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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
Storms i'm the South.

Last week the heaviest rain storm for years
prevailed through Alabama, doing great dam
age to agricultural and railroad property. In
Tennessee, Arkansas, and Virginia heavy floods
occurred and damage to the extent of many
thousand dollars was caused.
At Chattanooga Tenn, the loss has been very
great, trains being prevented from running in
and out of the city. 1t is estimated that at
least 5000 people are homeless in the city and
subsisting on public charity. Several people
were also drowned in the streets. About 1900
houses were inundated and damage to the ex-
tent of 100000 occasioned. The loss at Rome,
Ga will exceed $l,500000. At Decatur, Ala,
great damage was done to property. In West
Virginia great damage was done to the working
interests. and at one time it was thought that
the city Of Charestown would be inundated.
At Selma, Ala, the town was in total darkness
for some days, the gas works having been sub
merged. In the vicinity of the town nine
negroes were drowned on one plantation. The
loss generally i'll Alabama has been simply
enormous, thousands of horses, mules, cattle
and hogs having been swept away. Much
damage has been done throughout the entire
State to railroad property.
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The NaCaS nf Sin.

| John W. Dawson, a wealthy farmer of Perry
| Township, Ind, is 20 years of age and lived
| n happy life until few months ago, when
he introduced into his family youthful bride
| not more than 20 years of age. The old gen.
| tleman had number of grown children, all of
whom left the parental roof in high dudgeon
| when young Mrs Dawson appeared. After a
| short time oscar Dawson. the % yearod son,
returned home and undertook the management
| of the farm. His stepmother and himself soon
| became most excellent friends and everything
| went on very smoothly until one day last Fall
| they suddenly disappeared. They wentdirectly
to Indianapolis and lived together for some time
as man and wife, until at length the detectives
| whom Mr.. Dawson had placed on their track
ferreted them out and arrested them. They
were not prosecuted, however, but the elder
Dawson at once commenced suit for divorce
which was granted him on cOndl ton that he
should pay the young woman alimory in the
sum of $1,000. With this money the girl and
Oscar were preparing TO go to California, there
to start life anew and grow up with the coun-
try. A creditor of Mrs. Dawson, however, got
out an attachment against the alimony, and she,
supposing that she would lose the money, pro-
cured a poisonous drug, swallowed it, and set
out for the Dawson homestead, arriving there
almost in the throes of death. The fugitive
wife informed the servants that she was dying,
and in few moments expired. The ola farmer
found her dead body there when he came in to
dinner, and at once broke forth in violent i'm
precautions upon his ungrateful son. He after
wards made elaborate preparations for her
funeral, and charged her sin entirely upon
Oscar.
The next day, when young Mrs. Dawson's
body had been prepared for burial, the son,
looking sorrow stricken and detected, appeared
at the household and was ushered into the par
lor where the casllet lay. BE sat by the side Of
the body for several hours, his father coming
in occasionally, in spite of the exertions of
friends, and curSing him for his inidelity. To-
ward evening the young man took farewell of
the dead and wendell his way to town, proceed
ing at once to the residence of his brother,
where he stretched himself upon bed, and
was seen no more alive. The next morning he
was found there dead with a note by his side
explaining that the death of the woman he had
loved and the curses of his father had deprived
life of all its joys for him. The wife was buried
Sunday and the son on Monday, and the old
man is now living alone again.
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A Big SWindle.

Joseph Russ, David Evans and Charles II
King and five other prominent citizens of Cal
ifornia representing tho California Redwood
Company, land capital of $5,000,000, have
been indicted by the United States grand jury
at San Francisco for subordination of perjury
on the charge of obtaining $4,000 acres of the
best redwood timber land on the coast by paying
$50 apiece to 600 persons, to take up 100 acres
of Government lands each, and transfer them
to the company. syndicate formed in Scot
land purchased the land from the California
Redwood Company at $50 an acre. B. +. Ber-
gen, Special Agent of the Interior Department,
has been working up the cases for three months
Suits will be entered by the Government ia
recover the lands.
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A GranI Army Nan Cramatad.

