The record-union., 1892-02-15
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Brief kilograms From Various Po
tionS OF the Globe.

Brief kilograms From Various Por-
tions OF the Globe.
Mark Twain is recovering from the re-
lapse of influenza which he recently
suffered, but must keep his bed for some
time.
Corbett has accepted Slavin's challenge
to knock him out in six rounds. Tues
day night he will try to knock out three
well-known heavyweights at Madison
Square Garden without leaving the ring.
An FL Dorado Miners Association was
organized at PIacerville Saturday with J.
! j. Crawford President and George A.
richardson Secretary. Much interest
was manifested and large membership
secured.
The town of Murta, several miles north
OF Newport, Ark, was almost completely
wiped out by fire Saturday. Two-thirds
OF the buildings in the town were burned,
including staye factory. The losses
viii reach Sl25, GOO.
lice" Gentry, farmer living at Will
lamette, Or, was shot and killed Satur-
day morning by man named Green.
Gentry had been drinking and became
involved in a quarrel with Green, who
drew revolver and shot him in the
neck.
Following are the most important of
Woodward & Shanklin's sales at Louis
vile Saturday: Valentine, by Georgia
Wilkes, $500; Margaret s., by Director,
A. IL. Moore of Philadelphia, $40, $50; Ro-
| rama, by Gibraltar, $3.50: May Day, by
o. M. Clay, Jr., $4,000; Erector, by Di-
rector, 81 800.
Near Asheville, n. c., on the Western
North Carolina Railway, Friday. three
children were playing on the track in
front of an approaching freight train,
when their mother ran out to rescue
them. The mother and one child were
ground to pieces and the other children
were badly MANNED.
The bodies of Henry Miller, a farmer,
his wife and mother, were found in his
house not far from Hope, Kan, Saturday
morning. The cause of death is uncer-
tain. Circumstances would appear to
indicate murder. When the discovery
was made the house was closely shut up
and was full of coal gas.
A gorgeous illumination of the heavens
was visible Saturday night in cities over
thousand miles apart 1t was one of the
most wonderful exhibitions of aurora
or northern lights ever seen from the
American soil. The phenomenon
stretched over a great belt Of territory,
from Iowa to the Atlantic Coast.
Letters from st. Petersburg show that
the kilograms which pass the censorship
do not depict half the horrors Of the stu
Government official who went to carry
relief TO the village found it deserted. but
nearly every house contained corpse,
and some OF them contained several
corpses.
The United States Treasury balance
Saturday is stated to have been S28, ,49O, ,947.
| the lowest point reached for many years.
phis amount includes Sl2,574, ,2ll on de-
post with the national banks, 4.673. .673
in subsidiary coin and S402, ,442 in minor
coin. The reduced balance is due to the
recent heavy disbursements, including
s., 100000 on account OF pensions and
81, 600 on account Of refunding the di-
rect tax to Kentucky.
A deplorable tragedy is reported from
Portland, a small town in the northern
portion of Gallatin County, Tenn. Elves
Pardue, well-known young farmer, and
his wife were found Saturday morning
lying dead on the floor of their bed
chamber, with their throats cut from ear
to ear. The circumstances are such as to
create belief that the deaths of both are
the result of suicide. Near Mrs. Pardue
was a bloody razor, with which the
ghaStly deed was committed.
Reports from Alaska are to the effect
that fears are entertained that Morris
Ortin and party Of miners who left
juneau early last summer on a mining
expedition have been murdered by Indi-
ans. They took supplies to last until Oc-
tober, but had not been heard of up to
January lst. Friends then applied to
Commander Maynard OF the warship
Pinta to go to their relief, but he said the
Pinta was unfit for service. Friends
fitted out sailing vessel to go to the
rescue, but have not been heard of since