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LINCOLN (Neb) April 14.-A tele-
phone message from Dorchester, twen-
ty-five miles west Of here, on the main
line Of the Burlington, says that that
town, comprising nearly 1000 inhabi-
tants, is threatened by entire destruc-
tion by fire which broke out about
midnight. Half of the town is now
burned, according to the message, and
the fire is still spreading, famed by a
heavy wind. Four Of the principal busi-
ness buildings are destroyed, one street
in the business district is swept clear,
and the flames have been carried to the
residence part of the town.
The town has been overrun with
tramps, who are supposed to have start
ed the fire.
The police of Lincoln have been asked
to arrest them, as they are reported to
have escaped on a freight bound for
this city.
A later dispatch says the whole town
Is In an uproar, with the fire still
spreading
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FIGHT AMONG ITALIANS.
One Shot Through the Heart and Tw,
Others Stabbed.


Others Stabbed.
BROOKLYN On. V, April 14-A free
fight between four Italians at pier
near Hamilton Ferry tonight resulted
in two men being stabbed and one shot
in the heart. Three are in the hospital
with little chance of recovery. The
principals were Salvador Grinaldi and
his brother, Caimo Grinaldi, Salvador
Pasqualo and Martin Gentelo The lat
ter lives in Boston, while the Grinaldi
boys live in this city.
1t was caused by an elopement Of one
OF the Grinaldi boys and the sister of
Gentelo, which took place about six
months ago. The young couple came to
Brooklyn, and Gentelo was instructed
by his parents to hunt them UP. He
found them in a house in President
street tonight He wanted to fight
The brothers consented, and took Pas
quelo along as referee, and after fight
ing some time Gentelo drew a knife
eight inches long and stabbed the ref
cree ten times in the body. He next at
tackled Caimo Grinaldi, and succeeded
in cutting him in the arm twice. Grin
aldi drew a pistol and fired two shots.
One of the bullets struck Gentelo in the
heart ending the fight. 1t is thought
PaSquelo will also die.
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HOTEL MEMS ASSOCIATION.
Boston Selected as the Next Meeting
Place-Onlcers Elected.


Place-Ofnc GERS Elected.
LOS ANGELES, April 14.-The seven
teenth annual convention Of the Hotel
Mems Mutual Benefit Association was
called to order here this morning by
President Ben H. Yard Of New jersey.
The President, in his annual address,
stated that the total active membership
to date was 1,22S, the largest in the
history of the organization. The amount
paid in benefits to date aggregated
$301 ,546.
After the reports of the Secretary,
Treasurer and Board Of Directors had
been received, the election of officers
was proceeded with and resulted as fol-
lows: President, George w. Lynch of
the Hotel Florence, San Diego, Cali
fornia, by acclamation; George H.
Parker .of New England, First Vice
President; Second Vice-Presidents-A
c. Bilike, California; NJ. NJ. Tabor,
Colorado; A. NJ. Bliss, Washington; C.
B. Taylor, Florida; Warren Leland,
Georgia; Charles Locke, Illinois; Ed
ward Watson, Indiana; John E. Car
Isle, Michigan; F. A. Barker, Mime
sofa; H. w. Weaver, Missouri; G. Turn,
Mississippi; George Marke, Nebraska;
o. T. Kellorn, New Hampshire; c. NJ.
Ford, New York; A. B. Cook, New
Jersey, G.. w. Reynolds, Montana; d. P
Kissick, North Carolina: d. c. Shears,
Ohio; F. p Holley. Pennsylvania F. w.
Eldridge, South Carolina; w p Har-
butt. Texas; AL. Ainsley, Virginia.
Boston was selected as the next meet
ing place.
The visitors are being entertained at
O grand ball at Santa Monica tonight
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Transactions Recorded Since the Las,
Report.

j. III. Devine to H. L. Eckman-Eas st
~ feet of north half of lot 4, N and
0, Fifth and Sixth streets
]. w. Wilson, trustee, to B. F. Shep-
herd-East five acres of lot l, block %.
Fair Oaks; $500
L. T. Weber and c. H. Beesley and
wives to Patrick ]. Lannon-East half
OF lot d, H and /, Twenty fifth and
IWenty-sixth streets
M. ]. Holland ct ux. to C. P Warren
South half of lot 1, S and T, Twenty
second and Twenty-third streets.
Estate of Mary NJ. Buckley to P. ].
Buckley-North half of west quarter
OF lot 3. K and L, Seventh and Eighth
streets.
&. M. Myers to H. H. Johnson
Blocks w and x, Fourteenth and Fif-
teenth streets; V and w, Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets; w and x, Fifteenth h
and Sixteenth streets; all right to es-
tate Of W. c. and Mary Myers
Isador Cohen to w. r. Lewis-Lot 8.
E and F, Twenty-seventh and Twenty
eighth streets
]. L. Bundock ct ux to Mary E. Hyde
Lot 10, block q, Oak Park
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INDORSED CLEVELAND.
Action of the State Democratic Con
ventiOn of Washington.

