Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-12-11
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st. Johns, Dec. 9-The schooner En-
ma. for Green Bay.is supposed to be lost
with her crew.
New Orleans, Dec. Ex-senator Lamar
is here, much improved in health. He
leaves for Washington Saturday.
st. Louis, Dec "a fire has broken
out in the theatre comique. 1t will pro-
badly be subdued, but the building will
be gntted.
New York, Dec. 9.-The celebrated
English horse. Blue Gown, belonging to
James r. Keene, on the way to this
country, died on board the steamship
Victoria.
Hunters Point, Long Island, Dec. O.
noon by the explosion of still at the
Brooklyn oil refinery at Newtown creek.
The damage to property is very great.
Charleston, S. c., Dec. 9-Three negro
women and two men,who murdered Mrs.
Kennedy in Clarendon county, last Sun
day, were captured yesterday and hung
on the nearest tree to the place of the
murder.
Stamford, Conn.,, Dec. 9-An express
train from New York this morning,
struck the carriage of Theo. Davenport
OF Albany, killing Miss Harriet Daven-
port and seriously iniuring Mr.. Daven-
port and the daughter of Rev. j. w.
Hyde.
Milwaukee, Dec. 9-M1rs. Glassman, a
German woman of Marquette, Green
Lake county, in a fit of temporary in
sanity, killed her babe by cutting it's head
off and cutting her own throat, died al.
most instantly.
st. Joe, Mo-, Dec. 9.-Nicholas Ford
republican n-greenbacker, received lis
certificate of election to-day as member
of the next congress. The vote as can
vassed by the secretary of state shows
two majority.
Chicago, Dec. 9.-At the Chicago stock
yards this morning the Thermometer
stood ut six degrees below, while reports
indicate that it was even lower at othel
points in the state. At LaSalle, it wa.
u degrees below. Ice dealers are har
vesting great crop of fine ice.
Springfield, Mass, Dec. 9.-There wa
q most disastrous fire this morning il
the heart of the manufacturing centeril
the large block Of the Wasson manufac
turing company. The losses are est
mated at 100000, distributed among
number of firms. The chief enginee
and several tiremen were more or les
injured.
st. Louis, Dec 9.-The extensive pick
,, ell and table-sauce factory and ware
rooms OF Yarnell Bros, 5lS North DIV
street, caught fire in the upper stor.
about II o'clock and three stories wer
pretty thoroughly destroyed. Loss cs
timated at $4,000; insurance unknown
at this time. The wholesale queenswar
house of E. A. Filley is burning on tn
south. 1t is also badly damaged in th
two upper stories.
Sioux Falls, d. r.. Dec. 9.-At a
early hour this morning the slaughte
n house of G. X. Howard, situated abou
two miles southwest of this place, an
n containing a pair Of oxen, $500 worth {
i. hides, tallow, etc, was destroyed by fir
n 1t is not as yet ascertaincd how the iii
J. originated. Neither the building nc
= contents was insured. Loss estimate
!. at $1,000.
a Chicago, Dec. 9.-An explosion occu
1 red this afternoon at the Union lin
L works on Nineteenth street. which resu
II ted in the death Of John Maugh and Il
/ fatal injury of Walter Hall. Both we
It employees. The explosion occurred
Y the pump-house where cartridges q
made, and was caused by a keg ofpowd
being touched by spark. Outbuildin
were shattered, as well as windows, +
two blocks around the place.
Cincinnati, Dec. 9,-To-night, duril
the performance at Pixies Opera hou
Mt of the play entitled "One Hundr
Wives" well-dress gentleman rose
the audience, and in loud voice prote
= ed against further progress of the pl
", ", an account of its attacks on the Norm
10 religion. He was so deeply in earn'
and became so violent as to attract t
attention of the whole house and Ma,
ger Battenderg was oblige to eject h
sc from the house. He appeared to
sober and in his right mind, and said
ar was an Englishman stopping for ii
On On in the city.