The Osceola times., 1885-01-31
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

ON the 2uth lnoinas Thrry was hanSo"
at Galway, Ireland, for the murder of a
young lady TO whom he was eagaged, but
who discarded him.
| In tumble-down tenement at Des
Moines. Ia, a poor woman who had been
deserted by her husband was found on the
10th, almost frozen to death by the side Of
the body Of her week-old babe, who had
perished from cold and exposure.
| In the recent battle in the Soudan the
losses were: British, seventy-four killed,
including nine commissioned officers, and
ninety -four wounded; rebels, 800 killed
and about 1000 wounded. Among the
British losses was Colonel Burnaby, OF the
Royal Horse Guards, one of the most ac-
complshed and fearless soldiers in the
service.
OK the 22d s. ID. Scott, ex-County Clerk
of Council Bluffs, Ia, was arrested on
charge OF embezzling $4,000.
JNo. 7. O'KEEFE, of Oleau, N. Y, killed
himself while standing at the grave of his
daughter, who died three years ago, ON the
I'D.
AN avalanche buried number Of peo-
pie in the department of Hautes Alps,
France.
CAPTAIN M. j. FARRELL, one Of the best
known detectives in the United States,
died on the 23i at New Orleans from ac-
onito poisoning caused by a druggists
mistake.
WOLVES recently caught and devoured
an old hunter In the lumber region near
Metropolitan, Mich. Before being over
....,. hx .h,t thirtaan ha baa ais with
his repeating rifle, the bodies of which lay
around his remains.
OrTo FUNK was arrested at Chicago on
the 23d for taking books from the Public
Library. Among his effects were found n
dozen boxes of dynamite, in one of which
was an Internal machine.
THOMAS j. CHAPMAN, murderer of Nicho-
las Hubbard at Humboldt, H., was hanged
ut Charleston, ILL.,, ON the 23d. He had
nothing to say ON the scaifold, and his neck
was broken by the fall.
On the oath Michael Roach, of Cleve-
and, o., murdered his wife and then cut
his own throat.
THE seat of Mr.. Gladstone in the House
of Commons was the only one injured by
the explosion, and that was torn TO
pieces.
On the oath In an accident on the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad, three cars were
burned, two men were killed, and others
seriously injured.
OK the oath three explosions from dy
Mantle occurred in London, the first in the
crypt of Westminster Hall; the second, In
the strangers gallery of tho House of
Commons, and the third at the White
Tower, wing of the Tower of London.
The lobby in the House of Commons was
completely demolished. Thirtyfour per-
sons were officially reported injured, but
only three or four dangerously. The dam
age was great. The city was in a frenzied
state of excitement.
OK the cath an attempt was made TO as
sassinate the st. Petersburg Chief Of Po-
lice. The shots fired missed the mark
The shooters were captured and were rec
ognized as Nihilists.
OK the cath, by railroad collision in
Brussels Belgium, twenty people were in.
jured, some fatally.
On the cath Geo. Scott, who was arrest
ed at Prairie Creek, Ind, on January I'd
for misplacing a switch at that place Oh
the night of December 3lst, 1884, and caus.
ing a Wabash train to be dtched, wa,
tried at Fort Wayne, Ind. He pleaded
guilty, and was sentenced 10 the Peniten.
tary for thirteen years.
OK the gath VIM. Heffner, an inmate o.
Cincinnati asylum for the insane, died
from the effects OF bath in scalding wa
ter. The Coroner found that death result
ed from culpable carelessness of an at.
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