Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-26

MUNICIPAL elections were held in
many cities and towns in Illinois on the
18th, the contests being riainIy on local
issues.
CAPTAIN O'BRIEN, of the I'd Cavalry,
the other day captured sixty-nine Cree In
dams from Canada near Fort Assinaboine,
in Northern Montana, taking their ponies
from them. The Indians were being held
as prisoners, pending orders from head
quarters as to the disposition to be made of
them.
PRINCESS LOUISE and her husband,
the Marquis of Lorne, left Boston the other
evening for Ottawa, Cana, which city they
reached the next day. The police force of
the Dominion capital had been strength
ened by detectives from Toronto, in view
of the alleged possibility of Fenian con-
spiracies against the Queens daughter.
AN examination of the stock of corn
in the elevators at st. Louis, Mo-, the other
day was said to show better condition of
the grain than is usual at this time of year.
A BOX, said to contain explosives,
was found alongside the Cathedral at Sails
bury Eng, the other night, and guard of
police was Immediately placed around the
building.
ANOTHER Invincible charged with
completely in the Phoenix Park murders has
been arrested at London, Eng. His name
was Eugene Kingston. He made desper-
ate effort to escape.
RECENT dispatches indicated that the
murderous Apaches would be cornered be-
fore the hunt was given up. 1t was said
the San Carlos Reservation Indians would
take the field to help run them down.
JAMES TREGLowN paid the extreme
penalty of the law at Morristown, N. j., on
the 18th for the murder of Minnie Chirg-
win at Port Dram, June 20, 1882.
The largest fire in the history of
Huntington, w. Va, occurred at that place
the other night, destroying $4,000 worth of
property, rendering homeless fifteen or
twenty families and leaving but four build
ings standing on block 420 feet square.
TWENTY SEVEN hundred European
immigrants landed in Baltimore, Nd, on
the 18th inst.
Four. shots were reported to have
been fired about midnight on the 18th at
policeman on duty at Rideau Hall, Ottawa,
Cana. A detachment of Toronto police was
on duty there, and they dared not leave the
building, as it thought the shots were
intended as a decOy.
On the 18th the case of Daniel Cur
ley, ON trial for the Phoenix Park (Ireland)
murders, was concluded, the accused being
convicted and sentenced to be hanged May
Is.
THE heaviest entry of cattle ever
made at Brownsville, Tex, was that of
some Colorado parties who on the 18th i'm
ported 20, 900 head of cattle valued at $685.
900.
THE amount of bonds redeemed to
the 18th inst. under the Treasury circular
in regard to the prepayment of bonds en-
braced in the 12Qth call was ,513550.
The High Commissioner of Canada,
in an address in London, Eng, recently,
maintained that tariff was necessary in
any new country.
LOUISE MICHEL, the French Socialist,
has been committed for trial at the next
Paris Assizes on the charge of melting to
riot. She will conduct her own defense.
The action brought by Mrs. Mary E.
Schenlay to obtain possession of wharf
property at Pittsburgh, Penn, of the value
of nearly s., 100000 has been nonsuited.
A PARTY of burglars invaded the town
of Essex, Mass, mounted on noiseIess BIZ
cycles the other night, entered a number of
houses, and rode off with considerable
plumber without having awakened any of
the inhabitants.
DIR. II. r. PALMER's International
Normal Music School begins July at
Meadville, Pa, and continues four weeks.