Action of the State Democratic Con-
ventfon of Washington.
TACOMA (Wash.), April 14.-The
State Democratic Convention tonight
adopted platform indorsing the pres
ent administration of President Cleve-
land, but differing from it upon the
financial question. The Monroe doc
trine was also unqualifiedly indorsed
The free and unlimited coinage Of sill
yer at the ratio of 16 to l was demand
ed, without waiting for the action of
any other nation.
An effort was made in the Commit
tee on Resolutions to have the National
Convention delegates instructed to vote
only for silver candidate, but it failed
to pass the committee after stormy de-
bate of three hours.
Hugh G. Wallace was chosen National
Committeeman. At a late hour the Sc
lection of National Convention dele
gates had not been concluded.
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The Tesreau Estate,

Julia E. Tesreau, by her attorneys.
Alexander, Miller & Gardner, has filed
her inventory Of the estate of Edward
D. Tesreau, deceased, as administra-
trix.
The receipts have been SIT dues and
funeral benefits from Sacramento Par
lor, Native Sons; funeral benefits from
Young Mems Institute, No. 27, 800:
insurance from Northwestern Company
on a life policy, $4,000; total BIT
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RUN OVER AND KILLED.
Fatal Accident to an Aged Resident of
San Francisco.

San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.-C H
Green, 75 years of age, was struck
down by the San Jose express at the
corner OF Day street and the railroad
crossing this afternoon at 3:15 o'clock
and received injuries from which death
resulted in the course Of half an hour
The old man was the proprietor of a
hardware store on Valencia street, anu
at the time of the accident was re-
turning to his store after delivering an
order of goods to a customer He
passed up Day street to the railroad
track and climbed a fifteen-foot en-
bankment in order to cross a trestle
which spans a deep chasm. He had just
reached the trestle and was about to
start across, when the express train
shot around a curve and bore down
upon him. He did not see nor hear the
train until it was within a few yards
of him, and then it was too late, and he
was struck and hurled down the en-
bankment. He was picked up and car
ried into the waiting room, and medi-
cal aid summoned, but when ii arrived
1t was found that the injured man was
dead.
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SECOND INFANTRY.
Dates on Which the Companies VIII
be Inspected.


| The inspection of the various compa-
| MES of the Second Infantry, Third Bri-
gade, will begin on the I'd of May. In
spector Rice has made the following
announcements in that connections:
May 2d-Inspect property of Signal
Corps and Troop B, l p. M; inspection
and muster of staff and Signal Corps,
Third Brigade and Troop B, $50 p. m.
| May 4th-Inspect property of head
quarters, field and staff and band, Sec
ond Infantry, a. M; inspect property
| Company z (Sacramento) 10 a m; in
spect property Company G (Sacra-
mento), = p. M; inspection and muster
of field and staff and Companies E and
G, $50 p. m.
| May oth-Leave Sacramento for
Woodland, arriving at the latter place
30 a. M; inspect property of Com
pany F, 2 p. M; inspection and muster
of Company F, $50 p. m.
May 6th-Leave Woodland for Co
lusa, arriving at the latter place , p. m. !;
inspect property of Company B, 2:30
p. m.; inspection and muster of Com
pany B, $50 p. m.
May 7th-Leave Colusa for Redding,
arriving at the latter place $50 p. m;
inspection and muster Company H,
$50 p. m.
May Sth-Inspect property Company
H, a. M; leaving Redding for Chico,
arriving at the latter place at 2:50 a. m,
May 9th; inspect property Company A,
p. M; inspection and muster of Com
pany A, $50 p. m.
May 11th-Leave Chico for Marys-
vile, arriving at the latter place S:25
a. M; inspect property of Company D,
p. M; inspection and muster of Com
pany D, $50 p. m.
May 12th--Leave Marysville for Ne
vada City, arriving at the latter place
$50 p. H.; inspection and muster of
Company c, $50 p. M; inspect property
of Company c, 9 a. m, May 18th.
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RAINS DO GREAT DAMAGE.
Cause Delay In Traffic on Railroad
Lines in the South.

