Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-20

IN sc. Louis, glucose works burned ont;
loss $4,000.
AT Akron, Ohio, Selberling's strawboard
works burned out; loss $4,000.
AT Corsicana, Texas, seven business houses
burned out; 500, 900; supposed to have been
inoendiary.
B. G. Wickham & Co., bankers, of Tioga,
Pa, have failed. Judgments have been en-
tered for $60,0N0.
AT WinonN, MINI, grain elevator. dock
and warehouse and $4,000 bushels of barley
were burned; loss $l43,OO0.
Near Franklin, La, Charles III. Walkers
susar-house, one of the largest rehneries in
Louisiana, burned out; loss $4,000.
he South Carolina Legislature has passed
abill declaring unlawful all contracts for
the sale ot articles for future delivery.
Prof, Hastings, OF the Johns Hopkins
University, says that no satisfactory cxpla-
nation of the strange red lights in the sky
can be made yet.
After communion had been administered
to the condemned man, Binus, the hangman,
entered the cell, O'Donuell submitted TO the
operation of pinioninG with a smile and
without murmur.
The procession then moved toward the
scatfold, O'Donnell walked with great firm
ness without the assistance of the warders,
who stood close around him. He was per-
tectly calm and self-possessed. While stand
ing on the drop he looked around unconcern.
edly,
Bians performed the remainder of his duty
quickly, He allowed drop of eight feet
The moose was placed exactly as Marwood
used to place IT, Binns pulled the lever of
the trap precisely as the neighboring church
clocks were striking eight.
In Philadelphia the Judge OF Common
Pleas Court No. refused the application of
MRS. Carrie b. Kilgore. married woman.
for permission to practice in that court.
An effort is being made in Boston 10 en-
force the law prohibiting the employment of
children under fourteen and women in stores
more than sixty hours week. The fine is
$50 for each ofense.
Gen. Armstrong; superintendent of Hamp-
ton (Va.) College for the education of the
young colored men of the South, addressed
large meeting in the Memorial Presbyterian
Church, New York.
In consequence of the recent break in the
prices of cotton goods, leaving, il is claimed
no good margin for profit, notices of a re-
duction of wages will be posted in many of
The leading mills in Rhode Island.
Some iend fired into south bound train
ON the Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadel-
phia Railroad, between Newark and Elk ton,
breaking the glass in two windows. The
passengers were greatly alarmed, but no one
was injured.
A. f. Ancoin, Thos. Buckley and E, Fl,
McCaleb have been arrested in New Orleans,
charged with participating in the election
riot there on Friday. The city primaries re
suited in the election of 40 Ogden and AZ
McEnery delegates to the State gubernato-
rial convention.
A company of wealthy gentlemen have
leased a building al Jacksonville, Fla, and
viii at once commence the manufacture of
cigars on an extensive scale, beginning with
80 workmen. In order to produce cigars
that will be superior to any ever made in
Florida extensive orders have been given for
the choicest Havana leaf.
At meeting of the Central Labor Union
at New York, q resolution was passed recon-
mending all workmen to boycott the
Tribune in consequence of its refusal to
grant the demand of the striking compost
tors and advising news dealers not to han
die it. 1t was also resolved to boycott the
manufacturers of several firms because non
union workmen were employed in their fac
tories.
dispatch from Dubois, Pa, says; Flames
were discovered in the second story of the
American Hotel. The fire spread rapidly,
and people for half dozen squares hastily
loaded their goods on the trucks and moved !
them out of the borough limits. There seemed |
to be an utter lack of confidence in the fire |
department, and reign of terror prevailed. |
The brick block of d. l.. Corbett stopped the
progress of the flames on the west side of the
street, but on the opposite side the frame
buildings furnished fuel for the flames. The
fire ragged until late in the afternoon. About |
S75. .OCO worth of property was destroyed.