Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-11-30
DAVID EVANS, an inventor who had

DAVID EVANS an inventor who had
spent the last few years of long life in vain
toll upon q perpetual motion scheme at
Waterman & Beavers works, near Wilkes
barre, Pa, sent three bullets into his brain,
Nov. %, leaving letter of explanation
ending: Sc 1t is clear and evident that am
in the utmost poverty and distress. Having
no health or strength to be slave any more,
believe it prudent to leave this tyrannical
and oppressive world and to be pauper no
more.''
A TRAIN on the Saltwater Branch OF
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
road was wrecked at St. Croix, Wis, the
other day, caused by defective rail. The
engine went down an embankment. Engi-
neer Vandewerker was instantly killed and
the fireman badly injured. A number of
passengers were slightly hurt.
ROBBERS raided the town of Airing.
ton, Texas; the other night. A grocer was
compelled to hand out large sum of money,
and several dwellings were ransacked.
at Little Rock, Ark, Nov. %, Miss
Matte Chrisman, daughter of DR.. Chrisman,
and prominent young lady in society, took
dose of strychnine, installing it for quiz
nine. 1t threw her into most terrible con-
vulsions, and death soon came to her re-
lief.
The business people of Morris, MINI,
lost more than 100000 by fire. Nov. %.
Clark & Keen, WOODEN goods, Philadelphia,
Pa, by the burning of Arrolt's mills on the
same day.
Mrs. MOSES WELLS made her bed
too near the fire and was fatally burned at
the residence of her son, near Jake's Run,
W. Va, the other night.
Rev. r. H. WOODRUFF, of Baltimore,
Nd, who pleaded guilty to opening a letter
with the intent of abstracting correspond
ence and secreting and embezzling the
same, has been sentenced to pay a fine of
$3.50.
SOME union lasters in a shoe factory
at Montreal, Canada, struck because men
outside their organization were given work.
The Manufacturers Association then re-
solved to dismiss all Iasters unless the strik-
eTs returned to labor, an act which seems
likely to precipitate a general walk-out by
ten thousand operatives.
THERE has been a terrible storm on
the lakes. Wrecks are reported on Lakes
Erie and Ontario and buildings destroyed at
Buffalo.
|. THE latest census bulletin shows that
the manufacturers of the United States en-
ploy a capital of 50, $50, 223,OOO and produce
So, 300, O0O, 600 worth of goods annually.
MORE than 100000 white persons
over 10 years of age and unable to write are
enumerated in the census returns.
TWENTN-CENT pieces are to be retired
from circulation.
MIR. HAZEN, Assistant Postmaster
General, has issued his periodical circular
of the announcement of the sale at auction
of unclaimed packages OF merchandise at
the Dead Letter Office. The list embraces
a catalogue of almost every conceivable thing
within the limit of the right allowed for
mailing packages, and as rule does not con
tain anything of great value. There are
! over 1000 lots of goods catalogued. By far
the largest number of articles embraced in
any class are various kinds of wearing ap-
parel, especially for children. There are
scores and even hundreds of pairs Of baby
shoes, socks, hoods and cloaks, a large num-
Der of embroidered slippers, hair nets, tan
gled hair, hair combings, switches, plug
tobacco, fifteen puzzle, cow mixers, fiddle
strings, odd buttons, clowns caps, toy pis-
tolls, bird traps,a trick mouse, fishing tackle,
soiled underwear, various kinds of pipes,
etc. There are dozens upon dozens of os-
trich feathers for hats and bOnnets, ribbons,
| lace fchus, kid gloves, with every variety OF
children's toys that are light and of little
| bulk.