Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-11-13

| y iloater was found in the Arkansas
River at Little Rock, Wednesday afternoon
dressed in an ordinary business suit and
with only one boot on. He had railroad
ticket from Dallas, Tex, to Atlanta, Ca.
in his pocket and several photos. lie was
about five feet ten inches in height. dark
hair and sandy mustache. He had been in
the water about twenty-iour hours.
Mrs. Carl Worth was fatally burned
Wednesday at Galveston, Tex. By the irni
tion Of a pot OF varnish which her husband
was warming on the stove. The hapless
lady was burned almost to a crisp before
the flames which enveloped her could be
| eXtinguished, and death ensued after sew
cral hours vi terrible agony, which strong
narcotics could control.
-Qlrence Wilgus, Of iFredericktown, Ohio
aged 10 years a brakeman on the Balti.
more and Ohio Railroad, was killed Wednes.
day morning at Mount Vernon. He had
hccn on the road only week, and had been
married only few days.
| An unknownwhite man was found dead
| at Little Rock, Wednesday morning lie
| was OF small statue and black hair and
mustache. Near him was found a valise
J containing clothing. Nothing was discov-
| cred by which the remains could be identi-
| fed.
| Capt. l.. JORDAN, well-known IN Cortulia,
| Tex, and Tuesday elected County Treas.
i urer, was Wednesday accidentally shot ana
| fatally wounded by Dump SpOhn. of En-
| cinal. \ pistol which Spohn was careless
| ~ handling exploded. the ball passin.
| through Jordan's body.
| A young man named Henry Blakcs'ee
| was struck by train No. 1, Wednesday Mt
Larncd, kas, and instantly killed. lie re.
sided near Dundee, III Barton County, and
was here attending Il circus.
The east-bound st. Louis limitedD on
the roai Wednesday morning ran into a
party oi Italian laborers engaged in ballast.
ing at Hawkins. They had stepped on the
east-bound track TO avoid west-bound
freight, which was then passing. Two OF
them were instantly killad and two others
fatally injured.
Charley Skinner. son Of Sam Skinner a
cattle;nan who was on his way to Vinita
!. l., with cattle. met with a terrible acci-
dent that cost him his life. 1t occurred at
Aubrey, Tex, the first station north of
Denton, on the Texas and Pacific Railroad
The train that the deceased was on was
standing still and he was on the platform
when another train backed into il with
such lOrce that it threw him between the
two cars and crushed his head SO that il
was not over five inches wide at any point
Death was instantaneous. lie was a mar
rled man. and his wife had preceded him on
the passenger train the day before to the
Territory, where they intended making
their home with their parents.
Ar De- roit. TUESDAY night Joseph Me-
hco"n was shot and killed at his home
According to the young man who claims to
nave been a witness To the shooting the.
deed was done by Francis Shiver, who
the murdered mans brother-in-law.
koy making the statement is a brot
|Iiver. He says five shots were firec
20 OF which took effect. No one es
Sair. and owing To various dis
story is doubted. and
that the yo1Y re
F. NJ. Jones hocratI W.,
and instantly killedsat Il voting
Muhenburg County, KY, by J. F. RI y
(Republican). The killing is said .
been unprovoked. Randolph was drS
Surveyor Hanz :. Beattie. who
shot by discharged custom inspector -
the Custom House in New York City last
Monday. is much improved. His physi
clans report upon his condition is most
encouraging. The ball, which is lodged in
the muscles of the left side has not vet
been probed for or even located, but as the
patient has no internal hemorrhace it is
believed that the ball did not touch "A vital
spot. Under the influence OF morphine the
Surveyor passed n comfortable night
A heavy frost occurred at Biloxi, Miss,
and along the coast Saturday night.
Seventeen stores at Franklinton, y. c.,
were destroyed by fire Saturday. Loss,
$4,000.
"A new postoffice in Dakota has been
named Bartholdi by the postoffice depart
ment.
The Philadelphia city councilhas voted
TO postpone indefinitely any action on the
Impeachment OF the mayor.
Michael Davitt has been recalled to
Ireland as soon as practicable aud will
probably leave America in a month.
The National educational association
has accepted the invita- ton OF Mayor Har-
rison to meet in Chicago in July, 1887.
Allen Thorndyke Rice has been nom.
mated for congress in the Tenth New York
district by the Irving hail democrats.
The Chicago, Kansas and Western rail-
road has been completed to Winfield Kan,
giving short line to Topeka and Kansas
City.
The French guests OF New York city
visited the departments of the board OF
education andPwere otherwise entertained.
Secretary Manning resumed control OF
the treasury department and signed all the
mail requiring the secretary's signature.
-Ex-City Comptroller Theodore 7. Cur
ney of Chicago, who was stricken with par
alysis some three months ago, is dying in
that city.
The Kansas and Colorado railroad
company and the Kingman agricultural
works have filed their charters with the
Kansas secretary OF state.
The convention OF locomotive engineers
in New York city settled down to hard
work Saturday and has resolved to de-
cline all further invitations.
The steamer Lake Huron OF the Canada
shipping company grounded at Belle Classe,
below Quebec, Saturday. The passengers
landed in safety.
The Toledo. Peoria and Warsaw rail-
road was sold in Chicago Saturday for
S4,97O,O 900 to John n Bowers, represent
ing the first mortgage bondholders.
j. H. Holway, purchasing agent OF the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railway,
has resigned 70 accept similar position
with the Colorado Midland road.
-Arrangsments have been completed in