Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
The Cast.

THE Catholic Total Abstinence Union OF
America convened in Thirteenth Annual
Convention at Brooklyn, n. y, on the l>t
BY the suspension of operations 10y thn
Watch Company of Lancaster, Pa, II few
davs a.o two hundred and fifty men were
thrown out of snlpioym' mt.
NEAR New York Ci y few days. ago
George and Lena Soust, aged respectively
sixteen and fourteen years were drowned
while out bathing.
The steamer Saratoga arrived at New
York from Havana on the ID, and Steward
R:ones was removed to the quarantine
hospital Il yellow fever sufferer
The failure of r. L. & j. ID. Phinney,
boot and shoe counter manufact urers, of
Boston. for over $4,000, is announcei.
THE Legislator, of New Hampshire, after
4 contest lasting forty-three days, on the
II Il. cted Austin F. Pike (Rep.) Unite
States Senator for six years, bcginnin :
March 1, 1884.
THE cigar-makerS' strike i'll New y ork
City ended on the I'd, and the men returned
to work al advanced wages.
THE region north of Rochester, N V,
was visited by destructive wind han
and rIiI-s:orIn ,ie night of the 81, ruin
inE grain and fruit.
THE knights of Labor celebrated the
sixtv-,ccoIit ann ersary of the birth Of
the late l rlan -. 81 'pnFnS- louiiiSi VI eiio
order. at Pl.ila lelph; on the 81
IT was announced by the Postal lrlc-
graph Company ON the Sd that its lines
betyv,rI1 NV York City and Chicago were
working satisfactorily, and that mess t2SeS
would he transmitted with promptnesS for
twenty live cents for twenty words and
ten cents for ten words or less.
MAYOR EPSON has appointed Seth =.
Grant Comptroller of New York City, rice
Allan Campbell, resigned
IT Rrockton, Mass, Thomas p Ripley,
ii slIac-rnanufacturer, was badly injured a
few NIGHTS ago by a runaway, and on being
taken home his sister was so overcome
with excitement that she dropped dead
New hops arrived in New York City on
the 81 from Oneida County. n. ", the
first bale of which was sold to Il prominent
brewer at fifty cents per pound.
HERzY, WHITTIER & WYMAN, shoe and
leather dealers of Boston, failed on the 4th
for SJU0,p0o, and Charles w. Clements
shoe manufacturer, suspended for a llh"
amount. throwing one thousand employees
out of work.
THE Republican State Committee of New
Jersey has called the State Convention on
August ~, in Trenton.
ON the 4th oil barrel, hall TILED with
water. was sent safely through the rapids
Niagara ftlNeI. Captain e. '''
Il noted swimmer, gave notice that whhlh
nine day, he intended to brave the rapids
and whirlpool.
THE other day Thomas Mellett and Will
lam Cole fell down coal-shaft i'll the
iron mine at Edge Hill, Pa, and we're
fatally injured.
AT Lawrence, Mass, the Wright BRAID
Manufacturing Company's works were
burned on the night of the 9th, entalllng
loss OF $150,0o1.
OK the 9th the Vermont National Bank,
of st. Albans, closed It's doors, OWING TO
,be failure of it's President, Bradley Bar
low.
On the 9TH the first cargo OF new wheat
this season was landed at Buffalo " Y.
SAMUEL MCCAULEY, thirty five years OF
age. Of Westmoreland County, Pa, shot
ard killed his father few days ago Tor
reasons unknown.
Jouy T.. Sullivan and Herbert A. Slade
engaged in a boxing match in the Madison
Su,,are Garden, New York City, on the
evening of the 9th, the former knocking
the latter out of time on the third round.
Slade was considerably bruised, whlle
Sullivan received but little punishment.
Ten thousand spectators were present,
and the receipts at the door were nearly
$4,000 The services of one huhured
policemen were deemed necessary inside
the garden and twice that number outside.