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

natl, Ohio, caused the death of the per-
son who received ii.
AT Montpelier, VT, two bank burg
lars cut their way out of jail and es-
capped.
Senator A. III. Stephens was inau-
gurated Governor OF Georgia ON Saturday
with due ceremony.
Petroleum reached the highest figure
since 1878 Saturday afternoon-S12 1-
the market at Bradford Pa, closing at
S119.
BY collision on the New York and
New England Railroad near Pomfret,
Conn, five employees Of the road were in
jared one fatally
A man convicted of arson at Lancas-
ter, Pa, makes statement giving the
names of his companions, vino, he says,
fired buildings destroying property worth
more than 81 600, 000.
Another victim of the Ashland (Kv.)
trng .dy has been buried, and three more
deaths ar expected.
An entire business block in Red
Bnk, y. j., WAS swept away by fire
which originated IN 4 stable opposite the
scene Of the two previous fires that oc-
Cured in the town.
The reven(z~Of the Dominion for
October was s., 800, 6g6.59, against s.
Ll%-s,]7. % for the same month last wear.
DIR. Profile. of Buenos Ayrcs, has
twenty-five ostriches now lodged III Cen
tral Park, New York, with which he in
tends to start A. ostrich farm near some
Southern City. He las a successful
f1S fpi.b f.l14, at ttunpAs \ NpAs
Miss Louise Howard presented TO the
city Of Bull etan. Vi. a costly mortuarv
chapel she had erected in Lake View
Cemetery.
Mrs Anna Paul Glegg, a lady If
ninetv-four wears. walked out Of window
in CHICAGO on Thursday night and was
instantly killed.
General Crook addressed the Apaches
of tn Sau C..llus rs rvation, informing
tn IN that I'll TIM had arrived for them
to MAX IN effort to support and govern
thtms Ives.
Til 5 crct $ rvica agents report that
dang rous count rfeit ten dollar bills are
in circulation.
Ashland, Ky. buried the victims
of the recent military firing on Friday.
Business was suspended and the streets
hung with Grape.
At Easton, Me-, man cut his wife's
throat and then cut his own. Both are
dead.
The strike of the ship laborers at
Montreal has ended; the men resume
work ut the old wages.
Great excitement prevailed in the
petrol INN IN ,rket ut Bradford, Penn. on
Friday, owing to sudden ms to 81 OF 8 g.
being the highest point attained since
July, 1880.
-Adiutaut General Drum in his an
nual report to the crctary of War says
that during the summer and fall inspac-
tioas of the Stat militia, cncampmcnts
were made in California. Indiana. Maine
Mass ,chus It's, PENNSYLVANIA. Rhode ISL
and and Vermont. General Drum saws
the reports of the inspecting officers are
highly gratifying They Enthusiastically
indicate increased int Il st Ivy officers and
men, and show a dot animation To over
COM obstacl that initiate against the
best inter st OF that branch of the dcfen-
siye power Of the country.
In the Soteldo murder trial, in
Washington, the jury brought III YER
dict Of moi guilty Tor Soteldo, charged
with shooting his brother.
The brig Cascatelle sprung a leak
and found red in Chesapeake Bay. Two
Of the crew were lost.
Josiah Quincy died suddenly at VOL
laston, suburb Of Boston, Thursday
morning. Mr. Quincy was about eighty
years cid, aud at the TIM OF his death he
was the oldest living aX-MavOr OF Boston
He was the son OF the second Mavor of
Boston, Josiah Quincy, vino died in 1864.
Mr.. Ounce adopted the law rs his pro-
fcssion. He always took an active part
III municipal politics, and in 1915 ne was
elected Mayor. III remained in the office
for two years. Before his term for Mavor
expired. Boston was supplied with pure
water from Lake Cochituate.
Three men were killed and several
Others Injured l'v nh accident on the
Northern Central Railroad. twenty-five
miles from NiIiiamsport, Pa.
james ". Simonton, for many years
general agent oi thn Associat 4 Press at
New York. ii 4 sudj My ri Napa. Cali
tornla, on Thursday, Of heart dis ase.
William Neal and Ellis Craft were
convicted some months ago ut Catletts-
burc, Boyd County. Ky. Circuit Court.
of the murder Of Robert and Fannie
Gibbons and Emma Carrier. They We're
granted new trial by the S preme
Court, aud were taken to Ashland. On
the way they We're attacked by n mob of
boys. The Sheriff 5 party fired at the
boys but shot over their heads. killing
sx spectators and wonnding at least thir-
ty others. A fearful excitement prevails
at Ashland where the sufferers lived.
john b. Lesautnier. a wealthy prop
erty-owner and an old and hitherto re-
spected citizen of Milwaukee. was dis
charged from his position as Manager of
the Exchange Department Of the Mer-
chants Exchange Bank of that city. and
sued for SO, 600 damages for the seduc-
ton of Miss Sylvia Seifcrt. The girls
mother Is insane from grief over the
scandal.
The Pension Office ut Washington is
busy sending out special examiners. 1t
IS estimated that last year several mil
lions were taken fraudulently from the
Treasury.
Proposals to furnish about 4 600 600
pounds of beef for Indians were rejected
at Washington, rs the prices named
ranged from $i17 to 1913 per 100
uOunls which ,,.ov ..,,.,s;,1 MI -. l,;x.l