the Jeanette an
y Greedy expeditions. His lat st VOL
was the butchering OF laundry ma
: at Newark.
= Joseph F. Tucker. who made a Ia
" tional reputation during his connectlo
with the Illinois Central road. has bee
offered the vice presidency OF the Err
Q company. Daniel NJ. Bvnton. ger
"a eral agent in Chicago o. lie Wisconsi
a Central road, died OF bemorrhage o
Il the brain.
g. General I. O. Osborne, Of Chicago
y who for many years has been minists
m to Buenos Ayres, cansed the remain
y, Of A. G. Rodney. one Of his predecest
;" Ors in office. to be removed to the me-
=, Protestant cemetery. with the haBC
% some monument donated by the Al
\. genune government.
,; DR.. G. II. Atkinson, prominen
- among the medical fraternity of BROOK
lyn, lies at the point of death fror
!, blood poisoning. which produced para
"a ysls and mental disorder. lie is al
! tended by SIX distinguished physician:
who regard his case as one of the mos
remarkable on record.
u Captain J. p. Holm, who died in Der
V mark few weeks ago. became well
known to the American public throug
his confinement in Massachusetts in
sane asylum at the request of his wifi
= and son. In his VIII the old ma
/
y free library in Maiden.
o In the supreme court of Massachus
etts jury found that Mrs. Valeria G
= Stone, who left S2,000.0l0 for educa
n Ilondl purposes, was or sound mind
e and that her Will was drawn in prope
!. shape. There was tie on the ones
ton whether r Y. Dr. Wilcox exer
:, cised undue influence over the tesla
n tor.
i In the Miss Hill-Sharon case at Sal
p; Francisco the Judge decided Wednes
day that Miss Hill was Sharon's wifi
Z under the laws of the State; that SIN
# was entitled to a divorce on the groun,
# OF desertlon, and also that she was en-
Il titled TO a division Of the ex-senator
property, estimated to be worth SO,
L 0O0,0O0.
d At Christmas dance Mt Miles City
q Montana, man named Roberts Wa
d shot by a desperate named Sullivan
OAcers traced the murderer &c rancI
+ fifteen miles distant, where, in resist
s. ing arrest, he killed Doc Carlin and
d child with Sharps rife. He the,
4 made his way to Miles City and SUI
: rendered.
Miss Bradner, school teacher a
d Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charge
5 by Patrick Shea with furnishing hi
r son so severely as to cause his death
!. The lady has been confined to her be-
d ever since the boy died, and her phy
stefan would not permit a warran
:. for her arrest to be served. The COZ
: oner'5 jury found that the lad fel
: downstairs while she was absent fror
:, the room.
d An Albany correspondent makes tn
positive statement that Senator Bay
, ara has decided not to enter the cab
: net, his friends believing that his abili
: ity and experience would be more val