Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-04-26
NEWS SUMMARY.
TRAMPs AND HORSE THIEVES I'm
GRANT COUNTY, wIsOoNsIN.
An Insane Woman Kills Her Daughter
and Dangerously Wounds Five
Others-A Fire Damp
Explosion.

1n0 cXlSIonC0 OF y gang OF trampo anO
horse thieves is reported in Grant
county, Wisconsin. ''Horses, cattle,
sheep aud hogs have been stolen In
great number, and In but few instances
recovered. The band of outlaws are be-
lieved to have headquarters in hut at
secluded spot on the Wisconsin river,
and are creating great terror by com
pelling women and children to yield to
their demands and helping themselves
10 property. A posse of men armed
with Duskets and headed by efioers
are oD their track"
Near Port Monmouth, New Jersey,
early on Friday morning, the wife Of j
Monroe Smith, being insane, killed her
FOUR -ear.old daughter, Edna. and
dangerously, If not mortally, wounded
Rufus, aged 13; Bessie, aged IL, and
Aida, aged z. Two other children es
capped by locking themselves ina room
Mrs. Smith had taken poison before
hand, and at last accounts Was in q
critical condition. She had been in the
insane asylum.
On Saturday afternoon o small boy
dropped q lighted cigar stump down
he shaft Of the Rush Run Coal Com
pAHy's mine, fifteen miles north OF
Wheeling, West Virginia. The mine
had been idle for several weeks and
was full OF fire damp. In an Instant
there was terrible explosion, flames
shot out OF the pit and all the buildings
around the mouth Of the shaft were de-
etroyed, together with several hundred
feet of trestle work and a quantity Of
Icoal.
A lawyer, named Lawrence, waf
heard In Chicago on Saturday on the
charge Of having received from q bur
Iglar named O'Dowd fine watch,
knowing 1t to be stolen. The watcf
was afterwards presented to Justic'
Meecn by coterie Of friends, mum
> ber OF gamblers and saloon keepers
names being on the list. Lawrence wa
neia 70 answer IN the Orlmlnal court II
SeOo Dali.
1t Is reported from Sonora, Mexico
that Apaches recently attacked th'
Budo Secs ranch, 25 miles east Of Mag
delena, killed three men and two wo
: men, and destroyed quantity OF pro
eIIcrty. 1t is also said that Indians
supposed 10 DC part OF eeronlmo'
6ano' attacKsd q ramon near SAINT
! OIuz, mexico, anu kiileu namper Q
rancners'
The lower portion Of Las Vegas, New
Mexico, is inundated by freshet Il
the Rio Gallinas, which flows throng
ne Town; eevera, DI,uges' inc Poss
d Once anu many uWeiii1gs w nave Use
swept away, anu inc Oo9tinehtal "
company warehouse anu tne Foun
mouse anu otner puiIoIngs OF t1e oan'
q re hAiiroau nave peen wrecked.
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