Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-11-18
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

estimated Mt 81 900. 900 and is distributed
among relatives.
Paine & Sackett, wooden mauufac-
tuners. at Providence II. T. have made
an assignment. Liabilities estimated At
$500, COO
A locomotive on the Hudson Rivnr
Railroad, at PcebsbiA. wl.iir crossing
from side track to tie down track, ran
into the Chicago express wrcckinlt ono
drawing-room car and inIulaG three pas
sengors, one dangerously.
in Minnesota political circles are
asitated over the Senatorial succession.
Senator Window cEinls four more mem
hers OF the Legislature than are ueceSs ary
to a choice on joint ballot. This claim
is, however, denied 10y Mr.. Dunnell.
Lieutenant Ray report on the f~t
wears work mt the Arctic Meteo,. loGicI
Station, ut Point Barrow, Alaska. IS pub
lished The work If observation pro
crosses without int ls-@'ptien.
California ~ -..lts are making
loud compl2;~ ..Saiust the freight eAac-
lions OH central Pacific Road
IN tho Curtis political assessment
case the Supreme Court viii deny the ap-
plication for writ OF Eabeas corpus,
affirming the constitutionality Of the law
under which Curtis was convicted
The next Illineis Legislature viii lie
so evenly divided that David Davis Is
likely to he entered again for the Sena-
tori1l race.
Two Indian villages IN Alaska were
shelled and destroyed ~ the reveltue
cutter Thomas CorVin on account Of tine
hostility Of the natives.
"A fishing boat capsized ON Lake On
tario, near southampton, by which, it is
supposed, the entire crew was lest.
At Henrietta, Texas, defeated can
didate for County Judge shot and killed
a lawyer who had opposed linn during
the campaign.
In the Bradford pa , oil market on
Saturday petroleum sold at Sl.36 pcr
barrel.
In Mertwether, Ga, robbers set fire
TO the barn OF farmer, and while the
members of the household were cxtin-
gushing the flames stole from the dwell
ling bonds and cash amounting to $50, 600
The New York H.rold is informed
from Trustworthy source that tha
money has been actually subscribed t.
extend the Baltimore and Ohio laGd ,vlc-
graph lines III such way as to compl t.
in very short time M effective oppo.i-
ton to the Western Union land lines
-Folw tons of guupowder exploded at
the Keenan, Lime Works, Smith Basin,
\. Y, on Friday. Two men named
Dennis Golden and Joseph Cameron,
who had charge Of the powder house.
were blown to fragments, some parts Of
H. !, 1 IL - Z
They are supposed to have been smoh-
ing.
james Conroy, the Jobville murderer
committed suicide III lis cell at the Balls
ton Jail.
AT Knoxville, Tenn, Milton and
Samuel Hdoge, two brothers, colored,
were hanged on Friday, for the murder
Of James MFarland
A Catholic priest ut Morrow, Ohio,
having denounced 4 woman from his
pulpit as thief, was killed 10y her hus-
band on Tuesday.
The recent measures to suppress
polygamy in Utah have been answered
10y the Momons at a meeting of tn
higher priesthood l,y their compiling
every priest and bishop to marry mu4e
gamist resigned his Office; the others
obeyed the order, or pledged themselves
10 do so.
A convention Of distillers wns held IN
Louisville, Ky. at which it was aglycG
10 largely reduce tie production Of
straight WHISTLES.
The Union League, Of New York
CITY, passed resolutions declining free
trade or any steps in that direction and
favoring a simplitication Of the tari1 on
the basis OF adequate protection.
A wagon load Of powder exploded
near Victoria, =. c., killing one man aAd
fatally injuring another.
The arrest Of Thomas J. Navin, the
abscondod ex-Mayor Of Adrian Mich, is
reported from III Paso Texas.
The Corwin has arrived it Nanaimo,
B. c. She reports cutrages by Indi4as
in Alaska, on WAaliag company, rem
dering the destruction q th~ir village by
Smelling a necessity.
The caving III q an excavation near
Macon, Ga, caused I'll. death If thrue
negroes.
An explosion Of more than six tons Of
powder occurred At Windsor Mills, Que.
One man was blown To pieces.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Patrick Delaney. who att mpt to
assassinata JUDGE Lawson il Du}ii1. has
been rcmande 4 fer week
The steamer Westphala houal far
Hamburg IRON \ W York collijcl w.lh
~ unknown steamer OF Bcaciy Head,
England. at hali-past ono ociock Mo0-
day morning. Tic light was very dark
The unknown steamer is believed 10
have sunk with All hands. One Of tie
Westphalia's beats. with seven men. is
LOST, and it WIS with great difficulty that
the vessel succeeded in reaching Ports
mouth
Judge Lawson, the ncwly-clectcd
commissioner, was on Saturday passing
through Clare street, Dublin, when
man crossed the roal and tried to draw a
pistol. The man was at once arrested.
Irish farmers tried to stop the Cur
raghmore hunt, but We're dispersed
Senior Fieueris-y Moracas, ex-Pras-
ident Of the Spanish Republic, is dead.
Two American flags were carried in
the Lord Mayors proc ssion i'll London
The amount Of revenue received
from taxation in France is said to I've
steadily increasing.
Spain still rfuses to surrender the