Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-25

man Of st. Psnl, commits suicide.
A young mau named Bacon
killed his father ~ a hendish
manner.
The frost in some of the Western
states did but little damage TO corn.
Considerable damage was done by
the recent heavy storm in Missoul !.
A lunatic kills his mother and
tries to kill another woman at
CrcleviIle, 0.
A divorced wife in Nicolet, Mimi,
kills her former husband through
jealousy.
Fl citing is reported TO have com
meuced, In Chill, near the city OF
Valparaiso.
The water in Salton lake, recently
formed in The Colorado desert, is
receding slowly.
Ful horrors OF the New York ex-
plosl u aud fire have hardly been
asccrtained at present.
The cIoud-burst in Pottsville, Pa,
and the rapid rainfall, did damage
to the amount of over 100000.
John Zsaro, a miner, was acci.
dentally killed near Sutter creek by
piece of rock falling on him.
james G. Shute, New York fire
man, lost his life in the discharge of
Ills duty, being suffocated by smoke.
The chef of police and six men
were killed at Granad, Nicaragua,
in the attempt to suppress an out
break.
A decree has been issued in which
the queen of England announces
that she furegoes the right to annex
Manipur. The vlceroy will choose
a native ruler Of Mauipur.
The barn Of a farmer named j. A.
Robinson, was burned near New
castle, Cal, while he was attending
meeting of the farmers alliance
last week, end when at the nexl
meeting bis house was burned.
Thomas Gillespie, the man who
drove wagon into the crowd dur
ing the riot at San Diego, wher
Joseph Brown, the Charleston
sailor, was killed, was bound ovel
Saturday. His bonds were placed
at 5000.
The schooner North Bend arrived
from Shoalwater bay couple ol
days ago, and the customs officeri
found forty-two tins of opium on
her. She was searched again and
seventeen tins more were found.
One Mabler, a wealthy furniture
dealer of Guben, Germany, has
been arrested charged with causing
the death of his young wife. Be
cause of reports of former i'll treat
ment, q mob surrounded Mabler's
house and would have lynched him
but for the police.
The house of James German,
bachelor who lived with his siste
near Middleton, Wis, was entered
Friday afternoon by an unknown
man, who knocked Miss Gormar
down and robbed the couple Of thei
savings ofa life time. The amount
Is estimated at nearly $4,000.
The jury in the case of E. 7
Alexine at San Francisco, has beer
unable TO agree upon n verdict
Alexine is superintendent of th'
Grmco Roman school. and was ar
rested for cruelty to his pupils,
dozen or more boys from Alaska
who were being educated for the
priesthood.
Mrs. Jennie Hurd, OF Stratford
Conn, wife of member Of the
Connecticut National Guard, now
Ia camp Vt Mantle, eloped Wednes
day with Thomas Norris, of Bridge
port, with stolen team belonging
10 IA bridgeport liveryman. The
woman has been caught by the po
lice, bat Norris is still at large.
Au explosion of natural gas oc
cured about 6 Saturday mcrning ai
Bakers reformatory at Limestone
Hin, about five miles from Buffalo
n. Y. Several were badly burned
The escaping gas is blazing to a
heig ght of over thirty feet.
Nj. J. Kate, non.union stevedore,
who started on the work of unload
ing the steamer State of California
fell from the Oregon dock and wac
drowned. Watchman Green near
ly lost his life In an effort TO save
Kate.
MIS-. John Hare lost her left eye
some time ago, aud while standing
in the yard of her house In ioungs
town, O., Friday her right ey'
burst from its socket, rendering hel
entirely blind, from the effect o.
which she lost her reason.
The Erie oonduotors' special ex
curslon, ON It's return from shohol'
Glenn TO Paterson, n. j., FRIDAY
night plowed through u delivery
wagon at Fair street crossing, Pater
sun, Instantly killing Peter Flanni
gan, one of the occupants, anc
seriously inJuriug another NAMED
John Malone.