Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-03
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Rain yesterday caused the postponemcut O
races at New York and Albany.
heavy storm of rain and snow has prevailed
| in Vermont since noon yesterday.
The sales of oil yesterday On the Oil City ex
change amounted 2, 707 ZOO barrels.
At midnight last night, a terrific and increas
| ing gale was raging at Portsmouth, N. Fl.
squib entitled "Flight of the Uhlan King
| has appeared in the Paris boulevards. 1t con
| tanned scurrilous attack on Alfonso.
On Sunday, at Charleston, Franklin county
| Ark, the Richardson mill was burned witt
| forty bales of cotton. Loss Sl3l, 200.
The fifteenth anniversary of organized anti
slavery work was celebrated in New York city
last evening by gathering of original aboli-
tionists.
storm Monday night wrought great destruc
ton vest of Atchison, Kans., in the little town
of Arlington. The storm was general through
out that state.
Francis Schmidt, one of the discontinued glass
blowers of Montreal, tried for deserving his en-
ployment without leave, has been sentenced to
thirty days in jail.
The news dealers union of New York and
Brooklyn had a procession last night, for dem
onstration against the publishers reducing the
prices Of their papers.
AS the cage was being hoisted in the Nelson
coal pit at Lehigh, Eng, yesterday, the rope
broke, precipitating the cage to the bottom of
the shaft and killing six miners.
President Arthur, who planned to leave West
Island this evening, is detained by the steamer
telegraph wire Iot working since forenoon.
There is no communication with the Island.
T. T. Seeley, assistant general manager of the
Sonora, Mex, railroad, died Monday evening on
his special car, between Valley Falls and Atchi-
son. He was on his way to his former home at
Aurora, Ill.
Capt. Nickerson arrived at Philadelphia from
St. Pierre, Martinique, and reports all shipping
in that harsor destroyed by hurricane Septem-
Der 4th, and many lives lost. The loss to YES
sells and cargees amount to S2,000,0O0.
At Cloverdale, Ind, yesterday, Bill Grimes
tried to quarrel with farmer named Will
when Grimes threw a rock, striking Smith in
the temple, killing him instantly. Grimes is
at large.
A Canadian Southern train from Niagara
Falls, ran into belt line engine in the Buffalo
Central depot to-day. The conclusion threw
down Harry Cutler, boy On his way home to
Cincinnati, crushing his left hand. Both engines
were badly damaged.
Over $4,000 people went into st. Louis yester-
day by railways and steamboats,, to witness the
procession of the ''Veiled Prophets'' last even
ing. The procession composed twenty-five
large floats representing scenes in fairy land,
was perfect success.
The New York court of appeals has confirmed
the decision in favor of plaintiffs, in the case of
Cornelia d. Earle and others against VIM. p.
Earle, of Earles hotel, for S2l7, 6l7 for property
claimsd to have been wasted by the defendant.
The suit has been before the court for several
years.
The boiler explosion on the steamer
Colorado at Buffalo, it has been found, was
caused by hand valve being closed SO that there
was no escape of steam from that boiler except
by the safety valve. The engineer noticed the
safety valve blowing off while the engine was
not working well, and installing the cause,
undertook to regulate the safety valve, thus
shutting in the steam and causing the explosion.