The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-26
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

l GRIMES AND cAsUALTrEss saMP exploded in the house of Mrs. j. ' Floss, at Buffalo, N. Y., on the l night of the 18th, and Mrs. Floss and her sister n-law, Mrs. Mary Witting were burned to death, and Mir. Kuhn, Mir. Beech and sister of Mrs. Floss were badly burned.
 ON the I6th Thomas Perfect promi- nent citizen of Springfield, O., while eat ing dinner, choked to death on a mouth 1 ful of potato,
 | ON the 18th terrific explosion occurred in the vault of the county clerks office in the City Hall building at Detroit Mich, which did considerable damage. It is thought the explosion was the work of robbers, who expected to get some plunder during the confusion following the ex plosion. Some of the records are ire | parably damaged.
 AT Jellico, Tenn, two 'colored women | of bad character fell out over dusky lover, on the 17th. After one had retired l to the shanty the other broke the door down and began firing and killed her enemy. She was arrested, but negroes in camp rescued her from the officers. 1 NEAR Montgomery. on the 17th, Ed | Clopton, son of Judge David Clopton, of the Alabama Supreme Court was shot l by neighbor named Dr. Blob. Young | Clopton and Dr. Bibb were iii party | chasing burglar, when Bibb mistook 1 Clopton for the man wanted, and shot | him.
 | Ar Hudson's Mills, Miss, John P. Mar. tin, wealthy planter, offended the friends of young man who had eloped with his pretty daughter by cursing the young man in their presence. They armed themselves and hunted up Martin, wounding him seriously. ON the 17th Jacob Daucher, who was arr rested at Daggott, Cal, for the murder Of Louis Schoenberg at D,nver, Col, and taken to San Bernardino for safe keeping, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell He left a letter saying he was innocent of the crime with which he was charged.
 THE gang of highwaymen known as the Sawyer brothers, who recently killed man named James Carter, at Nashville, Tenn, has been broken up by the arrest of the leaders. @g6se 3 ON the 17th farmer of Millersville, Wis, named Schecher, with his two sons, assassinated neighbor named Blatt while he was moving in field on his own farm.
 
 law, on the streets of stanton, Ky, on the 17th, and they commenced firing at each other with pistols. Rose fatally wounded his son-in- law.
 INcENDIARIEs set fire to 6 business block in the center of Aberdeen, Dak. on the 17th, and made an unsuccessful at- tempt to break open a safe during the fire.
 AT Evansville, Ind, on the 18th, Joseph Thomas, with team of fine horses, drove over the bluffs in front of the city, and all were drowned
 NEAR San Francisco collision be- tween work train and freight train on the Central Pacific road, on the 1Tth. killed one man and injured number of others.
 ON the 20th, while attempting to raise derrick at Circle Park, Indianapolis, Ind, it fell to the ground catching Abraham Jones and Elijah Middleton in the fall, and instantly killing them. Several oth- CTS engaged upon the soldiers monu- ment narrowly escaped death.
 AT his home in Cornwall, N. Y., Rev. E.. P Roe, novelist, and author of Barriers Burned Away,"" ""Opening Of Chestnut Burr" and dozens of other popular works, died suddenly on the 18th of neuralgia of the heart. He had been in the best of health, and the attack and death were simultaneous.
 Ov the 20th a collision occurred, in tunnel in the mountains, near White haven, Pa, between coal train and the New York fast freight, by which con- ductor was killed and five train hands were badly injured.
 IT is said that the richest discovery of gold ever made outside of the Comstock lode, was made at the Lake Superior Iron Company's shaft seven miles from Ish- peming Mich, on the 20ih.
 ON the 20th the position of assistant secretary, of the National Republican committee was offered to Joel F. Heat wole, present secretary of the Minnesota Republican State committee and editor of the Northfeld Ne,cs. He was obliged to decline for business reasons, and some other Minnesota man will be selected. q
 WHILE lying at the Commercial wharf, New York City, the steamer Thos. P. Way, owned by Messrs Stevens & Con- dit, and run as ah excursion boat to Staten Island and Coney Island, was burned to the waters edge on the 20th. Loss, S3o.000; partially insured.
 Ar New York City the furniture factory of Frederick Bolle, a six-story brick building, was burned on the 20th. Loss, S25, GOO
 ON the 20th Dr. Ridley, the medical ot- fcer of Tullamore jail, in which the late Mir. Vaudeville was confined, and who is said to have died from the result of treat ment received there, committed suicide. MISCELLANEOUS.
 Ar the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md, sixteen cases of hazing are under investigation
 ON the 10th the new tariff of rates sub- mitted by the commissioner of the Texas Traffic Association, at Denver, Col, went into effect, the Pan Handle and Eastern through lines having accepted them The rates affect all the lines west from New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City more or less directly. IN the case of Daniel Lyons, the mur- derer of athlete Joseph Quinn. motion for a stay of proceedings, pending an ap- plication for new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, was denied by Recorder Smyth of New Fork, on the 18th. The recorder said the nature of the evidence was not of such character as to admit of his granting the motion.
 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND will open the annual tri- State Grangers' exhibition at Williams grove Carlisle, Pa, on Au- gust 2s
 ON the l7th the North Chicago Rolling Mill, of Milwaukee, Wis, employing 1,600 men, signed the scale, and work was resumed immediately.
 THE Grant Locomotive works at Pater- son, N. J., have shut down, being unable to compete with similar establishments elsewhere.