The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-21
THE WEEKS HAPPENINGS.
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partly covered by insurance
An escaped murderer Is the lucky
discovercrof a gold field at los An
seles Cal. Men are continually pour
ing 10 and satisfactory finds are re-
ported.
Orange Court House, Va, was
tlg scene Of big blaze on saturday.
depot and ten or twelve houses
were burned down. the damage done
amounting toS50000.
a verdict was returned on Thurs
day in the Pittsburg, Pa, Park Hotel
case which holds the engineers who
were on duty at the time responsible.
They are out ON $500 bail
Three negroes were strung up ON
saturday al Arkadelphia, Ark. for a
crime committed in 1887. They had
long run oflife after committing the
crime for which they were executed.
Gencral-Manager S. Y. Robertson's
rival telegraph company win soon
have completed line between New
York and New Orleans. They intend
to extend to all parts Of the Southern
States.
A new bridge is in course Of cree
ton at Newport Ark. and on Saur-
day portion of the scanolding fen a
distance Of 3jn, carrying four men
with it, Two Of them were seriously
injured.
Awhole battery Of boilers at the
West Point boiler works, Piusburg.
Pa, exploded on Thursday, COM
pletely wreekug the works and five
men being killcl, besides II seriously
wounded.
The rail- f2ys 9flcials who have been
Jlt tsNAapsccifly for coutributdrv
negligence in the Mud Run disaster
last October by which 60 excursions
lists lost their lives, have been fully
acquitted Of an blame.
A Mrs. Harvey Jackson, OF Sana-
tobia. Miss, committed suicide on
Saturday while suffering from mclan-
choly at the death of her husband.
shs jumped down a well to put an
end to her weary existence.
This Is pretty good brazen-faccdness.
a man named John NJ. Reynolds was
discharged from a Kansas pcuitonti-
AIRY one day last week and the follow
ing day lac announced himself as a
candidate for Mayor Of a neighborine
town.
The Anaconda Smelling Company.
OF Butte. MT, lost millions worth
Of plant by fire last week They bad
what was supposed to be a perfect fire
system and, therefore, did not insure.
The fire Is supposed to be ofincendiary
origin
4 popular young man named S. W.
Cox was killed by an Alabama and
Great southern railroad engine last
Saturday aulirmlngham. tie was walk.
ing along The track when the engine
came along at high rate Of speed and
knocked him down. lie diedin few
hours.
About niue o'clock ON Thursday
several miner in the Black Diamond
mine, near Mount Carmel, Pa, were
entombcd bs an unexpected fall OF
coa. Resmiug parties went to work
but was notthought they would bc
n time 70 rescue hcir unfortunate
comrades.
A negro Of Yasby, Nas who recent
y aiminally assaulted a white lady
of thacplaco was taken out of Jail by
amgiy Of masked men ON Thursday
ui naie 90 form an ornament to a
ueiehboring ree. He was shocking
ly mutilated by the lady's avcnger.
prio. ohis hanging.
John r Adams, the Atlanta, Ga.
forgeE chose a fresh way of slipping
the mortal coil. Ever since his in
carceration for his crime he has posi-.
lively refused to touch food, and, re-
sisting the entreaties of relatives and
friends, he held to his purpose and
died on the 27th day Of his fast
Mr.. Russell Porter Of Meridian, {
highly popular and efficient express
messenger, let with serious aeci
dent on 8 iurday, caused by th'