Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-12
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
Ihe coinage executed at the United States
Mint IN Philadelphia, during the month Q,
July, aggregated 1,3l3,000 pieces, valued a
Soo0,S5o. This amount was made up OF $780,.
c0o dollars, $4,000 fve-cent pieces and 47O. 0O(
CENTS
Applications were received in New York
from North Carolina to sell oats from thai
state in that market. This is another unpre.
cedented feature in the grain trade. Every
thlng goes to show that the South will have
The largest crops Of all kind OF grain eve,
raised there
Heckerss flour mill, extending from Cherr,
to- Water street, New York, was burned. Their
wore 500 men in the old ten-story building ant
they had to rush for their lives. So rapid wa,
the spread OF the flames that it was for time
feared that some had been cut off, but all es.
capped. Forty engines were at work, bu,
could not save the building. Loss S., 25O. 900.
Insurance 100000.
Captain Payne is at Wichita, Kansas, an d
says he Will enter Indian Territory at once
with colonists.
The New York board of police have resolved
to prevent the glove fight on the 14th proximo
between Tug Wilson and John L. Sullivan, in
Madison Square Garden.
The sugar-refning firm of John Hifgerts
! ms, 141 South Front street Phila1elnbia.
Las failed. Charles M. Hilgcrt, who has con-
| Quoted the business under that firm name.
cannot be found. 1t is impossible to tell how
Mr.. Hilgert's liabilities compare with his as
| sets.
1t is reported from Matamoras, Mexico that
| there are over four hundred cases of yellow
fever in the city. The sanitary condition is
| frightful.
There were 100 cases of yellow fever at La
redo, Texas, in one day. Six deaths were re-
ported.
The collision of two Lake Shore Road
freight trains west of South Bend, Indiara,
wrecked sixty cars which took fire and burned
| up party Of tramps were on the train, and
! those who escaped say seven of their number
were in the blazing wreck.
| On Limestone creek, near Maysvlle, Ky,
the cabin of negro family was washed away.
The man escaped, but his wife and mother
were washed into the Ohio river and drowned
On Lawrence creek, two miles west of Mays
vile, the Boga family, consisting OF a man,
wife, five children and his mother, had their
house torn to atoms and the woman and chill
| dren were drowned. Near Manchester, Ohio
the house of Richard Barnes was washed away
and his family drowned.
Inc claims, IrcIuding mortgages and Judg-
ments, against John Higert's Sons, sugar re-
liners, of PhiladeIphi !, whose failure has been
announced, aggregate nearly half million
dollars 1t is low alleged that Cha les M.
Hilgert obalned about 1926, 56l on forged
drafts and promissory notes.
1t is reported that yellow fever has broken
out at Austin, Texas, and that DR.. Swearinger,
State health officer, has gone there to investi
gate the progress OF the disease. The death
| rate at Matamoras is greater than at Havana.
Twenty-Five cases were repor ed Aug 2nd, and
seven deathe. One case occurred in New Or
leans. The health board is taking active
measures to prevent tie spread the dis
ease.
The Indiana, Bloomington and Western
Railroad has been opened between Columbus,
Ohio and indianapolis, giving the Baltimore
ard Ohio Company an important connection
with Central Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
The number of immigrants for this year
reaches the unparalleled number Of 789,003 ;
~, 786 arrived during July.
destructive thunder storm swept over
Milwaukee, Wis. The damage to property is
yariously estimated at from $4,000 to $780,
900. One man was killed by lightning, and
an infant was drowned
W. A. I. Smith, colored clergyman, made
persistent applicationfor accommodation at the
Adams House, Providence, R. l., and was re-
fused and driven out because of his color.
lie has employed council to prosecute the
landlord under the civil rights law.
Dennis Dineen, Canadian farmer, is about
to bring suit against the Montreal Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals for hay
ing imported English sparrows He saws
these birds have eaten up thirty acres of his
barley, destroying his potatoes, and made sad
havoc with his early vegetables.
The Central Railroad freight house on Water
and Columbia streets, Albany, 200 by 400 feet
in dimensions, fell with crash, and is a total
wreck. There were Ii, 900 barrels of flour and
a large amount of other goods in the building,
which are damaged to considerable extent.
Twelve freight cars were damaged.
The Chicago Railway Age has figures show.
ing that the total construction of way line Of
railroad for seven months in the United States
has been more than 5000 miles. Should the
proportion hold good during the remainder o.
the year the total mileage built for 1882 would
be nearly $4,000. but it is not likely to run
over 10000.
Southern News.
The Norfolk (Va.) Landmark, whose editor
has responded to severs, calls to the field of