The body of Col. J. H. Meredith, of New York
city, was cremated at Mt Olivet Crematory, OF
Friday last. His wife, niece, members o.
Lafayette Post, -, and few other friend:
witnessed the placing of the body in the retort
In accordance with the wishes of the deceased
the body was wrapped in cotton sheet and the
coffin was OF plain pine
Col. Meredith was the first Free Mason, the
first Grand Army man, and the first member Of
the New York Cremation Society whose body
has been cremated at Mt. Olivet. He was Il
years old, and was born III London, whore his
father was an attache Of the American Lega-
ton. He was an officer of the Thirteenth Con
necticut Regiment and also of the Eighty-sec
ond United States colored troops. He belonged
tosFarragut Grand Army Post, to Montgomery
Lodge of Free Masons, to Manhattan Com.
mandery, to the Royal Arcaneum, and to the
Press Club
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The Markets.

During the past week there has been little
change in the price of wheat. April brought
TAI May, go, and june 81. Corn: Cash, 36s
April, 335 May, SO, and June, 3Sb. Oats
Cash, 28b May, 80, June, 3oi. Rye, So Bar
and June, $9.G24. Lard: Cash, $5.95; May,
&C. aud june $6.02!. Boxed meats: Dry
sailed shoulders, $685. and $500; short ribs,
$537!, and $40; short clear sides, $3.50, and
$50.
Live stock: Shipping steers, 81 and $3.50;
stockers and feeders s.. so and 4.5O cows, bulls
and mixed, So and $3.50; bulk, 1915 and
1926. Hogs, rough and mixed, 80 and $40
packing and shipping, $4.2O and $3.50; light,
$3.50 and $4.35; skips So and $500. Sheep
Natives So and s.. Texans, 1915 and $4.25.
Best American dressed beef during the week
brought 134 cents per pound in England.
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Bodies On the Beach.

On Thursday last the badly decomposed body
of man was found near the mouth of Lynn
Haven Creek, Va, which was supposed to be
the body of Capt. Riggin, of the missing
day the body of lady, and near by that of a
little boy, were found on almost the identical
spot. The LADY was dressed, but her shoes were
not buttoned, as if she had slipped them on
hurriedly. Mrs. Riggin was on the vessel with
her children and husband, and there are good
reasons to believe these are the bodies of the
mother and one of her children. that the vessel
was the Anthea Godfrey, and that the eleven
souls on board were all lost. Impronptu collins
were made so the bodies could be buried, they
being very much decomposed, and then they
were placed near the grave of Captain Riggin.
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An Unlucky Operation.
fNeiC York HeruId.l

That is sad story which is told in our news
columns. 1t is about wart on woman's
cheek. It's removal by surgical operation
broke up happy home and drove her husband
distracted. 1t was wart of immense size and
adisfigurement. The woman who owned it, and
carried it about with her, and never dreamed
of getting rid of it, knew that she was not at
tractive. She attended to her business and was
the mistress of happy home. A cut with the
knife skillfully handled, however, and the wart
was gone, with no scar lett Then she looked
into the glass and thought herself beautiful.
Other people thought so too She grew vain,
she flirted. and now her husband says she has
disappeared The moral is, warts are good
things to have in the house.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
WHY He ShouId Not no Hanged.

A peculiar petition has been circulated in In
dianapolis for the communication OF the sentence
of the wife murderer Phillips from hanging to
life imprisonment. After killing his wife
Phillips mangled his own throat so severely
that ever since he has been living with an air
tube in his throat. The petition ssays: If he
is executed by hanging, the moose necessarily
encircling his neck above the opening Of the
tube will in no wise produce strangulation, or
in any way interfere with his respiration, and
thus his death must necessarily ensue from
sheer physical exhaustion. In the interest OF
humanity and enlightened civilization, your
petitioners would therefore pray the commu-
tation OF the sentence to imprisonment for life.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
A Clergyman RObs His Bride.

Rev. William Hammond, who became pastor
of the Free VIII Baptist Church at Franklin,
N. H., last September, at once began paying
court to the rich widow of DIR. Harrison w.
Broclway, and about three weeks ago they were
married Two days after the wedding Ham
mond induced his bride to sign her name on a
blank page in bank book on the Franklin
Bank, and on Wednesday he got a Boston
check for $4,000 by presenting the book.
He also got possession of a thousand-dollar
bond and some money in his wifes portmonaie,
and sold her furniture, receiving cash down.
Then he left for Boston, where he was arrested
last week at the house of a woman at the South
End
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
A Colorado Marshal's Lot is Not Happy One.

