The evening times., 1896-11-10
Wire Briefs.

In Suffolk, Va, Lavinia Jones, aged
thirteen wears, was sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for poisoning family.
The factory OF ]. ". Hunt & Co., desks and
furniture. Indianapolis, Ind, burned last
night. Loss, $4,000: insurance, $4,000.
In his charge To the grand Jury OF Mont
gomery county Judge Henderson urged the
investigation into the lyIching of sydney
Randolph.
Charles Flickinger, son Of the late Fred
erick Fhcknger. OF Taneytown, Nd, re-
Gently committed suicide at his homc near
Colby, Kan.
Col. Emilio Nunez. the Cuban patriot. has
been elevated to the rank OF brigadier-
general by Maxine Gomez, for his great
services in the cause of Cuba"
Ina letter to DR.. NJ. T. Holt. of Weston, W.
Va, Hon. William ]. BryanUrges continua-
tion OF The agitation OF the silver question,
and says 1t is bound to win in the end.
John E. Wilkes, one OF the oldest dry
goods merchants in Grand Rapids, Mich,
has filed chattel mortgages aggregating
$4,000, for the benefit of his creditors.
At Huntingdon, W. Va, Mrs. T. B. Spur.
lock left her two -year-o old baby playing on
the floor, while she went on an errand.
When she came back the baby was burned
to a crisp. 1t had fallen into an open fire
place.
Mrs. Susan Campben publicly Cowhided
Harry osbourne near the market house i'll
Hdgerstown, Md, on Saturday night. The
whipping, it is alleged, is the sequel to some
trouble which Mrs, Campbell accuses Os-
bourne Of causing her daughter.
Mrs. Brockstein, living near Seat Pleasant,
Prince George county, Nd. was gorcd to
death by q Jersey COW at her home. She
was thrown to the ground. and the cows
f,rNr tori 40 han .,fNnr frnF nnl- Of
her neck to the top Of her head.
A mob at Richmond, Mo-, yesterday sur
rounded The Jail with the intention OF lynch
ing Lon Lackey and Jesse Winner, charged
with the murder OF Mrs. Winner and two
children. October 26. The iail was guarded.
however, and the crowd finally dispersed.
Joseph Eisenhower. aged sixty eight
years. died in the Methodist Hospital in
Philadelphia of a fracture of the skull,
the result. it is said, of having been struck in
the head with a box while he was sky
larking'' with his two sons and two other
men.
George Ford, aged fourteen years. was
found dead near Holston, Mountain, in
Washington county, Va, yesterday morn.
ing. Young Ford and his father quarreled
and the father ordered the son to leave
home. This is supposed &c have caused the
suicide.
The body OF Joseph omorowSkl, OF chi-
cago. was found in a coInfield bordering
ON the drainage canal last night. He had
been missing from his home since October
g, and the police believe that he was muir
dered, and have arrested Leo Tross, who
boarded at the house at the time of the dis
appearance, on suspicion.
Chief Justice Baker, of Arizona, yester-
day rendered Judgment in the mandamus
case of the State OF Arizona improvement
Company against the Board OF Control of
Arizona, sustaining unreservedly the con-
treat for leasing prison labor by ex-Gov.
Hughes and the Board OF Control for ten
years at 70 cents per day.
Delegates from all the grain gr owing
States in the Western and Middle States
met yesterday at the Saratoga Hotel. in
Chicago, and organized the Grain Dealers
National Association, whose. object is to
obtain relief for the country shippers in
the matter of shortage imposed by the rail
roads and kindred interests
David Wright, of Lackawannok town
ship, Pa, was Perhaps fatally injured in n
peculiar manner last evening. He had tried
to send up big rocket, and, supposing that
the fuse was out, tried to relght 1T. He
was bending over the rocket, when it went
off. striking him in the throat, and i'm
bedding itself several inches in his head
Before it was removed he had nearly chokcd
tC death