The New York herald., 1878-11-06
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

G. H. Bronson was shot and killed at Barnwel Court
House. Ga. Monday night. by John Bostock.
All the stone cutters in the quarres at Beamsville
Ont, struck for higher wages yesterday morning.
John W. Bowker arrested yesterday afternoon
for the alleged embezzlement Of $4,000 from the
Eastern Railroad Company some months ago.
The house of Eben wheelden at East Hampden
Me-, burned yesterday afternoon. Loss $1,000;
insured for g. 900 in the Phoenix Fire Insurance Com
pany.
Philip Carman farmer, aged seventy eight. re-
siding in Walker Valley. Ulster county, N. " hanged
himself in his barn on Monday morning. No cause
for the act is known.
The boot and shoe manufactory Of Joseph Dill. at
Rockland Mass, occupied by three four small
firms. was burned yesterday morning. Total loss
$4,000; uninsured.
From news received in Chicago the steamer City Of
drsed ashore pS east s, coast @ * T Lake Michigan
She has. however been seen, stripped OF some rig
ging and equipments. in safety at Manitous.
The dead body Of d. b. Abrahams, the proprietor Of
livery stable West Lake street. Chicago, was
found Monday night lying in the middle Of the road
near the corner of Jackson and Green streets From
eide or possibly of murder.
The Hickory Ridge Colliery. owned by the Mineral
Railroad and Mining Company. near Shamokin Pa:
was destroyed by fire last evening. The cause and
the loss are unknown. This throws about 300 men
and boys out of employment.
As the steam barge Niagara was leaving Genesee
hurricane deck into the hold. distance Of twenty
feet breaking his and sustaining serious internal
injuries which may prove fatal Captain Morgan was
carried to Toronto and taken to the hospital.
despatch from Leavenworth. Kan. says one OF
the large government stables at Fort Leavenworth
was burned on Sunday noon: No cause has yet been
assigned for the fire. The stable contained ffty-thre
mules. Forty rescued and the remainder
sumed 1t is thought the loss will not fall short Of
5000.
Dispatches from Kansas say that the great three
story stone barn of John Taylor In Dickinson county,
some miles from Abilene, was burned night last
week. The barn was filed with grain. agricultural
imDlement9. lumber and tWeuty-five head of
fine horses. all Of which destroyed. LOSS,
$25,000; no insurance. Mr. Taylor, the owner,
formerly Of the firm of John Taylor Il Co.. Of Cnciu
NATL ut for several has been extensive farmer
body washed ashore from the Sound at Matti-
tuck, r. l., yesterday. The name Robert J. Tullock
stamped the inside Of his vest and bill for
the schooner Mary Tice found in his pocket. The
Coroners inquest elected the fact that the body was
that of Captain Robert j. Tuock master of the yes
sci above named. which foundered of Brantford,
Conn.,, October 49,
The Postmaster General yesterday rendered de-
cison of general interest in the Of Boston
publisher who has claimed a right to distribute to
Boston subscribers his periodical The Missionary Her
aid. by sending copies to news agent in Brookne,
TO be by him mailed to subscribers in the city at the
pound rates Of postage .Judge Key decides that this
prescrbes local rates Of either cent or two cents
upon each newspaper periodical that is published
in q city provided with letter carriers. The same
ruling will be applied to business circulars Of which
many thousands understood to be distributed in
the large cities after escaping payment of the proper
rying them to be mailed from some closely neighbor
ing post Office The loss to the postal revenues is the
difference between the rates of two cents per pound
and one cent for each circular.