Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-22
Personal AND GENERAL.

Unions, the other day made specific recon-
mendations before the Senate Committee on
Education and Labor of measures which he
believed would remedy existing evils in the
labor system.
THE Maine Central Railroad Com
pany has been indicted for killing DR.. A. j.
Piekard, struck by train.
The daughter and wife of ]. r. Voor-
hses were Jailed at Paterson, N. j., recent
ly, on charge of attempting to murder
him. Both were members of the Salvation
| Army.
GEORGE SHELDON, son of Chief
Justice Sheldon, of the Superior Court of
Buffalo, N. Y, left that city lately, and it
was discovered that he had forged title to
several real estate deeds, on which he had
raised some $1,000 in mortgages.
| A MINE in the Helena District, Mon
tana, was sold few days ago for 81, $3.50, 900.
LAWRENCE BRIDGE was found dead
the other morning in the mines of the Ham
ly Coal Company, Jacksonville, o. His head
was crushed by heavy fall of slate.
THE death of Ex-Governor Edwin D.
Morgan was announced at New York on the
14th.
Miss CLARA COFFIN, who taught
school for sixty years, died at Sandstone,
Mich, recently, at the age of 1O3 years.
In Madison, Wis, the house occupied
by the family of John Sheffield, a dissolute
character, who had abandoned them, was
set on fire the other day and two of his
daughters, one aged fourteen and the other
an infant, were burned to death. 1t was
believed that Sheffield fired the house.
r. j. FLEMING, of Chicago, was ar
| rested in Toronto, Cana, recently, on a
charge of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. 1t was alleged that his frauds
amounted to nearly 100000. He claimed
to be innocent and that his arrest was a
scheme to squeeze money out of him.
THE Globe rubber ewelry factory at
New York was burned the other afternoon,
causing loss of 500, 900.
The death of Ex-Governor William E.
Smith occurred at Milwaukee, Wis, a few
days ago. He was twice elected Governor
of Wisconsin, and had previously served as
State Treasurer and held other offices.
The failure of State Senator Sargent,
lumber dealer, was said to have caused
sensation at Albert Lea, Mimi, a few days
ago.
B. B. SEARS and the s'Judge," who
were arrested at Decatur, Tex, recently for
stage robbing near Leadville, Colo, were
identified by Deputy United States Marshal
Smith, Of Colorado. Smith took the prison
ers to Denver.
DURING a general melee at Sayre,
Pa, the other night, Henry Hoover, a fire.
man, was stabbed in the heart and died al
most instantly. Charles Sensabaugh, a
brakeman, was arrested as the murderer.
SCHWEN FORESTER, an eleven-year-
old boy, was arrested at Minneapolis, Mimi,
the other day, charged with staDbing Albert
Terwillfger, aged ten years, in a street fight.
Terwilliger died within three minutes after
being cut.
LUDEvICK WEBER, residing near De-
catur, Ind, put arsenic into bottle of
whisky the other day and drank enough to
cause his death. He was fifty one years of
age, and left a large family.
CHICAGO Qll.) detectives arrested a
tramp barber named Fred Langendorf the
other day, and claimed they had evidence
that they believed would convict him of the
shooting Of Miss MeGregOr, near Rockford
recently, and would show Swartzell, ar
rested in st. Louis, to be innocent.
A COLLISION occurred on the Gin
cinnati Northern Railroad near Avondale,
o., the other day, and one man was killed
and several others were severely injured.
A DIRECTOR of the Canada Manu-
featuring Company, which failed recently,
says Thomas, the absconding Manager, took
from SIS, 600 to $4,000 in cash with him.
Four gamblers had a dispute over a
game OF poker at Rock Springs. Utah, the
other day, which resulted in one of them
being shot fatally and another being lodged
in Jail.
A FEW days ago Henry Russell Green
wood and Henry Harding Were arrested at
Louisville, KY, on a charge Of obtaining
money on false pretenses. Soon after it was
learned they were wanted at Detroit, Mich,
to answer to a charge of robbery and at
tempted murder, and they were turned over
to the Michigan authorities.
The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Harry P. Dill, of Maine, to be
United States Consul at Guelph, Canada.
In the star-route case at Washington,
d. c., Rerdell, one of the defendants, IN
eXpectedy entered plea Of guilty on the
18th.
THE authorities at Bayreuth, Ger
many, have voted that Wagner's funeral
expenses be borne by the city.
THE Governor of New Jersey has
signed the bill recently passed by the Legis-
lature legalizing labor strikes.
A NEW volcano has broken out within
fifty miles of Yokohama, Japan.
A BROKEN rail ditched Grand Trunk
train near Flint, Mich, the other day, and
one passenger was killed and a number in
jured, three it was thought fatally.
In the Dublin Qreland) conspiracy
cases it was said on the 10Th that the identi-
fcation of the four Phoenix Park assassins
who rode in KaVanagh's car had been made
complete.
THREE lives were lost in an accident |
on the Cleveland & Columbus Railroad the |
other day near Gallon, Ohio.
FIVE cars were thrown off the track |
of the Panhandle Road, near SteubenYille,
o., recently by broken axle, and Charley !
Bridges, brakeman, was killed.
AN official of the Treasury Depart
ment was said to have stated that 500. 900 |
in gold lately coined at the New Orleans |
(La.) mint was short to the amount Of SIS |
on each 81, 900.
STOVE manufacturers at Albany, N. !
Y, who were said to be paying sixteen per |
cent. more wages than Western manufac-
turers, asked a conference with molders of |
the union the other day TO rearrange wages. |