Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-10-29

First Assistant Postmaster General
Tyner asserts that he was the first tn
give Postmaster General James the
cue in the star route frauds.
W. H. Clement has been anno;nted
receiver OF the Cleveland, Columbus
and Indianapolis railroads.
The break in the Suy levee. a. Han.
nibal, Mo, on the Mississippi, has
caused great destruction of property
leaving the valley in an almost deluded
state.
General @. H. Van wyck, United
States Senator from Nebraska, accom-.
panied by Mrs. Van Wyck, arrived at
Port Jtrvis, N. Y, with the remains of
their two and only children, W died
in Nebraska OF diphtheria. A few hours
later, on train from New York. the re.
mains of Colonel John H. Brodhead. of
Washington, father of Mrs. Van WICK.
also reached Port Jervis.
The Revolutionary Socialistic party
closed its national convention in Chi
cago. At the meeting held resolu-
lions were passed denonncing "czar-
ism,', and providing for the formation
Of ''socialistic groups" in the several
cities.
The Connecticut troops, which aided
in celebrating the one hundredth ami.
yrrsary OF the surrender of CORVALLIS
at Yorktown. visited Charlestown and
met with cordial reception at the hands
OF the military and citizens generally.
An AttemDt to Burn Canar Steamer.
An apparently deliberate attempt was
made to burn the Cunard Line steamer
Bothnia, lying at pier 40, North river
The motive of the attempt is unex-
planned. Visitors had been coming and
going all day, and at o'clock two tall
dark-featured men, with black mus
taches and dark clothes, passed through
the gate to the steamer. They said
they wished to see Boatswain jackson.
They were informed by the steward
that Jackson was asleep, and they said
they would wait. They shortly after left
and the steward, who was carrying a
tray to the chief stewards room, which
is abaft the main saloon, noticed
peculiar smell in the passage way. As
he passed certain point the friction of
his feet on the carpet caused glow
which developed into blaze, with q
strong smell of phosphorus. The
steward raised an alarm, and with help
threw the carpet overheard. On invt s.
tigation the carpet was found to be
soaked apparently with gasoline and
phosphate solution that would cause
fire by friction. Four bottles were
found in the hallway, which were
thought from the smell to have con-
tanned phosphate and gasoline. It was
concluded that the strangers mentioned
had brought them aboard with incen-
diary designs. The opinion was
credited by some of the officers that it
was an attempt of the 'skirmishers" to
injure British trade and British vessels.
The company endeavored to suppress
the affair. The clue to the two men is
being followed up. It is said that ex-
plosives have previously been offered as
freight, and have been refused by the
.Cunard Line and other English
steamers.
A Revolving Crime swiftly Avenged.
A special from Long View, Texas,
furnishes particulars of a revolving
crime committed near Breckville. A
white man named Sloan, who with his
family had moved into the neighbor-
hood to pick cotton for O Mr.. Hill.
had an alteration with negro named
Lum White, and the latter endeayored
to punish Sloan's children. Being pre-
vented by the mother and dau shter,
girl fifteen years of age, he succeeded
in enticing the latter intoa deep ravine.
where, with the assistance of his wife,
he outraged her person, and then
using his pocket-knife cut her bowels
open lengthwise, and across, deliber-
ately cutting off pieces of the entrails
as they protruded and scattering the
fragments far and near. He then cut
the girls throat from ear to ear At the
inquest Whites wife confessed to all
the revolving details, when q young
man named Hart, incensed at the story
of fendish brutality, shot the negro
man dead. The wife of Lum and an old
negro man, who lived with them, were
started on their way to Carthage, but o
crowd met the escort and took the
prisoners out and shot them.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
SPECIAL SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-In the United |
States Senate, the consideration of Mr..
5herman's resolution calling for the
report OF James T. Meline concerning
the management of the property de-
partment of the treasury was POSTPONED
ill Friday. The President pro tenn.
announced the following appointments
% fill vacancies in the standing commit
ices Foreign affairs, Aldrich and Lap
nam, in place of Burnside and Conk-
ing finance, Aldrich, in place of
burnsido': commerce, Miller, of New
York, in place of Conkling; military
'ffairs, Hawley, in place of Burnside