MAIL ITEMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1082, 19 January 1883, Page 3

MAIL ITEMS.

The steam propeller Morning Star exploded her boiler at Bollair plantation,about 15 miles below New Orleans, on December 6tb, Fourteen lives wero lost by the accident, either scalded to death or drowned. The boat was about 1 0 yards from shore at the time, and 18 oorsons jumped overboard. Of this number lu were drowned before any assistance could be rendered then, although their cries could he hoard a considerable distance from the scene of the disaster as they strugg'ed desperately in the water. The cause of the disaster was the collapse of a large flue of one of the boilers. A hj rrible accident occurred at the siwmill of J, Vincent and Son, Chicago, on December I lib, by the explosion of a boiler Eleven men were taking their noontide lunch at the time. Eight were killed, and other three seriously wounded. Ono body was blown into the river, and two more were hurled a distance of 200 yards. Several unfortunates were actually blown into mincemeat, and their friends su sequently went about with pails picking up the indistinguishable fragments that were strewn about. A hideous state of facts have just come to light in Arkansas. It appears that at the beginning of the war between North and South a man named Hall, 70 years of age. was lynchrd by some neighbours in Texas because he would not take up arms against the North. The old man said he preferred death. Hall’s son, then a boy, witnessed the lynching, and swore to he revenged when he arrived at man's estate. In 1878 he started to execute his purpose. He had killed four of the 12 who murdered his father, always giving each the reason for his action, when he himself was run down, and shot in sight of his own home. Hall’s eldest sister then took up tho vendetta, and shot and dangerously wounded one of her brother’s assailants This not alarmed all who had taken part in the death of roung Hall, and a masked band went to the home, broke in the dour, murdered the three sisters, then fired the house, and disappeared. It was generally given out that the Indians or Mexicans did this deed. On December 6 news was rec rived of a : terrible massame of a parly of Africans and Mexicans hv luc at Casa Grande, in Chihuahua. The Indians have been very active of late in predatoiy excursions, stealing and raiding, and the settlers formed a party of 20 men and started in pursuit. The part\ were surprised near Casa Grande by Juo and bis band, numbering 200, and complexly surrounded. One of the party escaped through the lines, and soon returned with a band of 100 men. The Indians,how ever, held the succouring party at bay and massacred the entire party which had been am prised, and then retreated towards the mountain. A sp cial from Chihuahua. Mexico, states that t e recent massacre in Casa Grande by the Indians proves to have been a horrible affair A band of Apaches, numbering 500 crossed the border, descended upon a little town, and began an indiscriminate mas-acre of victims. Several girls and women were carried off by the savages, and a large quantity of stock and other property stolen. The houses of the unfortunate Mexicans were burnt, and their dead bodies strippe I of their clothing and jewellery. The marde ed persons were among tho wealthiest classes. Several of the most prominent families were amongst the victims. Troops have been despatched to the »• ene, but the | India' a having a long start their capture is { not predicted. j An extra rdinary state of things came to light in Philadelphia on the sth December, when Fia k M’Name (Dutch), a pitot, ami Levy Chew (a coloured man), were arrested as resnrrsc’ionists. It appears that, with the coiinivanc? of the superintendent of the Lebanon Cemetery, these men bad been en- I ■gaged in b dy-snatching there for several I ‘years. He (the superintendent) received three dollars for every “subject” taken away. It was impossible to tell how many graves had been robbed. The mobattemoted I to lynch ttie prisoners, but were driven back by the police t