Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-08-07
GENERAL NEWS.
r..,,. that have Transpired
During the Past Week.
.....A and Condensed from the Latest
''t. I.,..rspAie Dispatches Received
.,the Time Of Going to Press.
Domestic.

p ,,,sv a farmer near town, while
u: y .sttIe in the swamps, one and
hunuhg n. ~. east OF Sikeston, Mo-, found
snsn he was young man ana APP
nsn have been dead three or tour
days. -x the Trustee of the
-h sx.nne Methodist Mission, in
cassen - vas convicted OF indecently
Sroo5,; Sr,s;.s Latte Peters, Is years old, and
Ssuehter, Sennie, has been sen
40 20 tbe state prison for nine and one
half years. ,;.; -,
ar Tttle pirls who were outraged IN
tns n,,.ar, III county. Kentucky, by their teacher,
o'oIwrI w;I.on il not so serious and they VIII
one Nothing has been heard oil Wilson
20. beaten and driven hali-dead
s ~ voods, where it is thought he mas
Gps died. ~
Is rsars while bathing in the river at
..v;lls Ind, dived of the steamer Cald- |
I'n nd came up under the wheel, and be-
..s;.tanee could reach him was
sso~asd The body has not yet been re-
covered.
I.cob Byers gave himself up at the |
Tv,uty-second street police station at
c.;s.so Rivers is the man who quarreied
1ch,J Henry. and in the row struck
49, in the chest with his fist, knocking him
Ia-r Henry died while being taken to the
County Hospital. II is supposed Henry had
hesrt disease.
J.cob C;audaur will row Beach, the Aus
trsIan oarsman, on the insmes, on sep
s..,h.r IA for S., 900 side and the cham
uionship Of the world.
-Jobu Z. Leon, OF Mansfield, o., crossed
tAe Grand Chasm at Tallulah Falls on an
ncb and q half rope; 1,5OO feet long and
mspepded from cliff to cliff at a height oil
200 feet above the rapids. Four thous-
and people witnessed the feat.
The surveyors locating the line oil the
Atehisou, Topeka and Santa re, from
Jobuson Station, Southeast Branch, have
crossed the Red river west oil the Missouri
Pacific bridge, and from reliable sources 1t
bIsarned that they will stop at Denison,
Tsxss, and disband their corps at that
pses about Tuesday next.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
road has added three elegant new dining
can TO its passenger traffic. The cars costs
$4,000 each.
The extension OF the Covington and
Macon Railroad to some point in Florida is
ina fair vay to be speedily built. A survey
ineeorps n now being organized, and pion-
ssr : riding southwark from Macon blazing
eatthe way.
"A collision OF the passenger trains oil
ths Chicago and Alton and Jacksonville
and Southeastern occurred at the crossing
of the lines ut Girard, ILL.,, with the trains
nom the north. By the evidence from
passengers on both trains conflicting
rsports were given as to who is responsible
for the accident. As usual, the trains
pulled out OF virden, four miles north, to-
pther, their tracks laying parallel from
there to the crossing just at the limits OF
our city and race for the crossing often
occurs. The collision was at the crossing,
the Jacksonville and Southeastern running
into the Chicago and Alton, throwing the
Jacksonville and Southeastern from the
track and considerably damaging both en-
pnes, with no further damage to cars or
passengers. The responsibility OF the acci-
dsnt rests on the question OF right ofway.
The report comes from Hutchinson,
ninn., that several persons have died there
suddenly and the people fear an epidemic
An Investigation showed the victims had
been eating picked beefcontaining poison.
"A irightful accident befell q stone-cutteI
named Gallagher who was working neal
Hot Springs, Ark. A break occurred in tn,
derrick, causing the ponderous machinery
to iall. Gallagher was under it, and tn,
derrick descended with lightning speed upor
him, striking him senseless. His left lie,
was crushed almost to a Jelly and the righ
leg was broken below the knee. Despite hi
hightful injuries, Gallagher was sent to hi
home in Little Rock alive.
Jerry Shehan Of Austin Texas, Stable,
and killed his brother recently. Whiskey.
Miss Flora Wctherbee, a popular an,
nshiy respected young lady OF Rutlan,
Vermont, has been arrested for stealth
hncy articles from the store of her employ
G.
AT the same time that the Illinois Gen
trai arranged to extend its lines north an
south, it continued to declare the regular
per sent semi-annual dividend.
Edwin Fitzgerald, General Manager c
tne hanawha Dispatch, which is operate
over the Big Four and Huntington system
m TO sever his connection with that line o
the LIST Of next month.
1t is estimated that five miles Of sbe,
dng will have to be built on the Canadia
Paeiic Railway in the Selkirks; that m
cost viii be about 81 200, 600 and that N
sheds VIII be completed by the 1st OF %
eember. " ~
Mrs. keintx, an old lady residing
dubuque, To-, cut her throat recent
sverng the windpipe. A physician W,
sened and the wound sewed, but il is doub
hl il she recovers.
II. W. Hardin, a well-knovn orocer
tssper Of Sedaha, Mo-, Committed sn;c;ds
O'Clock Saturday Afternoon by shoot;
himself in the head behind the right ear WI;
oall rom q 32-caliber revolver. Sor
.nre weeks ago Hardin was adiudsed
ssne' but he regained his reason. a. w
supposed, and resumed his business. +
1ty ne has been acting queerly, and /
oms Gays past those most intimate wi
I'm nave considered him insane. He W
tseo 70 carry weapons, however. a
snd came this afternoon, when he kin
mmssn IN his own store. He leaves a "
$40 nve children. An inquest will be he
"A peculiar suicide took place in st. ],
40, oy Q man, supposed to be a tai
med fster Paulson, deliberately Wall
mo tne river and drowning himself
as seen to walk down the river banL n,
sne Francis Street Depot, by the depot ,
sce, and the next seen Of him his bodv !
sss s.soa.ins down the river, and sank alb,
thirty .s,r.y rods below where he plunged into
s.rs reami n The body has not yet been rec
80. .y heayy drink and family trout
were undoubtedly the cause.
No., has closedI wv '"ee' opf'
Upton, No., Temperance cam,u.s,
has closed. 'ali p-niee'
"A son OF James Davis was drowna,
the river at Alton, III. ' u'o"ne'
The Milwaukee saenrer,estI..raa.h
10000 of paying e1peHses' s.eS' lacked ao
Ihenry Hans was kiIie5 IN ,.