The Dickinson press., 1895-06-22
Unfortunate Events.

George Ferguson was killed by q
train at Lidnaw, Mich.
Lewis Winter, aged SO, fell into a
fire at Battle Greek, Mich, and was
burned to death.
The Alpine tunnel in Colorado col
lapsed, killing four of a work train
crew.
John Mcfarland aged 10 was thrown
from a street a at Akron, Ohio and
killed.
John Brown was killed by T. b. Ba-
con during q dispute about q team of
mules near Emporia, Kas.
Mrs. Charles Harkins of Lyons, Ia,
was struck by lightning but vas not
killed. Mrs. A Sigloch, was killed in
the same way at Litchfield, Ill.
Sadie and Dora Anthony, Sarah
Roth and Rosa Rimer were drowned
while lathing in Stump creek, near Du-
bois, Pa. The ages of the girls rang
ed from IA to II years.
A passenger locomotive ran away in
the Panhandle yards at Logansport,
Ind, and crashed into q switch engine.
The engineer and fireman Of the latter
were killed.
Near Wyckliffe, Ohio, a yacht con-
tanning Daniel Bentley, Samuel Well
ner and an unknown man, was cap
sized On the lake during u squat.
Bentley was drowned and the other
two men were rescued.
While working around a haypress on
his farm e a Bowin, Ill, Clayton Nc
Gill, aged 81 years, was instantly kill
ed by the machine falling on him. Mr..
McGil was president of the Farmers
bank and among the wealthiest and
best known me- in Hancock county.
Criminal DOings.
Miss Frederick Bierhaus committed
suicide at Vincennes, Ind.
Miss Mary Taylor driven insane by
the death of a sister committed sui
eide by poison at Leroy, III.
George Andrews, the colorde wife
murderer Mt Belvidere, N. j., was
hanged at that place.
Ezekiel White arrested at Gree
ley. Col. for attempted murder OF his
wife and two children ut Mundis, Mo.
At Detroit Charles Willis. who as
saulted four-year-old Bessie Perry last
April, was sentenced to serve a life
term at Jackson.
Sigmund Schneider of New York shot
his wife in the forehead, inficting a
wound that will prove fatal. He then
blew out his W brains.
Deputy marshals threaten to use dy-
Mantle to dislodge Bill Doolan and his
outlaws who are in q cave in OklahO-
ma.
Dick Johnson, a colored prize fighter
of local renown, was shot and killed
at Helena, Mont, by William Biger-
staff, another colored man.
Ex-clief Of Police H. A. Dillnan
committed suicide at Sacramento on
account Of i'll health. He was 4 G. A.
r. man and 50 years old.
Fred Murray, Pat Downey and 9th.
er weil-known pana, ILL.,. young men
have been arrested Oh q charge of hav.
ing abducted Ethel Hartsock. aged Is.
daughter of q miller who lives at No.
kolnis.
Lewis Fl. Brown. who claims that II
he had his rights he would be the oc.
cupant of q baronial hall in England,
is under arrest in New York, charged
with defrauding a hotel out of $125
worth of board.
Louis Smithie, who was arrested al
Portland, Or, for the larceny Of a COW
and has been confined since In the
county Jail, has confessed that he muir.
dered George Young in August, 1892
at Mott, a small town in Northern Cal
ifornia.
Will johnson, a colored man of Luf
kin, Tex, assaulted the seven-year-old
daughter Of Robert Schafner, a farm
er. After johnson had been captured
Schafncr brought the little victim tc
the Jail. Within five minutes after she
had identified Johnson he was swing
ing from a pole in the city square.
Matthew z. Shirley, a leading citi
zen Of Lebanon. Ind. pleaded guilty tt
forging the. name of his wealthy broth
er, the Rev. James Shirley, to- q note
and was sentenced to two years II
the ~penitentiary. After being sentenc
ed he refused to shake hands with his
preacher brother. 80
Lizzie Coleman the 1~4-year-olt
daughter of William Coleman of Os
teryille, Mass, while on her way tt
school, was shot and. killed by Henr,