Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19

A prairie fire is devastating the country
north of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Dalton,
farmers wife, was suffocated while fight
lug the fire. Barns, houses, granaries and
haystacks are being destroyed. 1t is esti-
m lted that fifty square miles of territory
have been burned over, and the fire is still
raging.
The Buckle manufacturing house of Willis
ton Knight Il Co has made an assignment
in consequence of one of the partners using
$4,000 of the INIlds and running off tC
Europe.
At meeting of Eishmen in New York
Mr.. Parnell's peace Policy was repudiated
and dynamite was declt ved TO be the only
policy of the future.
Middle and Southern News
severe wind, rain and hail storm pre-.
vailed in Central and Southwestern Arkansas
doing considerable damage. Along the line
or the Hot Springs Railroad the force of the
wind lifted passenger coach from the track
and sent il down an embankment. Several
persons were bruised Two buildings were
blown down at Alexander Station, on the
Iron Mountain Railroad. The tornado was
especially disastrous at Mabelvale, ten miles
south of Little Rock, on the Iron Mountain
Railroad. A dozen residences and as many
stables were blown down.
A boiler attached to an engine of 75-horse
power exploded in the factory of Geo. Bishop
at Newberne. n. c. The engineer and the
fireman were killed. The house of Isaiah
Wood, one hundred yards distant, was des-
troyed, and Mrs. Wood was, it is believed,
fatally injured Half of the factory was de-
molished, and all the houses in the vicinity
were more or less damaged
1t is stated that the bonds of the ship canal.
by way of the Sassafras route, from the
Chesapeake bay to the Delaware river, have
been placed in France by Mr.. Henry B.
Iibbits, of New York, the president of the
company, and that the money has been raised
for the canal which is to cost SS,000,000'
The canal is to be completed in four years.
By fire at Shelbyville, Tenn, the house
off P. Ingle, John Hanson's grocery, the
building of the Western Union Telegraph
of Sam Taylor (colored), the house of 7. W.
Buchan, TIE drug store of L. J. Roane & Co.,
and the Masonic Hall were burned; loss esti.
mated at 100000; insurance about $4,000.
/ The Governor of Pennsylvania has issued
proclamation declaring the charters Of
corporation and companies which have
failed to make return TO tbs auditor-gene
raj within three years, as the law directs,
forfeited. The list will include 775 corpora
tions of such character as to cause general
surprise to the public.
George F. Kyle IA years of age, was mar
ried to Lizzie May Hollingshead 13 years OF
age. The bride is an orphan and looked like
a little girl arrayed for her first party, and
the groom hardly seemed to have passed the
spanking age.
/ Col. V. X. Stevenson, Tennesseean by
birth, who has become a millionaire in New
York by lucky Investments in stocks and real
estate, has determined to build several large
iron furnaces in Tennessee, in whose future
prosperity he has great faith.
The bill to prevent railroad companies
| from giving free passes to any one except
officers and employers has passed the Penn,
! sylvania House of Representatives. 1t makes
the granting of passes a misdeneanor, pun
ishable by fine and imprisonment.
/ A decree has been published at Havana
ordering an examination by the board of
health of all American lard packed in kegs
or other wooden packages.
By the explosion of gas in a sewer at Balti-
more. Md, the sewer was destroyed, win
dows demolished, and two persons lost their
lives.
The order of the Oriole, of Baltimore,
have decided on September IL, II and 13 for
their annual pageant.
The Ende Hotel, three-story brick build
ing. at Greenville, the county seat of Hunt
county, Texas, was blown down, or fell down,
and the ruins were then destroyed by fire,
with an appalling loss of life. There were
nearly fifty guests in the house, most of
whom were asleep when the crash occurred,
and of this number thirteen were buried be-
meath the ruins, and then to suffer the terri
BILE tortues of cremation.
Over eight inches of rain fell at New Or
leans in sixteen hours on April 7th. The
Mississippi river overfowed its banks on the
Algiers front, causing considerable damages
to property. Other suburban towns were
over1owed. The Red river is reported to be
booming" and an overflow is feared.
A Miss Duncan, niece of W. B. Duncan,
former member of the banking house of
Duncan, Sherman & Co of New York, died
in Baltimore, it is supposed from an over
dose of chlorate. Her ,eath has created
sensation among the higher circles of which
she was member.
fire at West Minister, Md, has burned
out large part of the town. Assistance from
Baltimore was asked for, and two chemical
and one engine and Two trucks were dis
patched. Fire Inspector Holloway and Chief
Heiskill accompanied the apparatus.