Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05
THE NEWS.


This month is notable for having two full
moons, one on the first and the other TO come
on the 30th instant.
A terrible explosion Of giant powder occur
ed at stone quarry on the northwestern
outskirts OF Chicago. The shock was plainly
elt all over the city. A workman went to the
powder-house, containing 1000 pounds of
giant powder and 1900 pounds of blasting
powder. He took out twenty-five pound can,
! # the door open, and setting the can on the
ground, proceeded to open it with cold
hisel. The result was spark and the can
Exploded. No one was killed. but several
zero badly injured.
The citizens Of Arizona and New Mexico arc
preparing to take the settlement of the Inda1
question in their own hands, A secret organi.
zation is being formed to wipe out the
A a;hes. New Mexico has already over 6,090,
and Arazona will furnish more than that mum.
Der. Globe City and the Gila valley already
have over 300 men, and other sections are
organizing rapidly. The citizens throughout
Arizona are praying for the arrival of General
Crook.
Duncan G. Ross and Donald Dinnie, Scotch
champion athletes, have posted $3.50 with
Richard X. Fox and challenged any two men
in the world to wrestle mixed match for
$500 or $1,000 side.
R. P. Richardson's tobacco factory at Reds
vile has been destroyed by fire. The loss is
said to be about $685. 600. Considerable machi-
narJ and quantity of tobacco were burned.
The fire was an accident, originating in the
1ryng-room.
1t Is understood that requisition for the
lrrest of Colonel John r. Popham, superin-
tendent of the folding-room of the United
States House Of Representatives, was made
out at Richmond and sent to Washington to
take him to Virginia to be tried on charge
Of having engaged as second in the recent
duel between Colonel John s. Wise and
Captain Crockett
A gang OF twenty-five convicts, in charge OF
Willard Ward, son of ,he penitentiary lessee,
who were at work on the Iron Mountain rail
ro, d, had their buildings burned by anumber
Of men, and were compelled to return to Little
should dare to return.
A Gazette special from Arkadelphia says
that near Garden station hurley negro
named Ellis Mcknight, who tried to outrage
the person Of Miss Baker, young lady in The
neighborbood, was prevented by q house dog
coming to the rescue, was captured by mol
and mutilated.
Thomas O'Learv, of Boston, Timothy Breen
of South Manchester, Ct; and William Gil
ligan of Boston, field hands, took refuge
under a cherry tree in West Roxbury, Mass;
during a thunder storm. Lightning struck
the tree and instantly killed O'Leary and
Breen.
The number of deaths reported in New
York for twenty-four hours reached one hun
dred and eighty-four. One hundred and
twenty were children under five years of age,
and of these eighty were killed by cholera
infantum directly due to the heat.
Edward Schnen brought suit against Fred
erick Blohm, his UNCLE in Philadelphia, for
alternating his (schnell's) wife's affections from
him. Blohm is wealthy widower with seven
children, while his nephew is thirty-fve years
old and his nepbew's wife twenty seven.
They have been married nine years, and have
one child.
Robert Garrett & Sons have instituted pro
ceedings in Ohio for the sale Of the Steubens
Vile and Ohio Railroad to satisfy liens aggre
eating, with interest, over 100000.
An astounding irregularity in the oficia
conduct of the late George T. Doughty, secre
retary of the Cincinnati, New Orleans an
Pacific Railroad Company has been mad
public. 1t is the over-issue of $500, 900 of stoc
of that road. The over-issue was prompt
turned into cash, but the stock has, in som
way, been manipulated so that it was not de
tected at the time of the payment of th
january dividend nor was it known until tn
day after the death of Doughty, which OF
cured several months ago. The entire capits
stock of the company is So, 000,0 900, the ovol
issue by the secretary being just ten per cen
Mr. Henry G. Venncr, the weather prophe
writes: 81 cannot but think that August vii
be another month of storms and unusua
rainfall, with one or two remarkably lo'
| curves of temperature. | expect snowfall
! will be recorded in extreme western and north
| western sections, and cold rains at more
southerly stations shortly after the middle
the MONTH October will be very similar, bu
| of course colder.
| Guy, the twelve-year- old son Of Miltol
| emith, living near Rirkwood, Mo-, quarrelet
| with his brother Louis and his father CAV
them both whipping. Guy got shotgun
and emptied one of the barrels into hi
fathers body. Guy was convicted Of murde
and will probably be sentenced to death.
Sixteen deaths from the effects of the hea
have been reported to the coroner in Phila
delphia since June17.
The number of deaths in New York for tn
week ending July 20, was 1917. the larges
weekly aggregate for ten years. One-third o
the number were infants carried off by tn
cholera infantum, due 10 the heat. Their
were 81 cases of sunstroke, of which
proved fatal.
malignant type of yellow fever is pre-
valent at Matamoras, Mexico, and is rapid
spreading Brownsville, Texas, and Mats
moras have been quarantined against by a
the lower Rio Grande towns. The health at
thorities at Austin say they will picket th
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