The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-06-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Crimes ard Casa8ltisS---peTS0nal and
PHILADELPHIA Topics.


one family are employed IN the civil service OF
THE Government no other member OF that fam
lily shall be eligible TO appointment.
8Tr-Tsltor Evans, the new Commissioner Of
Internal Bevonue, was fully installed IN office
on the SYST ult Eir BaUm, the retiring Com
missioner. was present and introduced the chiefs
OF tae several divisions OF the bureau to their
usw chief.
a saecial from San Antonio Texas, says Ma
iqT Nassou, the delauitlDg army paylilaster
win rleaa guilty 10 the embczzleIaent OF $500,
bat VIII deny the charge OF eulbezzling $3.50
Whica be claims 70 have lost
Information has been received al the Treas
urv DEPARTMENT Of the deEfh Of James q. R2-
per, collector Of internal revenue for the sec
ond district Of Alabama. on tae ols5 nit.
Sixteen thousand rejected models Of unpat-
ente3 inventions were sold mt auction and dis
posed Of by private sale CT che Patent Office
LAST week. They brought s762
James Fletcher of Iowa, has been appointed
Tnl-cd States consal at Genoa, vice John i.
Esao-oa, appointed consul al Hamilton, Ont.
Secretary Cbaadler has ordered the e. S
Steamer Yantic 70 accompany the Greeley re-
lief expedition.
CRIMES AsSD CASUALTIES.
On the morning Of the 3j5h ult FIRE was
J0aes Watts q Co, IyBchbuTg. va. ii was
causaa by 4 clerk accidentally throwing
lirhse5 piece cf Dgpcr ca q barrel Of OF. The
1iamesespresd with great rapidity, a1ld soon
rntfed the building the one adjoining occupied
hvthe 5r~iH5aa newspaper. ana several smaller
ones FL the rear. After the fire WIS under con-
trol tx meu toek hose into Tie ruins Of the
Tira R binding 10 play upon the e10bsrs.
They had been there but a short while when
the walls we've seen TO tecmble and bel8re the
men could rcgain the street five Of them were
completely buried beneath the penderous
weight The sixth man Vas knocked down.
but escaped without serious injury. Rot less
than Eve thousand spectators witnessed The ter
1iblc- catastrophe. The insurance fGots up SgI,-
so. whilst the loss is al least S5e0,059.
a terrific storm passed ever Fort Smith, Ark.
on the 29gh ult., unreofng houses, blowing
down shade trees, and carrying away fences.
The Southern Hotel was unroatcG, but no one
WAS injured 3 tornado passed near East Le-
l4a0n Ohio, on llis -oah ult. The houses AID
barns OF Luther B&b5itt, Joseph West, and
Walton Earnhart were lDrcied to the ground.
Several persons were injured at Vests house.
IN tie Little Miami alley On The same date
ciou6-aUrs5 flooded many houses. q bridge
across the Miami d Fr0ep0rt was torn from lis
Tiegs. Jn shelby Decatur. and Bartholomew
counties, In3i2na the destruction Of i.&ra prop
erty was very CREST st Lancaster, owen
county, LLul.Ela ~ Il. v ILA4tl--ln lis WIG anu
children, and the four Graft brothers were
killed by falling tinbers. A family living
nesu West Chester, Butler county, Ohio, were
hunt by falling walls.
heavy rain zen ct Council Bluffs, Iowa, on
Friday eEening, flooding ali that part Of the
city lying between the bluffs and Broadway.
