Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-19
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was ditched on the Norfolk & Western
railroad and seventy passengers were
all more or less injured. A broken
frog caused the accident.
WHILE Simon Hisrich was driving
along the streets of Canal Dover, o., a
dog jumped at his horse and the
| frightened animal plunged in front Of
a street car and was killed and Mr..
| Hisrich was thrown under the car and
ground to pieces. The car had to be
lifted to get out his mangled body.
HOWARD HITE, accompanied by his
sister, Mrs. Joseph Croft. and her three
children, of Roaring Springs, Pa, were
out driving when their horses tool
| fright at 2. drunken man lying on the
roadside. The animals turned shor
about and ran away. All were thrown
violently from the vehicle and Mrs
Croft was instantly killed, while the
others were seriously hurt.
IT was given out authoritative1y or
the 18th that the fight between Corbe
and FitZsimmons would surely take
place at Hot Springs, Ark, on schedule
time. In order to comply with the
| laws of Arkansas the contest will bt
| limited to a number of rounds, the
referee being vested with full power
to stop the contest when, in his opin
ion, it becomes brutal, the contestant:
to box with soft gloves.
OFFICERS who arrived at Paris, Tex.
recently from the territory bring new'
of the butchering of an aged negro
woman named Louisiana Fisher, neal
Iou in he or a1st0 "a
the Choctaw nation. A day or two
ago her body was found in the woods
Her head was cut off and number O.
long, deep gashes were in her body
Suspicion rests upon some Choctaw
named Impson, who believed her to bt
a witch and lived in constant terror o.
her.
A SERIOUS freight wreck occurred a
Waterbury, Conn.,, on the 18th, two
parts of a broken train coming to
gether and ten cars loaded with trot
ting horses, live stock and other ex-
hibits from the Danbury fair were
crushed and thrown down 4Ofoo
embankment. Mazeppa, the famou:
champion trick horse, valued at $40,
900, was instantly killed, one man was
fatally injured and two others serious
ly hurt.
Four people were fatally burned
while fighting prairie fire near Whine
peg, Man.
ADvICEs from Guaymas stated the
steamers Diego, Mazatlan and another
small gulf coaster had been lost with
all hands on board A number OF
miners, American and Mexican, took
passage on the steamers, and, if it be
true that the vessels went down, loo
lives have probably been lost.
AT Hyden, Knott county, KY, at {
political gathering judged. W. Parker
Clay county republican, attempted tc
speak, when ruffians began yelling
His friends tries to protect him and a
fight followed in which three mer
were killed outright and several others
seriously wounded.
HENRY MEYER, boy II years old, o.
Toledo, o., objected to his sister giving
a birthday party at their home, and in
order to discourage any future a
tempts in the same line, mixed two
ounces of croton oil with the coffee
that was served to the guests. AS re
suit twelve of the young people who
attended the party were in seriou:
condition and fatal results were ex
pected from some of them. The lac
was arrested.
AT Eaton, O.. John Monroe Smith
aged II, escorted home his sweetheart
Gertrude Lally, and quarreled with
her on the way Arriving at the house
he shot and fatally wounded her in the
presence of her mother, and then sur
rendered to the county sheriff.