Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-13

ANXIETY was being felt in Boston and
Cambridge, Mass, concerning the. water
supply, owing to the drought.
EIGHT HUNDRED of the Chicago news
boys INDUCED in a street parade on the 4th
and afterward journeyed to South Park,
where picnic had been arranged for them
by the Young Mems Christian Association.
GEO. RANKIN, convicted of pension
frauds in Philadelphia, was refused a new
trial on the 4th and sentenced to two years
Imprisonment. Geo. Wesner received a
like sentence. and Henry Frank received a
sentence of three years together with
fine of $500 and costs.
THE Mutt trial, at Uniontown, Pa.
has been postponed to the December term.
THE Manufacturers and Mechanics
Institute Exposition opened on the 9th in
Boston.
TWENTY THOUSAND men turned out
in the Trade and Labor procession on the
9TH in New York.
A WASHINGTON artificial ice company
is preparing apparatus to be used for ice
making in South Africa.
II. DUDLEY COLEMAN & BRO, iron
founders and machinists, New Orleans, sus-
pended on the 9TH. Liabilities, $3.50, 900;
assets, 100000.
HEINRICH CAUSCIAN, a middle-aged
German living near Rock Island, Ill, arose
from his bed early the morning of the 9TH
andswent to the barn and hung himself with
clothes-line.
A TERRIBLE storm of thunder, light
ming and rain struck the Salt Lake Valley
the evening of the 9th, causing considerable
damage and badly soaring the people,
heavy thunder and lightning being almost
unknown there.
The steamer Queen of the Pacific,
with a party on board bound for the
Northern Pacific opening, ran aground
on the 9Th at the mouth of the Columbia
River.
JAY GOULD testified before the Sen.
ate Committee on Education and Labor on
the 9TH.
The body of John NoOnan, who dis
appeared from East Bridgeport, Conn.,, a
few days since, was found on the 9th in
Sheldon's Pond at that place, bearing
marks of having been foully dealt with.
THE defalcations of Kennedy, the alb
sconding Youngstown (Ohio) bank cashier,
foot up $4,000. The bank will not lose
anything.
The Count de Chambord. left co.
100000 francs to be divided between the
Duke of Parma and the Count of Bardi.
QUEEN VICTORIA subscribed G200 to
the Egyptian relief fund.
THERE were five new cases of yellow
fever at the Pensacola Navy Yard on the
9th and one death. The city remained
healthy.
A RELIEF committee under the Presi-
dency of the Prince of Orange was collect
ing subscriptions in Holland for the suffer
ers by the Java eruption.
REX and his royal retinue arrived at
Cincinnati on the 9Th and was received with
due ceremony by Cincinnatus and his adj
herents. The guests were RECALLED with
sumptuous lunch, the bands meanwhile
playing eff Ever Cease to Love' in be-
half of Rex, and followed as a response
from Cincinnatus with ''Cau Me Thine
Own" There was grand procession and
a right royal time generally.
REPORTS from Santa Barbara, Will
mington and Los Angeles, Cal, announce
sharp shocks of earthquakes at 4: 80 the
morning of the 9TH. The vibrations were
northeast to southwest.
QUARANTINE was abolished on the
Suez Canal on the 9TH, and traffic resumed
as before the cholera epidemic. British
troops were returning to Cairo.
THE first train on the Mexican Ma.
tiOnal Railroad arrived at Saltillo on the
9Th. The whole town was out to witness
the great event: