Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-17
A Conflict of Authority.

ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A CIRCUS.
CINCINNATI. O.. Sept. IA Louisville Co,v--
ie1'-J0u90t special from Frankfort. KY. says A
few weeks since the city council raised the cir
Gus license from S35 to so. This Forepaugh.
the proprietor of a circus. refused to pay. and
rented grounds just out of the city. The coun-
Gil then passed an ordinance prohibiting him
from unloading in the city. An injunction was
obtained and an order served on Mayor Taylor
restraining him from interfering with the I'M
loading of the show. This order Mayor Taylor
refused to obey. and with the police endeavored
to stop the unloading. Sheriff Hawkins seeing
he was pOwerlesS to enforce the order of the
court. called on the governor for aid. He
promptly ordered Capt. Price to report to the
sheriff with the McCreery Guards. This he did.
and when the militia arrived at the depot Mayor
Taylor still refused to allow them to unload and
riot was imminent. He said he would shoot
the first man who attempted to take a wagon
from the train. He was carried by force from
the scene and the street taken possession of by
the soldiers. The cars were unloaded and
parade took place. The military will remain on
guard until the circus leaves town.
Wintry Weather in. Iowa
CHICAGO. Sept. 17.-Unusually cod weather
has been reported from Des Mones and other
parts of Iowa for several days Snow fell all
along the Rock Island road. between De Sofa,
twenty miles west of here and in Nebraska 1t
was two inches in depth at Omaha. The tops of
the cars on the Rock Island road on arriving
here last night. were covered with snow. The
weather is cloudy and very cold for the season
Telegraphic Briefs.
Charles Smith. of ROckland. Me-. laborer
gave himself up to the police last night. saying
he had murdered his wife because she was
unfaithfu to him.
An explosion Of a boiler in Card Co.'S saw
mill near Monroe, Jasper county. Iowa. caused
the instant death of E. n Garnant and fatal in
jury to NJ. L. Card
Mo pnl,
boston for Antwerp via New York. msiudged
her distance from land. and ran ashore at two
O'Clock inns morning, on West Chop, Off Vine
yard Haven, Mass.
fire broke out early this morning from some
unknown cause on the fourth floor of No 81
fuiton street, New York occupied by F. E. Nc
Allister dealer in seeds. and caused $4,000
damage.
Burglars broke into the Fonda N.Y) post
Office last night and stole $500 or $500 worth of
stamps and S25 in money
Thomas Murphy. an emplOye of the Manga
tuck Railroad Company. slipped from the foot
board OF an engine on the switch at Bridgeport
town. last evening" while engaged i'm switching
cars. and was instantly killed.
negro named Frank Luck was taken from
the city prison at Workman, Texas Thursday
night. and hanged by mob.
Ever since his conviction. Paynam Gallon
who was executed at Cambridge. ILL.,. YESTERDAY
denied being guilty of the murders with which
he was charged
The cranberry crop promises to be good and
plentiful one. and prices will be low in conse-
quence The New Jersey Cranberry Growers
association has decided to pay 40 cents a bushel
to the pickers employed on this years crop.
Rev. N. M Waterbury. of Saratoga, NY: Rev
+. Burdell, of Kingston. Mass. and Miss Anna
X: Brandt, of Nebraska. three Baptist mission
aries who have been assigned to duty in India,
sailed from New York for Europe to-day
The first blast furnace west of Missouri. which
was lighted at South Pueblo. Cal, a few days
ago, is turning out regularly and easily 81 tons
of pigs per day.
Charles P. Crosby, of No. 100 Broadway, New
York, president of the Michigan fire relief com
pany. forwarded. up to the evening of the 10th
inst, the sum of So, 800 for the relief of the
sufferers.
In the races at woodbine Park, at Toronto,
yesterday. the three-quarters mile dash was won
by Vici: Simeon second Mark L. third. Time,
1:lS1s One mile and a-half dash. Disturbance
first, Lady Dorcy second, Vice Chancellor third.
Time, 2:4S One mile heats won by Bonnie |
Bird; best time, 1:4715
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