The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25
BRIEFLY TOLD.

AT Falville YESTERDAY. the dead body OF
the Rev. DR.. W. III. Turney. who had been
missing for several days was found in a
small cottage in which he resided alone
| The doors was securely locked inl hall
empty morphine bottle in the bed told the
| tale of suicide. though the body was roo
| badly decomposed to admit of an autopsy.
| After searching since Friday last. the
| steam tug Pioneer wires from Port Angles
that she has not found the slightest trace
of the coal ship Iyanhoe which has been
| missing since Septemb bel 27.
At Honey Springs. Tex, Tuesday night
Will Hammond and Zip Bullard, young
| farmers, fought an impromptu duel. Ham.
mend was shot TO death and Bullard
seriously wounded. BullaTd heard that
Hammond had slandered his wife.
The extensive shops and round houses oil
the Michigan division of the Big Four were
almost wiped out by fire last night. The
loss will be at least $4,000. -
Alonzo F. Eddy and his wife and two
children were driving across the Erie tracks
at Watts Flats, Tuesday evening when they
were struck by the Chicago limited and all
four were killed.
The city of Cincinnati is experiencing the
~
fciency bonds cannot be issued and nc
funds can be borrowed, hence the city Will
have to run on credit until the first of the
year.
Mrs. Adde B. Holland, postmistress at
North Grand Rapids. and her son, F.Marion
Holland, were arrested Tuesday evening
for robbing the North Grand Rapids post
office, and held in $1,000 bail each for ex-
animation.
A movement is being made to utilize the
bequest of $500 made several years ago by
Miss Elizabeth Stevens for public library.
The legacy now amounts to over foar
thousand dollars.
One of the leaders of Tammany Hall said
all negotiations looking to a compromise
with the Grace Democracy on candidates
for Congress were off.
Louis S. Stern, member of Stern & Co..
whose failure was announced yesterday,
committed suicide by drowning in Central
Park reservoir at New York. The cause of
the suicide is supposed to be financial
trouble.
The torpedo boat Ericsson did not have
her preliminary trial yesterday as anticj-
pated, owing to fierce northeaster.
meeting of the citizens of Barre, VT,
was held last night to take action in regard
to a city charter. 1t was voted to obtain
one from the legislature.
Reports from the various points in the
West and South of Ireland state that heavy
rains have prevailed for the last two DAYS,
Several persons are drowned
Edward Payson Weston, the pedestrian,
arri red at Schenectady, N. York, at 6.45 D.
m., having made distance of seventeen
miles in four hours. Weston leaves at four
in the morning for Amsterdam.
Victor De Chloe, the Mexican revolutionist.
was recaptured by officers at Toyah station
in the house of a friend. last night, at Ell
Paso. The Mexicans are in sympathy with
him.
At special meeting of the Medal of
Honor Legion at the Holland house, in New
York, last night, adjournment was reached.
1t was decided to hold the next meeting OF
the Legion in Boston, the third Monday in
October.
The funeral of Ex-Governor Bedle, took
place yesterday in the First Presbyterian
church at Jersey City. Rev. Charles Herr
c ndncted the services