Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-11-06

/ QuctOr informed the CITY marshal LldL Lltre
was an insane negro aboard. The marshal
/ entered the coach, and as he did SO the negro
[ spraug at HIM, Et4Dblng him IN the 6houl-
I der. The officer struck the negro twice, but
I was himself knocked down. and the crazy
man began cutting among the pas56u1 6r55
| WOunding many. An old man picked up the
/ officers pistol and succee ding IN thru ting
it against the negrO'5 head and blew out his
brains. A number Of passengers were very
seriously hurt.
A well dressed man. in aIightiug from the
/ grip car of a moving train, on the street
| cable road at Eight and locust streets, kan
/ sas City, stepped in the wrong direction lost
his balance and fell across the track be-
[ tween the cars. Tie wheels of the rear car
passed over his neck, almost seVerlng the
| head from the body and killing HIM IN
stantly. The deceased proved TO be KEY. X.
] Il. Pierce, pastor of the Methodist church at
l Butler, Mo-, who has been attending the dis
/ trICt, conference at Independence. His re-
mains await the arrival of friends. No
/ blame is attached to the train men.
| A singular suit for bigamy has just been
dOcketed IN Tanning county, Georgia. A
suit for divorce has Tor some time been
| pending on behalf of Mrs. Jenny Lind Or
| ton against her husband. The jury has
| granted her the desired release from CON
| iugal bonds. While the jury was out, ana
| before II had repOrtedlts finding so anxious
was Mrs. Orion to CllnCh matters that sue
| appeared before a justice Of the peace and
was married TO a farmer, Jasper Weaver.
The Indictment for bigamy, since found
alleges that at the hour OF the pretended
marriage to Weaver the woman was still
the lawful wife of orion. The case will be
called up at the next term of court.
Joseph j. O'Donahue, prominent New
York merchant, wrote recently 10 MOEsignOr
Preston, asking a letter to inform him il
there was any foundation in fact for the as
sertiOn made by Henry Georges supporters
that the Catholic clergy were favOrably dis
posed towards the latter's candidacy Tor
mayor. The mOnslgnOr replied that he
could state with confidence that the great
majority CT The Catholic clergy in the city
were opposed to the candidacy of George;
that they thought his principles unsOuud,
unsafe, and contrary to the teachings of the
church. and which logically carried out
would prove the ruin of WOrkingmen TO
whom he processes to be friend.
Chambers Miller Of Sewiekly, Pa, holds
the theory that natural gas is confined IN the
earth in a fluid state, and he has just filed
caveat for patent which is destined to con-
duct this fluid to the surface and into re-
ceptacles Tor It's preservation If this theory
should prove correct, 1t will be the greatest
discovery OF the a 20, as the fluid brought to
the surface and confined at p pressure of say
COO pounds to the square inch can be utilized
IN an i1cOnceivabIe extent as fuel A loco
motive, for instance, with a few gallons of
fluid would have q supply of fuel sufficient
to run IL from Plttsburg to Chicago, ana an
ocean steamer would require but a few bar
the theory viii IN all probability be made az
an early date.
Mrs. Mary Dolan and Miss Nora Moran
were assaulted by negro IN Chicago. The
purpose of the assault was robbery, and the
assa1lant succeeded IN 2tt1ng $40 from
Mrs. DOlan. IheWOman sreamed for help,
and the negro knocked LIS. DOlan to the
ground with his hst. The baby of the unfOr-
tunat5 woman, which she was carrying, set
up a cry as it was dashed violently TO the
sidewalk, and the rutliqn made a vicious
kick at ii, which took effect IN The mothers
abdomen, rendering her unconscious. The
brute then kicked the PROSTATE woman ia
the face and head until she presented a
frlghtful appearance. She will probably
die. 4 he negro picked mp her hand EatcLel
and started away on ran. He OyeI took
Miss Moran. felled her to the ground bv
blow with his inst, then chOked and kicked
hsr until she too was senseless and bleeding
The negro escaped.
It is Tt ported that ex-Msyor Lamb, of
Norfolk, and Representative George ID.
Wise, of Richmond, may fight a duel.
Lamb is a republican, a man Of nerve and
courage, and for many years the stauuCh
support of Senator MOhOne. The trouble
between Lamb and Wise indirectly grew out
of the recent convention OF Knights of
Labor at hichu o d. ~ G exc tement q at
followed the cOlOred man. q preTeuce among
the white people in the theaires caus-
ed a discussion that spread more or less
throughout the state. In Norfolk, Col.
Of people of both races, after denOuuclug
the action of the democrats in the matter,
referred to the candidate of that party for
congress in the Richmond district and
charged certain very disreputaDle things
against Wise. Congressman D5zendOrf, of
NOrthfOlk, says the meeting between Wi5e
and Lamb seems inevitable.
The following additional particulars re-
garding the late fight on the Grow reserva-
ton between party of Crows and Sioux
Hg1kn5 Ina
have Just been reported at Ft. keOgh, Mont.
An expedition left the AanktOn agency a
short time ago with the avO % ed intention of
raiding the Crow camp on the Little Rose
bud. COncealing their horses in a rayine,
they went into the timber t. r6COnnOltrs.
The horses were found by the Crows and
identified, and a search made and the Sioux
Ovsrtaken, when fight occurred resulting
in the killing of two Sioux, three Grows,
and the WOunding of three of the latter.
The remaining Sioux escaped to Fort Gus
ter and reported the fight. The Crows held
a war dance over the dead bodies of the
Sioux, shooting them full of holes, and cut
ting OF the head of one with an axe. The
report says the Crows are putting on paint
and preparing for war.
Constable Pierce of Des Moiues, Ia. who
for nearly "a year past has been very active |
in searching saloons and prosecuting sup
posed vic, atOrs of the prOmbitory law, eZ-
perienced some grief the other day. he was
indicted by the United States grand jury for
interfering with The United States mails. ]
One evening recently Pierce was discovered
rummHgiug around in the interior of the
pOst0thce. He was ordered out by the gov
ernmcnt employees, but refused to go until
the police were telephOued for. The indiCt-
ment grew out of this case. A man named
Potts, a former partner of Pierce in the
searching business, was also indicted for
selling liquor without a government license. !
The evidence showed that Pierce was in the
habit after making a haul IN a saloon, of
turning the bulk Of the goods over to Potts,
who keeps a lunch stand on the east side,
posed of them in violation of both state and
federal laws.
= The proceedings of the court martial con
vened in Washington City for the trial of
Captain William S. johnson, United States
army, retired have been made public.
Captain Johnson was tried upon charges of
duplicating pay accounts, and the court
martial returned the verdict guilty.
Lieutenant General Sheridan, who reviewed
the proceedings, set aside the verdict. The
lieutenant general says: The accused ad-
mitted the execution of two sets of vouchers
for ms pay for the same month. Evidence
shows that he allowed these vouchers TO pass
beyond his control, so that both were pre-
scented and paid. The government was
thereby exposed to fraud, for which Captain
Johnson cannot be held ansWerabie- The
release Of the accused from arrest has been
ordered and the court martial dissolved.
This action on the part of the lieutenant
general in diFprOVing the findings of the
court, and acqulttlng the ascused, IS said
to be almost without precedent IN the adj
ministi alton of mill airy justice. The ac-
cused stands almost in the same position
he occupied before the trial, although he
cannot be tried again for the same Offense.
FOREIGN.