The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-11
A FEW NEWS ITEMS.

Dr. hnifhn ana MISS Purcell nave
been arrested and imprisoned on the
charge OF having murdered Mrs. KnifIin
few days ago. Mrs Kniffin was found
dead in her bed, and Miss Purcell inscn-
sible near by, bothapparci tly having been
placed under the influence of chloroform.
Miss Purcell was easily restored to con-
seriousness, and claimed that the house
had been entered by burglars. DR.. Knit.
I'm was apparently absent from home at
the time. The burglar theory was dis.
missed on examination, aud the authori.
ties acted on the theory of a conspiracy
between the husband Of the dead woman
and Miss Purcell to remove the obstacle
to guilty intimacy. 1t is one of the most
sensational crimes of the day.
In 1889. there were 9s legal hangings
in the United States, and it is said that
the number lynclicd was 175, among
whom l29 were charged to the South
and 36 to the North. But in making
such estimate as to the South. we can
say ian enemy hath done this" for in
I'll, sum total OF l75, there was no ac-
count whatever of the west and the
northwest, the iavoritc tribunals OF
Judge Lynch.
At Fort Smith, Ark, nine murdcrcrs
are to be hung on the 18th. The crimes
were mostly committed in Indian Terri.
tory, and the convictions were all had in
the United States courts. All the crimi-
nails have confessed their crimes. Fort
Smith is the paradise OF the hangman,
but the country around is the inferno for
the inhabitants,
A German family in Illinois invited n
party oi friends to dinner party. the
chief ingredient of which was the flesh OF
a newly killed boar. Twcnty-ninc OF the
party are now down with trichinosis
and some have died, aud Others will not
recover
1t is strange to learn that while the
upper Mississippi is lower than ever be-
fore known, the rivers of Indiana, no
great way of, are inundated with unu.
sual floods. The ST. Lawrence. which
draws its support chiefly from the great
lakes, is also unusually low.
The ups and downs Of life had piteous
illustration in the fate Of Mrs. {. ]. Lo.
bin, once belle in st. Louis. found dead
in m old tenement house, with her once
beautiful, features beaten to pulp.
Her husband was arrested suspected OF
the violence.
The Ohio democrats have selected Cal.
vim $. B,icc as their candidate for United
States senator. There are in the Ohio
legislature II republicans and II demo.
Gratis.
Atlanta now claims n population ap.
preaching 10000. tremendous increase
IN ten years. In 1850 il was $4,000
In 1900. the number is estimated at 200
900.
Three men connected with the Sullivan.
kilrnin prize fight in Mississippi last
summer, have been arrested IN the city OF
New York on the rcquisition of Governor
Lowry.
China always gets her full share oi
wholesale calnmitics. Recently n water
spout burst in the province of Nanking
and one hundred persons pcrisl,cd.
| Ex-senator Lapham, of New York, |,
dead at the age of 70. lie was the sue
ccssor Of Roscoe Conkling when III
resigned in 1881.
Half of the West Point cadets are dowr
with the grippe, and also many Of TIL,
officers. There have been no fatal cases
Fifteen of the police force Of New Yorl
City have died OF the prevailing inhu
cnza.
AZ Scranton, Pa, four children out o
a family Of five have died Of diphtheria.