The Springdale news., 1889-01-04
CRIMES AND CAsUALTIEs.

and there will consequently be 8 season of entertainment.
 CRIMES AND CAsUALTIEs.
 ON the 18th the British bark William N. Chapman, from Hamburg, December If, for New York, was sunk off North Fore land, by collision with the British steamer Bedlormie.
 A FEW days ago the Machine brothers, of Havana, Cuba, who, while under sen- tence of death for Kidnapping, escaped from jail month ago, murdered de- tective who was after them.
 MAIL advices from China bring details of the capture and suicide of "Dr." IS trath- N1len Drummond, at Colombo, Ceylon, who had fled from New South Wales to avoid prosecution for practising medicine under spurious diplomas. He took with him $3O, ,O00, stolen from his wife, whom he had married under false pretences. After his arrest he took dose of poison, and died almost immediately.
 ADvIcEs from Batabano, Cuba, give particulars of the murder of Senor Carlo Sanches Gonzales, an old resident of the town. He was arbitrarily arrested, and then shot in cold blood by sergeant of the Civil Guard.
 ON Christmas Day George Anderson, of Valparaiso, Ind, got drunk and attempted to murder the family of John Van Vert with razor. He was overpowered by MT. and Mrs. Van Vert, aided by their hired man, and later arrested.
 ON the 2Sth Elijah Haskell, of Strawn, Henry County, Ind, shot and instantly killed Miss Delilah Allison, domestic in the employ of R. R. Colburn, and then shot himself, dying in two hours. Re- fusal of Miss Allison to entertain pro- posal of marriage is supposed to have been the cause of the tragedy.
 ON the 18th Prado, the murderer of Marie Aguetant a prominent member of the demi monde of Paris, was guillotined in the Roquette prison.
 WHILE gunning for ducks Pref Paul Combs, aged thirty, a member of the fac- ulty of the Maryland Agricultural Col lege, was drowned, on the 2sth, in Bre- toms bay, near Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Md, in full sight of his mother and other members of his family.
 DELoRAINE, a village of 300 inhabitants in the Southwestern part of the Province of Manitoba, was nearly destroyed by fire on the 2Sth.
 SIX prisoners who escaped from the Tippecanoe County Ind.) jail on Christi mas night, were recaptured near Corwin, in the southern portion of the county, on the following afternoon.
 ON the 18th Pete Morris attempted to kill an old man named Higdon, near Cum berland Gap, Tenn. Higdon's daughter Martha, interfered in her fathers de- fense, and fatally shot Norris
 ON the 18th the bursting of shell in one of the fortresses of Messina, Italy, ex- ploded apowder magazine, killing twenty two soldiers and injuring many others.
 AT Butte, Mont, six prisoners, each up- der sentence to the penitentiary for two years, escaped from jail on the 27th
 A RIOT, growing out of dispute over the ownership of goose, occurred near Tripp, Dak., on the 27th between Russian Menonites and Americans. One of the Americans, Charles Johnson, was fatally hurt, and his brother Georges arm was broken. Three Russians were cut, but none fatally.
 ON the 27th the Big Rapids (Mich.) City Gas-works were destroyed by fire, leaving the city in darkness.
 IT is estimated that the losses sustained by various San Francisco and Eastern business houses through the mysterious departure from San Francisco of Charles r. Merle, president of the California Bone-meal Fertiiizing Company, and local agent for N. K. Fairbanks 6 Co., the Chicago lard dealers, will aggregate $60,000.
 ON the 30th two kegs Of blasting powder exploded at Everson, Pa., severely injur- ing seven men, and burning four small tenement houses.
 PRISONERS in the jail at Schwabo, Bur- nah, recently attempted to escape. They were fired upon and seven were killed and three wounded.
 ON the 29th James O'Neill, one of the oldest policemen on the Rochester (N. Y.) force, was shot by Vim. Manley, whom he was attempting to arrest on the charge of neglect and cruelty, preferred by his wife. O'Neill will probably die. Manley was locked up.