Cause Delay In Traffic on Railroad
Lines in the South.
NEW ORLEANS, April 14-The
heavy rains last night did great damage
to the tracks of the Northwestern Rail-
road at Sandersville, $50 miles north
of New Orleans. Traffic is suspen-
ded. The railroad people cannot say
how much damage is done or when busi-
ness will resume. The Illinois Central
Chicago train, due here at $40 this
morning, was several hours late Great
damage has been done in the neighbor-
hood of Brookhaven, Mississippi, by the
extraordinary heavy rain. The track of
the Illinois Central has been washed up
near Bogue Chitto, few miles south of
Brookhaven, and trains will probably
not be able to run for the next thirty
hours. The water in the streams is said
to be higher than ever before known.
Torrents of rain fell in this city all day.
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SEATTLE, April IA private letter
received in this city from Arthur Berry,
formerly Warden of the United States
Penitentiary on McNeiPs Island, who
left for Alaska about a month since,
says that 800 miners bound for the Yu-
kon are showed in at the base of the
divide or pass between Cooks Inlet and
the Yukon.
A fierce snowstorm was raging at the
time the letter was written, ten days
ago, and the prospects of the men being
able to cross the mountains were not
only discouraging, but the writer is of
the opinion that many will perish.
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Pasadena Election.

PASADENA, April 14.-The final re-
suit of yesterdays vote in the munich
pal election resulted in a mild surprise.
The Republicans elected the City
Treasurer and two Councilmen by a
fair majority. The Citizens won on
City Clerk by a large majority, one
Councilman by twenty-three majority,
and Marshal by fifteen votes. The City
Council is now composed of four
straight Republicans and one Prohibi-
ZIONIST
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High Water in Humboldt County.

EUREKA, April 14.-The recent
rains and the melting of snow on the
mountains has flooded the streams and
rivers of this district. The construction
bridge of the Vance Railroad was car
ried out to sea last night. County
bridges over Farmer and Salmon
Creeks, while still in place. have been
injured greatly. Many large slices of
rich bottom lands bordering on the
rivers. especially the Eel, We're washed
away.
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BRUTAL MURDERER.
,hn Craig. the Los Angeles Fiend
Taken to EOlSOn.

John Craig. the Los Angeles Fiend
Taken to Folsom.
Under-Sheriff Clements and Deputy
Mcclure of Los Angeles yesterday took
to Folsom Prison John Craig, the man
who murdered his divorced wife and
her parents and wounded her brother.
He is under sentence of death, and will
be hanged on the 18th of June.
The condemned man spent several
hours in the County Jail here while
waiting for the Folsom train. He is
greatly depressed on account of his two
little children, but he did not think of
their fate when he shot down their
mother before their eyes.
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Capay Valley Murder.

WOODLAND, April 14.-P. L. Max
well, the aged Capay Valley farmer who
was fired upon by an unknown person
at his ranch on April 7th, died at the
County Infirmary this evening. Word
comes from Capay tonight that the
younger of the Stevens boys, who were
suspected of having shot the old man,
had confessed that the elder brother
fired the fatal shot. A report is also
current that other persons We're impli-
Gated in the murder; that they were de-
sirous of purchasing Maxwells ranch,
but were unable to reach satisfactory
terms, and that the Stevens boys were
hired by them to do away with him.
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Received Fatal Internal IniurIes.

VALLEJO, April 14.-Matthew De-
vine of Valona fell overheard at South
Vallejo while attempting to board the
schooner Sophie /. The Captain and
crew hauled him out of the water, his
clothes were dried and a bed was made
on the deck of schooner for him. De-
vine soon went to sleep. This morning
he was found dead. 1t is supposed he
received internal injuries when he fell
overheard
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Tried to XIII a NefghbOrfng Family
Woodland Arson Case.

WOODLAND, April 14.-The prelimi-
nary examination of Shepherd and Gull
lom, the proprietors of the Woodland
Woolen Mill, accused of having caused
the destruction of the plant in order to
secure the heavy insurance, was re-
sumed before Justice Lamton to-day.
The burden of the testimony introduced
was in support of the prosecutions con-
tention that the two men had little
money invested in the mill and a small
stock on hand. The case went over un-
til tomorrow.
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Late Governor Jones, Funeral.

