The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-01-13
IELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
IN Epitsms Of The Principal Events Nov
Attracting Public Interest

Lord Stanley has accepted the Gov.
ernor- Generalship of Canada.
The English steamer NJ ,ude has
foundered in the Black sea. Twelve
men were drowned.
Emerson Littleisld, OF Peoria, I'll
aged ~, while skating, went into u
hole and was drowned.
A revolt broke out on the convict
ship Orne, bound for Cayenne, and
eleven OF the leaders were shot
An engine jumped the track and
ran into New aver, at Lynchburg, Va.
The engineer WIS drowned at his post
The house Of Sam Love, colnred. NJ
Chesterfield, s. c., was burned, and
two I'm II children who were locked
inside, perished in the fam. 8.
Trtmps were put { IT freight train
ut Pals ,de, New, and shortly after
wards the freight house was set on
tire. The tramps are suspected.
Harry Burton and an unknown man
were killed, and several other work
men badly injured by the falling Of
bridge span at Cleveland, Ohio.
In quarrel at Jackson, Miss., Nc
Willie Mitchell and b 10 whitesid
wounded each other fatally, both dy.
ing s''on after the affray.
At 81. Paul the newspapers have all
advanced the price OF comp sition
four cents per 1000 ems, making
morning work ~ cents and evening
81 cents
The President sent TO the Senate
the following appointments Charles
w. Irish. encouragement Of Nevada !;
James Speakley of Pennsylvania, com
missioner 10 Alaska.
At Boulder. Col, Isadore Pierce, a
stoiekenper, shot his wife twice, in the
presence of their four Children, and
then killed himself. The wife is ia
tally wounded.
Ms. Sarah q. Ewing, an old lady
living near Shelby Vile, lad, was at
tackled by hogs in her barn-yard while
milking, aud partly devuured. Her
body WAS not found until the following
morning.
Details Of the wreck which occurred
on the n T., z. & O. II. r., near
MeadyIll-, Pa. prove the d,saster to
have been a horrioie one. Two engi
neers, two firemea and a passenger
were killed outright, and score or
more were badly injured.
Two baggagemen and a mail agent
were killed 10y train ca,llision ON the
Cincinnati Southern II II. near Green
wood, Ky. The accident was caused
10y the conductor and engineer mis-
understanding their orders.
Reports from Wilkesbarra, Pa, say
that by a premature blast four men
were killed and seven severely woun-
q, Il while at work ON a new branch
line of the Lshigh Valley railroad pear
Laurel Run.
An explosion of dynamite occurred
ct n limestone quarry near BroUktield,
n. s., killing four men, one of them
being Alexander Mcdonald, the pr,,-
prietor of the quarry. They were
warming the dynamite previous to
using it for blast when the explosion
occurred.
A most terrible accident occurred at
Forgetown. Ala. in which three per
sons were killed and thirty injured
The colortd b ptisis we've holding
festival in their church. 80 great was
the crowd that the fsor gave way aud
the building collapsed A scene OF
terror ensued. Mary Allison and NJ g
mes and her child were taken from
the wreck dead.
AT Nj icon, Ga, man named Ma
than r. i'll, who did not 1--we happily
with his wife, brutally murdered his
whole family and then committed sui
eide. He seut half-grown boy. who
lived with him, after the doctor. When
the doctor and boy returned they found
the cabin "A heap Of smoking ruins and
in them the charred bodies of Reid's
wife and their six children. Further
search of the premises disclosed Reid's
body in a we'll with his throat cut.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. G. o
White, of Morrison, Ill.-Lillie. age
twelve; George, aged fifteen, and
Charl, s, aged eight-were pl ,ying with
their kleis on the thin lie on Rock
Greek, when Charles broke Il rough.
George ran 10 his assistance, and in
his n .rts to rescue the drowning hoy
he also went under the ice. Tn ir sis
ter Lille then made a frantic attempt
to save her two brothers, and all three
were drowned.
A special from St. Francis, Ark,
rays: VIM. Herrig, wealthy planter,
has for some time past been jealous OF
attentions paid his wife 10y VIM.
Matthewson, and he forbade him 10
come to the hou-e. Matthewson call, d
and invited Mrs. Herrig TO take .
drive. While the woman was getting
ready Herrig shot and killed Matthew
son, and thNn forced his wife to drive
to Matthewson's house with the dead
body. On her return she found her
h"me in flames, aud was shot and
killed by her husband. Herrig then
fled. Mrs. Herrig was formerly an
actress in Pauline Markham's com
pany, and later was IN w. III. Lytle's
combination.