Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-12-31
NEWS OF THE DAY
aENrRAn ITEMs.


a colored man who is under sentence of
death for murder.
"A Kalamazoo paper publishes an
interview with an ex-oflicer of the
Michigan cavalry regiment which had
charge Of Jefferson Davis after bis cap
ture. in which he relates how he stole
S14, coo from Mr.. Davis.
The Rev. Leonard Bacon, ID. d.,
LII. D., of Yale College, died suddenly
Saturday morning. The cause of his
death was heart disease, by which he
was first attacked two weeks previous.
DIR. Bacon was well known as an editor
and professor of Yale College.
The losses by the fire on South
street, New York, on Christmas eve
were over $4,000
1t is generally understood that
Lieutenant Flipper, the colored officer
recently tried for misrepresentation, will
be dismissed the army.
Smallpox is rife at Chicago and
the surrounding country.
An American schooner has been
fred upon and three of her Japanese
crew killed by Alaska Fur Company
employees at the Aleutian Islands.
- The statements of the anthracite
coal trade for the year so far as they
have been compiled show that the total
production will reach about %, 800, coo
tons.
- Mayor King, of Philadelphia, has
appointed another colored man as 4
policeman. This is the fourth colored
man appointed to the Philadelphia
force.
OF The Jeanette party nothing fur
Their will probably be he ard for three
months. They may reach New York
by May.
Three masked robbers entered the
residence OF Mrs. Mather, at Norwood
Park, near Chicago. Thursday morning,
and took from it 900 in money, and some
valuable jeweIry. The rufiians, who are
still st large, brutality maltreated Mrs.
Mather, her daughter, Mrs. Abbie, and
Mrs Shaw, visitor.
The contract for the Legislative
printing of the State of New York for
two years has been awarded TO Weed,
Parsons e Co, of Albany, whose bid
was S94, 0G0. The ArguS Company s
bid Yves 500, coo, and that of the other
bidder, Avery Herrick, was $50, 0G0 per
year.
The Ipdian Bureau announces that
smallpox is raging among the North
western Indians. The government sup
plies are frozen up in the rivers and
cannot be moved before spring.
There is a rumor that Cadet Whit.
taker has been found guilty by court
martial.
The fire in the Stanton Colliery at
Pottsville, Pa, has gained such head
way that the mine must be flooded.
This will throw 300 or 400 men and boys
ont of employment until spring.
The people of Newburg, n. Y,
have voted III favor Of centennial cele-
bration in 1888.
The creditors of A. & W. Sprague
lave rejected General Buffers fer OF
81, SEQ, 600 for the property.
Two of the Fall River mills have re-
piled to the demand of the spinners fol
an increase of 10 per cent. in their wages.
The mill owners say they cannot afford
it on account of the high price of cot
ton and the low price Of cloths. 1t i
said all the mill owners will return q
similar response.
The Massachusetts State Grange al
its late meeting, passed resolutions
against officers of the commonwealth,
whether elected or appointed, accept.
ing free railroad passes. Also ask
ing for stringent laws against the adul-
teration Of food, the use Of deleterious
substances and poisons in wall paper
and wearing apparel.
Frederick A. Palmer, Auditor Of
City Accounts Of Newark, n. j., has
confessed that he has embezzled at least
1925, 600 of the city's funds. He deliv
cred himself into custody and is now il
jail.
WASHINGTON NOTES.