The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02

was caught in the raiding of dis reputable house at Sidney, O. Her husband was away from home at the time and had her held until he re- turned When he entered her cell he i'm m.nediately shot her through the
 heart She died instantly and he made
 good his escape.
 WILLIAM ULMER started from Buff ton, Ind, to the Montpelier oil field with Z2o quarts of nitro'glycerine in a wagon. When ? miles from Buffton the wagon wheels struck the root of q tree and upset. An explosion followed top and fifteen feet deep. Four or five large oak trees were blown down and carried a distance of 300 feet. Ulmer and his horses were blown to atoms.
 SEVERAL specimens of dark brown rock in which was a glittering mineral were taken to Memphis, Tenn, recent ly from Raleigh, suburb, for analysis. The examination showed gold present in paying quantity, and the presence of platinum was even more plainly marked.
 TIE government immigration bureau reports that during the last ten months the number of Italian immigrants ar irving in this country was 10,S25 less than during the same period last year.
 ABOUT 5000, 900 feet of pine lumber in the yards of F. B. Newton X Co.,, at Cleveland, O., was destroyed by fire. In the yard was about 1000, GOO feet of the wood, but the efforts of the fire men resulted in the saving of about l, 1,000, ,000 feet The loss will be in the neighborhood of $40,000, with an in. surance of $1O,0O0.
 FIRE totally destroyed the Lafayette Qnd.) paper mill plant, operated by a branch company of the American strawboard trust. Loss, $50, 1000; insur- ance, S2s,00O. The fire was supposed to have been caused by spark from passing locomotive.
 Ar Houston. Tex, Dr. J. c. Simmons was called to see sick child at the residence of Mrs. Robert Owen. He had written the prescription when Owen entered, and, without saying a word, put pistol to Simmons breast and pulled the trigger. Dr. Simmons fell dead. Owen then shot his wife and left the house. Going to his hotel, he blew out his own brains. Owen was stockman and had been married about eighteen months and short time ago he and his wife separated. Mrs. Owen may recover.
 Ar Durant. I. T., United States h. dian Policeman Ed Bohannon and Jim Jackson, q stranger, became engaged in shooting affray on the 18th. Bohan- non attempted to replevin some steers and Jackson objected. Both fired at the same instant. Bohannon was struck between the eyes and instantly killed. Jackson was shot through the heart and lived about two minutes.
 SEVEN Polanders, who were clearing land near the town of Wild Rose, Wis, were burned to death in their shanty. | They had been carousing and it was supposed all were intoxicated when the fire occurred.
 LEBANON, Pa, was visited by disas- trous fire. causing loss of over slOO,- 900. It broke out in the boiler house of the Reinoeht Lumber Co.,, in North | Lebanon, and was caused by spark from a furnace.
 THE Chicago Live Stock exchange on the 23d passed resolutions declaring that exaggerated reports and false con clusions had been widely circulated as the cause of the recent advance in beef prices and such unfounded reports had caused the decreased consumption of beef resulting in a demoralization of the trade and consequently lower prices for cattle, and requested the public to withhold judgment until the ! of agriculture had thor oughly investigated the matter.