Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-02-07
Saturday, Jan. 81.


John Berry, suspected of barn burning was
9rested at Lexington, KY.
A reward OF 9, 900 is offered for the arrest
1 the Covington Ky.) diamond robbers
Irwin Farabee, near Juanita, Neb., killed
Harrison Young by blow of TIE fist, break
ng his neck.
Alex Anderson and Charles Weckstruin
we're killed at St Paul, Minn., by caving
oank of earth
Julius Neglected. and wife, Of Detroit, were
poisoned by drinking peppermint tea, an
he husband died
Speaker Carlisle has called upon Mr.. Cleve-
and in obedience to a summons from Cleve
and for consultation.
The Spanish consul gen raj of New York
las remitte1 $4,000 for the relief of sufferers
from earthquakes in Spain.
A. j. Mcintosh, of Salem, and sheriff Of
Washington county, Ind. made an assign
ment, with S9J, l35 preferences.
The health board Of New York claims 10
have discovered that quinins is adulteratel
20 an enormous extent by druggists in that
:ity.
The number Of failures for the week ended
January 30. according to R. G. Dun & Co.,
was 354, as compared with Ill the preceding
week
The president, vice president and cashier Of
The Planters and Mechanics Bank, of Peters
burg, Va, were acquitted OF the charge of
conspiracy.
1t has been discovered that white women
In San Francisco sell their illegitinate female
offspring to the Chinese, who train them for
the harem.
An anthracite coal stove in Cincinnati ex-
p!oded, breaking the windows Of the room,
/ removing door from one hinge and denol-
i Lhing furniture
Two other members of the krall family s,
n,ysteriousIy poisoned at Bunker Hill, Pa /,
/ died, and the remaining three arc considered
beyond recovery.
The CITY clerk, an ex-assistant city sur
vevor and number Of councilmen and alder
men of Rochester, n. Y, have been indicted
! for official bribery.
Monday, Feb. 2.
ever
Gen Jas Chestnut, ex United States sena-
tor from South Carolina, is dead.
Evangelist Moody is proving a great at
traction at New Brunswick, n. j.
London authorities open every tenth bar
rel of Nova Scotia apples looking for dyna
mith.
Jas. Culhane was stabbed to death in 6
Detroit saloon by Michael Harrigan, an ex
convict.
Porter c. Bliss, journalist, and formerly il
the diplomatic service of the Unitel States,
died in New York
Haines, speaker of the Illinois house, pro
poses to be senator from Illinois. He refuse
to vote for anybody but Haines.
A prominent cattle man from Trego county
Kan, says that the ground is covered will
snow several inches deep, and that range cat
tie are dying at fearful rate
A valuable silver convoy, en- route between
Toluca and Cuerravaea. Mexico, was attacke;
and captured by organize bandits.
81 McGrath's six-year-old daughter diec
from brutal whipping of her school teach
er, near Reading, Pa. He will prosecute.
The Lutheran church objects to the incor
poration at Philadelphia of the followers Q
Anna Meister, deceased female crank VIII
taught that she was the Holy Ghost.
Salvation army csptains disaffected bt
cause of an order from headquarters tha
only English born will be commissioned. hav
organized at Akron, Ga, gospel temperanc
army.
The Tichborne claimant has now fallen s
low that he appears in a provincial variet
company, and takes his turn between an acre
bat styled, THE Human Serpent and th
Comical Mule"
Immediately after finishing waltz at
7
servant girl OF Cincinnoti, arose from be
chair, and walking few steps forward, fe
on the floor dead.
The people of Thomson, Ga, and vicinit
are considerably excited on account of u
appearance in their midst of a disease whic
the attending physician pronounced to De
] virulent type Of chicken pox.
An Alleged Faith Cure.