The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-04
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20, 1871, $12,96s,2 5G.
Heavy fires are raging ia the
woods OF Delaware and Sulliya 4
counties, New york, doing great
damage.
Fort Gibson, Indian Territory
June millions OF grasshopper.
Tried their new wings on Sunday
rising like sWhrEns of bees, and
started in a soHtherly direction
The air was filled like a cloud oYe.
the sun at ten o'clock.
Romer B. Wesner of Marysville,
Kansas, has invented "grasshop-
per catcher" drawn by horses or
wheels, which will catch aud crush
all the hoppers on 40 acres per day,
IN HOiyoke, Mass, on the even
ing of the 9th ult., a Catholic
church full Of people caught fire al
the altar, from a candle, and being
built of wood, the flames spread
with great rapidity. The two gal.
leries had one common stairway in
the front part of the church. All
down stairs got out safely, but those
in the galleries were panic stricken,
and in a moment blocked the stair
and hall way so densely that none
could stir, and the flames came
sweeping out upon them, burning
20 or so TO death. The scenes were
fearful. The fire department work.
ed nobly, and in half an hour de-
luged the church with water, but
could not save the lives of the poor
unfortunates who were unable. to
escape from the galleries.
The Presbyterian general assem-.
bly, at Cleveland will finish its ses.
sion by grand trip to Colorado.
On Friday, Kellet's brewery at St
John, New Brunswick, burned
down, and then St. Luke's church
68 houses aad shops, and ship IN
the stocks, were destroyed. Loss
$3.50, 600, and 14O families rendered
homeless. At Wheeling, w. ", s
nail factory was burned. Loss 49,.
900. .-.
st. Louis, May 2S.-Hon. Z. G.
Boone, of Henry county, Speaker OF
the House of Representatives, DR.
Dunn, of Jackson county, and sew
eral other gentlemen from the grass
hopper region, in the western part
of the State, were on change to-day,
and made brief speeches TO the mer-
chants. They corrOborated pre-
viOus reports of destitution and
suffering of the people in Henry,
jackson counties, end say that un-
less speedy relief is forwarded,
there will be great suffering in
those counties. They said it is i'm
possible to overdraw the destitute
ton now existing, and this will in
crease rs time advances. In Jack
son county, oats, corn, wheat and
forage will be complete failure,
and this can be said of other dis
tricts. The speeches were listened
to with much interest, and q COM
mittee of fourteen active, energetic
men was appointed to solicit con-
tributions of money, provisions,
seed corn and other articles neces-
sary for the relief of the distressed
people.
Changes in internal revenue Off
GERS are made every day, in conse-
quence of whisky fraud develop
ments.
At Memphis and Tennessee con-
federate and union soldiers celebrat-
ed memorial day together, in great
harmony.
The courts cannot act on The st.
Louis contested election case until
November, and the City Council
has installed Mr.. Britton as Mayor,
meanwhile.
Omaha, May S.-Information
has been received from Fort Lara
mic that the Gordon Black Hills
outfit, who bluffed Captain walker
of, and proceeded on their way,
were captured by Col. Arson Mills
command. The entire outfit, eX-
cepting enough provisions TO last
them into Fort Randall, were de-
stroyed. Gordon, the leader, is en-
route to Cheyenne, = prisoner, and
the rest of the party are en- route
for Randall, under an escort of
Capt. Walkers command. Walker
n - II
is evidence of the efficient watchfnl-
ness of the military over the Black.
Hills country.
On May 9th, fire destroyed the
Odd Fellows block and six frame
buildings in Anderson, Indiana /;
Loss $4,000. Also, at Covington,
Tennessee, dozen small houses /;
Loss $4,000. At Halliston, Mass,
a hotel, livery stable, and dozen
houses loss 100000. At Tilton,
New Hampshire, business and pri-
vate houses loss $4,000. In Bos-
ton, an unknown explosion destroy
ed a building on Washington street,
killed four and injured 10 people !;
loss $4,000. At Holyoke, Mass,
a catholic church burned down. and
some eighty people persisted in
the flames, up in the galleries.
At..Versailles, Ohio, Friday, four
small children in 5. NJ. Christians
house started fire with the use of
a kerosene can, and were all burned
to death. Their parents can keep
the can as q memento.
At Columbus, Ohio, May Goth, a
scaffold at the new Hospital fell,
and killed six men. Then a timer
got excited a4ld left his soldering
pot in the tower, which caught fire
and was damaged $1,000 worth.
The whisky ring developments
have caused Yarions charges in in
ternal revenue officers: Ferdinand
Meyer, of ST. Louis, has been ap-
pointed az Supervision of Internal
Revenue for the States of Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas and Texas and
the Indian and New Mexico TERN
tories, oice Mcdonald, removed
Asy M. Matthews takes the Illinois
district John Tighter as collector
of st. Louis, in place of Constan.
tine Mcguire. A. Mueller and John
Hood, guagers in Illinois, havebeen
dismissed. r.5-