The Osceola times., 1885-06-20
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

on Cedar River, a few miles below Cedar
Rapids, Ia. The father was thrown lj)
feet and killed instantly.
OK the night OF the 11th Judge Brown OF
the United States Circuit Court at Detroit,
Mich, was awakened by burglar in his
bedroom. An exchange Of shots followed,
but nobody was hurt.
OS the 18th the fall Of the staircase ofla
Court house at Thiers, France. killed
twenty -four persons and wounded l63,
fourteen very ser ousiy.
HAGGERrY, the man who fooled the po-
lice to giveOdlum a chance to make his
fatal leap from the Brooklyn Bridge, was
sent,ncei on the 1lth to eight months in
the Penitentiary. He was allowed to APP
peal and released ON bail.
p THK greater portion of the town Of
Groduo, Russia, including the government
offices and numerous churches, has been
destroyed by fire. The loss amounts to
several million ru bles.
BRITISH residents of Cashmere report
that earthquake shocks continue of great
severity. The towns Of Baramulla and
Sopur have been utterly ruined and 400
persons killed. There has also boen great
loss Of life in adjacent villages. Many
cattle aud sheep have been killed.
FIVE men were killed in the construction
train wreck on the Cincinnati Southern
Raj way on the l2th.
A RECENT shock OF an earthquake COM
pletely swallowed up the town of Sikuch,
Eastern Caucasus.
FIRE in theibuildlng In London on the
1lth, used by the international Inventions
Exhibition, did great damage to the In
diau museum and several departments.
CAPTAIN LAwroN's supply camp at
Cloverdale ranch, A. T., was surprised by
Indians and five men killed. kA
THREE children OF Henry A. Atmeyer,
at Larenlum, Pa, were terribly burned
on the 18th; caused by lamp explosion.
The Supreme Court OF South Carolina
has affirmed the death sentence against
Thomas Gee, Thomas McNeill and Joseph
Howard, all colored, for murder. They
will be executed at Fayetteville, June
e5th. -sfsf gE
A CYCLONE passed over Council Bluffs,
Ia, the evening of the 18th, doing con-.
siderable damage. The fourth and fifth
stories Of the State Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum were blown eff. Damage, $4,000.
No lives lost. tt
DURING an alteration on the 18th be-
tween Henry Neirte and Petes Gudinger,
farmers residing about twelve miles north
of Milwaukee, Wis, the former was shot
and killed by Guidinger who delivered
himself up to the au tn critics soon after.
A HEAVY wind storm at Omaha, Neb.,
on the night of the 18th demolished q
four story brick building belonging to
q. A. Lindquest Il Co., which was being
erected AT the corner of Jones aud Tenth
streets. The building was almost com.
pleted. In falling the walls crushed in
the adjacent dwelling, fatally inju1ing
one man.
ON the 18th Ed. Hall, famous counter
feiter and forger, was arrested in New
York.
FREDERrcK GRoTEGUrH confesses to kill
ing his wife. lie is in jail at Vincennes,
Ind.
OK the l3sh high winds destroyed much
property In Iowa In Pulaski County
three people were killed.
0HARvEy THRAsHER who is wanted in
Indiana for murder aud embezzement,
OK the lith, in a railroad collision at
JefYersonville, Ind, Thomas Eads, fire"
man, was fatally hurt.
MoRE blood-letting is reported from Ire
land. A farmer has been killed and a
farm laborer shot.
On the lith George Cuff killed Richard
Duffy at candy party at Scranton, Pa.
The quarrel began In joke.
On the l4th II woman OF temperance
Vile. near Pittsburgh. Pa, jumped into
the river with her child in her arms. Both
were drowned.
On the lith three garroters assaulted a
wealthy citizen OF New Orleans. Officers
gave chase and killed Joseph Martin, a
noted criminal, after desperate fight.
AIsCELLANEOUs.
BRowy, BosSELL a. Co., iron-w or kers,
of'Cbveland, o., deny the report that they
will sign the Amalgamated scale or re-
sumo work.
TnE Mayor and Chief of Police of Louis
vile, KY, will seek redress for alleged
wrongs IN published charges. of corruption
through the medium of the Grand Jury.
The Morning Commercial and EceniRg Post
printed the charges
Ar Lynchburg, Va, four large cigar
factories have shut down.
A DIVIDEND of two per cent. has been
declared by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency in favor of the creditors of the New
Orleans Banking Association, making
total Of sixty-two per cent. 50 far paid to
depositors
In Pittsburgh, Pa, all the gambling
houses were closed the night of the 10th
by order OF the Mayor, who says gamblers
from Chicago and Western cities, under
the impression that Pittsburgh is their
paradise have been hocking there, and he
wants 1t stopped.
MARTIAL law has been declared at PAN
ANA.
CHOLERA is increasing in Spain aud caus-
ing great alarm
I RUSSIA is said to be cultivating the
friendship of King John OF Abyssinia.
THE Denver 81 Rio Grande Railroad
strike is apparently at an end, resulting in
a complete victory for Receiver Jackson's
management. The road is now In perfect
working order in every department.
Tue steamers Weser and Polynesia,
smallpox, have over fifty cases.
THE Government has discontinued the
purchase of silver for coinage into dollars
at San Francisco aud Corson.
AT Toronto, Ont, an important land
suit has been decided, involving $4,000, 900,
the case turning ON the question as to
whether a certain district belonged to the
Dominion or Ontario.
The Bureau of Statistics at Washington
will resume the publication of the state
ments OF imports aud exports