The Virginia star., 1881-07-23
NEWS OF TBEr4wE EEK.

Warner Miller was elected u. s. Ser
ator by the New York Legislature on th
10th to succeed Thomas G. Platt for th
term ending in 1877. HThe vote stood
Miller, 76; Kerllll, At Fish, o, Wheeler
4; scattering 9. Necea sary to choice
-73.
"A teuific halAtorm Gsjt Inl1uuscbyill.
sergnTd seve the y - tneSS SSlstdne
fgreat destruction of gla, Veget.z..osa.s
Trees, fences, igns az q chimneys were
also blown downtby the}t wind, and many
cellars were flooded.
"A fire IN st. Louis. 10 the 10th parti
ally destroyed building occupied by LIovc
q Co., and Ryan & Cslmmisky, Tobacco,
dealers, causing loss of about $25, OOC
The Catholic Orphanage in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, was destroyed by fire on tie same
Gay.
An engine on the Lehgih Valley Rail
road ran into freight train on the Long
Bridge at White Haven, on the 17th. max
ing bad wreck, James Mnlligan, of
Mauch Chunk, and William t. Fleming, of
White Haven, were seriously injured.
Thomas Mooney was run over by a
train of loaded coal cars and killed in the
Diamond Mines, at Wilkesbarre, on the
16. 1t is supposed he was asleep on the
track. Prentice McCabe, captain of a
canal beat, was caught by rope, pulled
into the river and drowned, at Troy, New
York, on the 10th.
Rev. John Brock, of the First Bantist
Church of Newburgh, New York, and Miss
Jane r Anderson. aged about 90 years
were ruck by train while on the rail-
road near Fishkiil station, on the 10Th.
Miss Anderson was killed. Mr.. Brock was
seriously injured, but may recover.
"A fearful tornado visited the towns of
New Ulm and West Newton. in Minnesota,
on the 10Th, demOlishing more than one
hundred buildings killing fourteen persons,
and injuring at least twenty. five others.
The loss on property Is estimated at $780,
O0O 1t is believed there was serious dam.
age and loss of life in other localities near
thoee mentioned.
The fire in the Stanton Shaft, at Wilkes
barre, has just been extinguished after two
years of labor. and it is hoped the mine
will be ready to resume operations within
three months. It wiB employ over 500
persons. 4
The Andover bridde across the Merrl.
mac river at Lawrence Massachusetts was
burned on the 18th. Hoss $4,000.
George B. Wlthers, aged 25 wears.
nephew of Senator Withers, of Virginia.
was shot dead by Arthur O'Connor IN Pine |
Bluff Arkansas, ON the 10th.
George Hartman, of Parsons was run |
over and killed by train at Wllkesbarre, |
IN the I7tb. Alexander Veltch, aged 2l |
7ears, was killed on the same day by
rain at Stamford Depot Connecticut.
The surplus remaining in California of
he crop of 1880 is estimated at IL, 244, 278
'entals of wheat, and 134, 502 barrels of
lour. TLis Is the largest surplus of wheat
,ver carried over in that State.
The Presidents condition on the 18th
vas less favorable, there being more fever.
till the difference was not great, and il
vas regarded by his physicians as merely
temporary fluctuation.'
Two Intellectual ballots for a successor
D Senator Conkling were taken on the
9Th in the New York Legislature. The
ote on each ballot stood: Lapham, "a;
otter, "a; ConkIing, 27; Evarts, l. Ne. ,
tssary to choice, 30. At a conference !
the "Stalwarts " held on the 18th, it /