Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-19
LATEST NEWS.

LONDON, July 15---A French officer boarded
an English vessel at Tamatave recently and
would allow the cargo to be landed only
on the payment of duty A sentry was
placed on board the steamer.
A fire at Liptoszentimiklo, Hungary, has
caused considerable loss of lfc Twenty
persons, including the perfect of police, are
missing.
There wys riot at Roubaix, France, yes
terday, in which The police commlssary was
scy ously injured Six of tho rioters were
arrested.
Ii was rumorcd yesterday thlt Mr.. Ch Id
crs, English Chancellor of the ENcCcquer
would resign Ii the Suez Canal agreement
were abandoned,
Cholera has appeared at Ghizeh. suburb
uf Cairo, whore there have been five deaths
from the disease 4 Gordon hns been oSttb-
ished around the town.
A |cspatch 10 the London Standard from
sam :hu says thrt Japan has declined II
proposal Of NJ. Tricon, the French amhaSSa-
dor n. Shanghai, TO form an alliance against
China.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt at
Cairo. H., Saturday mornirg.
PILED" twenty dollar gold pieces have
nppcared in Tennessee and other parts OF
the South.
Chas. HeIvool Stratton. better k own to
the pub'ic as Gen Tom Thumb died at his
residence at Marlboro, Mass, of apcplexy.
Reports from Sonora, Mexico, indicate
that tho Apachcs are on the war path
Twelve persons are said to have been mur-
deled nelr OpoSura.
Elizabeth Stewart, The WIFI of Reading
(Pa) minister, has been arrested Saturday.
charged vi'h cruelty beating a lite girl
named Rosa Strauss. who was in her employ
The New Haven Wire Works, at Ea'
Haven, Co"n., have been partly destroyed by
fire Los about $4,000; fully insured.
Three hundred men are mpprarIly thrown
out of work.
DIR John A. Warder. of North Bend Ohic.
Is dead. He was prominent member of
the American forestry congress and tho a
thor of several works on fruit growing and
trc" culture.
Since October lst the sale Of le tobacco
in the Lynchburg tNa.) warehouses have
aggregated I6. 733, GO pounds, an increase of
3 AGA, A pounds compared with same months
of previous year
Half the business portion of Bellcyille.
New. has been destroyed by fire. Loss Sa5,-
Oo0, insurance $30,0 800 The factory of the
Vermont Shade Roller Company at Vercen-
neS has been burned. Loss $4,000
Elijah j. Hayes and Run. Mcconnell, two
young mon living near Paris. Tenn, quar-
relloi yesterday while swimming. In scuf
lie after they had left the water, Mcconnell
fatally thot Hayes. He then started for home
but fell dead on the way fir, III excitement.
The trial of Barbara Miller. colorcd, foI
the murder of her husband, Daniel Miller,
in the Henr co County Court, Va, resulted
i'll verdict OF being an accessory before the
fact of murder in the first degree. She was
sentenced TO be hanged on September II.
At New Lots, \. Y, during the thunder
shower, black cloud over the eastern part
of the village seemed to open suddenly, and
a huge ball of fire shot through the mir with
y terrific report. Every house in the town
was shaken. The bolt struck II tree i'll Yer
mont and Fulton avenues and tone it 10
pieces. The ground around IT was plouEhed
up, ana portions of the tree Were foun !
fifty feet away.
ST. PAUL, MINI, July 15.---A dispatch
from Cokato, MIMI, says lightning set fire
to a hotel there which was full OF railroad
and travelling men. three of who II, James
Wittin-ham, Richard Kelly, and young
man named Shepherd, all section men, were
burned TO death before they could escape
A large number of others received injuries
more or less severe 4 Atraveling man named
Storm broke his leg by jumping from a
widow The fire. spreading burned p
buildings, or nearly the whole busine part
of the village. The loss is stated 10 he
$60.C00.