The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

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chester is stalled near PALMYRA. Train
which left here for Albany was drawn by
two engines; forward engine broke loose
at CanastatO, ran off the track, was run
into by other engine, express and bag
gage cars went down embankment, ex-
press car and part of the mails consum-
ed, and engineer, fireman, brakeman and
expressman injured Train on Northern
road stuck near Bremerton and passen-
gers unable to get out of the cars.
ST PAUL, Jan. As degrees below zero
here, 20 at Yankton, 80 at Bismark, 90 at
Winnipeg, 35 at Fort Kelly, and at Bat
tie Ford, the capital of the British north
west territory, it is so degrees below
All locomotives on Dakota Southern rail,
road are disabled by freezing.
TERRE HAUTE, Jan. 4.-Two burglars
Noah Williams and Modoc Gainsy, liY
ing in Greene county, planned to rob a
store at Oaktown, 40 miles south of here
last night. The citizens learned of it
laid in wait, and when the burglary was
going on, opened fire, fatally woundine
both, and capturing complete set O.
burglars tools. - 2t-
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 4-Second Baptis
church and Mary Institute, a branch o
Washington University, burned. Boil
are fine, new buildings. The firemer
can hardly work with thermometer at Il
degrees below zero. Jones hotel, Troy
Ala, burned; loss $1,000 Ranker
House, the principal hotel in Columbus
Georgia, burned; loss $4,000. Weathel
intensely cold there.
CINCINNATI, Jan Airs. Maggie
HOgely, at Urbana, left her baby in chargI
of her year old girl, and the latter lie
the baby fall, breaking its neck. Matte
Gary, . years old, living near Vincennes
started for school one mile away, ant
froze to death On the road. -.- So SIS.
New YORK, Jan. 5.-Of seven steam
ships to clear today, only two got of
The railroad blockade continues at al
points. A train has started out from
Syracuse to carry wood, water and Pre-
visions to neighboring village that i
suffering for them. An infant child O
Mrs. Henry, living at $50 Hicks street
Brooklyn, was frozen to death while il
bed with its mother, last night. 1900
Mennonites are expected to arrive her
between now and next May. Madam
Anderson at ten O'Clock Saturday night
finished her 1,836th quarter mile. Acad
envy of Holy Angels, Buffalo, burned
loss sec, 1000. .,- 80
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The Honore block
corner Denborn and Adam streets, wa
destroyed by fire last night; loss $3.50
600. Runkle's mill at St. Paris, Ohio
burned; loss $4,000. Four tramps fro
zen to death at Glasgow, Ky. Mai
pouch with 200 letters stolen from tn,
mail wagon at Springfield, Ill.
LONDON, Jan. 5.-Jean Moncasi wa
executed at Madrid to-day. The tow
Council of Cork has resolved not to ex
tend Gov. Grant any public reception
The Cornish bank at Truro, Cornwall
closed to-day. 1t was established III
years ago, and its circulation was 40
600 pounds. The results will be i'm
mense distress among the merchants ant
manufacturers of West Cornwall anC
many other failures will follow. En-
ployers in Scotland contemplate return
to "a hours of labor per week.
DETROIT, Jan. 5.-RailroadI blockad
continues. II below zero. Only on
Eastern train has reached here sine,
offices damaged $5 600 by fire.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 5.-6 inches o
snow at Shreveport and Vicksburg, ant
3 inches at Magnolia. Ice running il
the Red river.
LONDON, Jan. 5.-Gen. Grant has ar
rived at Dublin, and had grand recep
ton. Another heavy snow and very cole
weather in Scotland. Great freshets il
France and much damage.
LONDON, Jan. 6.-The weather is AGAR
cold. There has been daily increase o
distress in every quarter the past week
At Manchester, Friday, there were 8, 0O(
applications from heads of families, rep
resenting 1880 persons, to the relic
committee, and Saturday 1000 fresh ap
plicatiOns. During the week !, 200 fam
lilies have been relieved in Wolverhamp
ton. A considerable increase of distress
Is also reported from Sheffield. / 500
men are engaged in the railway strike
and the Liverpool coach builders have
struck against increase of hours from %
to 561z per week. 500 shipwrights al
Middleboro have struck against a de
crease of wages, and they were paid of
and the Yards closed.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Madam Ander
son finished her 2,02S quarter tonight
and thinks she can make her 2,7OO The
Harmony cotton mills, employing $500
hands and producing 5000, 600 yards OF
cotton goods per day, have reduced work.
ing time to three days per week to stiffen
prices. Gold continues to be drug IN
the market, and no calls for it. Mayor
Howell, of Brooklyn, says the debt OF
that city is $37, AIS, 21S, an increase OF
81 ,235, 566 over last year. Hull, the bro
ker who did not come back to pay for
$50, 900 of government bonds he bought,
has been traced to q Fall river steam
boat, but there the detectives have lost
his track. The operatives of the New
burgh steam cotton mills were placed on
half time to-day. The low price of man
ufactured goods was given as the cause.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.-Morton Nc
Michael, editor of the North American,
and one of the leading citizens of the
state, died to-day of heart-disease. James
w. Quick, treasurer of Pike county, is
missing with SIC, 900 county funds.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Justice Hunt,
Of the U. s. supreme court, was stricken
with paralysis to-day, and cannot recov.
er. The postoffice rules that matter pro
duced by the electric pen and manifold
processes is subject to letter postage.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-Sutter Bros, tobac-
conists, failed for $1S5, 600; also Wright
s. King. representing New York Eagle
reaper works, for $15O,O0O. At Carbon,
Wyoming, Dutch Charley, a noted stage
robber, was taken from a car by mob
and hung. Ashtabula house, Ohio, dam
aged 5000 by fire.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 6.-The excur-
sionists from the eastern and northern
states to Mexico arrived here to-day, and
leave Thursday for Vera Cruz Their
mometer six degrees above zero at No
bile, and snow storm all day.
ROCHESTER,, Jan. 6.-Passenger train
left here to-day for the first time in three
days, and Buffalo expects to send trains
out tomorrow. Railroad travel gener-
ally will be in operation in day or two
all over the state.
CINCINNATI, January 6.-The snow
blockade on the Lake Shore Road was
raised to-day and trains commenced run
ming from this city and Buffalo. A
through passenger train for Chicago, the
first since last Thursday, left Buffalo
about O'Clock this afternoon.
OMAHA, Jan. 6.-Olive Green, Baldwin
and six others, charged with the murder
Of Mitchell and Ketchum, burned at the
stake, north of Kearney, a few weeks
since, were arrested at Plum Creek this
by Deputy Sheriff and posse.
Two brothers of Ketchum were among
the captoEs. No resistance was made,
and the party was taken to Kearney and
lodged in jail 70 await trial,