CARSON (Nev.), April 14.-All busi-
ness will be suspended in Carson to-
morrow, in accordance with the May
or's proclamation, when the funeral of
John E. Jones. Nevada's late Chief Ex-
ecutive, occurs. Eulogies will be pro-
ncunced over the dead in behalf of the
Masonic fraternity, the State, the vari-
Gus religious denominations and the
Nevada Press Association. Acting Gov
ernor Sadler will take the oath of office
and become Governor Of Nevada on
Thursday next
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SCHOOL OF DESIGN.
1t VIII Reopen This Morning at the
Art Gallery.

1t VIII Reopen This Morning at the
Art Gallery.
The California Museum Association
will reopen the Sacramento School of
Design in the Art Gallery this morn
ing. The association awaits with a
good deal Of anxiety the opening hour
to see how far the chairs will fill 1t is
exceedingly anxious that there shall
be full school, since so many of the
old scholarships have expired, and it
Is necessary that the places Of pupils
who held them shall be filled.
The opportunities the school offers
for those gifted with capacity in the
direction Of designing are of a high or
der and ought to be largely availed OF
by our citizens
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Arizona Republicans.

PHOENIX (Ariz.), April 14.-That
part of the Republican party of Mari
copa County known as the anti-Wolfley
faction met in convention to-day and
selected twenty five delegates to the
Territorial convention which will name
six Presidential delegates. The resolu-
tions adopted declare for the free COIN
age of silver, indorse Congressman
Murphy's efforts to secure Statehood for
Arizona and favor liberal pensions to
veterans They favor sending unpledged
delegates to ST. Louis, instructed to
support the man who will favor giving
Arizona Statehood
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Fatal Tragedy at Latrobe.

PLACERVILLE, April 14.-During
the progress of a drunken row at La
trobe this afternoon George Roberts, a
Cherokee shepherd, cut the throat of
Walter Freeman, the son of the hotel
keeper in whose house the quarrel
took place. Freeman died INSTANTLY
Sheriff Hilbert left this evening for La
trobe to arrest the murderer
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Republtcan Delegates.

DOWNIEVILLE, April 14.-The Re-
publican Central Committee of Sierra
County has elected the following dele
gates to the Republican convention to
be held at Sacramento May 9TH: A. J.
Meraux, j. o. Jones, w. Donaldson. j.
B. Irish and A. S. Nichols
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HOUSE BLOWN TO PIECES.
A Windstorm In Texas, Accompanied
With Serious Results.


With Serious Results.
ABILENE (Tex). April 14.-News
was received here this morning that
the house of J. c. Hillion, living at
Spring Creek, in the southwestern ex-
tremity of the county, was blown to
pieces by the storm Saturday night, and
seven out of ten members of the family
were severely injured. Three of them
were fatally hurt. They are Hillion' S
wife, her mother and the oldest daugh-
ter, girl of 16
The house and furniture were re-
duced to splinters. The wreck imme-
diately took fire, and two of the smaller
children were caught under the rub
bish. The other members of the family
were unable to rescue them, and they
would certainly have burned to death
had not the flames been extinguished
by torrents of rain and hail.
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RUNAWAY CARS.

Narrow Escape From What Might
Have Been Terrible Disaster.
TUCSON (Ariz.), April 14-Word was
received at the Southern Pacific Office
at 8 o'clock this morning that a gravel
train being used near Wallis Station,
eighteen miles east on the main line,
had broken away from a locomotive
and was on its way toward this city.
AS it would meet with no obstruction
until it reached the yards, instructions
were given and preparations made to
receive the runaway. Switches were
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Capella Stage Robbery.

UKIAH, April 1.-THE trial of John
Schneider, the Capella stage-robber
was begun to-day. A jury was Sc
lected, and a large amount of docu-
mentary evidence concerning the value
of the express matter stolen, ETC., was
admitted. Thirty witnesses have been
subpenaed, and the trial promises to
be a tedious one.
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Pleads Self-Defense.

MADEIRA, April 14.-Sheriff Westfall
and Coroner Payne returned hate last
night from Ahwahnee, bringing with
them Richard McGoon, who shot and
killed William McGuirk on Saturday
last at that place. The verdict Of the
Coroner's Jury was that the decea sed
came to his death by reason of gunshot
wounds inflicted by McGoon. The pris-
oner has been committed without bonds
to answer the charge of murder. He
pleads self-defense
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santa Barbara Carnival.

SANTA BARBARA, April 14-Al-
though large number of visitors have
arrived, the carnival proper cannot be
said to have been opened. The fes-
tivities of tomorrow will inaugurate
the fiesta, which promises to eclipse all
previous efforts made by Santa Barbar-
ans. A concert by the band of the war
ship Philadelphia, the opening of the
rose show and grand promenade con-
cert in the evening are the features for
tomorrow.
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suicide at Vallejo.

