Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-30
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
THE Paterson IN. J.) laborer, Tunis
Liable, who barbarously cutiup his young
wife and is now in Jail awaiting trial for
murder has confessed the bloody deed.
He took her life while in fit of jealousy.
He says he is glad he killed her, and
wants to hang as soon as possible.
The late Cyrus W. Fields aged widow
received a fracture of the shoulder blade
in fall at National City, Cal, on the 21st
A fatal result is feared.
| On the oath the tug Luther Ward re-
turned to Norfolk, Va, having been un-
able to find the missing coal barge Regu
| lator with five men on board, which broke
| loose from the tug in the recent storm.
AN employe of the Olds Wagon Works
in Fort Wayne, Ind, named John McCaf-
frey, was struck on the head, on the 10Th,
and completely scalped by flying spoke.
BETWEEN January l and March 20 there
were fifteen duels and sixteen suicides
at Monte Carlo, the Italian gambling re-
sort.
On the 2Ist Robert Sigel, the pension.
'fice clerk Of New York City, who was
convicted of forging pension checks, was
sentenced by Judge Benedict in the United
States Court to six years in the Erie peni-
tentiary.
CHARLES SoHREIDER's six-year- old
daughter fell from a passenger train,
about a mile west of Westcliffe, Ont, on
the 21st, without serious injury.
WILLIAM PoHLMAN's livery stable, and
that Of J. II. Manor, adjoining, in st.
Louis, were burned on the night Of the
21st, entailing loss Of $4,000. Besides
the buildings large amount of hay,
grain, harness, ETC., and eighty horses
and mules were burned. The loss is only
partially covered by insurance. Incen-
dlarism is suspected
RECENTLY five attempts have been made
to burn the property of the Reading (Pa.)
Lumber Company, resulting in damage to
the amount of $40, 000.
On the oath fire in the st. Paul (Minn.)
Meat and Provision Company's establish
ment caused loss of 100000; insurance,
S36, 900.
MRS. NICHOLAS, colored was burn ed to
death in her bed in New York City on the
night of the oath. 1t is supposed she re-
tired with her pipe in her mouth.
NEAR Nebula station, on the Georgia
Midland & Gulf railroad, the engine and
tender of passenger train plunged down
forty-foot embankment on the oath. T.
:. Redfield, the engineer. was killed and
Fireman Walter Malone seriously in
jured. None of the cars left the track.
On the 23d Charles w. Schmidt of Ce
dar Falls, Ia, was fined $500 for selling
cider. He pleaded guilty on six counts.
number of boys got drunk in his place,
and he had them arrested. In retaliation
they informed on him.
On the oath the body of Amos CAM,
who was under Indictment for the murder
of a Fayetteville (O.) saloon keeper
named Doyle, was found under canal
bridge in Cincinnati. 1t is supposed to
nave been a case of suicide.
WHILE working in a shingle-mill at
Antigonish Monastery, near Halifax, N.
s., on the 25th, Brother James, Trap
pist monk, had his arm nearly severed at
the elbow by a circular saw. He died
from hemorrhage and shock. In the
world he was Paul Landry.
UP to late date no clew to the identity
If the person who threw paris green into
he well furnishing the water supply to
he residence of State Senator B. F. Cook,
Of Massachusetts, had been discovered.
The members Of the family who were
made i'll by drinking the water will re-
cover.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A LARGE party OF dis susted Colorado
gold prospecto1s passed through Denver,
on the Goth, on their way back from the
alleged gold fields in Lower California.
They say that the gold discovered around
Ensenada was planted there by specu-
lators.
A REDUCTION of five cents per ton in
roal-miners' wages in the Pittsburgh and
Hooking Valley districts has been
ordered, to take effect May 2.
A NEEDLE in the foot of Charles Nier,
IF Scranton, Pa, which had defied the
skill of the physicians to locate and ex-
tract, was drawn out on the 22d, by hold
ing the member near an electric dynamo.
On the 25th the American pilgrims left
Rome for Alexandra, Egypt. via Naples.
They will reach Palestine in Holy week.