The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

$500 bales of cotton, was soon beyond
control, there being high wind from the
west. The IRE passed over the thinly built
part of the city, distance of three-quarters
OF mile, mostly of cotton and railroad
depots.
The Irvine Factory, in Chattanooga Coun-
ty, Georgia, was recently burned down.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000. Three
hundred and fifty workmen are thrown out
of employment.
At Cory, Pennsylvania, Crosby's block,
including the dry goods store of Malkie Il
Clark, a billiard saloon, and numerous law
yers' and other offices, was burned. Total
loss, $50,000......A fire destroyed barn at
Lagro, Indiana, a small town six miles from
Wabash. In the barn were three valuable
horses, two buggies, wagon, and sets of
harness, and all were consumed. One of the
horses, the property of Mr.. Smith, was
considered one of the most valuable in this
section of the country. The loss is
not given, nor the insurance.
Items in General.
A tremendous flood, with disastrous re-
suits, occurred April II, in the towns of
Wrentham and Norfolk, about twenty-five
miles distant from Boston, by the breaking
Whiton's Pond, the source of the Mill
River. This is a small river, not over twenty
five feet broad at low water, but running
with strong current mostly through mead
ows, and emptying into Charles River ut
Midway. At this time an immense body Of
water was confined in the pond by the dam,
about one hundred feet in length at the
Wrentham and Franklin County road. The
sudden bursting of the pond through this
fran ha
lands below, sweeping away mills, bridges,
county roads, and dams in its course, and
causing damage to the extent of between
100000 and 5000, COO. ..... The warp is grad
ually giving out in the Lowell, Massachu-
sets, mills, and one after another is COM
PEELED to discharge its help. Agents say
that three thousand operatives will be out
of employment......A dispatch from Lon
don, England, states that Charles l.. Law
renee, alleged forger and smuggler of silks,
who was arrested at Queenstown while fee
ing from this country, has been held for
extraditiOn. Silks that Lawrence and his
associates struggled are valued at over
81 100000.
The Adventists assembled at Chicago on
the night of April 20, in private way, and
waited till nearly morning, with white robes
i'm readiness, for the expected coming Of
Christ. They finally dispersed quietly......
The Woman's Suffrage Society, of New York,
celebrated the Concord and Lexington Cen
tennial, by the reading of an original poem,
and making addresses. The famous race
horse Kentucky owned by August Belmont,
died at the nursery stud farm, Babylon,
Long Island. Kentucky was bred by John
M. Clay, in 1861, on the Ashland estate,
Kentucky.
| The Southern railroad lines had not, until
recently, joined in the general war among the
Northern roads. 1t having been announced
that the New Orleans and Mobile Railroad
known as the coast line to New York and
Eastern cities, had cut its rates very largely,
the Jackson route, in connection with the
Louisville, Nashville and Great Southern,
have determined to make reduction on
rates to Louisville, Washington, Baltimore
and New York of from one-fifth to three
tenths of the regular rates. 1t is expected
that the competing route will make another
reduction, to be followed by further reduc.
ton by the Jackson route. The fight between
the two lines promises to be warm one......
The Directors of the Mineral Valley Rail
road met at Columbus, Ohio, and agreed to
submit proposition to the Atlantic and
Lake Erie road for the use of that portion
OF the road of the latter company from Bush
Station to the coal fields. ohm Harper
senior member of the firm of Harper Bros
the publishers, died on the evening of April
%, after prolonged illness, in the seventy
ninth year of his age.
Notes from Abroad.
A party of three persons assembled in the
balloon Zenith, at Paris, for the purpose Of
making scientific observations. The balloon
attained the extraordinary height of S,00t
meters, or 10000 feet. Two of the aeronaut
were suffOcated to death, and when tn,
balloon reached the ground, the third wa
almost insensible, and has since been so il
that his recovery is doubtful.
A serious riot took place recently at TIL,
opening of some pleasure grounds in tn
suburbs of Glasgow, Scotland. A stand OF
which were 800 people gave way and pre-
cipitated the entire mass to the ground, an,
thirty persons were injured. The visitor
were indignant ut the carelessness of tn
proprietors, and destroyed everything oil
the grounds and burned the barricade
around them. IA late Montevideo letter re
ports the discovery of a conspiracy to assas
sinate the President and his Ministers, an,
the arrest of many of the most Influential
members of the Conservative party, ffteel
of whom, including several leading journal
lists, have been embarked on the nationa
. bark PUG for Punishment to Havana, bu
it is generally thought, will 60 to the Unite
States for an asylum......A dispatch froi
Rome to the daily Ne,cs reports that Gar
baldi is ill and confined to his bed
The second German note to Belgium ha
been published. 1t expresses regret at Be
. GUMS refusing to comply with Germany
wishes, and continues: "The Belgian Go,
eminent is best aware of the Parlamentar
| nf m Init
: must at the same time be convinced that til
first thing to be done is to recognize the n,
cessity of affording some redress, wherea
!, the examination into the difficulties is @
secondary Importance. The consideration
OF the means to prevent intrigues agains
neighboring States interests equally all tn
/ powers which strive for general peace an
good relations. 1t is to be hoped that Be
GUM will follow the example of German
, and endeavor to obtain an alteration of he
: laws, thus giving fresh proof of the valu
!, she attaches to good relations with Germany
,, Should the effort fail, the public view of tn
question will nevertheless be clearer, an
|; an understanding will be brought about b,
tween all the interested States. German
has not sought to interfere with Belgium
. internal affairs. Her object has been I
prevent foreign intervention in her own.
The note concludes with a reference to tn
| spcCidi OuliSdIiOHS DtiSium iS uHutT 10 I'll
guaranteeing powers on account of he
neutral position. The Berlin National Gazat
asserts that Austria and Russia will supper
, Germany in her demand...... The Lowe
House of the Prussian Diet has passed
, bill abrogating those clauses of the Const
tuition which allow independent admin.
tration OF ecclesiastical affairs, the unim
peded intercourse of religious bodies wit
their superiors, and freedom of clerical al
pointments.
DR.. Kenealy appeared in the Guild Hal
Justice Room, in response to summon
issued at the instance of Mr.. Wright, edito
of the Advertiser, charging him with libe
The room was filled with friends of tn
Doctor, and dense crowd was in the street
After the hearing the summons was dis
missed. The result was greeted with TIRE
mendous cheering by the people in the room
which was caught up by those outside. DI
Kenealy was escorted from the building b.