Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-21
THE NEWS.

City OF Mexico without charter by European |
brokers under the auspices of the Mexican |
National Bank, and will be opened imme-
diately.
At conference between the proprietors of
the rolling mills Of Cincinnati and vicinity
and committee of workngmen, with John
Jarrett at its head, it was agreed to resume
work at the old rates until q committee, ap-
pointed fol- the purpose, shall reach an agree
ment as to the meaning of the adjustment
when the long strike ended.
A fire at Ell Paso, ILL.,, burned an entire
block of wooden buildings, including the Ell
Paso Hotel and fourteen business houses.
The loss is estimated at 100000, partly in
sured.
The Treasury Department has received the
sum of $95O,O0O recently awarded to the
government in the contest over the will of the
late Joseph L. Lewis, of Hoboken, N. ]. The
money will be used to aid in the extinguish-
ment of the public debt, but the manner of its
application has not yet been decided upon.
Returns from the Ohio election how large
Democratic gains. Hamilton county gives
Democratic majority exceeding 1000, aud
elects two Democratic Congressman. The del
egation in Congress will be divided nearly
equally between the two parties The Demo-
cratic majority in the State is estimated at
5000.
The election for Congressman in the first
West Virginia district is close, and the Repub-
licans claim that their candidate, General
Golf, is elected by small majority. The
Democratic candidates in the second, third and
fourth districts are elected.
A demented Frenchman named Ernest Du-
bourgne ran a muck through Fourteenth
street, New York, stabbing right and left with
psir Of carpenters coWpasses. The side
;alks were crowded with women, and num-
Der severely injured.
Robert Lowry, Philadelphia letter-carrier,
mas been arrested, and six decoy letters were
found in his pockets. He was one Of the old
est carriers in the SERVICE
Semi-annual dividends of five per cent. have
been declared on the stock Of the Main Stem
and Washington Branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio Road, and over 5000, 900 has been carried
to the surplus fund.
Ohio has gone Democratic by 10000 major
ity. West Virginia has elected three Demo-
Gratis and one Republican to Congress.
The Ballou House, at North Adams, Mass,
has been burned. Some of the boarders and
servants who were sleeping in the top story
narrowly escaped with their lives. The fire
was the work of an incendiary.
A fire at Suncook, N. H., destroyed the
Methodist church aud parsonage and several
other sbuildipgs. Mrs. Jos. Dunmars was
killed by falling chimney. Total loss
100000
Observatory, says the new comet discovered
by DR.. Schmidt at Athens is unquestionably a
fragment of the great comet broken of at Its
perihelion passage. This proves that the
great comet must have grazed the sun, and
hence passed through terrible crisis. This
is the second instance on record of comet
being disrupted, the first one being Biela's
comet Of 1916.
One hundred mounted men rode up to the
Posey county Qnd.) jail, overpowered the
sheriff, and seized Redman, imprisoned there
for wife-murder. As they rode away with
Redman shots were fired at them by the
police, and David Murphy, Redman's brother
in-law, was killed. A fire engine overturned
the buggy in which Redman was driven off,
and the officers overlook the mob. A pitched
battle was fought between the mob and the
police, and Redman was killed with q sledge
hammer and his body was filled with bullets
by his captors. There were no arrests.
Anthony Bacceaco, a Cincinnati policeman
1~o,.x 1ri,, 1a1 Will
Doller, the saloon-keeper, and fred two shots
at him, killing him. The policeman, whe,
arrested was too drunk to give any account O
the shooting.
Charles Rapp was sentenced at Baltimore
three years in the penitentiary for enticin
young girls for immoral purposes.
In the course Of a suit brought by a woma
against the Grand Trunk Railway Company I
recover damages for the loss Of her husband
whe was killed by the cars at Brantford, Ont
Justice Vanderbilt patted one Of the jurors
the back and used language calculated to infu
ence the Juror in his verdict. Justice Burto
fined the offender $50 and sent him to jail 70
"a hours.
Silver ore mixed with copper, assaying
per Cent. VI buVer, IL rs Iepoi oou hoo pooA uin
covered in the bed at Panther creek, near Sc
cor, twenty miles from Bloomington, III. 1t
reported that 1000 pounds have been alread
taken out.
Major General Mcdowell will be placed o
the retired list Immediately. number
promotions will follow. 1t is believed tbs
Brigadier General Pope will be made msjo
general, and that Col G. W. Getty will b
made q brigadier general.
The commissioner of the land Office, in hi
annual report, states that the lands now en-
braced within the limits Of the public domai
amount to nine hundred million acres, includ
ing Alaska.
number Of bad silver dollars are circ'
lating in the vicinity of Buffalo, N. Y. The
are evenly covered with 20 or 80 cents wort
of silver, and ring naturally.
Agents Of the Secret Service Division ha'
telegraphed from Upton, Ind, announcer
the are ct Of eighteen coin counterfeiter
oil Tora