Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-11
News Briefs.

some new cases OF yellow fever have occurred
IN the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas. Fifty new
cases We're reported yesterday at Pensacola, Fla
Twenty-Five hundred white laborers, on the
S Nortnern Paclfc railroad, In Montana, struck
rate or 30 cents per week.
me machine department OF the Harrisburg. Pa.
Nouuuly ana machine works was destroyed by fire
ployment. ON' - 0--'
ns 9r Monday neGsr farmer named Davidson, living
killed his wife and fatally injured his son.
me- John Fender, NJ. P, was entertained last
night at dinner at Delmonico's, New York, by the
telegraph magnates.
Newspaper correspondents ACCOMPANYING the
bllIsn army In the Egyptian campaign Will
receive the decoration OF the Order Of Med
Lew H. Mclaughlin, a married man, residing
near Mllliamsport, Md, was committed to Jail at
Yesterday evening on the charge OF
assaultlng q child, the daughter OF Mrs. Emma
Ardlnger.
A. G: Moore. aged 81, and a comrade boarded a
freight train at Newburg, W. Va, last evening to
ride to Brains Curve, one mile east of there.
Moore fell between the cars and was killed.
=, dispatch from Dublin reports that owing to
OF Ireland the Dublin Union has taken the lead in
a proposal to send one thousand abIe-bodied men
aiiu women 10 canada, at cost OF 1900 pounds.
an earthquake, severe enough to awaken people,
was neard IN the vicinity OF Montreal, Canada,
yesterday morning.
The Mexican government has contracted with
Delhn Sanchez for the construction of the whole
Tehuantepec railroad.
terrible collision occurred on the new railroad
from chattanooga to Atlanta, which was opened
Monday A freight train was run into by pas
Senger traln, and the engineer and fremen were
Killed and two children fatally injured.
MI. jas. A. Thomas, who died in Richmond, Va.
saturday night, was one Of Jefr. Davis bonds
men.
Ernest Dubourge, an insane Frenchman caused
great excitement on 18th street, New York, yester
DAY afternoon by running amuck. He had a pair
o OF sharp pointed carpenters compasses, and
sIaDDed SIX people, infllcting serious wounds, be-
fore he was secured
Fourteen business houses and hotel were
burned In I'll Paso, Ill, yesterday; loss, 500, 0OO
charles Furber Is In Chicago in the interest OF
an English syndicate to buy 600 acres Of land
IN mississippi for timber and cotton purposes, and
also for the purchase OF 1900, 600 in Texas.
Tne explorer Witt. in the service Of the British
North Borneo company, has been murdered by
Dyak 'head hunters"
collision occurred yesterday morning on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, at
ColteWah station. Tenn, by which several cars
were wrecked, and two men were killed.
ROBERT Lowry, a letter-carrier, upon returning
to the Philadelphia post Office last evening" was
searched by Postal Inspector Barrett and six de-
coy letters containing money were found in his
pockets.
August Brenecker stabbed Cornelius w. Rally
yesterday afternoon, at Dayton, Ohio. Rally died
In three minutes. Both were inmates of the SOL
diers' home and aged men, Brenecker is under
arrest
The Father Matthew Temperance societies last
nlgnC celebrated the anniversary OF the birth Of
the great apostle OF temperance by large gather
Ing IN the Cooper Institute, New York