Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-22

A CoLORED man named Howard
Byrd has been sentenced to be hanged De-
cember 10, for the murder of his wife, at
Halifax, N. S.
IT is stated that the French reinforce
ments have landed at Hal Phong, and that
Admiral Courbet's first attack will be made
on Sontag and Hunghoa.
The anniversary of the birth of
Luther was celebrated in the Academy of
Music in New York the night Of the 18th by
the United States Evangelical Alliance.
JACOB Owe, liquor dealer of New
York, convicted under the revenue laws,
and the owner of considerable unincum-
bered property, is missing. He is thought
to have committed suicide.
IN what is known as the Fillmore
will case, on trial in Buffalo, N. Y, on the
18th Rev. John Gordon, D. D., renowned a
legacy of 500 in order to testify. He de-
clared Mrs. Fillmore, who made the dis
puted will, in his opinion, perfectly sane.
A THREE-DAYs' convention of the Ma
tional Academy of Science began on the
18th at New Haven, Conn. Prof. Marsh
made the address of welcome.
DIR. w. S. BAKER, of Peru, Ind, was
on the 18th taken from the Paris, H., Gala
boose, where he was confined for drunken
ness, to Peru, Ind, to answer the graver
charge of forgery preferred against him.
EIGHT buildings burned at Duluth,
Mimi, the morning of the 18th. One life
was lost.
THEY have very cold weather and
good sleighing at Quebec.
The nail mills will shut down for five
weeks from December %.
PREPARATIONS for the O'DOnnell trial
in London, Eng, are nearly completed. .
KIRKER, the embezzling cashier of
Ironton, o., has been held for trial.
The net earnings of the Manhattan
Elevated Railway last year were 8, $780,
47S.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT Row
LAND of the Louisville & Nashville Road
has resigned.
THE auditors of number of Western
railroads have agreed upon new system
of accounting.
Loss to the amount of 100000 was
caused by fire among the freight ware
houses at Norfolk, Va, on the 18th.
The Railway Conductors Benefit As
ISOLATION disbursed forty-fVe thousand
BY the burning of the Norton Iron
W orks at Ashland, KY, on the 18th, 200
hands are thrown out of employment.
| Loss, $290,0O0; insurance, $4,000.
A RUDIOR was current in Cairo on the
18th that another detachment of Egyptian
troops had been routed near Tokar.
IN order to overcome the ticket scalp
ers the Eastern trunk lines will hereafter
sell tickets no further West than Chicago
and st. Louis.
A BUSINESS block burned on the 18th
at Shelbyville, Ind.
AN explosion occurred on the 14th at
the Eagle Hill colIiery, PottsvilIe, Pa, and
Michael Kelly and Robert Kennedy were
instantly killed. A boy named Heating
was badly hurt. The accident was caused
| by an accumulation Of sulphur in the
workings.
j. W. ROBBINS, rveyor-General of
Arizona, died on the 18th, at Tucson, A. T.
! Deceased was formerly connected with the
| Chicago Inter Ocean.
In the investigation into the Greedy
relief expedition failure, on the 18th, Gen
eral Hazen testified that the supplemental
memorandum formed no part of CARING
| toms instructions. Darlington showed
me-" said witness, 'aIl his orders, and I
told him he must be controlled by the regu-
lar orders 1 had given him and by direc-
tions of Greedy, on which they were found
! ed. Greely's letter was law to me, and I
didn't feel authorized to give any orders
that would conflict with it's