The Dickinson press., 1894-09-01
Unfortunate Events.

Unfortunate Events.
Mrs William Hicks was killed at
Vandalia, ILL.,. by falling down stairs.
Eight persons are drowned ut a
yacht regatta ut st. John, N. b.
Three men are drowned in Il mine
Mt Butte, Mont, as the result Of Il Gu
rious accident.
A 1G-ycar old boy named Van Lande-
geEd was struck by Il ball bat at Hol-
land, Mich, and killed.
A bank of earth fell on Charles Wal
ders at Peoria, ILL.,, crushing him to
death.
The summer resort hotel on Pine
lake, near La Porte, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire.
In q row at Thornton. IND, John
Sexton struck Hiram Mcdonald with
Il brOOmstick and killed him.
Walter Fisher. a dive keeper at Day.
ton, Ohio, was shot and instantly killed
by his brother Robert, aged II.
Several persons We're killed and n
number injured in Il collision on the
Hidalgo railroad in Mexico.
Charles Beach. son of Edmund Beach,
living near Valparaiso, Ind, was
drowned in Lake Michigan.
The Verne Swain, a steamer running
between Clinton and Davenport. Iowa,
sunk in three feet of water off Albany,
Ill. No one was injured.
Several persons were killed and n
number badly hurt by the collision of
two trains ON the Hidalgo road near the
City OF Mexico.
Miles upon miles Of the Kickapoo
country, Ok, are ON fire, the reflection
Of which can be seen for forty miles.
The grass in some places along the val
leys was five feet high and the blaze Is
terrible in consequence. 1t is said that
the Indians set the country on fire pur-
pOsely with the foolish hope of keeping
out white settlers at the opening in Oc-
tober.
Criminal Doings.
A gang of robbers following Sells
Bros. circus is said to have operated
in Pontiac. Ill.
A bold thief got 5000 in gold watches
from Sch ,ibar's store at Huntington,
Ind.
f. w. Nicholson, superintendent Of
the treasury stables, committed suicide
while in fit of despondency.
Animated by jealousy, William Vo-
gel Of New York fatally shot his mis-
tress and then killed himself.
Clarissa Burke, Is Yeas of age. com
mitted suicide at Champaign, ILL.,, by
taking laudanum.
While intoxicated August Lcssig OF
Grand Island, Neb.. shot his wife, his
daughter and himself. He and the girl
will recover, but Mrs. Lessig will die.
H. z. Roach of Cairo, ILL.,, pleaded
guilty to contempt Of court in inter-
fcring with trains. He was fined $25
and committed in default.
William Cox, aged "A, of Martins
vile, Ind. committed suicide because.
he had been twice stricken by paraly-
sig.
Rather than be censured for reckless
driving. John G. Peck, member Of the
Philadelphia fire department killed him
self.
Daniel Cossatt of Bond county, ILL.,,
was held to the United States grand
jury for sending an obscene letter to
Mrs. Annie FeltZ.
Thomas Hewitt. an iron molder mt
Kerney, N. j.. seriously stabbed his
wife and four children and leaped from
q window and was killed.
A lone highwayman held up train
near Lufkin, Texas and shot and kill
cd DR.. Dreweney and robbed the body,
afterwards relieving others on the
train of their watches and money.
James Deegan. notorious crook, pre-
tending to be seeking Il boarding house
robbed Mrs. Ja1> Jackson Mt New York
of jcwclry wc-'lh S1.70O.
Conductor Goodman the slayer OF
Col. II. c. Parsons. Il wcll-known Re
publican politician and business man
was found guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree at Covinston. Va, and sen.
fenced to eighteen years in the penitcn
tiary.
DR.. E. NJ Height. leading dentist
Of Memphis. Tenn, received two knife
stabs in the region of the heart. in.
fiicted by Walter Wylcy, Il bill collec.
tor. Wyley demanded arrears OF rent
from Height, which the doctor WAS un
able 10 pay.