Seven iron bid ges and two stone cTlYeFts We're
syTent away. Indian creek which runs through
faac CITY, sEseiled to tie proportions OF z river
IL few minutes, and many houses were in
vGaed bg rle water 50 Suddenly thai he Inmates
barely escaped drowning. Is far as known, no
lives were lest The damage 10 property is
estimated al S3e3809. TIE walls OF The new
oper8 house now "a the course Of erection, were
Undermined and must betaken down. man
NAMED CoTalf was carried down the creek, but
lodged IN TIC branches Of a tree and was res
euod
PERSONAL
IErs. Phil Thompson, Of Harrol sl5urr. Ky.
has nade statement in relation 10 the causeE
which LED ID the shooting Of walter Davis bT
hav husban5 SHE resites the circumstances 81
her ioiFing Mss Jessie BUcfzner AZ the S. CIail
Ho.si and If 1Ir. Davis ca0 upcn them there
1Irs TAonrsoa SAYS that Davis had thestel
t-eletG. bit Iss EueknCr sad stat she had aI
stEle1t that v-aull prevent her goiag
VIII them. Sic denies p3iute5lg- tlar she wa
drunk and says tAat he slGrg u caa11Tla..l
says sac was taken I'D at the thertcr and wheI
they rgturaed She gould not get into his
lGcEaer's room. She SaTs she lE1C7Ts who was
IL tAeTe f5ut dare not toll Davis fben invited
her ig has room, and she Sal balore the ERE FIJI
an boar. and taan tried Miss Bucfners doc
aiE and was admitted. as Goi is ID.
sr she G waiter DAVIS T-Es not gullt-
q luF wrong other las3ap1 she FoTl55 saI
nothing but that Ee had killed Davis upon thI
ufel3g 81 bad advisers.
TIC sil q 1llzsa Stone was made publ
lr nB SETS apart Tor MS Wlf
the Euclid avenue h9uessaa2 and $e3G0
1ro- - seA She sllSl receive go a4l0u.-ii j
cHrg her iife. At her Geath the proport.
goes 70 In. Stones Daughters and their hus
BANDS He bsGuaatAs 70 his daughters AIRS
John HfT and hrs Samuel Mather, G29 0J
each and u their hua3anGa SIo1 900 each: 4
AIS sister, Ars. Burgess, 10 Liberty ana An
drew = Stone his brothers ard 10 his wife
sers fllta1a a Moore, 5000 each; 10 hi
nephew - 9. stone $4,000; To eigbtee
nccT1 and D1iges, 5p55 each; 70 Ass. Rg
beecs Blood and her husband 81 93- TO ID
c0aea4an ga0 gardener a house and l0l each
q hdei5eTt COLLEGE, fif the estate reache
S5asI $50 sl5bD8J besides several other char
stable boguesas. The residue 81 the estate c0e
70 bis daughters theiI husbands and tAei
heirs, snare aud share alike.
1T FHalin Village, y. J.. Saturday, wa
virfa4l 1isban3isg Of the Revolutionary arm
iy f.eueTal bashiacf0ns order Of Jane 2 rs
Address wera delivered By eE-Judge job
;. 8oael 81 Fishl1iil; Judge yoG3ofic ]
n. as-bro9z, Of the supreme Court Of Kingston
james G. Graham and Losing. Tie historian
The board Of oTer5eers of Harvard oIlcge.
Tote q II 10 y have refused 10 confer I'll
degree Of doct0r Of Jaws On Governor Bulle
President Elliot and Charles Francis Adam
voted Ni die EliEorItg, and John Fi5ke al
Jnase Aoar Wltn the majority. James Ere
man Clarke gas paired, but ii ac had been pr
sent Ae would have voted with the Ma ority.
Senator David Davis and bride arrived
tneir homo IN Bloomington, III, On the sd III
from their wedding tFip IN the far West. The
were not expected here for some days, and bl
few i-new Of their corning. They at once pr
ceeaad 70 the Davis mansion, and viii rema
there ali summer.
Mrs Thomas Biues, Of Green Island, ne
lroy, n =, after 2 struggle Of eleven yeal
has received pension papers for 1852 and
aloHauce Of SIS per month. Der husband
head was injured al tho battle Of GettysbaI
and he IS now an inmate OF the Soldiers j
sane Asylum ia this city.
Benjamin Bunker, grandson Of the owner
Bunker Hl1 ~ the lime Of the battle, recent
died u Norwich y. y, aged eight-sIx.
Nlle. Hannah Breed, was d descendant Of Il
owner OF Breeds Bill