The Osceola times., 1886-10-02
A yuxfoHr train on the Buffalo. New

A yuxroHr train on the Buffalo. New
York & Philadelphia railroad was thrown
of the track at Holland, N, Y, on the 22d
by broken wheel Thirty-f coal and
oil cars took fire. making a terrific blaze.
The cars and their contents are q total
loss.
Owe HUNDRED pounds Of gun cotton and
nitro -glycerine exploded at the Giant
| Powder works near West Burkley. Cal, on
the 25l. Two Cinnamon were killed and
the property was slightly damaged.
Ar Wahoo. Neb., on the 2sd. three men,
claiming to be agents Of a mutual benevo-
lent insurance association, were detected
In attempting TO dispose Of several forged
notes signed with names of well-known
farmers. Two Of them escaped. The one
who was captured refuses to talk.
The leader Of a company Of German
swinders has been captured in Hamburg
by London detectives. The sums realized
by the swindling operations of the gang
are said to amount to 10000 francs.
ALFREp d. RoNcERAy, twenty-five
years ofage, son of a former United States
Consul at Porto Rico, committed suicide
at Washington on the 23d, by shooting
himself through the head. He recently
lost his position in he Post Office Depart
ment, and took his life while dependent.
MRS. ALICE Tire NIB died at Omaha,
Neb., on the % |. from the effects of being
turned by lamp explosion. A gentle-
man caller and her brother, in attempting
to extinc uish the flames, were severely
burned She was visiting friends in Ona-
ha. Her husband Is chief engineer OF
Cane Cod canal.
JULES GAUvREAU, belonging to one OF
the best families in Lower st. Lawrence,
has confessed TO a shortage of 5000 In his
accounts. He was employed by A. Gold
st.in & Sons, tohacconists, CO Montreal.
FRANK S. HUMPHREYS was hanged at
Milledgeville, Ga, on the "a h.
Mps. C. II. RUDOLPH. bride Of few
weeks at Baltimore, MI, committed sui
eide on the oath.
THREE soldiers were killed and twenty
wounl ed in a railroad collision near Ber-
lin on the 24ih.
Four officials connected with the Gin
cinnati Board of Public Works have been
arrested on charges of embezzlement.
FoRTy- FIVE persons were killed and six
teen injured by the explosion of fire damp
in a coal pit near Schalke, Germany, on
the oath.
THE schooner Mary Ann was cut in two
by the schooner Sumnerset in ST. John
(Newfoundland) bay, and four persons
were drowned.
In a fight between moonlighters and
p licemen at Fealebridge, County Kerry,
Ireland, on the 2ifh, one Of the former
was shot AMI Twelve taken prisoners.
MoRITzA FISCHER, of M. A. Fischer &,
Co. forei N agents, London, was fatally
assaulted AMI robbed in a compartment
car ON the London Underground railway
ON the oath.
Allegheny Valley railroad ran into the
second section near Lognnsport, Pa, on
the morning OF the 2ith, and both trains
were demolished. After the accident the
cars took fire and were irely consumed.
The loss will reach $4,000. No one was
injured.
On the 25th eight persons, including
three Glasgow magistrates, were suffo-
Gated while view ing n monster blast at the
Lochfyneside quarries, near Glasgow.
Seven tons Of powder were used in the
blast.
OK the 25th w. f. Owens, president and
manager oil the Grange Business Associa-
tion at Roseburg, Ore, committed suicide
by blowing out his brains. He had been
specializing in wheat and wool.
FIRE destroyed the Forest City Rolling
mills at Cleveland, o., on the 25th. The
mill had been idle nearly two years; loss,
50, 1000.
DURING recent storms lightning started
fires In the Yellowstone Park, and i'm
mense bodies Of timber have been de-
stroyed. The Black Tail mountains are
one mass of sm king ruins.
CHARLIE A. HAND, prominent hotel
keeper of Sarnia, Ont, has been arrested
charged with having attempted, in June
last, to blow up the residence Of ]. G. Nc
Crae an Thomas House, prominent sup
porters Of the colt Temperance act.
OK the 2Gth fire DESTROYED $4,000 worth
Of property at Rnckaway Beach.
On the 26th Benjamin Gardiner, mis- wife
and daughter-in- law, were struck by
train on a railroad crossing near Poquon-
mock, Conn, and killed.