The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

ROBERT FELLOWS dropped dead at
Dttumwa, Ia, while commemorating
the tiftieth anniversary of his wedding
at a dinner party.
Two women and an infant were
burned to death near Hillsboro, Tex.
The house was set on fire by trying to
kindle a fire with kerosene.
A BAD wreck occurred at Emison,
Ind, on the 10th in which three train
men were seriously hurt and score
or more of passengers bruised. An
express train crashed into a freight
dcmolishing both engines.
AWARD engine collided with a freight
engine at Lexington, Ky, causing the
injury of nine men and the destruc-
ton of the engines. Two of the men
were expected to die of their injuries.
JOSEPH JOHNSON, u laborer, shot the
wife of James Anderson, burglar,
and then killed himself at Covington,
Ky. Anderson is in the penitentiary
and Johnson was living with the won.
an, whom he shot because she would
not give him money.
A CHICAGO dispatch recently stated
that every important steel and wire
producing concern would soon be alb
sorbed into one gigantic trust.
JOHN HENRY COLLINS was found
guilty at Topeka, Kan, of the murder
of his father. The jury was unani-
nous on the first ballot for verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree.
CHARLES w. LITTLE, physician from
kirksville, Mo-, practicing osteopathy,
was arrested at Lincoln, Neb., on the
charge of practicing medicine without
Il certificate. DR.. Little charged ply.
sicians of the other schools with being
responsible for the arrest and that
they had raised purse to prosecute,
He said he would make n test case in
the courts and fight to the end.
SOUTH AFRICAN reports say the gold
output next year will be enormous.
The vote on the confederate pension
amendment to the Texas constitution
has been officially canvassed and shows
that there were SO, 79l votes cast for
the amendment and 50, 060 against it,
it being carried by n ma jority of only
3,73l. Hundreds OF applications have
already been received by the different
state departments from confederate
veterans, who want to receive pensions
from the state.
The territorial superin tendent OF
health ordered the Frisco Railway
company to cease stopping trains al
Stroud, Ok, for the safety of the pub
lie as many people were fleeing frou
the place and it was feared they would
spread the smallpox contagion.
| MAI. GEN. MERRIAM has ordered thai
the work of preparing the transpor'
at San Francisco for another voyage
to Manila be rushed. He expected tc
be ready in few days to have the
Twentieth United States infantry &c
there from Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
to board the Scandia for the Philip
pines.
A boy was killed and his mother
wounded by soldiers at Eutaw, Ala
ApJr GEN. CoRBIN has received {
note from the president directing hin
to prepare rolls for the mastering out
of so. 900 more volunteers All of tn,
volunteer regiments mustered out will
given 6O-days' furlough. Not NOR,
than one regiment Of volunteers from
any state will be kept in the service.
The graves of the confederate sol
diers at Alexandria, Va, for the desc
Grafton of which Assistant Surgeon
Duncan, of the Twenty-second Kansas
regiment was tried and acquitted
have been repaired and marked anew
by an order OF the war department
THOMAS Crosby, the 13-year.old sol
of Margaret Crosby, u wealthy widow
living in Edgwater, suburb OF Chi
cago, shot and instantly killed Deput.
Sheriff Frank Nye, while Nye was AT
tempting to serve a writ of restitution
The officer was warned by the boy no
To attempt TO enter the house, but dis
regarded the threat and attempted Il
tear out q window.