The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-08-21

At Philadelphia, Pa, the society
sensation is the elopement Of the beau
tiful young wife of Captain Bowman.
wealthy lawyer with DIR. Ellsworth
Hewitt. They went to BAIL.
At Logansport, Ind, recently, an
insane patient named Kasah became
possessed OF club and fatal, beat
Dr. Reed. another patient on the
head and badly beat two others.
1t is reported from New York that
4 ball of fire struck at Shecphead Bay
during a recent thunder storm Just as
the passenger train was pulling into
the depot and threw it off the track.
Joras Harrington and William Dear
mond employees OF the Brooklyn navy
yard are being sought for for falsify-
ing tie pay rolls and obtaining money
fraudulently. They were suspended.
The statement that Claus Spreckels
sugar refner OF Philadelphia. mad
commenced q vigorous war il cut
rates against the American Sugar Re
filming company has been contradicted.
At Cairo. Ill, a short time since
Ashbury Davis, temporarily insane.
smashed his furniture ami compelled
his family to flee for their lives ana
was captured after a desperate strug
gle.
The heaviest rain in many years
occurred at Louisville, Ky. recently
and about $3.50. 600 damage resulted.
Cellars were flooded ana il somo cases
water covered the first floors OF build
ings.
At jackson. Miss, the pike and the
iine iron bridge across Pearl river are
seriously threatened by the encroach-
ments of the water. and it Is said the
river must be Strengthened tn save
them.
Directors Of the Pan American Trans
portation company have determined to
purchase secondhand ships with u
portion OF the first $1,000 600 paid,
instead Of constructing new steel
ships.
At Nashville. Tenn, whisay-crazy
railroaier named Thomas Yu borough
ran amuck through the streets in an
almost nude state, and had 20 be Sc
verely handled before ne was cap
tured
At Zellwood, Fla, recently Myra
Feneher. aged 16 was discarded by
her lover \. q. Jones and meeting
him afterward she blew his brains out
with pistol. Public opinion IS on
her side.
\ broken axle on "a freight train
caused an accident near Raaeland, \.
j., in which Trackman Peter Means
back was broken. Thomas Melon
aids arm was broken and his breast
was injured.
Reports from Sioux Fails, ). D..
state that Judge Aiken has decided
that the spirit of the divorce Law must
be complied with which will prevent
Che consummation Of the plans OF
young Mrs. Blaine.
At Humeston. Iowa. recently. b. Is.
Gam shot and instantly killed with a
shotgun his brother-in-law. Liberty
Shocks. because the latter had called
Cams mother liar. The murderer
surrendered himself.
The leading manufacturers of agri-
cultural implements Of Rochester, y.
Y, hive boycOtted county and state
| fairs and agricultural exhibitions he
cause the money spent thus, while
helping TO support fairs, bring no re-
turns.
Al Knoxville, Tenn, IN attemp,
viii be made to plead the thirteenth
amendment which forbids slavery
against the leasing of convicts, which
lawyers claim is virtually selling
them. The miners pay the expenses
of suit.
A vigilance committee recently took
John Clayton from his cottage at Bay
Head. n. J.. and gave him a good
ducking They then cut & rope in two
and logged him till he tainted. Clay
ton had been paying to much attention
to the wife of Joseph Parker.
The famous Moqui Indian snake
dance, held over two years ago, has
again commenced on the reservation
sixty miles from Winslow, Ariz- The
government has sent corps OF pho
tographers to the dance, which viii
probably be the last one. as the gov
eminent is striving to prevent them.
Reports from san. Francisco Cal.
state that Judge Beatty of the United
States circuit court in the case OF
Lackawanna against Mammoth. IN
which several million dollars OF min
ing property in Occur d'Aleue is IN
volved. reafirmed the decision Of the
Idaho court in favor Of the Lacka-
wanna.
At South McAllister l. L, recently.
Deputy United States Marshal jim
Yates was shot and instantly killed by
desperate named Robert Marshall,
in q house of i'll fame. Marshall said
he had killed eight men. and Yates
said: Pull your gun or shut up"
Both commenced firing and Yates fell
dead at the first shot. Marshall
robbed the body of 500 and escaped.