Evening star

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Captured by Savage*.

the fate op thk steamer orapler and hjr crew.

Boston, May a?A Johnson, a merchant of Portau-Prince,

writes under date of April 10th, that tne

sloop Grapler, flying the English flag, commanded

by Samuel F. Purrington, a submarine diver, and

working on a Cay Island, about 80 miles west ot

Port-au-Prince, has been captured and burned by

the natives. She had on board some $10,008 worth

of wrecked cargo from the royal mall steamer Nile,

which was plundered and destroyed. The crew

were either Killed or driven to the inouutalns by

the natives. The government has dispatched a

ship of war in search of the crew, but It Is feared

that they have been murdered as the natives who

seized the Grapler are savages.

Smallpox in Mciice.

New Orleans, May a?A dispatch from Laredo

says that smallpox Is committing sad havoc among

the natives In Lampasas, Mexico, it is also prevalent

in a mild torm In Monterey.

A Family Burned to Death.

Troy, N. Y., May a?Five buildings owned by

the Cliateaugy Iron company al Bradhjy's pond,

Clinton county, were burned yesterdays A store,

dwelling and three ore separators were destroyed.

It is reported that a man, woman and two children

perished.

Lynching Threatened.

harrisonvillb, Ma, May a?James Maxwell

shot Ills brother-in-law, Newton Lafoor, In Ills own

bouse yesterday. Maxwell was arrested and is

under guard, lynching being threatened.

Telegraphic Brief*.

Dispatches from Rochester, Schenectady and

Montreal, report damage to trees, etc., by a heavy

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1884). Washington, D.C., 1884-05-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1884-05-03/ed-1/?sp=5

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1884-05-03.