The Osceola times., 1888-09-15


forces Of the friends OF the Republic to
the height OF their requirements, and TO
secure to the toiling people the progress
they expect.
ON ihe 2sth Dr. Emil A. Knoster, editor
of the German edition OF Puck, died in
brooklyn. L2
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 2ith the most disastrous fire that
has visited st. Cloud, Mimi, for years,
burned the Manitoba coal sheds and !, 700
tons of coal, together with six cars and n
loading apparatus.
lS the burning OF tenement house In
New York, on the oath, one woman was
burned to death, and another woman and
man fatally injured.
SANuEL Dew, "a dissipated young man
Of Nclsonville, o.. on the 25th, shot and
instantly killed Assistant City Marshal
Edward n. Davis, who had recently ar
rested him for fast driving. After walk
ing few rods away the murderer put the
pistol 10 his own head and blew out his
brains.
os the 9ith John NJ. Murphy, OF Holiness
burg, Pa, who for many years had been
the trusted book keeper at the Somerville
Mills of Daniel Bray,was arrested, charged
with embezzlement, and in default of So,
900 bail was sent TO prison.
On the night Of the oath the negroes OF
Bessemer, Ala, took possession of the
town and attempted 10 burn the place, in
revenge for the lynching of one of their
people charged with attempted outrage.
In a fit of jealousy William Butler. q
car Inspector, of Newark, N. j., shot his
wife and killed himself, on the 25th.
AT New York the machine and pattern
shops Of the De la Mater Iron-works were
burned on the. 25th, entailing a loss Of
OK the 25th N. B. Wells, the Seneca
in default Of $500 bail. .ir
WRITE President Carnot was laying the
corner-stone of q new iyceum at Agen, on
the 18th, twenty persons were injured by
the collapse. of platform. 80
fAr Dayton, Tenn, on the 18th, q piece
OF slate weighing ten tons tell on miner,
crushing his body into a jelly. .
Ar Denver, on the 18th, b. s. Robbins,
assistant United States district attorney
for Colorado, cut his throat, but will prob
ably recover. He was Respondent over
private troubles. Mr.. Robbins was for
merly u prominent politician in Ken
Ntucky.
on the 2Gth the Indiana tPa.) town
| election officers were sentenced to one
years Imprisonment for election frauds.
| SHORTLY after midnight on the morning
OF the 26th General Abraham Merritt, of
Nyack, N Y, committed suicide by swal-
lowing dose OF laudanum at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. s,.s
4 u , n a..
or Westham and brakeman were killed
4 in collision between two coal trains on
the Reading railroad. 80
tOY the 26th Mrs. Julia Raynor, of Brook
| lyn, was thrown from her carriage, run
over and killed by train on the Atlantic
Avenue railroad. It.-..i .f...+
OS the Northern Pacific railroad over
one thousand feet of snow.sheds were
burned near Mullen Tunnel, Mont, on the
2,th.- The fire was started by sparks from
q passing engine.
l. NEAR O'Fallon, Mo-, on the 9th, Erns'
.Kleeschulte shot and killed his wife and
one OF her sons, and desperately wounded
the remaining lat their secluded coun'
try home. The murderer soon after tool
his own life. The couple had lived apar
for two years.
OK the 9th three negroes were hanged
ut Fort Smith. Ark.
ON the 2,th Herbert j. Hoxie, on trial a
New Bedford. Mass, for the murder of hi'
infant child, was declared not guilty b!
the jury.
On the 27th the TT. Madison tIaD Lum
ber Company's saw-mills were burned
entailing loss of $4,000 The fire caugh
from sparks from u locomotive.
NEAR Cooper, Tex, Young Boyds ton
who recently shot Miss Lulu Frazier, an,
then committed suiciGe left letter in
which he said il was desperate love an,
evil tongues that caused him TO commi
tbs awful deed.
On the eth Jack prater, colored was
hanged at Orangcburgh, :. c., for tn,
murder OF Andrew Jackson, also colored
on the 27th. In overriding the motion foi
u new trial in the Billings murder case, al
Waverly, Ia, Judge Rudick said; 81
think the jury made mistake in the yer.
dict; II should have been murder in tho
first instead of the gecond degree" II,
then sentenced the prisoner TO the peni
tentiary for life at hard labor,
NEAR Orleans, Neb., on the eth, ont
nan was killed and five persons wor,
seriously injured by the derailing of 1
sleeping car.
AT Anderson, $, c., on the 2Tth, Jasper
Davis was hanged for the murder of his
wife. He was undoubtedly insane before
II not at the time OF committing the deed
NEAR Bath, n. Y, on the 2sth, Mrs
Louise Hept was burned TO death by her
clothing igniting from brush burning
fire.
In retaliation for being chastised by hi,
mother, on the 9sth, the twelve year -old
son of Charles Snyder, of Grove City
Pa, went to the stable and hanged him.
self. f.F ... -tr
on the 10Th Leonard Alleman, Of Zanes
Vile, o., aged fourteen years. had hi.
right arm and leg cut OF by falling under
a locomotive while stealin.. ride.
WHILE IN a tit Of delirium, on the 2sth
Rev. Chas. T. King, OF Columbus, o., cui
! his throat from ear TO ear, and died in.
stantly.
\ NEAR White House, Pa. on the 2sth
cars on the Western New York & Penn.
sylyania railrosd, containing forty pas.
sengers, We're thrown from the track by
the spreading of the rails, and rolled
down an embsnkment into the ditch
Several of the passengers were seriously
and some fatally injured.
AT Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 2s;h, q
frightful explosion. by which two men
were instantly killed and others seriously
Injured, occurred in Delaware & Hud-
son company's mine.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IT Is said that an immigration associa-
tion has been formed, with headquarters