Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-12-14
PERs0NA6 AND GENERAL.

t4kO SfItlg AtcT Vi OOls, SlayUhckh
1.-THE statement that J.. S. Dahford,
the hero of the Caldwell (Kans.) Bank fall
ure, had became insaRey is denied.
The steamer Morning Star exploded
her boilers near New Orleans on the morn
ing. Of thea6 9Th, and fifteen lives were lost.
BILL ALLEN, the negro desperate
who Killed Police Officer Wright in Chicago
few days ago., was shotto death on the1Sd,
while resisting arrest second time.
j. B. PARMENTER, of the Troy On.
" Press, was cowhided the other day by
William Carr, son Of the Secretary of State.
Parmenter ACCUSED young Carr of public
inteN cations breaches Of contid nee, etc. :"
The steamer Enterprise burned OF
Wards Point, N. c., "a few afternoons ago.
Capt. W. A. Thompson, W. Hancock and q
colored man were drowned. sf-g
= OaEE of William Arrot's tNine mills at
Philadelphia was recently destroyed by fire,
causing loss OF Sl50, 200. Three hundred
hands were thrown out of employment.
Two fremen were badly injured by falling
walls.
A MISPLACED switch on the Lehigh
Valley Road at RummerfeId, Pa, caused a
collision the other day by which fireman
and engineer were burned to death and two,
trains wrecked.
DURING recent quarrel at Cincin-
natl between hackmen, William Patterson
shot Joseph Cook, killing him instantly.
THE National League of professional
baseball clubs has awarded the champion.
ship of 1882 to Chicago.
AT Indianapolis, Ind.,, in one day re-
Gently Andrew Schillinger was scalded to
death, Christopher Fielder was crushed in
machinery, and Thomas Wilson was killed
by the cars. ~
5 A VIOLENT snow-storm prevailed in
ENGLAND on the 7th. On the Lancashire
coast the storm had not been edualed in
thiryyears. There were many wrecks.
THEeDoRE WEsToE, of New York
City, real estate operator, has failed for
$500, 900. Sass
FRANK gCAwTHoRN, of Dallas, Tex,
claimed on the 9Th to have discovered new
comet near the western horizon. He had
also claimed the $3.50 premium offered by
Warner, Of Rochester, N. Y. Mr.. iCaw-
thorn's new comet is very brilliant, with 8
lOngs fiery tail. ssgf4
UNDER the new penal code, of New
York, Charles Flick has been held to answer
the charge Of felony for attempting to take
his own life.
A HEAVY snow-storm ragged through
out the Northwestern the night Of the 9th,
and the following morning the thermometer
ranged from threeto fourteen degrees below
zero.
TEN mail pouches and twenty news
paper sacks were destroyed by recent fire
on Lehigh Valley mail train. =
The expenditures of the War De-
partment for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1882, were $45, 349, $40. 81. The appropria-
ton for the year 1883 is 500, 662, 1908.
THE canals in New York State were
closed on the 7th.
On the 9Th the following persons were
hanged for murder: Charles Gustave, at
DonaldsonyfTle, La; VIM. Porter, at Perry,
and Edward Convers, at Swainsboro, Ga.
BECAUSE work was given to two Rus
sian Jews at a reduction of two cents per
dozen, eighty girls employed in shoe fac
tory at Toronto struck the other day.
DURING the seven days ended on the
Sth there were 100 business failures in the
United States.
LoNDoNs Eng, had 91,OOO,o0O fire
a few days ago.
FRANCIS NoTAN, drunken guest, at
a Mexican wedding feast the other night at
Saballo, small Mexican town near Las
Vegas, shot and killed two brothers named
Roxal. Notan then proceeded to his home
where he amused himself by cutting his
wife's ears off. Notan was afterwards ar
rested and confined in JAIL There was
strong talk of lynching him. @-4
A FEW nights ago, during severe
storm which prevailed throughout On
tario, Michael Ellard and James King, Of
Beeton, persisted.
By a recent fire the Royal Alhambra
Thea4er ana eight other buildings in Lon
don were destroyed. Fe.
Two stock trains colhded near SYRIA
cuse, on the New York Central Road, the
other day. Many cattle were killed, and the
damage to railroad property was heavy.
THE Governor of the Territory was
killed by female Nihilist, lately banished
to Siberia.
BY the explosion of a lamp Mrs.
Gregory, residing near Cincinnati, had her
clothing set on fire few mornings ago, and
she was burned to death.
TUX UOZ3OOO CceoA 1A4O 4OSOOO dCIoS VI
land in Baker County, Florida, q. S. Grant,
Jr., has sold his residence in New York City.
In railroad tunnel near Portland,
Ore, a premature explosion the other day
killed four Cinnamon and dangerously in
Jured four others.
A FEW days ago Captain Emons and
three men were lost with yacht going from
Long Branch to Barnegat Bay.
AT its recent meeting in Pittsburgh,
Pa, the Western Iron Association stated
that orders for 2OO, eco tons Of steel rails had
been given since the decrease in price, and
there appeared to have been no ground for
the reeeat fears OF total suspension Of BUSH
ness by the iron works.
In Washington the Star-route trial
on theSth.
8 By railroad accident near Hinton,
". Va, three persons were killed and sew
eral others were injured a few afternoons
ago.
: AT Saginaw City, Mich, the works of
the SaginaW Barrel Company, together
with 1000. coo feet of lumber. were de-
strOyed by4ire 4 few mornings ago. Loss.
SI75. COO -
: JosEPR BORDEN vas instantly killed
and Frank Bauer fatally f1iured by a cave
in Of top ors at G0bel's mines near Bower
town, Pa, 3 fsss days ago. BOrden's face
yEas partly torn OF sud both less and an arm