The bee., 1883-03-10
THE NEW ).

been DuFneQ. DaVlS q byiOb oN0o'
Western Union Telegraph Office; Croxton'
notions; John T. Nesbit, grocery; N. krlmer
.addlery; j. Neal, saloon; Walter Clark,
livery stable, and Davis Ryan, grocery;
loss from SIS 600 to 100000.
A Shavneetown, Ills, special says: ''The
worst is over here. The town is Ga awful
scenes of desolation. Great gaps are left by
The houses swept away. In one place four
solid blocks of dwellings have entirely dlsap-
peared. The Presbyterian Church foated
away mile. Several mills and business
houses are entirely gone, and the principal
merchant in Blackburn, Ky has his stock OF
$4,000 worth of dry goods on a barge tied to
tree. The village of Blackburn and Ra-
leigh, KY, have both been nearly wiped out.
Over hundred houses in these places are
gone. At Columbus, KY, over ten feet of
water is spread over the town, and fills nearly
all the stores.
Newport, R. l., has been considerably
shook up by an earthquake. AT the torpedo
station, the shock was taken for an explosion
by the officers. A meteror followed the shock
lghich caused CONSERVATION.
The Kansas House of Representatives has
passed the Senate bill to prevent corners
,ptions and gambling, and declaring abso-
lutely void all gambling contracts.
A prospector, who has just returned from
the Kootenay (B. CO. district brings speci-
linen of lead and silver ore of marvellous rich
ness and nearly pure. He says the mines are
of vast extent, and he estimated that IN one
location there are 25O, 600 tons of ore in sight
The value of the mines at present discovered
is $500 900. One seam is 100 feet thick.
He tells of great veins of pure copper visible
in the hillsides.
Jim Elliott, the pugilist, was killed in
Chicago, by sporting man named Dunn
Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, republican,
has been chosen to succeed Mr.. Ferry in
he United States Senate.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has affirmed the validity of the Virginia
coupon killer bill"
The Diamond and Bluff mills, together
with two warehouses, at Red Wing, Mimi,
has been destroyed by fire. The total loss is
100000; insurance S15O,OOO.
Charles Luke, whose mother keeps hotel
in Buffalo, n Y, poured coal oil on the floor
and applied match. The house was full of
sleeping inmates, but the fire was discovered
and quickly extinguished. Luke confessed
the crima
Three burglars broke into the jewelry store
of j. G. Klahott, at Springfield, H., gagged
the private watchman and put him into
coal-hole, and then helped themselves to
watches, diamonds and jewelry valued at
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Mutual Union telegraph wires were
cut by the authorities of Chicago and Mil
waukee, because the company evaded the law
ordering their wires to be placed under
ground ON March LIST.
Humphrey l. Co., of New York, leather
dealers, have failed with liabilities amount
ing to over 100000.
The President has approved the act to pre-
vent the importation of adulterated and
spurious teas; the act of granting pension
TO the widow of the late Major General G. x.
Warren.
W. n. Pratt, president of the Bank of Mo-
bile and vice.president of the Mobile and
Montgomery Railroad has been run over and
killed at Birmingham, Ala.
Joseph Myers q Son, CLOAK ana suit manu-
Iucuurers, aJ NO. JIo rIarHuU street, fnlla-
delphia, have suspended. with liabilities esti-
mated at S15o,0O0.
A disastrous fire occurred at Monongahela
Nifu % tn fho
Of $4,000.
The steamboat Yazoo sunk In the M1ssls-
sippi, near Bonnet Cave. It is feared a
number of lives were lost.
Pittsburg manufacturers, who were inter,
viewed yesterday, expressed themselves as
glad that the tariff battle is ended, although
the bill as passed is not satisfactory to all.
Those engaged in manufacturing hoop iron
and wire rods say their business is killed.
Pig iron, sheet iron and steel manufac-
lures also claim to be greatly crippled.
sneak thief entered the Safe Deposit and
Trust Co. bank at Philadelphia, and stole
$4,000 worth of bonds.
Judge Belford, member of Congress
lIOm NO1OIduOJ was luo uISb "IGu0oS
examined by the defense in the star
route trial. He made a statement after he
left the witness stand which he had not been
permitted to make as a witness, and was
fined 500 for contempt of court
The new law relating to the money order
ystem will be put in operation as soon as the
necessary arrangements are perfected. Pro-
,0osals will soon be requested for furnishing
he new style of money order blanks and
postal notes provided for in the bill. The
new system will enable persons to send by
money order or postal note sums not ex-
ceeding SIS for three cents, whereas it now
costs ten.
General Bronsart Won Schellendorff has
been appointed minister of war for Ger
many.
Middle and Southern States.
Jesse Williams, of Orange county, N. Y,
has been robbed of his handbag, containing