Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-03-29
Personal AND GENERAL.

few days ago and made full confession OF
his horrible crime.
A DALLAS CTex.) physician, who
was fined for whipping the Postmaster, re-
fused to pay few days ago and was sent to
the rock pile to work out his fine with the
gang.
TIE trial of City Auditor Phil Hinkle
in the Circuit Court at Louisville, KY, on
charge of forgery in connection with the al
legged City Hall conspiracy in that place, has
resulted in verdict of not guilty.
A FIRE at Hamilton, O., the other
afternoon destroyed the distillery of the
Miami Distilling Company, owned by Patti
son & Caldwell, causing loss Of 100000;
well insured.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR the other day
pardoned Murphy and O'Leary, three-eard
monte m en- confined in the Washington ID.
c. Jail, on recommendation of the Citizens
Committee, who wanted to use them as wit
nesses in the cases Of collision between
thieves and detectives.
The Portland, Saco & Portsmouth
Depot, near Eliot, Me-, was burned re-
Gently. The Post-office building and con-
siderable mail was destroyed.
NINE persons were arrested at
soldiery to blow up the public buildings.
BENJAMIN BATES, of Richmond, Va,
a grand nephew of Edward Bates, Attorney
General under Lincoln, committed suicide.
the other morning by shooting himself
through the heart.
Two men were arrested at Detroit,
Mich. the other day on suspicion Of hav-
ing started fire which burned the Wabash
round -hOuseOand two freight engines, caus-
ing loss of some $4,000.
A NUMBER of Communists held a
riotous meeting in Paris, France, a few
days ago. Revolutionary speeches were
made.
THE recent failure of Todd, French &
Co., boot and shoe dealers of St. Louis, Mo-,
was attributed to the populations of trusted
ook-keeper. The firms unsecured liabili-
ties amounted to $125, 300, their entire assets
being but $4,000.
THE steamer Grand Isle, which took
the place of the steamer YazOO, sunk recent
| ~ near Bonnet Carrie, La, with the loss of
twenty lives, was burned few days ago,
| together with her cargo OF cotton, the total
| loss being S 80, 900; insurance, $4,000.
INDIGNATION meetings were held at
several towns in the vicinity of UniontOwn,
Pa, recently, at which resolutions con-
demnatory of the jury's verdict acquitting
| n. L. Dukes for the murder of a. C. Mutt
were adopted.
| a RECENT cable announced that Lady
Florence Dixie had been assaulted by two
men disguised as women, near Windsor
Eng. and that she had only been saved from
assassination by her st. Bernard dog.
| II wbn1oCo1o
| toner of Denver, Colo, was standing at
lunch-counter eating fish the other day,
when all of a sudden he manifested symp-
toms of bone choking and fell to the floor,
| expiring a few minutes later.
ROWELs, one of the alleged Phoenix
Park conspirators, died in epileptic fit in
Kilmainham Jail, Dublin, the other night.
WILLIAM KEYS, a farmer of Green
! field, Ohio, accused Stanton and John Tay-
Tor, sons OF a neighbor, of stealing from
him. A fight ensued, when Keys shot Stan
ton Taylor through the heart and mortally
wounded John Taylor.
JUDGE E. j. CONGER, Associate Jus
tice of Montana, has been suspended under
charges of intemperance.
A DISPATCH from London, Eng, on
the Goth, said the Dean OF Canterbury had a
letter threatening the deanery would be
| blown up at the enthroning of the new Arch
bishop.
JUSTICE Cox, of Washington, has
issued mandamus to compel the payment
of portion of the award made by the
Mexican Claims Commission in the case of
/ Benjamin We'll. ...
MAYOR MILLsPAUGH, of Shawnee
town, H.. has announced that no further
aid for the flood sufferers there was re-
! quired.
THE Boston (Mass.) Board of Alder
men has passed an order for the statue OF
Paul Revere, to cost S., 900.
SECRETARY CHANDLER has ordered q
board of officers to appraise the vessels
which have been condemned and stricken
from the navy register under the law.
IT was reported on the 10Th that two
barrels OF powder had been found in the
vicinity of the large gasometers at Kings
Cross, London, Eng.
The Secretary of the Interior has
requested the Secretary of War to order a
detail of troops to protect Yellowstone Park
from depredators.
Two men named Coomes and Smith
were hung by vigilance committee twelve
miles from Helena, Mont, the other night.
A barn, eight horses, three COWS, hay,
grain, etc., had been burned, and the COM
mittee claimed to have traced the crime to
the two men.
HERR Won WoNGENsTEIN, Council
lor of State at Gotha. was assassinated by a
disappointed office seeker, on the goth, who
Immediately committed suicide.
SECRETARY CHANDLER has issued an
order fixing days labor in the navy yards
at eight hours.
TRAINS were snow-bound on several
roads in the East on the 10Th.
! Two oyster PUNCHES collided on the
Chesapeake near Baltimore, Md, the other
night, and the crew Of one, numbering seven
men, all persisted.
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