VALLEJO, April 14.-Frank st. John,
young man % years of age, employed
as a hostler at the navyyard, took his
own life last night by taking a dose of
laudanum. He has been sufferer from
asthma for some time, and to this afflic-
ton the act is attributed.
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DIED IN A BATHTUB.
Death of a Prominent Merchant at
Merced.

MERGED, April 14.-The body Of M.
Hartman, a prominent Hebrew dry
goods merchant of Merced, was found
floating in bath tub at his home this
morning. Yesterday he applied to a
physician for medicine for sleeplessness,
which was given him with the instruc-
tions to take hot bath and the medi-
cine before going to bed. Last night he
went to the bathroom to take a bath,
and was not seen again until his nephew
went to call him this morning, when he
found him dead, floating in the tub
The medicine, all prepared. was found
on a shelf near by. Hartman acted
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Preparing to Improve.

Ground was broken yesterday at
Tenth and n streets for the improve
ment of the latter street from that point
to Fifteenth. When n, L. and Fifteenth
streets shall be completed Capitol Park
will be surrounded with bitumen pave
mentS.
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MINERS SNOWBOUND
IN ALASKA TERRITORY.
Three Hundred People Reported to be in
a Very Dangerous Place.
An Aged Resident Of San Francisco
Run Over and Killed.

A Drunken Row Results in q Fatal
Stabbing ARRAY at Latrobe-A Well
Known Merced Merchant Found
Dead in Bathtub-All Business
VIII be Suspended In Carson To-
Dav When the Funeral of the Late
Governor Jones VIII Take Place.
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Some Rich Rock.

Frank G.. Swain, a native of Hicksyille
Township, has returned from Shasta
County with some very rich specimens
of gold-bearing ore which he says he
recently discovered up there. One piece.
ar expert says, would go 81 900 to the
ton. 1t is apparently from ''stringer. "
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strangely yesterday, and the physicians
think he was suffering from temporary
insanity No one knows whether the
drowning was accidental, the result Of
heart failure or case of suicide.
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Excursionists From Mormonland.

The Salt Lake eXcurSionists, including
the great Tabernacle choir, and num-
bering in all some 300 persons, arrived
yesterday. They tarried here about an
hour and then resumed their journey to
San Francisco. On the 21st they will
give a concert here.
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Picnic Privileges.

Bids for the Odd Fellows picnic privi-
leges must be sent to H. F. G. Wolfe.
Postoffice building, before Sunday next.
the 10Th.
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A santa Cruz Citizen Injured.

SANTA CRUZ, April 14.-Albert
Waterman, popular young citizen,
was thrown from his buggy this after
noon and received injuries which are
likely to prove fatal.
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Nevada Press Association.

RENO New, April 1.-THE Nevada
Press Association, thirty strong, left
tonight in a special car on a tour
through California.
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CONFEDERATION In A
NEBRASKA TOWN.
Half the Place Already in Ruins, and
the Flames Still Spreading.
Tramps Supposed to Have Started
the Fire.

A Free Fight Among Four Italians at
Brooklyn, New York, Results In
One Being Shot Through the Heart
and Two Others Seriously Stabbed
A House Blown to Pieces and Ten
People Badly Injured in Texas.
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all set for side-tracking, so as to de-
rail the train in the yards.
A few minutes before No. 10, the east
bound passenger, was due, the caboose
and thirteen gravel cars came bearing
down from the east at a high rate OF
struck the cars plowed their way
through the yard, wrecking everything
except the caboose and two cars. No
one was injured, but the damage to the
company's rolling stock is considera-
ble If the accident had occurred half
an hour later the runaway would have
met the eastbound passenger on an up
grade.
Tried to XIII a Neighboring Family.
EUGENE (Or.), April 14-Oral Poin-
dexter, a lad II years Of age, was ar
rested at his home four miles north Of
Coburg yesterday, and was brought to
this city this afternoon, on a charge of
attempting to kill the family of Mrs.
Hiram Smith, a widow, who lives on a
farm adjoining that Of the Poindexters.
The youth has made repeated attempts
to poison the Smiths, and on several oc-
casions has nearly succeeded. An old
feud has existed between the POindex-
ters and the Smiths, and it Is believed
that Oral felt that it devolved upon him
to settle the grudge by taking the lives
of the entire family