May 1, 1889
Two Young Spanish Lovers Succeed in Outwitting the Old Folks.
An extraordinary occurance has taken place in one of the principal churches of Madrid, in the parish of Santa Cruz, says the London Times. A priest had nearly finished his mass, and was in the act of pronouncing the sacramental words, “Ite, missa est,” when a young man aged twenty-one, and a beautiful girl of twenty suddenly approached the altar railing with three middle-aged men, and the young couple cried aloud, “We wish to be husband and wife. Here are our three witnesses.”
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April 30, 1889
Dayton, Tenn., April 29.,—City Marshal Griffith shot Bud Bryson through the heart Sunday morning killing him instantly, Bryson had been fined in the mayor’s court and had gone out-without paying. Griffith went after him to collect the fine, and taking hold of him Bryson shoved him away, when Griffith drew his revolver and deliberately shot him down. Bryson lived at Spring City and leaves a wife and child.
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April 30, 1889
Canton, O., april 29.—While a number of children were playing at Malverno Saturday, two of them, Charles Dickman, aged 5, and Johnny Hexawer, aged 8, cousins, got into a childish quarrel, when when Hexawer seized a shotgun that was standing near by and fired at the Dickman child, the entire charge taking effect in his head. The murder caused the wildest excitement, and the parents of both the youthful murderer and his infantile victim are well nigh crazed over the terrible tragedy.
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April 29, 1889
San Francisco, April 28.—Tom Avery a well-known local prize-fighter, fell late Friday night in the ring during a sparring exhibition with Ed Cuffe, a recent arrival from the East. It was a six-round contest and in the fourth round Avery fell unconscious to the floor, where he expired in a few minutes. A physician said death was due to heart failure, caused by over exertion. Cuffe was arrested.
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April 29, 1889
St. Louis, April 26.—It is announced that all the breweries of this city and East St. Louis, except those of the Anheuser Bush Company and W. J. Lemp, have consolidated their works, to be run under one management. There are eighteen breweries, representing a capital of $5,000,000, concerned in the movement. Fifteen million dollars in stock and bonds are to be issued, each company receiving the full value of its property in each.
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April 28, 1889
Lebanon, Ind., April 27.—Dr. White was horsewhipped by John Conrad, a section boss on the Big Four railway, living at Zionsville. Conrad claimed that White insulted his wife. After whipping him severely Conrad knocked the doctor down with the butt end of the whip.
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