The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-01

eating s9,0o0.ooO given by the f oar,
named.
Captain Prindiville, who escs,,.
from the steamer Michigan. ssvs 80 ~
are thirty inches OF ice from the st ---G.s
down to the islands. and that frc-s
present appearances no vessel viii fG -
able to go from Chicago to Buffalo ~
fore June.
Levi Kerr. an aged millionaire =.
Cleveland, while making a tnnr ~ ~
Florida with a party Of friends wS.
drowned in the st. Johns river rs- -
Palatka. lie was once IN p4rtnersb;n
with John Roach In the Rraz;i;a.tg
steamship line. al
William Spaulding, a bookkeenar -
the Racine Wagon COMPANY. is s5ii ~ =.
have embeZZled considerable am ,I, 70
and fled to Canada, leavinga VIE iifisV .li
two children. He Went 10 fha NJ M
Orleans exposition with a NFIWsTl'.ae,
woman named Min,On. Ae7
Thirty leading farmers in The r;,.u.
ty of ArchisCu, Kansas. r-nor> - th-!-
winter wheat a failure. and IN, - :,
them sold 100 acres of CrowiT- M -. =.
for S16. Several points in Illinois 1 "a
diana, and Missouri predict thst ~. ~
half a crop VIII be raised. Vuy
The wife of a prominent ci-izs, -,
LockpOrt, New York. named : y
Goddard. having suddenly bees-1e, H.
sane from Illness. stabbed harssiF ~ -
a carving at the braakfasf 49,. "a
and then pounded herself with e.
iron before she could be quieted 1'''
The High-License bill has psssss.,.
New Jersey house by a close Vote nv ~
members who opposed the c0ns,is,.i,--7
al prohibition a few weeks aro v1.-,
pretty generally for the hicb-lissSSsS-
measure. It Is believed the I'm ~
pass the senate and become a law
Evidence obtained by the secret %,
vice officers at Chicago in arrestiny ~,
cOunterIelters led to the capture NJ y
third member of the gang in Clvipgi,-
Kentucky. George X. Osborr ~
leader, claims that he has an ine7-.
of 5000 per year from patents on he
! inventions.
A private double execution ts,k
place Friday at Los Angeles. Calif,-
MIA, the victims being A. Silyas M,
| stabbed a man for an insult. and n
Martinez, who perpetrated q lDg-iz,
| for so. Stephen Jones, a negro n,
hanged at san Francisco Tor kilfr,
his mistress.
AT Freeport, Ohio, last week 2 b,z
named Benjamin FORSYTH was IA &
| buried, but his appearance was So Fbs
| like that his mother had the eos,
| opened at the grave. After save--
| hours of hard labor the lad was restr-.
ed to consciousness, and his full r.
covery is expected.
Frank NJ. Bridges. representing fl.
Thirty-Seventh district in the senate
Illinois. died Friday ut CarDIlt1-
Notwithstanding this loss TO The "a
mocracy, eight ballots We're taken n
the legislature for United States s-.
ator. Morrison started with Us yo.s
and gradually fell to 50.
Thomas J. Navin, when arraicD8e At
Adrian, Michigan, on an information
for forging a mortgage for Sl00l. en-.
tered a plea of guilty. Referring 70
the other crimes charged agains; de
prisoner, Judge Howell imposed
sentence of ten years at hard labor in
the state penitentiary.
Two persons were burned to death
in a clearinghouse al Bridgeport
Connecticut, and Il fireman received
fatal injuries. The Oriental hotel. 4.
Seattle, Washington Territory. to5k
fire early Friday morning, the result
being the loss OF two lives by IRE aud
one by leaping from window
The steamer Michigan. which has
been locked in the ice ON tie lake for
four weeks. sunk about sixteen miles
off Holland, Michigan. Tie crew
were rescued by the tug Arctic and
were brought to Holland in seigls
! The Michigan was valued az 81 5.W1
4 hole was knocked in her side by an
iceberg.
