Daily Republican., 1888-09-08

About II O'Clock on Thursday night,
while several men were sitting in front
OF saloon In Brenhem, Texas, heavy
charges Of buckshot were fired at them
by some unknown person. j. o. HoH
man, Democratic nominee for County
Assessor, was killed, and II. Holt,
dangerously wounded. Holt -and Hof-
man had received warnings that If they
did not keep quiet they would be put out
of they way.
Shortly before daybreak, yesterday
morning, an attempt was made to rob
the grave of the murderer Maxwell. The
attempt was made by three unknown
men, who were frightened away by pis-
tol shot from John sheveleir, employed
/ by an unknown woman to watch the
grave The robbers left behind a spade
and coil of rope.
Chairman Palmer, OF the Arkansas
Prohibition State Executive Committee,
claims that 40 counties OF Arkansas have
gone against license, and says that whisky
had q great deal to do with the raid on
the ballot boxes at the State capt al The
returns carried away were from precincts
which have large Prohibition mRjoritles.
Isaac Wooley, one of the proprietors of
the Curryville Coal Company, at Shell
burne, Indiana, died suddenly on Thurs
day. A few hours afterward his wife sud
denly expired, although she had been ap-
parently we'll. One of the children Is
now at deaths door from the same mys-
terious disease.
The post office at Cutler, Indiana, was
blown up with dynamite on Thursday
night. This is the fourth occurrence OF
the kind In that town. On Thursday
morning q quantity OF, dyna mite wat
found under the hotel, with matches hal
, burned.
. A despatch from Charleston, West
Virginia, says that flood In New rivei
t on Thursday carried away the big iroI
bridge Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road at Grand View, involving loss oi
, E50,0)0. A great deal Of damage in othel
lquarters was alsJ reported.
The Governor Of Florida has ordered
J State troops to FernandinA in conse
: quence of violent demonstrations mad
: by striking 'longshoremen. The tow
: has been placed under martial law, ant
: so rioters were arrested yesterday.
t. Absut thirty silk weavers arrived Il
New York yesterday on the steame
! lGermanic, and are detained at CAstl
lucy Say buSy WNIG bShN ONN
by tee Weavers OF the old country, VIII
!. are on a strike, and who paid their pass
!; age.
Miss Ada Flynn was murdered o.
: Thursday at the home OF her grandfather
|. Alexander Traxell, near Glasgow Penna
b Iby robbers, The murder was COMMITTEES
0 In Daylight, during the absence of tn
family.
A mass meeting, at which about $50
people were present, was held in Ne'
!, York last night, as a protest against th
denomination of David B, Hill Til
'. cheering and Kissing, however, wei
y , about eqally divided.
T. Judge Thurman appears to have 7,
covered from his sudden ilGess on Thur
}. day evening. He expects TO address Ii
i meeting in Newark, New Jersey to nigh
p and will then return to his home In q
!. lumbus, Ohio.
d The wife of Rev. F. W Anderson,
y Uhricsville, Ohio, was struck and killt
Q, by "a train at Bloomfield on Thusds
ID evening as she attempted to cross Il
=, track. ...
y Nellie Donovan, 90 years old, died
q, New York yesterday from the effects
" carbolic acid, which her friends say S
swallowed in mistake for cholera mi
m ture.
= The post-ofIiee at Newton New Jerse
= was robbed on Thursday night OF Sl2
B In postage stamps aud money.