Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-11-07
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
pith and Point of the Events
Of the Day Whitfield Down
Fine.
Cmest1c.

house OF repre sentatives, Is dead.
VIM. r. Miller fell from an apple tree, near
Carmi, III and broke his neck.
Anderson Burris will be shot in the Choctaw
Nation, on November IL, for murder.
winners at Brighton Beach: Hop Sing, Belle
n Joe Howell, Little Minch, Ernest.
several persons were severely injured in q
,rreck on the Waba-h h near La Porte, Ind.
Two vessels, supposed to have been lost on
lake Michigan, have been heard from.
Atold RipIey, ILL.,, John Nitzell cut Hartman
f,runer four times. Gruner Will probably die.
oeBcers ofthe New Orleans exposition claim
that the attendance will be larger than last
year
poller. who was taken from Jail at Winehes-
ter. IN. -, by a mob and shot, has died OF his
wounds.
Nevtpn Garborough was so badly mangled
byaeotton ein at Homan. Ark, thai he bled to
death.
THOMAS Denny, railroad passenger agent
efIndlanapolis, committed suicide at Green
vile, i'll.
Jobn Jefrries was arrested at Evansville.
Ind for the murder of Marion Hunter at Cal
houn. KY.
The infant son of ]. G.. Corder, near st.
charles. Ark, fell into the fire and was burned
TO death.
J. Hurbert Blake, a barrister who left Ire
land for fear of dynamiters, died at san An
tonic, Tex.
Dan Berry, colored. serving a life sentence
n Arkansas for murder, was pardoneu Dy
Gov. Hughes.
SMALLPOX has appeared at st. Paul, and
there is great danger of its spread In that city
and Minneapolis.
Mrs. Jane Briggs being mistaken for bear
was shot and killed in swamp near Platte
lake, Michigan.
Col. James H. Moore OF Lincoln county,
- eauRht in a cotton gin and died
from his injuries.
swede named Sundstrom, living at Still
water. Mimi, is declared by local physicians
10 be afflicted with leprosy.
Bsorts are being made in Massachusetts and
the New England states to prevent the intro
duction OF smallpox from Canada.
Mrs. Ann Fennell, who was bitten ny dog
n bridgeport, Conn.,, last spring, was attacked
Win hydrophobia at that place.
Jessie Killings wealthy farmer, living near
Washington, Ind. has been indicted by the
grand-jury on ch srge or forgery.
WIN. A. Fruch of Garden City. Kansas. has
been d.sbarred from practice before the in-
terror department at Washington.
John Buford shot and killed his father, Vim.
Buford. and wounded his brother, Hooker
Buford, near Shelbyyille, Mo.
3 An old LIQUOR law has been revived in New
York which 1t IL expected will have the effect
Of closing all the beer gardens In the state.
Edwards plerrepOnt mas hOufesseu elrOLg
ktter to Hon. A. j. Warner, NJ. C., in defence
Of silver and supporting the Warner bill.
I'M Clarke. q Texas farmer, was beaten
and robbed OF $500 and a watch and chain at
sherman One OF the robbers was arrested.
Rev. G. M. Booth, a Baptist evangelist has
been suspended from the church at Spring,
held, Mass, for forgery and other deceitful
practices.
Engineer Geo. Crawford was killed by an &C
cident to the through express on the PAN
handle road, from Louisville to chicago, at
Sharpsvale.
Aonzo Fuget, a counterfeiter who has for
twenty-five years puzzled the United States
secret service, has at last been convicted at
Louisville.
Rev. Duncan MacGre2or. sent by the scott
tish Land league 10 Scotland TO investigate the
condition of the crofters. has returned anu
ives pitiful account of them.
Chas, Grant. a member of the Hess Opera
company was probably fatally injured az
Troy. N. Y, while leaning out OF q car window,
his head striking against an iron pillar.
Canon Farrar speaks in glowing terms OF
his reception In this country and pays a hign
tribute 10 our educational institutions which
he says are superior to those of England.
Tom Mudoon. a li.yesr-uld boy, robbed his
mother Of over s., ,U00, at Youngstown. o., and
went 10 sleep in q woodshed, where he was
captured and the money recovered.
Aparty went to the Jail at Denlson, Texas, to
lynch the negro Grimes, incarcerated there
on q chargs of rape. but we're frightened away
BY the ia o and Grimes was taken to Sher
man.
Judge b. b. Battle of Little Rock was nomi
mated for associate justice of the supreme
court OF Arkansas by the judicial convention
o. Little Rock.
Ameeting Of the Garrison lyceum, col
ored organization. was held at Boston TO com
memorate the fiftieth anniversary OF the mob
b!ng OF william Lloyd Garrison.
A section-house near Rock Springs, Wy.
n was bombardel aud fired into by mob az
twenty Chnsmen driven thence to the bill
where they remained all night.
Nine traokmen on the Maine Central rail
road were badly mangled and one killed Will
riding on a tat car. by being struck by pre-
1ecting box car on side track.
Foreign.
NJ Matec. governor OF Drusecoc, ervia, hs
been murdered.
Lord Duferin has been ordered to dspatc
troops 10 Burmah Immediately.
M.Fremset prominent banker OF Par.
committed suicide.
Lord Salisbury is rapidly recovering froI
the operation performed on his arm.
The porte )ntinues massing troops at ever
available point In Eastern Roumelia.
A committee st London is preparing pet
ton TO Queen Victoria asking for commuti
tion OF hiel.
Lord Salisbury underwent medical operi
ton for an abscess In the arm and is confino
70 his NON.
Sister Cpriani at Cairo, Egypt, states tn
olivier Pain was III and was buried alive
the Arabs.
Two men nave been arrested at Belgrade Q
suspicion OF being implicated In plotto mu
DER the governor.
Michael Davitt addressed a large meeting
0lHRQOW
the Radicals.
Tue pope wrote recently TO the mikado
japan thanking him for the protection ahor
Cd missionaries in japan.
Several persons were injured and 5000
worth OF property destroyed by collision
tne Canada Pacific railway.
True bills against Editor Stead and the 9th
prisoners in the Armstrong abduction ca
have been found by the grand-jury.
Mrs. Langtry has been summoned to appe
10 court for refusing 10 pay her househo
aebfs. dressmakers bills, etc.
A manifesto has been issued at Dublin
the Patriotic union denouncing the Iri
National Land league.
Philippo2ols advices state that the annals
nation between Bulgaria and Eastern RO
mela Il completed.
English coal for making patent fuel
French men-of-war has been interdicted
the French government.
Tue u hoon economist thinks the Liner
wi win IN the com,ng eieclions, but that tn
vctory will be temporary.
The French commander at II 1noi teIegraI
tns be has defeated the Back Flags.
news causes great enthusiasm IN France.
Prnc- Alexander has summoned the wh
national militia et Bulgaria and East rn X,
mehaf Tor seryick N defense OF the country
The result OF th6 Sunday elections
Trance shows that there will ie 39l Rep
cans and Sl5 Consery atiyes In the new ch
Der.
.ihe shipbuildlng trade on the Clyde is gr,
depressed, over 20 percent OF the men be
Out OF emp oyment