Show NEWS BY MAIL diphtheria is prevailing to a great in and and auburn especially among adults A fraud is goina through maine ho cusing people into taking an agency for a patent pruning shears and a contract to that effect which contract is torn in tiya by the swindler and hiate zeb as a note for lua to payable on demand vulant XU lANt st county wheat yield e at bushels tho heat yield su fontai county is estimated at nearly bushels or be 11 td tl on an ditc quality wad ex colled mits lizzio collins lost her alifi by a fire in building at south bend aug A mr caie and hi mac who lived in the building jumped out etory window and escaped with life but were seriously injured iho in kentucky fell off thi year tho greenback much larger thannas than was expected two of the ickis baturo laturo being elected to start with john 11 a A A kirker at louis hilife a kirkar had attacked u for wronging stills of abos kirkar wa a friend joan larmona La raona a loori beeper hot himself fatally on august 12 J n dillavau Dill ahau al the bay in duluth ou B oa 01 cide on tho steps of tho first i att avi on augustua Augus tUi 11 boy named samuel hurst was drowned in tho lower lock of the canal at aa haiie august hog cholera is raging in county uno fanner named rf lias lost 70 head aliu kirea of tha areat Wee terii telen raiJi une begreen be treen ajro aai aurora leavo been stolen for benco etc two reba at forney partner I eglit in their office august I which re in tho death ol 01 alva A aged W T her JM u SO who was hurt ie now in jail mr charles L roane of sullivan awed two bushels of wheat on hie form near town ami one day bat week he had the crop threshed three hed it measured from the machine eighty six bushel which weighed out ninety bushels ninety bushels from two is pretty good such a product as eliat would soon make moultrie Moul trio county wealthy IOWA A company ha been organized to build a railroad from marion to PCS moines via marshalltown Marshall town to be known the des moines marion A milwaukee railway mr II ershman of wilton was decapitated and otherwise mutilated by an accident on the chicago kock island and pacific road at davenport on august 13 it ie esti meled that the farmers of iowa will this year hare worth of produce to sell after feeding all their their families this is nearly three times the annual production of the gold and silver mines of the entire country several gentlemen from philadelphia are looking at land in woodbury county they want te secure acres of land for a colony of friends or quakers and when the purchase is made will begin immediate step to improve and occupy the land they will come with plenty of money ready to commence their improvements prove ments without delay will open good farms and build substantial cousee at once what they desire is to secure more land than they have in the east dr gulick of 11 lydo park while intoxicated assaulted dr gibbs at his home and was shot gulick then stabbed aire gibb probably fatally gulick and gibbe are well known physicians ALABAMA A man named owen snapped a pistol at a man named dudley at benon recently because the latter re abed to give an explanation about a civial matter dudley in turn shot wen four times cut hie on his head until he was dead bichard E darry a murderer at wa taken louis lately broin col by sheriff and deputy acrin hc rin bonderson to arkansas to be delivered to the authorities tharo while waiting at alio union depot for tho rt alio st louis iron mountain and southern railroad he quietly eluded the vigilance of his custodians and s not binco been found ho was formerly deputy she rift county ark and while holding that office last ry shot and killed wm davis he accused of cheating him at poker perry was heavily shackled when ho escaped when last seen ho afus in the who are of being friends irom arkansas Ark anaas and who jiro bably spirited him the wa attracted in H bold job OF august 13 sham duel was fought in tho vicinity of the soldier the boundary of the disario Dis trio tho were frank J taylor aged 23 cobl E barnard aged 19 both native barnard is Con green man casy s nephew and taylor i employ ou by sir youn barnard had lil told an aci ut iu mand ing af a turn of mind sent taylor a thia the latter on insurances of that the pistols pio should not be loaded with half tom keogh of north carolina was barnard friend ard dr hamilton of this city officiated for lor the party ao 10 naton at in the morning in thaw ear arriving at tito pinco of ing two shots apiece cx chang ed when tho aclair of honor was amicably settled barnard is still una unai i ware of which played upon hian tbt buring a severe thunder passed over of capo areton a young man grimed donald daving along the road near astruck by lightning and instantly killed ills horae iras w killed A not eivend while haymaking on middle was aho struck and instantly fillod A eon of D of sidney was struck and rendered insensible but is now heavy thunder and wirt nna edward island iffet during which at araby arn by john arcen his adopted son and young man named slavin were drowned by the upsetting of a fishing boat 14 aug A duel with pistols at els paces was fought bently between mr J W gill a well known tobacco merchant ox clerk ftc aho maryland a well koam young physician juu north of hnud hill gibb that in anta gous alo bir clo hail a quarrel in bulj last about social topic and th doctor librn a liar and a the told como mutual he had baul and thy bogac i abbt about bearing w fyhen alie returned to town gibbs o him a challenge which nas promptly accepted aho second the ho biot and nil for a when the word to fire was given both pistol were discharged simultaneously gibba escaped unhurt but wounded his opponent in the left the boctor was anxious abr another round but the it and he with hi wandi bartel ear tel in carriage toward the country and leave not since been ecca the iraci set is lu intention fired abiva li lel flibbe returned return od to town there h talk As lie oo 00 in the country the city police iliavi tunfu no fiction in the matter atud no have been made the anair much |