Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-11-04
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

Mrs. Scoville, who was declared III
sane by the court in Chicago and her
daughter Bertha, are at the Tecumseh
House, London, Ont
"A heavy log slipped from the hands
of the workmen at a sawmill ut Wavncs-
field, Ohio, and, rolling over a group OF
children who We're playing near by. killed
one of them outright and fatally wounded
four others.
The Park Theatre. New York CITY.
was burned to the ground in an iucred-
IDLY short time ON Monday. Mrs. Lang
trys debut was thus postponed and fa-h-
lonahle society WAS corTespondmglv dis
appointed, as over 81. 900 worth OF tickets
had been sold for the night Mrs. Lang
trys engagement viii bc continued ont III
some other theatre The loss by the fire
IS very heavy.
Government officials at Bradford
Pa, have arrested an alleged counter
telter vino promises 10 give important in
formation III regard to his confederates.
At Philadelphia discarded husband
was arrested for attcml, i. ...ll his
wife and other II 'mtiycS 10y throwing an
hSehlouSe, constructed bomb into their
Il.
The number of post-oflices in opera
ton in the United States on june 30.
1882. was IS. 231, an increase of 1.719
during the year ], 951 of these offices
are filled ly appointment of the Prcsi-
dent and are known rs .Prcsidcntial Of
fees, ana tile remainder ii, 2S0-arc
filed 10y appointment Of the Postmaster
General. During the year ,. 1876 new
poSt-olliccs were established and LII
were discontinued
A society has been incorporated at
Boston, Mass, for The purpose Of coloniz-
ing Palestine with industrious Christians
Miss Gilbert. the philantmopst, has
discovered that paraSitical malaria ori2i-
mates in prisons among the convicts and
that it is spread abroad and is very dam
gcrous.
"A man while ut work repairing
bridge fell into the canal at Cohoes, y.
Y, and was carried by the water over a
weir dam, raceway and the gorge into the
Mohawk River, where his body WAS
brought on shore
"A portion of the Point Barrow Relief
Expedition has returned to San Francisco
They confirm the report that the body of
Ensign Putnam was seen on the tloo
which carried him out to sea.
The bari, NIalville Captain Edward
Harlow, of Freeport. Me-. was wrecked
on the reef of Hesquist Harbor on the
10th inst All hands were lost. The
body Of 4 lady, dressed in silk, supposed
10 be the wife of Captain Harlow. and
four male bodies were washed ashore and
buried by a Catholic priest at Hesquist
During race between two tugboats
near Racine, Wis. the boiler Of one ex-
ploded and three men killed.
A train on the Texas Narrow Grag.
Railway fell through a bridge, near Maid
en-, Mo-, whereby several passengers were
injured.
The immigrant arrivals at New York
since january l were 400, 951, an increase
of 22,5S6 over the corresponding period
Of last year
A Brooklyn young lady was found
dead in bed, having been su1focated by
gas.
An accident to freight train on the
Champlain division Of the Delaware ana
Hudson Canal Company resulted IN the
loss of two lives.
The verdict in the Scoville insanity
ease III Chicago, declares Mrs. Scovillc
insane. The court room was crowded.
Mrs. ScOville was not present and her
lawyer and her son declare they know
nothing Of her.
Frank A. Crawl, Assistant Post
master at Wellsborro, Pa, was arrested
by Post Off e Inspectors for rifing
registered letters. This arrest is re-
garded by the officers as an important
one, as 1t involves very heavy losses of
registered mails in transit through that
Office.
The second part of the report of
a. 81. Wells, special counsel in the
Star-route bribery case, which was
made public Friday, deals at length
with the charges against Dickson, the
foreman of the jury. The statements
of Brewster Cameron and II. A. Brews-
ter, denying that they tried to bride
Dickson, are incorporated in the re,
port. A warrant for the arrest of Dick
son was issued.
"A letter received in New Bedford.
from Captain Grape, of the lost schoon-
er Surprise, gives the particulars of the
loss, and also states that a boats crew
eAae NC lCAb Ut bue lStanu was SuD5e-
quently massacred by the patagonian
Indians, with the exception of a Portu-
guese boy. He also states that boat :
crew belonging 20 the British bark
Roseneath, which foundered at sea, was
murdered by the natives, the mate alone
escaping death. A third boats crew
had also been massacred by the natives
at this point.
August Sieg, the hero of the acct:
dent to a crowded passenger train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad between
New York and Newark, aud who was so
BADLY burned while on duty, died in the
hospital at Jersey City from injuries re-
ceived.
The promotions in the army conse-
quent upon the retirement of Major
Gen. Irwin Mcdowell were announced
by the President on Thursday, as fol
lows : Brig. Gen. John Pope to be Ma
ior- General, aud Col Ranald S. Mac
Kenzie, Fourth Cavalry, to be Briga-
dier-General.
Two men were killed by an ex-
p'osion in a coal mine near Wilkesbarre.
Penn. on Friday.
The son-in-law of Mrs. Scoville
ON Friday created disturbance i'll the
court now inqairing into her sanity and