The Virginia star., 1881-08-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

William Baker, 13 years OF age. fred
al bird with pistol at Halifax, on the
18th. The weapon missed fire and ne
placed 1t In his pocket, when 1t went on,
tearing open the lower portion OF his sto-
mach and killing MIN on the spot.
Sunday 3 reports of the President 3 con-
dition were less favorable. and the change
was ascribed to the disturbance caused by
the swelling If the parotid gland. de vo-
mited twice during the afternoon, and
the administration Of food by the mouth
was suspended in consequence, dependence
being again placed solely on the enemata,
which were given more frequently. The
vomiting, the physicians say, was brought
about by the accumulation OF phlegm In
the patients throat, produced by the affec-
| ton Of the gland. His pulse at $50 t.
n. was 108; temperature, 00.2; and res
plration 16.
The Board Of Agriculture Of Ohio makes
the following estimate of the grain crops
| in that State, as compared with those OF
| 1880: Wheat 70 per cent, or SO, 900, 600
bushels, against 80, 500, 900 bushels; corn
| 20 per cent, or IA, OO0, 900 bushels. against
1O5, 900, 900 bushels; oats lot per cent
or %, 500, 900 bushels, against q, OOO, ,OOO
| bushels
| "A fire in Wheeling, West Vlrgini1 on
the 2lst, originating in stable, destroyed
/ Schultz's candy factory and wholesale
confectionery, Hebrauk's jewelry store,
the Etna Insurance Company's building,
and the Paxton Block, occupied by several
stores. The losses aggregate about $6o.-
900. Four boys, street ARABS, were
arrested for setting fire to tho stable where
the con6agration started. A fire In New
Orleans on the same day destroyed the
wholesale liquor store Of Pattison and
Broard, ana damaged several other build
lngs causing loss estimated at $75, 900.
The Gaze Stove Works, in st. Louis, were
burned on the 21st. Loss, 800, 600.
Mrs s. Mcvey was arrested at Fort
Worth, Texas, on the 2lst, on q requisl-
ton from the Governor OF Mississippi,
charging her with the murder or her hus-
band, in Hlnds county, in that State.
Bridget Mansfield, "a years of age, was
found, last night, insensible and seriously
injured, in the yard of her house, in Nor
rsania, New York. Her husband, Thomas,
who had been quarrelling with her and, 1t
is said, had thrown her out of third story
window, was arrested.
"A coal train on the Lehlgh Valley was
wrecked near White Hall on the goth by
obstructions placed upon the track. No per-
son was injured. An unsuccessful attempt
was made to wreck q tram at the same
place fifteen days ago.
Edward L. Wolfe, son of ex Governor
Wolfe, of Pennsylvania, died on the 10th
In Scranton, in the 62d year of his age.
He was fluent newspaper writer, and had
been connected with the Scranton Repu-
bIican and other journals.
The boiler of the tug-boat A. B. Ward
exploded on the river at Chicago, on the
goth, killing William Mcdonald and Die
Oleson, aud fatally injuring the captain,
Frand Butler. Two other men were
slightly In jured The bodies of Mcdonald
and Oleson have not been reco vered.
"A little daughter of Milford Lewis, at
Sugar Grove, Penna,, on the 18th, used
coal OIL to klndle fire. She was burned
J ashes.
] Nearly the whole business portion oi
Irvine, in Estelle county, Kentucky, wa:
destroyed by fire on the 10th. 1t Is be-
heved the fire was started by an incen
diary. The loss Is about $50, 900. Web
ster & Dillingham's dour mill, in New
/ Orleans, waG burned on the Goth. Loss
$4,000.
r "A burglar, named Murphy, about q
years Of age, was discovered while tryin,
to rob safe in Lawrence, Kansas, on tht
Goth, and fired at the policeman who caugh
him, intlictinga painful flesh wound. Tn
roh hQn ri iQA tn hl1f vvo hoo Ha.
g of by two colored policemen, and, as b
4 again resisted arrest, oLe OF them sho
him dead.
q Head waiter Simmons, of the Sount
steamer, Old Colony, died in the bospita
at New York, on the Goth, from concus
l. sion of the brain, the consequence OF a.
9 assault made upon him by discharges
n waiter named Worthington, on board tn
> steamer while she was lying at New York
Thos. Purcell and Nicholas Tarter Tough
. at New Canton, Tenn, on the Goth, tn
. former using an army musket, the latter
d revolver. Purcell was killed, and Tarts
It wounded in the shoulder and thign. Th
"a trouble. was caused by Purcell accusing Tai
: Ter of stealing watch.
= -t.The elections In Spain have resulte
/ Ill GICdt cuCCCoo lOI tuC LkUtTdla. WHO'S
o candidates are returned in two-thirds @
}, the polls already known"
s There was q slight improvement /
r. the Presidents condition on the 22d, br
he remains extremely weak. He had les
annoyance from the swollen gland, an
y was able to swallow and retain, during til
!, day, about twenty ounces of hquid fooC
t. Beside this about fifteen ounces of nutrier
ss enemata were given. AT $50 p. NJ. h
pulse was 10; temperature, 100. l; resp
ration. 10. The temperature and pulf
le declined, as usual, after the evening dres,
lr ing of the wound, and he was reporte
~ resting comfortably at night. The Pres
h dents case is thus described by Secretar
Blaine in a despatch to Minister Lowell
sent last night; sHis general condition
y serious-if not critical. His failure to r.
q gain strength Is the one feature wb,c
of gives special uneasiness and apprehension.
" In the same despatch the Secretary sa,
a the Presidents present weight is l25
l30 pounds. against 205 To 2Il wh,,, /