The Five Points mission building in
New York took fire Monday with SIX
hundred children in the school ROOM
Superintendent BOutou quickly rescued
two little ones from an apartment hIed
with smoke, and then kept the pupils
singing while the firemgn eI,mg0ished
the flames. On the streets were hun
dreds of half-cTaZed mothers.
Eight negroes recently took from .
store at Oceana, South Carolina, a
package of $4,000 III currency. They
were followed TO an Clubhouse IN Swam
County, North Carolina, and refused to
surrender. In the fight with the Off
GERS two robbers We're shot dead. ION
were captured, and two escaped. 4
negro killed the sheriff with an ak.
} The attendants at Rev. Thomas K.
Reecher'S church in EmirI. Nea
York, have for weeks been missing
money and wearing apparel NMa
the thefts became iutOieTah.r. 1eift
tive was employed. The result was ils
capture OF the son Of ii prominent cil-
zen in the act of picking "a lady pocs-
ct. His booty is estimated al llo1-
sands of dollars.
An official of a Western railway
while travelling on pass on ro3l ID
New York, purchased seat ID nav
ing-room-car. where he was seriously
injured by collision. lie has ite4
awarded damages, on the concurrence
of three judges, who admitted Una, ING
acceptance of the pass was col-ay.
with the railway 10 rellnqusn comPA-
sation for injuries.
Reports of trouble in the Nori1Ees
territory causes great excitement ID
! the House of Commons al O.laRa'
Ont. Sir John Mcdonald admitted
that the half-bTeeds of the Prince A.
bert district were in open revolt me
cause of the trouble was difficulty
, over certain land claims in dispute ue-
tween them and the government
Troops have been sent to queu the d--
turbance.
, In the United States Circuit court a.
| Chicago, Judge Gresham granted z
writ of error in the cases OF AacAl
| and GALLAGHER, the election c0nsIIa-
tors, and fixed May as the dd,e ~
hearing arguments in company VIA
Justice Harlan. He closed his aeay
ion with the remark that it need 40.
be inferred that new tina. VIII y
ordered. The prisoners were I5.5as'-
: in bonds OF 500 900.
At Muncia. Indiana. late Iues1a!
night, Olney Scott and William ilalf'
went to the hen-house OF Bishop sou
to play a joke by making the cllc6f-;:
cackle. The owner of the poultry l4l
been fOrewaTned, and eudeayored Y
reciprocate good-naturedly By brng %
old hoTse-pistol at the invaders, lie
blaZed away into the air, and IS n9s
bowed down by grief at having Ells-
his friend Haines.
Two explosions, caused, as i
thought, by gas, occurred SafIdai y
the New Jersey state house at Irsl-9l
| i Ht DuliulDH LOOK IIF- Nl-. --'--
spreading to the Geological Muse =
on the third floor, in which many Yal[
able relics were stored. The mu-5--
was completely destroyed. The ~
will not be less than Sl09Go w
Continental Sugar Refinery stolel9-s-
in Boston. Mass, was burned san
day with 10000 barrels Of sugar. IL ~
loss is estimated at 100000, Win go
600 insurance.
Friends of Tom Ballard, the moor
Gus counterfeiter. are trying 10 o9 ,.-l
a pardon for him from Preslden. Cles,T
land. Ballard is the only man W.. Va.
has ever succeeded in c0unJeIieil 4. -, =.
the fibre paper, and it was laIEtls y.
this account that he was sentence -, !.
thirty years at hard labor. ba-ia a..
promises to lead an honest lie j ~
president will give him a pardon, a. +
offers as an additional lndueentu. =
give the government process lel - ~
ing paper, discovered by himself " iii--
it is impossible TO counterfeit
State Auditor Brown, OF Iowa. =
served notice on the postmaster ~ y
liver no mail addressed 10 Inn q, +, x; 4.
auditor TO any person but hims55A. -
tice has also been served on lAe -
treasurer to pay no warrants -
issued by Brown. II Is uIlelalss
that Brown viii open anolAeI ~