Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-08-07

son.
st Louis kas been selected by the North !
American Saengerbund for it's meeting next
year.
Two herders on Coffey's ranch, near |
Andrew Station, Neb., were killed by light |
ming.
A fruit-evaporator at Carlyle, ILL.,, be- |
longing to c. Z. and w. A. Trescott, burn |
ed.
An unknown man was found dead in a |
public road near San Antonio, Texas, hav- |
ing been murdered.
George Williams, son OF an attorney at !
California, Mo, had his foot badly mashed
by the cars.
Mexican troops are gathering at Paso
del Norte, and affairs are taking warlike
appearance.
Gen. Grants old regiment, the Twenty
first Illinois, will have Il reunion at Mat
toon on September 20.
"A young girl named Sarah Carr COM
mitted suicide ut keokuk, Iowa, by jump
ing off the bridge into the river.
C. ID. Mckenzie, a railway bookkeepcr
of Ashland, Ky, is short $4,000 in his
accounts and is missing.
Gen. Sparks has written to Senator
Cockrell, showing that there is nothing COM
ing to the old Missouri Home Guards.
Thomas ballard of Mcdonald, Pa,
died of injuries inflicted by his wife, who
poured coal oil on him and set it on fire.
Hinton Il. Helper of Three Americas
railway fame, reported dead, shows up alive
and exceedingly wide awake in Buenos
Ayres.
Julius Fredesicks, one Of the Greedy ex-
peditiOn survivors Indignantly contradicts
recently published stories rejecting on
Greedy.
. Attorney General Garland intimates in
connection with New York editorial COM
ments on him. that he is not going to resign
just yet.
Near DeLeon, Tex, negro assaulted
Mrs. Ben Stephens in her house. She fought
him OFF and attempted to run away, when
he shot and killed her. He was captured.
William II. Bolton, Chief of the Second
class Matter Department at the Chicago
| Post-otfice, has been arrested on a United
States warrant charging him with "A shortage
| in his accounts. The amounts are 1854
| in his official account with the Western
News Company and $500 in his official ac-
count with the Chicago Daily News both
covering period between October, 1884,
and october, 1885. Col. Bolton admits
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account for the discrepancy.
Willie ohnson was drowned while bath
ing at Evansville, Ind.
"A heavy hail storm near Grafton and
st. Thomas, OAK, did much damage.
| The preliminary report Of the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue shows an in
crease in collections for 1885 of 81, ,4S1, :
724.
The wife of Thomas ballard, McDon-
aid, (Pa.) miner, threw coal oil over him
and set it atire. He died from the burns.
Two Critteuden boys under arrest in
Graves County, Ky, for stabbing attempt
| ed to escape. Constable Milton killed one
and wounded the other.
4 -Sixty-seven enemies of Parson Downs
in the Bowdoin Square Baptist Church,
Boston, have been expelled by the pastor s
friends.
Tony Pfeifer, Dubuque Qo.) rough,
persisted in talking to Mrs. Patrick Har'
rington, although her husband objected
) and killed the latter when he interfered.
| Herbert \. Smith, formerly Treasurer
! Of the defunct American Mortgage
and Investment Company, has been ar
rested in 6oston, charged with embezzle
ment.
, Frank Dunn was arrested by Detectiv,
, Browning of st. Louis, who is of on n sicl
leave, at Milwaukee,, Wis, for the murder
r Of a police officer at Kansas City.
Fred Winkleman, young druggist o
Cincinnati, o., has been arrested on charg
of causing his brides death in endeavorini
e to procure "a miscarriage.
. Two OF the Indiana school trustees
1 John Grimsley and Z. III. Brown oil Davies
County, have returned to Wilmington, Ind
r and declare their intention of remaining.
T Wilbur Ayers, South Norwalk Conn.
e merchant, entered his ice box and was i'm
prisoned by patent lock. He ncari
e iroze to death before he managed to extr
cate himself.
: Fourteen railroaders near Sedan, Kan
= mixed buttermilk with prohibition whisky
= = and we're poisoned. They recovered afte
' severe exertions on the part of physician'
-, -Sewall Faunce, a boy from BostoI
was killed by the falling of a snow arch
Tuckerman's ravine, Mount Washington
q Miss Pierce of New Bedford was seriousl
q injured.
y The trial OF Harlan p. Tracy, the Elm
wood banker, charged with embezzlemen
=, has begun at Peoria. Several OF the Leaf
!, ing lawyers of Peoria have been engaged b
y the creditors and the defense, and ever
point RAISED Will Dt stuOOOfuiy iOush
Testimony given was chiefly that OF depot
Oh tors as to the time when deposits we
u made.
:, Conrad Wiseman, a farmer residing
III the town of Hanover, ILL.,, has been arrestt
on the charge of numbering his own son.
- A special Grand Jury has now been
ha session q week investigating the charg
hs made against Superintendent Gleason oil q
,a Poor Farm at st. Joe, Mo. Over sevent
five witnesses have been examined, al
more than that many are yet to be hear
IN The case is exciting much interest, and
ly still the talk Of the town. This investig
as ton had considerable to do with intensii
d. ing the feeling at the late primary electio
and undoubtedly defeated several OF the ca
" didates. The work kofinvestigation will n
at be complete for couple Of weeks yet, a.
ng fresh witnesses are offering themselves dai
TN Edward Copps and Charles Dingms
me two Young men who have long entertain
In a grudge against each other about a you
as lady, got into q bloody fight at Niant
ae Macon county, and Dingman sta aboed COZ
iof ic in the left breast within two inches OF
len heart, cutting cash nearly two inches 10
'As Dingman was placed under $500 Dol
NO Copps' condition il serious. The result
ied the wound will not be known for seve
',T 'ne days. The young men are members OF Z
'io' old families OF the county, and have here
oe, fore borne good POPULATIONS.
~ ~ Police officer Walter Israel, OF Detr'
He Mich, was fatally shot by Polish labo
.ar named Spynjac, who had been abusing
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