Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-09-21

for poisoning the Stevens family at
Greenwich, N. Y, has been acquitted.
Fred. A. Talmadge, ex-member of
Congress from New York, died Friday
morning in Litchfeld, Conn.
The Mexican residents of San Fran
cisco on Thursday celebrated the fifty
ninth anniversary of the independence
of Mexico
The Chicago Presbytery New School)
has just unanimously approved basis
of reunion with the Old School, propos-
cd by the General Assembly.
The rain for the past few days in
England has been general, but not
heavy Harvesting iu Yorkshire has
been stopped. A weeks dry weather
is nece sary to secure the crops in good
order.
The wife Of James Armstrong was
the victim in shooting case at North
Bridgewater. New York, not his mother
in-law, as first reported.
s. W. Heating, 156 Devonshire
street, Boston, was thrown from a cars
riage Thursday night, and died Friday
morning, from injuries sustained.
Hartwell II. Hildreth, Jr,, of Crown
Point, N. Y, committed suicide We'd
nesday afternoon in barn by hanging.
He was twenty-sx years of age.
The case of Chas. Mellon and Chas.
FL. Ward, convicted of abstracting funds
from the United States Sub.Treasury.
was before the United States Circuit
court 10 Boston ON Thursday on a mo-
ton for new sentence. The case was
reserved for future decision
The body of O. Hillman, of Il ennessee
was found in the river at Cairo, Illinois.
Friday, with the throat cut. He was
last seen alive on Sunday night, and
complained of being sick. 1t is thought
he committed suicide, as the body bore
ne evidence of being robbed.
| The freight depot of the Pittsburg rail.
| road In Cleveland, Ohio, was destroyed by
hTe rIluay morning. ne building SWaS
| unusually clear of freight, and the greater
portion on hand was Cleveland Freight
Loss variously estimated at from $50, 900
to 5000, 900. No insurance on building or
| contents.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars,
recently in session at Jacksonville, ILL.,, has
endorsed, by decided majority, the action
| of the National Temperance Convention
| foy fNf nd WI Aho
most conspicuous principle of which shall
be prohibition.
Further advices from Denver City con
firm the reports of a republican triumph
in Colorado. A telegram from Puebla
states that, "Wild Bill" who has figured
| in several sketches of life on the border
got into a difficulty on election day, and
while being taken to Colorado City jail
| was fired on from an ambush and killed.
That section of Judd's extensive linseed
oil works, on Cherry ST., near East river,
N. Y was destroyed by fire Thursday
night. The loss on building and stock j.
estimated at 100000. Fully insured. AL,
though seventy-fve men were at work in
| the factory at the time, none could give
| any account of the origin of the fire.
| The Clinton house and several houses
| adjoining, in Saratoga, were destroyed by
fire on Thursday. This is the first fire that
has occurred at Saratoga this season. The
loss is about $4,000, but insured. Mr..
| Dorner was the proprietor of the hotel.
VIM Madden, respectable young man,
while passing up broadway, New York,
| on Thursday, was shot and killed by VIM
| ), Hamilton, barkeeper, who supposed
| Madden to be Martin Allen. The arrest O
| Hamilton was made by a police captain.
The cigar mandatory of Shutz d
| Gissikin, at Carlnville, ILL.,, containing
10000 cigars has been seized for an alleged
violation of the revenue laws.
The single and box factory of Page &
Killburn, at St. Louis, was burned Friday
morning. Loss $50, 900, insurance $40, 500
The lumber yard adjoining was damaged
| 81, 600
The Hallway Master Mechanics Assoc
citation of the United States continued 1t,
session Friday at Pittsburg. Philadelphia
I was selected as the place for the next an
nual meeting.
The Woman's Suffrage Convention a
Cincinnati adopted a constitution Friday
and elected officers for the State associa
ton. Resolutions favoring female suffrage
wei e passed.
Frederick Bransert, during family
| fight at Union, N. j., Thursday night,
| fatally stabbed his two sons. He has been
| arrested.
| W ARtETl QUALITY, chs. AP
NESS.