The Springdale news., 1888-12-14

Hampshire, England, who also disap- peared from England i'll 1893. Blythe died intestate in San Francisco, Cal, in 1SS3."
 SENATOR SHERMAN is reported as say ing, on the 10th, that the report that he would pass the Christmas holidays with General Harrison in Indianapolis, was, as far as he knew then without foundation. He expects to pass Christmas in the bosom of his family.
 CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
 A NEW YORK CITY saloon keeper named Patrick Carmody fatally shot his brother, John, on the 9th.
 ON the 9th Michael Dwyer's house, about three miles from Blyth, Ont, was de- stroyed by fire. Mrs. Dwyer, her daughter and her three grandchildren perished in the flames.
 DURING the absence of Judge Domingo Oliva. of Havana, Cuba, his wife attempt ed to open small writing desk sent, ap- parently as present, to her husband, and was seriously wounded by the explosion of an internal machine which it seereted.
 On the eth Henry Murphy, drug clerk, of Fall River, Mass, was burned to death by the explosion of some chemicals which he was mixing
 ON the 9th James 4. Ginnity, a young man well known to the sporting fraterni- ty was lodged in jail at Washington charged with forging the names of several we'll known citizens to checks for small amounts.
 ON the 1th William Van Tassell, of the we'll known auction firm of Van Tassell & kearney, was killed by falling through an elevator shaft at the warehouse of the firm, Nos. 130 and 132 East Thirtieth street, New York City.
 DR. MCBRIEN, druggist, of Oshawa, Ont, has absconded, leaving liabilities to the amount of fully S50,000, and assets practi- cally nominal.
 ON the 9th Frank ". Adams. a clerk in the Washington City office, was ar rested, charged with opening letters. He confessed the crime, but said he had not found any money in the letters, and that this was his first offense.
 ROLAND GIDEON ISRAEL BARNETT, the Toronto eOnt.) bank wrecker. q prisoner in charge of a British officer was among the passengers of the mail steamer Sar- mia. which arrived at Halifax. \. $. on the Sch.
 THE Central State Normal School build ing at Lock Haven, Pa, was burned on the 9th; loss, >150, ,000: insurance small. The students who roomed in the building. oyer one hundred in number, were all safely removed.
 IT is reported that Thomas Axworthy, the defaulting city treasurer of Cleveland, O., who is now in London, has made proposition to return SI6o,00) to the city, and in two years to repay his bondsmen, if prosecution is dropped and he is per mitted to return to America.
 DR. SIoMMoNs' store at Cypre-mort Bayou, La, together with the post office and telephone office was destroyed by fire on the night of the 9th.
 ON the 10th rumors were current in San Francisco that the overland train on the Santa Fe railroad was ditched, on the 9th, between Peach Springs and Williams, AriZ., and a number of passengers killed.
 OK the 9th Hacker. the Anarchist who made desperate attempt to assassinate his benefactor. James Bruce. at Indianap- ois, Ind, stahbing him nine times in the neck. was arrested at farm house in Shelby County, i'll that State.
 AT Naples, Italy, two members of the Republican Society have been arrested for an attempt to wreck the German Con- sulate there with dynamite bomb. No damage was done, as the bomb did not ex- plode
 ON the 10th Jas. q. Purvies, manager of the Roseland plantation near Vidalia, La, shot and nt"rtally wounded Richard Tllraer, q negro, who had followed and abused him.