Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-12-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
A GERMAN named August Mast, liv

His wife, three children and a girl stopping
with them were also sick from the same
cause. iva
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office at Washington, on the report of
Special Agent Burke. the other day cam
celed 100 timber culture entries and 100 pre-
emption filings made in Douglas County,
Dakota, by F. Lecoca, as attorney, the same
being fraudulent. --- II
VICTOR FLORENCE -Po6LET, the emil
nent'French designer aIsd ehgrayeF, died a
few days ago. 20
JAMES Lyons, an octogenarian Of
Richmond, Va, who was member of the
Confederate Congress, died the other day.
A FEW weeks ago the Northern Pa
cfic Road sold tract of land adjoining Bis
marck fol-. 500, 200. The purchaser, platted
it, and sold $75, 600 worth OF lots from it the
other day in less than two hours.
THE North Chicago Rolling Mills at
South Chicago, one of the largest in the
country, which has been paFtially closed for
some time, shut up all departments few
days ago. The reason given is inability to
get coke for use in the furnaces. The pro-
prietors state the mills will probably resume
taF.. ~
S. NJ. PIKE & Co., extensive tea
merchants, of New York City, recently
made an assignment without preferences.
The liabilities are upwards of 500, 900;
assets. unknown. j. Mckinney of the firm of
Baker g Mckinney made an assignment.
Liabilities, $97 900; nominal assets, $40, 900;
actual assets, 1914, 900. ae12 -l.s
Two freight trains on the Troy &
Boston Road collided a few days since at
Melrose; n. Y, wrecking the engines and
thirty-fYe cars.-John Reardon, a dis
charged brakeman, riding to Troy to draw
his pay, was killed and three other men
were injured. .a.
THE City Bank, of Rochester, n. Y,
which was rated the third strongest in the
city, closed its doors few mornings ago..
There is said to be a deficiency amounting
to $500, 900. Speculations in stock and oil
by the President, Charles E. Upton, it was
reported, caused the suspension.
The Criminal Court at Inspruch,
Germany, the other day sentenced Baron
Powell Rommingen, cousin to the hus.
band Of the Princess Of Hanover, to seven
years penal servitude on charge of swim
ding.
e MICHAEL Flynn, the last of the
three men arrested for the murder OF the
two Huddys at Tough Mask, Ireland, was
convicted the other day and sentenced to be
hanged January II. r..
A NEW YORK lawyer named Sutphan
took into his employ young man
named Walter T. Shelley. who represented
himself unmarried. Sutphan gave Shelley
deeds to property valued at $4,000 intend
ing it to be reconVeyed, and then it turned
out that Shelley was married, and his wife
claimed dover IN the property. Shelley
BETTE LINDELL and Frederick Peter
son, each aged II, started the other day
from Lake City, Mimi. with Andrew john
son to walk across the lake ice to Stock
holm. As nothing had since been seen of
them it was believed they broke through
and were drowned.
LAWRENCE BROsKY, Waterman on
the bridge at La Crosse, Wis, while at
tempting to board an engine the other night,
slipped. and fell distance of DOB feet,
breaking his neck and crushing his head,
killing him instantly.
THE Copeland Hotel and adjoining
block at Pembroke, Ont, burned the other
Three lives were lost in the fire.
The total loss is estimated at $780, 900. d. The
hame shop of the Onopdaga County, N. Y,
burned on the same morning
and one man persisted.
A BAND of forty brigands made sud-
den attack upon the town of Abuacatlan
Pueblo, Mex, the other day, and by dis
play of firearms overawed the inhabitants,
who fed terror-stricken to their homes.
The brigands siezed and bound the Mayor,
Justice and Aldermen, and carried them
away captives, intending to hold them for a
large ransom.
AT Hartwen, Ca, few. days ago,
two friends, Joe Davis and Bill Henley, got
very drunk, when Davis drew his pistol and
shot Henley, killing him instantly. Davis
was jailed. Both were men of families.
PETER EPPENDORF and NJ. Stager,
two farmers in good circumstances, went
to DyersVille, Iowa, the other day with
load Of hogs. Meeting in a saloon, they be-
gan drinking together on a wager, and re-
manned at it several hours, when they start
ed for home, after taking in an enormous
amount of liquor. Both were too drunk to
know what they were about, but the horses,
WIN USLJOE eCnSog WOub uOH1Os On
reaching which Eppendnrt was found in the
bottom of his sleigh. stone dead.
BONTOUx, the President, and FEEDER,
the Manager of the collapsed Union Gener-
ale, at Paris, France, were sentenced to
five years imprisonment and a fine Of 3,000
francs few days ago. n TIi3 s-...sB
FRAUDS in the factory work of the
Massachusetts State Prison were reported
to have been discovered the other day.
A WOMAN at Lewiston, Me-, gave
birth to a monstrosity few days ago. The
lower portions Of the body were shaped ike
those Of a well-formed child, while the
head and upper parts were like the young
of sea-Iion. The creature had hairy
head, neck and muzzle. After it was day
or two old it barked and spat.
OVBRDANK, the bomb nlanhla cturer,
was executed at Trieste, Austria, on the
Doth. He showed no concern whatever and
laughed as he was about to be hanged.
MRs. JONES, Of Vincennes, Ind, on
the way to her sons funeral, was thrown
from the train and killed, few days ago.
FIFTEEN persons injured by the re-
cent explosion IN cartridge factory at
Mont Valerian, France, have since died.
+ THE trouble at Singers Steel-mi1 at
Pittsburgh, Pa. was settled a few days
since by the meters accepting a reduction
Of 81 per ton, and their helpers agreeing TO
submit to 3 reduction OF Z per cant.
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