Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-10-13
TELEGRAPHIC.


years, committed suicide last night
b. cutting his throat with a razor.
He was discharged only the other
day from the county hospital, and
double was driveu to the deco by
dependency.
lIoosier Riot.
DANvILLE, Ind, Oct. 12.-Reports
are ahoat that last evening an armed
mob of five huadrel came Up from
Posie County TO rescue three men
that were arrested in /. nigh ;
riot. the Sheriff here is prepared
/ for them, hav;n an armed force in
tie Jail.
Silver III Illinois.
BLOcMINGToN, H., Oct. 12.-Great
I excitement OK lists al Littletown, alb nut
twenty miles from here, over the
discovery of high grade silver orc IN
Panther Creek. The whole neigh
borhood is wild. Tie community
turned out TO prospect, AMI excite
met and enthusiasm runs high.
GrazeJ tIse SUN.
Rochester, n. y, Oct. 12.-Dr.
Lewis SM lift, Of Warner Observatory.
avs Tie new comet discovered by
Dr. Schmidt, at Athens, was un-
doubtedly a fragment OF the great
comet, broken of a is pelihclion
passage. This proves that The great
comet must have erazed the sun.
This is the second instance on record
where the comet has l&en disrupted,
the first enc being the Billas comet
of 1915.
Xcl-ov Feve- .+EatiaS.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. PA
slight abatem ent of the fever at Ca
MARCO and Mier, IN Mexico.
Heecher Has FoIIpVve =.
NEW York, Oct. 12.-The New
York and Brooklyn Association of
Congregational Churches met again
today and p 'epared a resolution ask
ing Beecber t. consider his action
Withdrawing from the Asso iaiion
and expressing Concurrence in his
belief.
Supposed Negro Ei"t.
CoLUMBUs, Ga, Oct.11.-Intofna-
ton has reached here Of the contcm-
plated uprising OF negroes in Lee
county, Alabama. A number Of
fanii les fed to this city and points
near for protection. A trustworthy
negro gave information of the inten-
item Of the negroes 10 burn houses
and massacre the whites on Friday
or S turlay. The trouble IS said t.
have or. wn ont Of a disturbance
caused by negro shooting n white
na1 some weeks since. The widest
excitement is said to prevail al over
Lee county.
Pensacola Discouraged
PENSACOLA, l Ia. Oct 11-Fifty-
six new cases and seven deaths are
reported from yellow fever. NJ ny
new casts reported are Of more NAL
icnlnt form. DiScOura &C ment marx ;
the countenances of the people.
split Among Oda-FeIIows.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. 1.-THE
contest between the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of OdI-Feilews and the a.
triarchal GiTcle, which is a very
Strong body in This Safe, is in
creased ard embit;ered by the re
ceipt of an order from the Sovereign
Grand Lodge calling upon all loyal
Odd-Fcllows not to wear the Patri-
archal Circle uniform, authorizing
the formation Of uniform degree
which can be taken by all royal pur-
pie degree Odd-F CLOVIS if they
choose. The enemies of the Patr'
archal Circle say they will kill it,
a I'd the Circle leaders say it VIII
only result in making them totally
independent of Odd--Fellowship.
They will take off from their uni
forms the cmbiems of Odd-Fellow-
sh p and nut On the emblcms of the
Circle. The Patriarchal { irche was
formed AMI instituted originally in
Milwaukee and by Milwaukccans
1t has grown rapidly and now has
six y-five temples. The members all
favor making ~ Independent or IN
izalion and il bids fair to be enc #
ihp most rari;1rut of is Kind in
the country.
West Virginia Erect.
WHEELING, W. Va, o, t. 12.-Re-
turns show increased gains for Re
pub!icans in this Congressional dis
trict. General COTS maj lily for
Congressman is e-timatcd as high a.
1000 by sanguine reports. Tne
Democrats conccde his election.
Turns the tide against Bourbon
Ism.
WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. 1f.-This
the First Virginia District c.ecied
Golf, Republican. to C.,n-ress by
from 500 to SEQ minority. Same
counties in 1880 gave Hancock for
President, ,454 majority. Repuhli-
can gain probably 1000. The tariff
is TIE one principal issue. Tie
Dcmocratlc candidate was cut by the
Temperance men, Tie Eemocra's
Gle ted G. ngressmen in The otl:cr
three districts in the State iy SOM
Thing less Ian their usual majoriiies
Henry war; sseerher drops o.
thOtiOSy.
New York, Oct. 11'h.-At the
meeting of the New York ana
Brooklyn association of Congrcga-
tional churches at Park Cunere ga
iional Church Br, oklyn, Rev Henry
Ward Bcccher, who had been as ign
ed TO open tie discussion of The sub
iect of spiritual barbarisrn, made il