Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-06

LONDON, Dec. 1.---O'Donnell. the slayer of
guilty OF murder, and was sentenced to
leath. The jury was out only two hours
The reported evacuation of Bac-Ninh and
Sontay i not yet confirmed.
Archbishop Cooke, of Dublin, in an adj,
dress yesterday. spoke hopefully of Ireland's
future
Hicks Pasha is said 10y an eyewitness to
have been slain by a lance on the third day
of the battle. His army had been without
water for three days and suffered terribly.
More trouble is apprehended in Newry,
Ireland The Nationalists were to have had
torchlight procession last night, but in
view of threatened riot, the procession was
forbidden.
Another Chinese iron clad was launched at
Stettin yesterday. Immense quantities of
war material are being sent to China. The
report of the committee on Tonquin credits
was read in the French Chamber of Deputies
yesterday. 1t recommends that endeavors be
made to find basis for the solution of the
Franco Chinese difficulty for the purpose of
avoiding a conflict.
VIM. ]. Blackburne has been arrested at
Leadville for passing a 800 counterfeit bill
or the National Exchange Bank of Balti-
more
Joseph Manzon the Cuban who mysteri-
ousy disappeared from Boston fortnight
ago, is now alleged to be in Mexico actively
preparing with others of his countrymen to
make free his native island.
Elections on the question of 'license" or
mo license" were held Saturday in the towns
Marion, Wimsboro' and Ogdensburg, S. c..
resulting in each instance in overwhelming
victories for the prohibition party.
An aged colored couple in Terre Haute
Ind, who had twenty-five children, four of
whom were killed in the war, decline a pen
sion, saying that the Government had done
enough for them in emancipating their race.
The miners employed at the Pocahontas
coal mines in Virginia, the terminus of the
New River Railroad, are on strike for an ad-
vance in wages. The strike is general, and
If it continues it will greatly embarrass the
company.
company is being formed in Pittsburg.
! Pa, to transport oil South and West. 1t is
| proposed to use bulk boats instead of pipes.
and il is thought that the project will receive
| the support of all retiners who are antago-
uistic to the Standard Oil Company.
! Gen. Jeremy +. Gilmer, prorninent citi-
| zen of Savannah Ga, is dead. He was n
graduate of West Point and an officer in the
| Did army, and afterwards general in the
| Confederate service He was president of
| the Savannah Gaslight Company. and di
rector of the Georgia Central Railroad.
At each corner of the Calvert street bridge
| Baltimore, is placed an immense stone statue
! of lion. These statues are of a beautiful
! workmanship and cost several thousand dol
lars. Some unknown vandal committed a
| villainous act. He broke off the tails of
! every one of the lions and managed de
| strOy the beauty of the statues.
The debt statement issued December l. g.
| shows the decrease of the public debt during
the month of November 10 be 81, ,72l, $3.50;
decrease of debt since June 80, 1883, $41,
306. 1853 cash in the treasury 1864, 766, ,5l3.
| o. BOlu CerlliCdleS outstanding SoN,foG-J-u.
silver certificates outstanding $101, ,7s2, ,S1l /;
certificates of deposit outstanding $14, 400
O00; refundng certificates outstanding $3lS,
! 45O; legal tenders outstanding $36,6s1 ole;
| fractiona currency outstanding $3.50, ,303.31.
At Corinth, Miss, a daring attempt was
made to rob A. McWilliams, the Southern
express agent. He had just placed in safe
large amount of money received a few
minutes previously from an east-bound
train, when suddenly masked man entered
| the room with drawn pistol, and demanded
the safe-key. Without waiting for a reply
he fired on McWilliams, the ball striking four
inches below the right nipple. McWilliams
| threw lighted lamp at the robber, drew his
pistol and fired three shots, but with what
| effect is not known, and has not been seen
| since. 1t is thought that two persons were
! engaged in the contemplated robbery, as a
! colored man saw two men running away
! from the express Office after the shooting.