The Osceola times., 1886-10-23
GRIMES AND CAsuALTIEs.


Lawier, a wealthy Mcatreal widow, on
the night of the iith, chloroformed the In.
mates and carried of all the silverware
and jewelry in the house, valued at 5000
SAN HADDKS, crippled soldier. quar-
relied with his father at Byron, Mich, on
the 18th. The son, who is hot tempered
fellow, went 10 the house, secured re-
volver and returned to the scene OF the
quarrel Aiming at his father he shot him
five times, every shot striking in vital
spot
Sabine Pass, Tex, was totally destroyed
by the water Of the Sabine river. Sixty
five lives are known to have been lost. A
hotel with fifteen or twenty guests was
swept out into the bav and all were lost
The town of Eastport, Me., was visited
by a disastrous conf grafton on the lith.
THE steam barge Selah Chamberlain
sank in collision with the John Pridgeon,
Jr., on Sheboygan, Wis, on the lith.
THE extensive siass factory of King,
Son & Co., at Pittsburgh, Pa, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire on the night OF the
isth. Loss, $1,000; fully insured.
LATEST reports indicate that fnlly ninety
lives were los. by the terrible food at
Sabine Pass, Tex, and that every house
in the place was demolished except two.
The condition Of the survivors is ptiable
in the extreme, calling fer prompt efforts
TO afford them relief.
Two weeks ago Nicholas Schumacher,
living east of Hersey, Mich, disappeared,
and search for his bely was without sue
cess until the 18th, when two boys, while
fishing, came across his body In a creek.
post-mortem examination indicate
that death resulted from being hit on the
head several times by some blunt instru-
ment. The whole affair is a mystery.
THE beautiful mansion of Lord Ken
more, who is looked upon os one of the
most severe landlords in Ireland, was re-
ported TO be burning on the 18th. The
mansion Is located on the bank Of the
lower lake at Killarney, and is known as
Killarney House.
CANON BIANcHTsf, while leaving st.
Marks cathedral at Vienna on the Iith,
was STABBED to the heart by a man who
cried, "Behold thy victiml" The ASA ssin
was arrested and proved to be Sig. Wan
ELI, formerly deacon, whose conversion
TO Professionalism caused a futter among
Catholics few years ago.
THE Windsor Hotel. at Roselle, N. j.,
was burned on the 18th, and Johanna
Sullivan, a Iaundress, perished in the
flames,
KosNIrsKy, alias Bismarck, charged
with the Haddock murder at Sioux City,
Ia, arrived at Sioux City on the 18th,
from San Francisco, in charge of an off,
Ger.
COUNSEL for the doomed Anarchists at
Chicago say they are very confident the
executions will be put off to give time for
the Supreme Court ruling.
Two sardine factories, two hotels, thirty
dwellings, the stom-house, post -offlce
and a large number OF business houses
were destroyed by the fire on the morn
ing Of the 18th at Eas'port, Me-, causing a
loss Of half a million dollars and throwing
two thousand persons out of employment.
RoBEgr JAMESON, n stonemason, about
twenty -eight years old, was instantly
killed at Detroit, Mich, on the 10th, by
being knocked from a scaffold by fall
ing stone at the new eneine-house on Rus
sell street. The scaff bid was twenty five
feet above the ground.
The jury In the case Of Janitor Titus for
the murder OF Tile Smith at Belvidere,
n. j., rendered n verdict of murder in the
the first de rec on the 18th. Foreman
Lake burst into tears after announcing the
verdict.
CAPTAIN BAILEY, bar pilot at Port
Eads, La, reports that there were twen-
ty-six lives lost during the recent storm
on the bay leading from the gulf in the
direction OF and back of the quarantine
station.
The gale which visited Buff llo, N. Y,
on the night Of the l4th di vast amount
OF damage. For a time the wind reached
n velocity of seventy miles an hour. On
the lake front in the vicinity Of what IL
known as the sea wall, forty small houses
We're totally destroyed by wind and water
and their occupants had to ny for their
lives. Several person, are known to have
perished.
RrPoRrs continue 10 come in adding 10
the casualties from the recent tidal wave
on the gulf coast. Up TO the ls'h the loss
OF life was known to be fully three hum
dred, with the chances in favor Of the
total being further augmented.
OK the 18th half of the town OF Stockton,
Utah, was b irnel.
on the 18th W. W. German committed
suicide at Philadelphia.
The British steamer Juliet is reported
lost off the Bahamas,
OK the l7th fire destroyed the Sherman
Hall block at St. Paul, MINI.
FIRE destroyed wharfboat and dam
aged steamer at Granville, Ind, on the
18th.
AT indianapolis on the 18th, Henry
Reigler shot his wife seriously and himself
fatally.
OK tn, night OF the l7th n great fire oc-
CURED at Salisbury, MI. causing, as esti-
mated, 81 100000 damage.
LISsEY MCKINLEY, who killed John
Mari in at Evansville, In l., on the 18th, was
indicted on the 10th, before his victim was
buried.
THE schooner Emillne, with n crew OF
twenty-six mon, is reported lost on the
west coast Of Newfoun Hand.
Os the 10th Leon Nandermissen. the
wife murderer, was found guilty at Brus-
sells, Belgium, and was sentenced TO ten
years. imprisonment.
On the 18th Mrs. Leader, wife of Lon
don butcher threw herself and five chill
dren into the Thames river, and all ex.
cepting one child were drowned.
MIsCELLASEO
A conMCXIc NrlDy from Minister West
has been transmitted hy the Department
OF State TO the War Department. calling