Daily Republican., 1886-04-28
NEWS SUMMARY.
OF TEE LEvEE AT AUS
TIM MISS.
The Insane Child Murderess Dies-- In-
,scendiarism and Denth--nEana~aed
: and Wounded.

The levee at Austin, Mississippi. ffty
miles south Of Memphis, broke TuesAey
bevening, at 7.30 O'Clock. This, it II
SAID, will cause the inundation Of por-
tons OF several counties In Missfssi ppi.
Breaks are reported in the levees i'm
1 Iother places-near Sunfiowsr Landing
and Friar's Point. Heavy freshets are,
reported in the rivers in Arkansas.
At Trenton, New Jersey, Thursday.
Icounsel for the Reading Railroad Re-
tceivers made application to the Cham
Icellor for an order postponing the sale,
lot $3, 600, 900 worth OF securities pledged
for the payment OF the Central Com
pany's indebtedness when the latter
road was leased. The request was
deD led and the securities will be sold In
New York to day.
At Bijou Basin, Colorado, on Fridsy,.
while Mrs. M. v. Sides was dressing
her babe, she asked Edward Mackay, q
friend who was visiting her, for the.
loan OF o pocketknife. He unbuckled
bis cartridge belt TO get at his pocket,
when his revolver dropped to the floor
through the woman's heart, killing her
Instantly.
| Mrs. James Monroe Smith, who mur-
derously assaulted her children and
took poison near Port Monmouth, New
Jersey, last Friday, died yesterday
morning. The children are still living
and may recover, except Rufus, the
son, whose death is momently expected,
The Oregon House, frame structure,
in Butte, Montana, was destroyed ON
Monday morning by an incendisry Are.
A four-year.old boy was burned to
death, and several boarders were se-
verely injured. Nine hundred dollars
were stolen from . trunk by the sup
posed incendiary.
A man about thirty years of age.
giving the name of John Young, was
found on Monday night in Wells VAL
ley, near McOonnellsburg Pa. "mana-
oiled and wounded" He refused to
answer any questions, and was lodged
in the F1lton County jail.
A telegram from Ottawa SAYS
Through the American vessel seized
last week for an infraction Of the
nshery regulations was released, it
being the first offence, yet In future the
Law will be strictly enforced in all
cases"
Three men got on an Illinois Central
passenger train at Cairo on Monday
night and robbed several Of the passen-
gers. Two Of the fellows were caught
and identified. 1t is reported that one
lof the passengers was shot.
The schooner Olive Leaf, of George
town, capsized in the Potomac river ON
Sunday evening. The captain, a sea-
man aud boy were drowned. One OF
the crew clung to the mainmast-he
and was saved by passing steamer.
Il County Treasurer Hollingsworth, at
! IVincennes, Ind, has been comm tilted to
{ jail in default of bail for embezzlement.
3 He is Short about $4,000.
i Sallie SkratoTzk, aged 16 years, was
0 fatally burned on Tuesday morning in
{ Baltimore, while kindling a fre with
d coal oil. Her mother was severely
burned.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamel
p Honduras has been wrecked near Ii
y Libertad, San Salvador. She was en-
. gagged in the coffee trade, and was val
9 ued at $40, 900.
N Two hun pdred and thirty four divorc,
" cases are to be heard by Judge Allen
|, of the Supreme Court, in Boston, at thu
May term.
q Two hundred Norm ons, destined fol
/, Salt Lake, arrived in New York on Fri
( day by the steamship Nevada, from
Liverpool.
g A telegram from Salem, Dakota, re
= Iports heavy rain all day Sunday, fol
n lowed by snow on Monday. The snow
Q is nearly three inches on level.