Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-02-11
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.


death on Saturday night.
--Three burglars were shot and killed
while breaking into saloon at Tunnel
ton, Ind.
BY the Midlothian mine disaster in
Virginia, on Friday, 81 women are
made widows and los children left
fatherless.
Joseph Nathan, of Cleveland,
Ohio, plavfully hung a powder-horn
containing powder about the neck of
his three year-old boy, who, with an
other son, six years old, took the horn
and went into another room to play.
Presently an explosion was heard and
the children were found horribly and
probably fatally burned.
By The breaking of span il
bridge across the James River, near
Richmond, Va, Saturday, a stage loaded
with passengers was precipitated into
the river. All the passengers were in
jured. but none fatally.
The bodies Of Cunningham, Harris
and Treadway, three of the men burned
in the Potter Building, New York City,
were found i'll the ruins of the building.
--Gniteau, the assassin of President
Garfield, received sentence of death at
eleven o'clock Saturday, amid terrible
imprecations on his part. Judge Cox
refused to grant him a new trial,
The Judge referred to the terrible ma
| ture Of the crime of which Guiteau has
Teen convicted, to the horror with
which it had been received to
The executions Of his fellow citizens.
He said it WAS difficult task under such
circumstances to give him a fair trial.
He thought, however, that be had had
as fair a trial as man ever had. He
/ had had every advantage allowed by the
I law. He had bad the whole power Of the
! government and all the resources Of
| the Treasury to obtain witnesses. He
had been defended by counsel whose
zeal, ability and devotion were worthy
! of the highest encomiums. He had
nothing TO regret in respect of his
/ counsel. He then sentenced Guiteau to
be hanged on the 305h of June next.
The Governor of Maine has nomi-
mated Judge William d. Putnam as JUS
tice of the Supreme Judicial Court Of
Maine in place of Judge Libbey, whose
term expires.
= The Dlig S. p. Brown, with coal
from New York for Newburyport
Mass, is believed to have been lost.
She has been nearly three weeks ont,
and had crew Of five
MIR. Scoville argued his motion for a
new trial for Guiteau before Judge Cox.
| Mr.. CorI;hill read the aflidavits of the
/ jurymen that the signatures on the mar
I gin Of the newspaper said to have been
/ found in their room at the hotel were
| forgeries. Mr.. Davidge opposed the
motion and the Court reserved judg-
ment.
-Guiteau has issued an address de-
| nouncIDg the course Of the newspapers
in his case, advertising his photographs
and autographs and condemning the
scheme for putting his body on exhibit
| ten.
A gas explosion in the Metropolitan
| coal mines in Chesterfield county, Va j..
occurred on Friday. At the time of the
explosion there were thirty two men
employed in the mines, ten white and
twenty-five colored. All these men were
entombed in the mines, and those who
| escaped death by the explosion were
suffocated. Many attempts were made
to reach the men but the relieving
parties were driven back by the deadly
fire damp.
Two Freshmen of Cornell College
were Kidnapped by some Sophomores to
prevent them from attending a Fresh
man dinner. They were threatened
with death if they made an outcry. The
| ki1nanna6 oVd Tho l-iIno,1,orc bo,.a l,1o,,
arrested.
A cable dispatch to the New York
Heraid from Lieutenant Danenhower,
| at lIkutsk, gives an account of the
search for De Long, and the fearful suf-
terlngs of the shipwrecked crew of the
Jeanette. Two naval officers have
been detailed to report to Lieutenant
Danenhower and assist him in searching
for Lieutenant Chip and his crew.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The sentiment of the House Com
mittee on Civil Service Reform is said
to be in favor of the establishment Of
Department of Agriculture, Commerce
and Manufactures.
The Chief of the Bureau OF Statis-
tics reports that the total values of the
exports of petroleum aud petroleum
products from the United States during
December, 1881, were 81, 40, 430, and
during December, 1889, S3,041 63S; for
the twelve months ended December 81.
1881, $3.50, 1C3, and for the same
period in 1880, $34, sos, 645.
The Secretary of the Navy has
ordered Lieutenant Dancnhower to re-
turn home and bring the invalids of the
Jeanette party with him.
Representative Reed has been au-
thorized by the Committee on Rules to
report to the House a resolution provid-
ing for committee of nine members on
woman suffrage
Elk Secretary Blaine has written an
open letter taking the President direct
ly to task for abandoning the proposed
congress of American nations. Mr..
Blaine says that the project was warmly
( appreciated by the Presidents prede-
cessor, was submitted to himself, and
the invitations were sent by his direc-
ton. Mr.. Blaine then reviews and cen
sures Mr.. Frelinghuysen's change Of
policy, which is attributed to fear of
offending some European powers. Mr..
Blaine apprehends this will make enc
mics of American Governments and
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