The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-20
MISCELLANEOUS,

| MISCELLANEOUS.
A BLAcK-FACED burglar, either a
negro or a white man blackened up
stabbed jefferson Smith fatally and
crushed the skull of his wife at Dallas
Tex, on the night of the l4th.
AT Admission, Ala, three children et
William Littlejohn died from eating
toadstools.
AT Russell Springs, KY, Morgan
Smith, while drunk, slashed Joseph
McElroy across the throat with knife,
nearly decapitating him and causing
instant death.
A FIRE at Dunfield, Mich, on the
18th nearly wiped out the place, a stiff
| breeze blowing at the time.
THE clearing house returns for the
week ended February IA for the follow
ing cities were: New York, S5O1 ,496, 955;
Chicago, SIC, $50, GAS; St. Louis, 500, 100,
o4o; Kansas City, 50, 643, 400; St. Joseph,
sl,2s9,553; Topeka. S277,96l; Wichita,
S496, 1873; Omaha, 81, 152, ga.
JOHN, alias Patsy" Harris was
hanged in the District Of Columb ia Jail
at Washington on the l4th for murder.
ing man named Spruel last Fourth Of
July while he was drunk. Harris was
90 years old.
THE family of P. A. Higgins-con-
sisting of father. mother, son and
daughter, the two last aged 20 and 10
respectively-were all taken down
with measles at Brights, Ala, and
died. Neighbors had to bury the fam.
lily one by one.
FEARS were entertained on the 14th
that the British steamship Aswanby,
bound from Hamburg to Philadelphia,
had foundered and that her crew of IS
men had persisted.
GEORGE JONES shot and killed his
sweetheart, Leah Martin, her mother,
Mrs. w. ]. Martin, and then put bull.
let into his own head, at Centerville,
Ia, on the 18th. The scene in the
house indicated that Jones had gone
there and had quarrel with the girl,
and that her mother interfered be-
tween them; that Jones shot the mother
first and then the daughter.
APAssBNGER director on the Penn
sylvania road at New Brunswick, N. j.,
tried to prevent man from crossing
the line on account of the approach of
a fast freight, when the man became
angry and gave the railroad employee a
push which,sent him under the wheels.
The employee died soon afterwards.
The man was arrested.
THERE had been bad blood between
the seniors and juniors at Delaware,
O., because the former were smashing
the mortar board caps of the latter.
On the night of the 14th there were
riotous demonstrations, resulting in
bloody noises and bruised
heads. Clark Beacon, a senior, re-
ceived blow on the head which NAV
prove very serious. One junior girl
tore the dress off girl wearing senior
colors. About 800 suits of clothing
were ruined.
In Grace hospital, Toronto, Ont, the
value to surgery of Prof. Roentgen's
discovery was again demonstrated A
woman patient, whose foot had caused
her intense pain, was submitted to the
cathode rays and the photograph re-
vealed the presence of a needle. The
surgeons operated at the point and
the photograph proved to be true one
THE failures for the week ended Feb
-uary IA (Dun's report were 32l in the
United States, against 27O last year,
and 67 in Canada. against 81 last year.
GERTRUDE CHARLOTTE HIANKA was
clawed and seriously mutilated during
IN act at museum in Minneapolis. |
Mimi, on the i4th. Nero, the aged |
'erocious lion, who has killed three
trainers during his exhibition career.
was the assailant The affair caused a |
panic in the auditorium and the cur.
ain was rung down. The injured |
will recover unless blood poi
'oning sets in.
WATERLOO, seven miles west of But
er, Ind, on the Lake Shore railroad,
was nearly destroyed by fire at an
early hour on the l2th.
A PLOT to lynch Scott jackson.
Alonzo Walling, William Wood and
me Gasker brothers for the murder of
Fearl Bryan was disclosed on the l3th
~ letter received at Mnncie, Ind. It
saul that at least 4, 600 men would take
'aN in the killing. 1t WAS said that
ini@ss the murderers were taken TO
Aenfueky the mob of 1000 would bear
Town Oh the Cincinnati Jail. armed
with Winehesters, and lynch the men.
Inc "asker brothers are supposed to
rave rowed Pearl Bryan down the
'hio on the ni.rht of the murder, Just
'efore she was decapitated.