C. J. Creek, gambler, of Durango, Col, had
frequently boosted that Marshal Heck could
not take him alive. last week a warrant fol
Creeks arrest was placed in the Marshals hands
and the two men met in front of the Post-o office
When twenty feet away the Marshal, with
drawn revolver, ordered Creek to hold up his
hands. The answer was a shot, the ball pass
ing through Hecks body near the right nipple
The two men then emptied their weapons at
each other, standing almost in their tracks.
When the shooting was over the officer fell,
having received three shots in the body. He is
mortally wounded. Creek was shot once in
the side and once in the foot but neither
wound is dangerous.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
Tortured Before Lyncltns.

On the first inst a negro assaulted a five year
old child near Wayne5boro, Ga The freazied
father attempted to shoot the brute when the
latter was arrested, but was prevented by the
crowd, who preferred to innict a different pun
ishment. They took him from the officers and
tied him to an adjoining tree, then relay after
relay applied the whip to the wretch until it
was estimated that 400 lashe5 had been given.
The prisoner, bleeding and half dead, was then
turned over to the jailer. As darkness ap-
preached, the culprit was taken from Jail by q
mob and lynched.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
Geronimo surrenders and Afterwards Escapes.

Geronimo, Chihuaha, Mana and Matches,
with 30 bucks and As squaws, Internationally
surrendered to Gen. Crook near the San Ber-
nardino rancho on the Mexican line short
time since. The captivcs were placed in charge
of Lieutenant Maus, but during the night
escaped An immediate pursuit was com
menced, and Mama together with 9 bucks and
some women were recaptured, but up to the
present time the others have eluded pursuit.
1t is reported that Geronimo at the last meet
ing with Gen. Crook had his band in readiness
to shoot down the general and his officers, at q
given signal, but what prevented the murder
Gus design being put into execution is not
known.
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SnIn Of q ElnriIn Cattle Rnn~n,

One hundred and sixty-seven thousand two
hundred acres in Northern Hillsboro' and
Northern Manatee counties. Florida, have been
sold to wealthy capitalists from Wyoming Ter
ritory for a cattle range. The price to be paid
was S5l,500, all in cash Messrs. Hemilton &
Gertz, the parties interested in the above pur-
chase, report that the past cold Winter will
have the tendency to drive many more cattle
men South, and that Florida seems to be the
favored locality in which to continue their
busineSs
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
Disz on CrnMfnrd's Murder.

President Diaz in his message to the Next
can Congress says, regarding the killing of Capt.
Crawford by Mexican soldiers that the Mexican
force was composed of volunteers from Chihua-
hua, who naturally would not believe that the
Indians with Capt. Crawford were friends, for
according to the treaty, which permitted the
soldiers Of either Republic to cross the frontier
in pursuit of hostile Indians, only regular
troops were allowed to cross. The president
expresses regret at the occurrence.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
Quite Old Enough to Marry.

Edward Dunmore aud Mrs. Eliza Wilson
bride just turning so. A number of persons
were invited to witness the ceremony. Both
the lovers arc said to be quite vigorous, and
expect to spend the evening of the their lives
in nuedncH Hiss
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
Swift Retribu;iOn.

On Wednesday of last week, Peter Hermine
and his son. armed with rifles, approached the
premises of Eugene Walker in San Luis, Obispo
county, Southern California, and without a
word opened fire on Walker, who, with his
wife and child, was in the garden. Walker fell
dead Mrs Walker, though shot through the
arm and breast, picked up her child and ran to
a neighbours, where she died. On the follow
morning masked men took the prisoners out
and hanged them to q railroad bridge near by.
dispute about land was the cause of the
crime
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A Pound Keepers Sad Fate.

Geo w. Neal, the Newark IN. j. dog pound
keeper, who was bitten on the thumb by d
spitz dog about the time so many children were
injured in similar way at Newark, died last
week from hydrophobia after the most terrible
sutierings. The doctor who attended the I'M
fortunate man started for Paris on Saturday
last to be treated by Pasteur. He is afraid that
while waiting on the sick man he became in
oculated, through wound i'll his hand, with
some Of the virus.
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Great Fire at Key West.

