St. Landry democrat., 1885-11-14
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

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ON the Sd J. T. jackson, mail-carrier
at Sherman, Tex, was robbed in broad
daylight by highwaymen, one of whom
was arrested.
| DEsEDERo FINARo, a young Mexican, was
murdered and the body horribly mutilated
at the Hueson ranch, near Edinburg, Tex.
| by his employer, because Finaro had sup
| planted him in the affections of q senorita.
On the night of the Sd the monument to
| Major Andre, erected by Cyrus w. Field,
at Tappan, N. Y, was completely demol-
ished by an explosion of dynamite.
FIRE destroyed Lenton Bros' cutlery
works at Canton, o., on the 4th.
On the 4th the Courthouse of Cumber-
land County, ILL.,, burned with all the rec
ords.
MONEY is being raised for Parnen by the
Ottawa (Ont.) branch of the Irish National
League.
A SYNDICATE has bought the Cincinnati
Morning Sun and will run Republican
paper.
On the 9TH Julius Rabiner, New York
groceryman, pounded VIM. Silverman, a
boy, to death with cane.
DANIEL BURGESS attempted to shoot an
, enemy in the Greek Nation on the 4th, but
missed him, and was shot and killed by his
intended victim.
On the 4th, Chas. A. Hull, supposed to be
from Deruyter, N. Y, was knocked from a
trestle and killed by freight train near
Salisbury, Mo.
ON the 9Th the men who have been dyna-
miting street cars in st. Louis were ar
rested. Their names are: w. P. Sears, N.
w. Weathers, Fred Pinkerton, P. s. Burns
and David keenan,. They are all knights
of Labor and street-car men.
On the 5th Mrs. Mary Slower, blind
woman at Benton Bridge, Hancock County,
O., was burned to death, her clothing
taking fire while she was working about
stove. Her husband, also blind, was Sc
verely burned while trying to save his
wife.
On the 9TH James Dana, q brother of
Chas. A. Dana, of the New York San, was
out hunting on North Fork, near Thorpe,
Wis, with E. Vantrot, prominent mer-
chant of Dmant. The hunters separated
for time and Dana mistook Vantrot for a
deer and shot him in the back, the ball
coming out in front. He win recover.
PETER MCCARTHY was fatally injured |
and Michael Wood quite seriously burned |
by an explosion of natural gas at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 5th. The men were Dig
ging trench and had just lit lamp to |
work by when the accident occurred. The
explosion was caused by the light coming
in contact with gas leak from the pipes
along the street.
ON the 9th fire in the Farwell building,
Chicago, caused loss of 100000.
On the 9th robbers boarded train be.
tween Naples and gonvento, shot the
guard, and secured II 900 francs in money.
OK the night of the 9TH DR.. J. A. Mona
maker and his wife committed suicide to-
yether at Salido, Col.
j. 4. HoGLE has been arrested at Chi.
'ago on charge of robbing d. G. Sterling
IN Lake Shore train.
JOHN KNELL and his whole family at
Baltimore, Nd, came near losing their
Ives by escaping gas. One child died.
ON the 9th collision on the New York,
2ennsylvania g. Ohio Road at Akron, o.,
'aused by an operator falling asleep, de-
nolished $40, 900 worth of property.
The steamer Mountain Girl was sunk i'm
collision with the James w. Gaff on the
)hio River below Lawrenceburg, Ind. A
OF Of circus property was destroyed and
wO lives were lost.