Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-10-21
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS,


route contracts, were sentenced on Mon
day at Philadelphia.
Henry A. Bowen, who is charged
with an attempt to bride Foreman Dick
son, of the Star Route jury, was arrest
ed in Philadelphia for non payment of
a board-bill.
Samuel l.. Clemens MARK Twain
has begun suit against the American
News Company and others to protect
the use of his name.
The retirement from active service,
by operation of law, of Major General
Mcdowell on October Is, 1882, under
tho provisions of the act of Congress ap-
proved June 80, 1882, is announced TO
the army by the Adiutant Generals
officer. Gen. Schofield succeeds Gen.
Mcdowell as Commander of the Pacific
Department.
The New York Enamel Furniture
Company has made an assignment for
the benefit of its creditors. The habili-
ties are placed at $3.50. 900.
In Plttsylvania County, Va, $50
cases and So deaths have occurred from
malignant diphtheria.
"A special from Columbus, Ohio,
says:-"The Democratic Headquarters
here has returns from all counties in
the State, except Brown and Fairfield,
- estimating the vote of these two on
the basis of the vote of last year the
Democratic plurality in Ohio will be
1898"
In Syracuse, n. Y, the Chicago ex-
press tram, at the Genesee street cross
ing. struck a carriage containing John
ID. Millonee, his wife, Mrs. I'll. b. Com.
stock and Mrs. Monro Burgess. The
three ladies were killed and the man WAS
seriously injured, but will probably re-
cover.
The electric light machinery caused
the death of q workman in Rochester,
n. Y.
The result of the session OF the
Democratic ConferenneesO Committee in
New H H5Tk CIiy was the selection of Mr..
Franklin Edison as candidate for
Mayor. The Shrievalty was conceded
to Tammany, while the county democ-
racy demanded the County Clerkship.
Three men walking on the railroad
track we're crushed to death by cars nj
Keesport, Pa.
The Coroner's jury in the Slayback
homicide, at st. Louis, find that the de-
ceased was killed by Cockerill, but ex
press no opinion as to whether the act
was criminal. The funeral of Slayback,
on Sunday, was the largest that ever
took place in st. Louis.
"A Russian Jew at the "Refuge,' oil
Wards Island, New York harbor,
started small riot by demanding to be-
served his dinner. The superintendent
had his head cut and several of the emf
grants were more or less injured.
Colonel Alonzo W. Slayback, a
prominent lawyer and democratic poll
tician of st. Louis, was killed on Fri
day, by John Cockerill, one of the edi-
tors of the Post Dispatch, during Il
dispute in the office of that paper. The
shooting was claimed to be in self
defense.
"A stage coach while en- route to VIII
liams, A. T., was stopped by robbers,
who carried off an express safe with its
contents.
j. 81. Capp, charged with murder
was taken from officers of the law at
Fort Fetterman, Wy. T., and hanged
by party of cowboys.
Two men were killed and others
severely injured by the explosion of a
boiler near Petersburg, Ill.
AT Natick, Mass, two little girls
(sisters) on their way to school were
struck by freight car. One of them
was killed and the other shockingly
mangled.
Repairs in progress at the Execu-
tive Mansion in Washington will not be
completed before the first of December
Receipts of the United States Post
Office Department exceed expenditures
for the first time since 1865.
The yellow fever on the Rio Grande,
above Brownsville, is of a very PERM
cious type.
An epidemic disease, resembling the
black measles combined with scarlet
fever, is raging in Alaska.
"A fire, which destroyed Huri's ele-
vator at Bridgeport, Conn caused loss
OF prope rty valued at $3.50, 600.
Official figures elect Mckinley. Re-
publican, in the Eighteenth Ohio Con
gressional District by majority of g.
AT Triton, Ga, a shooting ARRAY
took place on Friday which resulted in
the killing OF. three men.
Some Of the rescued passengers OF
the wrecked steamship Herder charge
that the officers and crew were intoxi.
Gated at the time of the disaster.
"A large number of well-executed
counterfeit silver dollars are being cir.
culated in the western portion of New
York State.
The late cyclone did considerable
damage to the tobacco crop in Cuba.
An awning which had been loosened
by contact with a wagon fell upon
Young woman, and for the injuries
which she suffered she got verdict for
Sl3, 900 against New York City.
-Diphtheria prevails to an alarming
extent in Pittsylvania County, Va.
The Lighthouse Board will erect at
Hallett's Point, n. Y, an iron tower,
from which will BE- displayed from sun
down to sunrise an electric light of co.
900 candle power.
The question of assessing duty upon
sugar imported from the Hawaiian
Islands is again before the Treasury
Department
AT Montreal the coroner's Jury in
the case of the steamer Richelien disas-
ter rendered a verdict severely censur-
ing the owner and the engineer of the
vessel and also the local government in
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