Last week a fire of great magnitude occurred
at Key West, Fla, entaiing loss of upwards
of 81 100000. There were no means of fighting
the flames, as all the cisterns in the city were
dry, and had it not been for the officers and
men of the U. s. Steamers Brooklyn and Pow
hatan, the entire city would probably have
been destroyed. They fought the flames by
blowing up buildings in the track of the fire,
thus barring its progress. number of people
were severely burned and injured in other
WAYS during tho ontlagratiOn.
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A Lit.lo Child Shot and Killed.

colored servant girl, aged IL The girl picked
up an old pistol lying table, and pointing
it at the child pulled the trigger. The ball
passed into the little ones shoulder, causing
death quarter of an hour afterward. Didn't
know it was loaded.
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Took Up Collection for His Own Funeral.

Wash. Washington, a negro, was hanged at
Martin, Tex, Wednesday of last week, for the
murder Of Willis Durben. He was very anx-
ious to have respectable funeral, and for that
purpose he passed his hat round in the crowd
and collected S22 to dcfray the expenses of his
intermCnt.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
An American Killed in London.

C. S. Seyton, of New York city, was killed
in London. Eng, in a singular manner on the
1st inst. He was examining an electric gun of
American invention, which he was about to in
trOduce to British trade, when it was fired ac-
cidentaiy, putting a bullet straight through
Seyton's heart, killing him instantly.
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Death of a Man Who Helped to Capture John Brown

Serg't John NJ. Sherry died in Philadelphia
last week. He served in the Mexican war, and
for six years after is close was a clerk in the
Philadelphia Post Office, when he enlisted in
the marines. He was Sergeant in the Marine
Corps in October 1859, and on the 18th of that
month, while in barracks at Washington, got
orders to march, with 80 others, under Col.
Robert L. Lee, to help the Virginia militia in
suppressing the insurrecton of John Brown.
There were Is marines detailed to storm the
enginc-house at o'clock on the morning of
the 18th, and Sergt Sherry was one of them.
His arm added impetus to the ladder which
battered John Browns door in, and the man
who crossed the threshold ahead of him was
shot down by one of the Sharpes rifles that Old
Ossawattomie had brought from Kansas. From
that time until a year after the close of the
Serg't Sherry was on board the frigate
Lancaster and saw no more particularly active
service For the last 20 years he has done lit
tie or nothing, chiefly owing to the infrmties
caused by hardships in tho conflict with Santa
Anna.
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Chinese Exuediters Indicted.

Ore, on the 30th ult. returned indictments
against Nathan l.. Baker and Allen White
leaders, and seven others OF the mob who
drove the Chinese out of Oregon City, Feb. %.
The men were indicted under section 1886 of
the Revised Statutes relating to seditious con-
Spracy.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
Wrpckinp n Rni,road Train

A passenger train was wrecked near Parsons,
Kan, On Wednesday last week, BY some mis-
creant moving the shplates, thereby causing
the rails to spread. The plates were then
spiked down so that the rails could not posi-
bly, get into position as the train ran over them,
thus making wreck inevitable. The police
are on the track of the guilty parties.
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SCOTS EMULSION of PURE
Cod Liver Oil, with Hypopliosphites,

In Scr0fnI0itS and C0nSumptiue Cases
DIR. C. c. LOCKWOOD, New York, says: az
have frequently prescribed Scotts Emulsion,
and regard it as a valuable preparation in scrof-
ulous and consumptive cases. palatable and
etficacious."
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AUCTION SALES.
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Two HUNDRED LOTS in the beautiful
Il Westminster addition to be sold at auction
We will sell at auction on the premises on Satur-
day. Sept. 49, 1885, at O'Clock in the afternoon on
the corner of Mississippi st. and Magnolia zoo
lots in Westminster addition TO ST. raul; TINS me
property is without doubt the most desirable that
has been offered at auction this season, and
should call forth a very large attendance of
people that are in search of bargains in ST Paul
realty; the lots fronting on Mississippi ST. are al
well adapted for business purposes; the Tots in
the eastern part of the addition are unequaled
for residences while the western portion, with its
railway privileges offers very fine field for man
ufacturing, the Northern Pacihc railway passing
property Immediately adjoins the extensive pur-
chases lately made by the Northern Pachc COM
pany, and is near the proposed site OF the new
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it viii attain the proportion of boom, still the
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