Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-03
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The soldiers of the Turkish army have
not been paid cent fer fourteen months.
An English firm sold 5000 fire-proof
safes in Turkey before it was ascertained
that the filling was only sawdust.
The Senate yesterday confirmed Horace
Maynard, of Tennessee. now minister to
Turkey, to be postmaster general to sue
ceed D. NJ. Key.
A bolt of lightning killed eleven hogs in
Virginia and never even shocked three
men who were near by playing cards for
the ownership of blind mule.
At meeting of the American medical
association in New York, yesterday, the
medical department Of the navy was ad-
mitted.
Baseball yesterday: At Boston-Chica-
90 5, Boston 4. At Providence-Provi-
dence 8, Cleveland 5. At New Haven
Yale 6, Jersey City 4, At Troy-Troy TO-
Buffalo 9.
In Paterson, N. j., the silk mill of Mil
ler 4 Brown was burned to the ground
with all it's contents. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The loss was about
81, 900; insured for Sc, 400.
James Oliver, of divers Grove, ILL.,, is
ninety three years old. He gave his wife
4 farm for cOnsenting to divorce, as he
desired to get younger wife in her place !;
but the new wife asked and got $50, 900 in
money.
The Democratic state convention of
Arkansas, yesterday, nominated Churchill
for governor o: the sixth ballot, the vote
being: Churchill, 1O1 Miller, 81: Will
son, As scattering, z. The convention
then adjourned until morning.
Thus far the business transacted in the
Alabama Democratic convention is the re-
nomination by acclamation Off. w. Cobb,
for governor w. w. Screws, for secretary
of state and H. c. Tomkins, for attorney
general.
New York proposals yesterday to sell
to the government aggregated $40, 1914, 600,
of which the secretary of the treasury ac-
cepted 100000 at 1O6.75 to 1OGS5 for 6's
of 1881, 1O3. 12 to 103 16 for SIS, and los. 80
to 100. 10 for As.
At the meeting of the Stockholders of
the New York and Hudson River railroad.
in Albany, yesterday. the following direc-
tors were elected: W. II. Vanderbilt, w.
X. Vanderbilt, p. w. Vanderbilt, Angus
tus Schell, J. F. Burger, J. II. Rutter, ].
p. Morgan, Cyrus w. Field and S. Hum
phrey.
At the annual meeting of the stockhOld-
ers of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
at Baltimore, yesterday, it was shown
that the gross receipts were $500, 772.O5.
The totel expenses were s526 ,2O1. 90. A.
J. Cassatt, George B. Roberts, George
Small, b. F. Newcomer, William T. Wal
ters, DR.. Eli J. Henkle and Samuel Cox,
.jr., were elected directors.
The national brewers convention was
opened in Buffalo yesterday at St. James's
hall, by Albert Ziegle, president of the
Buffalo brewers association. Henry II.
Rutler, president of the national brewers
association, made an address, which was
frequently applauded. A committee of
five was appointed to nominate officers for
the convention. A recess was then taken;
A telegram referring to the famine in
Kurdistan, Armenia and Western Persia
states that forty thousand persons must be
fed for two months if they are to be kept
alive. The telegram implores for m :ey to
purchase the grain which is still liz store at
Maush. One hundred and thirty-eight
persons have died of starvation at Bashka-
len. Twenty-six villagers are utterly des-
titute. One hundred and seven persons
have died of starvation at Alashgerd.