The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-28
LATER NEWS

nado in Oxford, Franklin and other counties
of Maine Millions of trees were blown down,
many houses and barns destroyed, churches
unroofed and railroad bridges moved from
their foundations. The 10 scs aggregate hun.
dredS Of thousands Of dollars
The sum of SljOOOO has been raised by sub
scriptlon for the purpose Of estab ishing n
general Unitarian head quarters In Boston,
and immediate steps will he taken opurchase
an eligible sight AMI erect suitable builiing.
Ar the Prospect Fair grounds, Brooklyn
the lay gelding Frank, with running mate,
tro.tel u milo in 2'Osl {, thus beating 2:l04,
the best record, which was made by Maud S
without mate.
JOHY WAFFIY, of Cleveland, b.t n dollar
that he could drink fifteen glaS os of whisky
in fifteen minutes and won the wager, but
lost his life
TRINITY cathedral, one Of the most impos-
Ing Episcopal buildings in the country, was
cons Grated at Omaha, Neb., by the founder,
Bishop Clarkson, assisted by Lord Bishop
Sweetman, of Toronto, Bishop Garrett, Of
Texas, and other cergymen.
THE National lea2uc, for the suppression
of poygamy, in session at Cleveland, adopted
an address 10 the country denouncing Nor.
mon practices and urgently requesting "thnt
petitions DO circulated in every city, town
and school district in the United States ask.
ing Congress to submit to the legislatures OF
the various States an amendment to the con
stitutior prohibiting polygamy.'
DURING the recent heavy storm the barge
Milwaukee was lost with her crew of seven
men in Lake Ontario.
THE annual report Of General Merritt, su
perintcnlent Of tho West Point Military
academy, says that on September |, 1888,
there were at the a lcmy fifty five pro
fessors ard commi ssioncd officers and 81
cadets. There were no deaths during the
year among the cadets, officers or soldiers
The AVERAGE cost of subsisting each cadet
during the last year was Sl7.93 per month.
The general tone and discipline of the cadets
are good, although the practice Of hazing has
not yet been on tilcly broken up.
GOLD in paying quantities. has been found
in the province Of Quebec.
SENIOR JUAN VALERA, n distinguished
Spanish novelist and formerly minister to
Portugal has been appointed SUCCESSOR to the
late Senior Barca, who killc himself in New
York, as Spain's diplomatic representative in
he Uuited States,
T'ENEE men were killed und five others in
iured by the explosion Of the boiler attached
to saw mill in Jackson township, Penn.
A coLoRED man liz years old died few
days ago in Boston
A CONVENTION called by the United Stat IS
commissioner Of agricu tjne to consider tbs
contagious diseases Of domestic anima Is met
in Chicago. Government inspection of .all
cattle and dead meat exported, and Of ex-
portel hog products, was advocated.
A BOILER in the works of the Coal Bluff
Mining company, at Fontmct, Ind, ex-
plodel killing one man instantly, fatally
iniuriug two Others anl seriously scalding
ten more.
VERY cold weather is reported from the
Northwest, tie thermometer varying from
fifteen to forty desre S below zero.
JOHN SMITH, n colorcd man, was hanged at
Oakland, Md, for the murder of awhtc man
named Harden and on the same day Perry
Jeter, also col,rcd, suffered u similar penalty
at Union, S. C =, for arson.
A FIRE at Columbis, Miss, destroyed n
warehouse with 1000 bales of cotton, causing
a loss of 100000.
SECRETARY TELLER hps made an important
decision concerning pensions to dependent
mothers whose sons were killel in the late
war; The statute says the secretary, was
enacted TO give dependent relatives some
compensation for the damage they had sus-
tanned by the lossof the person on whom they
did in fact dcpcn or might depend for their
| support, and he decides that in all ordinary
| cases n mother is entitled t. pension.
DURING the past fiscal year the expenses Of
| the United States diplomatic service aggrc-
| gated SIS ,01! The clnsular service returned
fees amounting to $ali. $50, and expended
| $50 800 in salaries and other expenses, show.
ing that this service is not only self sustain
ing, cut has paid into the treasury revenue
amounting to Sii,5i9.