The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-23
Brief Telegrans

On Sunday night poker game was IN pro-
gress in the house OF cOl0fed man nc Lelth,
Penn, In which Fred Lawson ana JOnn
Paine two notorious negro tOughs, were TAX
ing a hand. The two got into a dispute
shortly after midnight, and lawson struck
Paine q number OF blows. knocking MN
down Paine drew his revolver and nfed
three times. One ball pierced Lawson s-praln
another his heart, al d the third entered his
stomach. Lawson dropped dead immediate
Is. and aine escaped and has not been cap
tured.
Rev. f. X Buerger. OF Lemars, iowa, has
created a storm Of indigna comment lot
refusing 10 read the burial service or In any
ray take part in the funeral services over
the body OF NOlga Edges member OF ms
congregation, who died from the eHecls oI
whisky. Rev. Buerger has been vigorously
advocating total abstine nee, ana says mat ne
took the course complained OF TO more EN- -
pbstically impress upon his people MS aD-
horrence OF strong drink audihose "h no use IT,;
Two diamonds, weighing three carats eash,
were found near newly aug wei In Jen-
nings county indiana, about Two weeks
ago by Charles Stader. lie carried the pre-
clous stones IN his pocket until Saturday. un-
aware Of their value. He inadvertently eX-
hibited them TO some persons at flat ROCK,
who decided they We're pure dlamohds. Great
eIcitemsnt has resulted from the discovery.
Thursday the skeleton Of a man was found
I'm Gieenbrier river, near beverley, W. Va.
Z he discovery clears up murder mystery.
Last ugust Jack fuck, or Savannah ba'
passed through Beverly on loot. ON ms way
10 : taunton, Va. He hlr Il "A man at Demlng
to lake him 10 leager, Pocahontas
county. but never reached that place.
There is no doubt Of the remains being
Bucks.
Last wednesday afternoon Amelia lahom-
pard nineteen years, star cd TO walk from
Wolf Pond, Franklin county, y. } ., where
she had been visiting, 10 her home In Malone.
a distance OF fourteen miles. She did not ar
rive at Malone, and diiigent searcn lalleu 10
discover her Whereabouts, untll yesterday
afternoon, when her body was found about
three miles from where she started, she
having been frozen TO death'
1.-THE firm OF Strange Brothers. OF Sioux CITY.
Iowa has given mortgages on thelr property
sggregating over $4,000 Inc nrm dlu q very
extensive business, ranging nom contracts
for Indian supplies 10 gene al commission
merchants and shippers Of hive STOCK, Inc
amount OF their liabilities is probably s2OO-
600. and their assets, though large, cannot DC
stated
There is no truth IN the report that one
thousand KickapOos are eng ged In ghost
dance In the Indian 1errit ~. There are
only three hundred kickap iOs al lOld, hnu
they are on their reservation ehgaSeu ia
their ususl pea etul pursuits. Ghos1 aauelnY
by other tribes is almost entirely stopped
and no alarm IL felt.
The Confederate Home OF Missouri held a
meeting at 81. Louis "a urday, and selected
| the noted Grove Young farm, near Higgins
Wills Mo. for the site OF their Soldiers Home.
| / ne funds are being raised by private SUD
scriptions, and the erection or Dulldlngs VIII
| be commenced as soon af the utle tSthe
property can be transferred.
A Lake Shore express, east-bound. while
running at flfty-mi rate near ottlngnam
| Friday night, cauyht Farmer August MIX
houeI with a load of hay on the crossing.
Kirk hogeI was accomp1 MED by mis- son. VIII
| linn. a Iat OF thirteen. Both were struck ny
| inc pilot and crushed 20 death. The horses
were also killed.
william Seymour, aged thlrty-six, OF Naomi
| station, rear Reading, while waiting at the
depot for the train home, was run down Dy 2
| Reading tailroad pusher and killed. he mad
come 10 leading for the purpose OF making
purchases Of Christmas gifts Tor his wie ana
children,
Rev. Father Peter 5. Dagnault, cure OF the
| Church OF Notre Dame de Lourdes at Mime
snolis. Mimi, has left his church and the "
owing. IL is said, 10 having incurred the dis-
| pleasure ofAI chblshop John Ireland for mold
| ng a fair and bazaar Tor the benent OF the
parish schools.
While a number OF workmen were hand
ling dynamits on the Norfolk and Western
railroad, in Wayne county, saturday, an ex'
| plosion occurred, which killed an Italian
| and negro and wounded ten others, several
OF them seriously.
Deputy United states Marshal William
| Iadd shot and killed his wife ana hlmselI al
Antlers. In the Chociaw Nation. SUNDAY
| Drink was the cause.
Seymour Ainsworth, one OF the wealthiesl
and most prominent citizens OF saratoga
died Of pneumonia yesterday evening, ageo
| seventy years.