Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-18
THE NEWS.

Auburn, Ind, a private banker, appropriated
$4,000 of the depositors' money, has been
arrested in Chicago.
A despatch from Fort Grant, Arizona, says
the Indians Dead Shot, Dandy Jim and Skip
py have been hanged. They mounted the
scaffold laughing, and to the last showed no
signs of fear. They said they were happy
and would soon meet their friends. They
shook hands with all on the platform, and
after prayers by the chaplain the trap was
sprung and the men died without struggle.
The arrangements were perfect, and nothing
occurred to delay the execution.
In the matter Of assignment of William
Hawkins and Clarence Brainerd, composing
the firm OF P. l.. Freneau & Co., dealers in
woolens with a branch house in London to
George butcher, the schedules were filed in
New York IN the Court of Common Pleas.
They state liabilities SIS, 1o6 nominal assets
500, JOY.
To show the right of Chicago to be included
in the list of enumerated ports, statistics were
published showing that the arrivals and
clearances at that port during 1881 were nearly
1000 more than those at Baltimore, Boston,
New Orleans, Philadelphia, Portland and San
at New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco
combined
The freshet at Bordentown, n. T., has COM
pletely covered Duck Island, and the people
living thereon have fed from the place in
boats. The Delaware and Raritan Canal
Office and the buildings around it are under
water. The railroad track for distance of
three miles between Bordentown and Trenton
is covered with water to the depth of about
eighteen inches, and no trains can go that
way to New York. The Pennsylvania shore
is covered as far as the eye can reach.
The walking match of six days in New York
has concluded with score of COO miles for
Hazael, SIT for Fitzgerald, 555 for Noremac,
542 miles and two laps fer Hart, $50 for
Hughes, and 525 for Sullivan.
The grand jury in Chicago indicted all the
keepers of gambling houses and owners of
property on which they are located. Among
the latter are Potter Palmer, John Nj. Durand,
Godfrey Snydecker, prominent bankers and
other well-known people.
The St. Croax and Penobscot Railroad
machaine shop at Calais, Me-, which was dis
lodged by the rising water, fell into the river,
carrying away the inshore pier of the rail
road bridge.
The Philadelphia Committee of One Hun
dred have discovered frauds which occurred
in the November election in the fifteenth di-
vision of the Twenty-sixth ward. Warrants
were issued for the arrest of the Judge and
inspe ctors of the division, but they have fed.
The committee now offers a reward of $500
for their apprehension.
J.W. Jones, first vice president of the Buff
talo, New Pork and Philadelphia Railway
Company, announces the lease by that Com
pany of the Gensee Valley Canal Railroad ex-
tending from Olean to Rochester, distance
of ITO miles also, the following other rail
roads Lendall and Eldrod, Bradford and
Kinzua, Mexican and Buffalo, and the Olean,
Bradford and Warren. With these leases is
estimated the property, of the Buffalo
Coal Company, consisting of 10000 acres of
land in Mexican and Elk counties, Pennsyl-
vania.
The Lake Superior Powder company's
packing house at Marqu cite blew up, KILN
four men-Peter Doyle, Charles Hatch, Her.
man Eckstrom and another, name unknown.
Nothing rem aims to show where the building
stood. 1t contained about ton and a-half
of powder. Two railfuls of the remains of
the men killed have been found
Information reached Council Bluffs that
large portion of the business part of the town
of Macedonia, in that county, had been de-
stroyed by fire. The fire broke out in the drug
store belonging to J. M. Kelly & Co., and
consumed six adjoining buildings, including
the bank and town hall. The loss is estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000.
The receipts of lumber at Chicago for the
year were nearly 100000 feet, shingles,
s66, 100000 and laths 1o4 O0O, 900, the coarse
forest grades by. lake aggregated 1885,, 900
posts, 4,20O, 900 ties, and large quantity of
miscellaneous stuff.
The three great ports of the world are Lon
don, Liverpool and New York. During 1880
they reached their highest trade figures, the
imports being at London about 500, 000, 900,
Liverpool $780, 900, and New York $780,
00O,0 1000.
Distribution has been made of the share of
the proceeds of the late walking match in New
York that fell to the contestants Hazael re-
ceived S9,3S0 gate money and $4,000 sweep
stakes; Fitzgerald $3.50 gate money, with
1000 sweepstakes Noremac $2,251 Hart
1888; Hughes 81 ,125 and Sullivan $3.50.
The Iowa legislature passed bills exempting
sewing machines, when used by seamstresses
as means of livelihood, from execution, and
providing for the punishment of registered
pharmaceutsts selling liquor illegally.
The Ohio House of Representatives adopted
joint resolution to submit TO the people a
proposition to amend the constitution granting
license to traffic in liquor under regulations,
and giving the General Assembly power to
restrict and prohibit a special tax.
Austin, Atkinson & Co., of Pine Bluff,
Ark, have made an assignment: Liabilities
s55, OOo
Charges of terrible cruelty are made against
John Bennett, Johnstown IN. W farmer. 1t
is alleged he has mercilessly beaten his four
year-old-daughter, after stripping her, throw
ing her naked into snow bank, plunging her
into a cstern, and combining her without food