Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1882 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Capt. Thos. Kirkman, living on a plantation near Grenada, Miss., murdered a negro woman with whom he had been cohabiting, and her four children. He beat their skulls in with an ax, and then took a large dose of morphine. A terrible accident occurred on the Cranberry Coal railway, near Oil City, Pa. A large train of freight cars was coming from the mines, and in descending the incline leading to tho depot the brakeman lost control of the train, which dashed along at a terrific rate and jumped the track, killing six men. Thirteen others, most of them miners, were injured, several of whom will die. The track was torn up and the debris scattered for about two miles. A melancholy accident resulting in the death of four persons oocurred at East South Park, Chicago. A party of people were picnicking in tho park, and five of them were in a boat in the canal connecting the artificial lake with Lake Michigan, when two of the ladies in attempting to change their seats capsized the boat, and four of the five were drowned. A loss of $60,000 was sustained by the burning of the Providence paper-mill at Elkton, Md. Four hundred and fifty-five blooded cattlo, at an average price of S3OO, were sold in Kentucky dining the season. CoL Cash, a South Carolina duelist, who killed CoL Shannon last year, is a candidate for Congress. William Walsh and J. J. Hely, of New Orleans, rivals for the hand of a woman, met before her residence, drew their pistols and began the bombardment. At the seventh shot Walsh fell dead with a ballet through his brain. Harrison Carter (colored) was hanged at Jacksonville, Fla. Waiter Hamilton Yeatis suffered the extreme penalty at Chatham, Ya.

Arthur Coleman was executed at West Point, Miss., and Merrick Jackson was strong up at Femandina, Fla. The county elections in Tennessee resulted generally in favor of the Democrats. Au overwhelming vote was cast against calling a constitutional convention. Limerick has been proclaimed under the Repression act Any one out after sunset is liable to arrest Discontentment pervades the ranks of the Irish constabulary. They demand increased pay and quicker promotion, and a strike is imminent Rains throughout Michigan resulted in much damage to crops, beside causing floods which have destroyed dams and bridges and overflowed low lands. Wheat in shock in the fields has been seriously injured. A court of inquiry has been ordered in the case of Col. Carr, Sixth cavalry, in reference to accusations growing ont of charges of insubordination preferred by Gen. Wilcox, commanding the Department of Arizona. The Hon. Artemus Hale died at Bridgewater, Mass., aged 98 years and 10 months. He was the oldest living ex-member of Congress, and had held that seniority for several years preceding his death.