The Osceola times., 1885-10-17

G. d. LISTER, q stock dealer, committed
suicide on the 9th at Burlington Junction
Springs, la. He was q well known man
and an old friend Of President Cleveland.
having been Deputy Sheriff OF Erie Coun.
ty. New York, when Cleveland was Sher.
in. No cause is assigned for the deed.
On the 7th Patrick Kennedy was mur-
dered at La Crosse. Wis, by James Kelly.
On the 7th cattle train on the North
ern Pacific Railroad caught fire and sever.
al cattle were burned.
DYSAMrrERs blew up the residences Of
a police mag gistrate and constable at
Orangeville, Ontario, on the night of the
eth.
DIAMONDS valued at 5000 were stolen
from the residence Of Ex-Governor Claim
of Massachusetts, at Newtonville, that
State, on the 7th.
a coal and freight train on the Lehigh
Road, near Easton, Pa, and Geo. L. Fran
sue. a brakeman, was killed.
A FIFTEKN-MILLIoN dollar confagration
occurred at Charterhouse Square, London,
on the Sth.
AT w oonsocket, Oak, Clarence Ben
nett was tarred and feathered and ordered
TO leave the place for an assault ON
woman.
s. II. CRoCKER & Co., Wholesale sta.
tionery and printing. San Francisco, CAL,
were burned out on the Sth; loss, j0,0O0.
ON the sth five white men and two Indi.
ans, who made q murderous attack on
Chinese hop.pickers in Squak Valley, Wy.
l.l - ka;
bsr, were indicted by the Grand Jury for
murder in the first degree.
On the 9th, during a gale, two men were
drowned by the capsizing Of fishing
smack of Frankfort, Mich.
On the Oh George Paxton was struck on
a crossing by Cleveland & Pittsburgh
train near Stsubenville, o., and instantly
killed.
On the 9th the American box and shook
factory and planning mill, owned by Thom-
as w. Thompson, of Williamsport, Pa,
burned, together with a large amount Of
stock. Loss, nearly $4,000; insurance,
$2s,5OO.
A Row.BoAr was capsized in Boston
harbor on the 9th. Two men were picked
up by the crew Of a tug boat, but both died
in short time. There is said to have
been third man In the boat named NJ. s.
Cove, whose body was not recovered.
One Of the dead men is named II. B. Car.
rier.
ON the 9th a Cleveland & Pittsburgh
passenger train, going east, struck team
of horses and wagon at Alkana crossing,
near Steubenville, o., killing both horses,
completely demolishing the wagon and
fatally injuring George Paxton, the driver
of the team.
On the 9th at the Luke Fiddler breaker
at Shamokin, Pa, Polish boy, employed
as q slate picker, missed his footing and
fell headlong into box in which were
swiftly revolving q pair Of ''monkey"
rollers used in preparing the smaller sizes
Of coal. Before the machinery could be
stopped his body was ground to pieces.
On the 10th two warehouses, containing
5000 sacks Of wheat, were burned at
Durham's Station. near Chico, Cal. Loss,
$i.5,000; partially insured.
On the 10th Kate Coyle was shot and
killed by her husband, from whom she had
shot himself, but did not succeed In in
fiicting mortal wound.
DURING the temporary absence of Mrs.
Bartle Becker from hcr home at Dodge
vile, Wis. her nineteen months old daugh.
ter fell into kettle OF boiling water and
was literally boiled to death.
On the night OF the 11th. Robert White,
an employe at Forepaugh's circus head
quarters in Philadelphia, was killed by
the elephant Empress.
OK the 10th the Monarch Skating Rink
at Pittsburgh, Pa, was destroyed by fire.
McKeever's Riding Academy, adjoining,
was badly damaged. Loss, $4,000; fully
insured.
OK the 18th three men were seriously
burned by an explosion of natural gas at
Tarentum, Pa.