The Monticellonian., 1895-07-12
A 1ABoRrR walking through Boyne


 street, Dublin, on the Ed, picked up a tin canister which was lying in the roadway He attempted to remove the cover when it exploded, instantly killing him. The nature of the explo- sive contained in the can is unknown.
 DURING a parade in East Boston, on the 4th, representing A. P. A. lodges, Patriot Sons of America, Orange lodges Order of United Workmen and other kindred organizations. series of riots occurred, in which one man was killed and many others were se- verely injured, several of the mob be- ing badly clubbed by the police, who did efficient work in dispensing the unruly rabble.
 FoUR of the five men who held up the pavmaster of the Nacasari Copper Go, June B, were recently captured by the authorities of the Mexican state of Sonora, taken to the scene of their crime and shot to death, under the new law providing for the punishment of train and stage robbers in Mexico.
 A PORTION of the grand stand at Buffalo (N. Y.) driving park fell, on the 4th, injuring twenty-five or thirty persons, some of them fatally. Ten thousand persons, gathered to witness the big bicycle races, occupied the structure at the time.
 TAMMANY HALL celebrated the Fourth of July in the historic wigwam in New York city with the greatest enthusiasm. Patriotic letters from President Cleveland, Senator Hill and others were read.
 THE town of Wellington, O., was well-nigh destroyed by fire on the 4th. Bremen from Cleveland arrived in time to render efficient aid and the flames were finally gotten under con trol.
 WILLIS l.. MOORE, the new chief of the weather bureau, is regarded as one of the best forecasters in the service, having a reputation for accuracy sec ond to none in the department.
 FREDERICK HELLMAN, a contractor of Chicago, murdered his wife and chil- dren by asphYxfation. on the night of the 4th, and died with them, at the Hellman cottage, col Cornelia street. The house is small, but it was their own, and the family were supposed to be living happily together.
 MRs CAROLINE H. PoLHEMUs, of New York city, in memory of her late hus- band, Henry Polhemus, has presented $500, GOO for q dispensary in connection with the Long Island College hospital in Brooklyn, to be known as the Pol hemus Memorial Dispensary.
 ID Co1aJ3ap a interior, stated, on the 9th, that there was no truth in reports of trouble among the BIackfeet Indians, the lat est advices received by the department being that the Indians are perfectly contente9.
 0S the 5th thesupreme court of Min nesota affirmed the sentence imposed on Christian Kortgaard, who wrecked the state bank of Minneapolis. He will serve a term in the reformatory He was once treasurer of Minneapolis
 JAMES l.. WHITTIER, chief editorial writer on che Chattanooga (Tenn. Tradesman, was suddenly attacked with paralysis, on the 4th, and fell senseless from his carriage. He is & relative of tine late John G. Whittier.
 MARY MORGAN, aged 21, and Maggie Lafferty aged % years, were struck by Pennsylvania train at Holmsburg Junction, Pa, on the 4th, and killed.
 THE ship Stanley Force collided with 7nd sank the steam dredger Beta at Liverpool, on the 9th. Five of the lat ters crew were drowned.
 THE Italian minister to Brazil left that country, on the 9th, thus sever ing the relations of the two countries.