The Osceola times., 1888-06-09
CRIMES AND CAsUALTIEs.

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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
OK the 22d the old Congress Hall, West
| Philadelphia, of centennial fame, was de-
stroyed by fire.
on the 2sth mysterious fire started in
Scotland Yard police headquarters in
London, in room where the government
records OF dynamiters are kept. Not much
damage was done
On the 2sth a furious storm passed over
Hendricks County, Ind, doing much dam
age. A farmer named Bunson and two
horses were struck by lightning and killed.
Bunson's barn was destroyed
Oy the 2sth passenger train on the
Pittsburgh & Western railroad WAS blown
from the track while running at high
rate of speed. All of the passengers and
railroad men were injured, some Of them
seriously, and one Miss Aida Rankin.
was fatally hurt
Ar New Lexington, o., Smiths Opera
House, the Catholic Church and 81 Alloy
sius' Academy, were unroofed by the ter
rife wind-storm that occurred In that
town on the 2Sth. I
AT Hillsboro, o., Hon. John 7. Hughes
was fatally injured and his wife seriously
hurt, by being thrown from their buggy
which was blown over by the cyclone
which struck that town on the 2sth.
Ar Lyons. Pa, on the Goth, the dead
Body OF Brakeman Jas. Il. Hunsberger
was found on the top OF car. 1t is sup
posed he was killed by lightning during
the awful storm of the previous night.
WHILE fording Sappa creek, in Furnas
County, Neb., on the 2sth. the bed Of a
wagon containing n farmer named Album
and his family foated from the truck and
sapsized. A four year r-old daughter OF
the farmer, aud Bertha Burger, an orphan
child, were drowned.
AT Ralston, Tenn, young man named
Spier was shot and killed, on the SOth,
by two men named Agnau and Coving-
ton.
AT Trenton, N. j., =. S. Moore, editor
of the Ringoes Monitor, n religious paper,
was arrested on the 30th for stealing
horse from Rev. Charles W. Pitcher, OF
the Ringocs Presbyterian Church. Moore
attempted to jump into the canal when ar
rested, and has since threatened TO commit
suicide. He admitted the theft, and has
been expelled from the church.
AT Wyandotte, Mich, on the 1st, an
explosion from an unknown cause oc-
CURED in the Eureka Iron-works, by
which three employees lost their lives.
Ar Bristol, Pa, ON the LIST, Mrs. Ellen
Martin and her sixteen -year-old daughter
were struck by train and instantly
killed
1T is reported that w. Ii. Moore, cashier
and general manager of the Bank OF
Socorro, n. NJ, is short in his accounts
and has gone TO Mexico. The bank has
closed its doors. The amount of the
defalcation Is not known.
DURING qu arrel with his wife, on the
LIST, John NJ Scott, n molder, of II eading,
Pa, cut her throat, and then drew the
blade of the same weapon-a large butch
er knne-across his own throat. Both are
in critical condition.
Oy the 3lst the boiler of the steamer
Fulton exploded Will g the steamer was in
the gulf, at the mouth of the Mississippi
river, instantly killing the pilot, Edward
Perkins, fatally wounding Captain W. II.
Riddle and two colored deck hands and
demolishing the boat
On the 3lst Brakeman WOLF was killed
and Conductor Everett seriously injured
in wreck on the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad near Shamokin, Pa. Forty
cars of merchandise were smashed 10
pieces.
Ar sharon, Pa, Samuel CLARK, In fit of
drunken frenzy, on the 3Oth. fired into
room containing three ladies. shooting his
sister-in-law, Mrs. James Clark, in the
side. She was found, some time after, in
| her own room, dead
OK the 3lst the body OF Miss Adele Men
ard, OF Minneapolis. Mimi, who COM
mitted suicide, on the 2sth, because her
father had whipped her, was found float
ing in the Mississippi river,
On the 2d Alva ID. Mershon, OF Des
| M9ines, Ia, was arrested fer forging the
name of Levi Roberts, of Newton, la, to a
note for S9,lo0. The arrest caused great
! surprise as Mershoa was n well-known
society man, and has heretofore borne
good character.
AT Thompson. Ga, Allen Sturgis. who
had been locked mp in Jail for robbery
and incendiarism, was taken out about
one O'Clock ON the morning of the 80 by a
gang of masked men and lynched.
OK the 3d the Office of the winnepeg
(Man.) Morning can was entirely de-
strcyed by an incendiary fire. Loss, s40,-
600.
Ar Logan. o., James Phillips. a WORTH
less fellow, murdered his wife with a
pocket knife, on the I'd, rad then cut his
own throat
OK the Sd Prof. And o. IN, principal of
the Spencer Nnd) High School, and
Misses Clara and Tillie Homaday, were
drowned by the capsizing of their boat
An eleven year -old lad, who accom-
panied them, swan ashore ard saved his
life.