Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

In Philadelphia on Gn6 ZIIns
Two partners, Alexander Nichols
and James A. Thompson, quarreled in Jer-
sey City, N. J. on the 9th, when Nichols
stabbed Thompson with a large butcher
knife, inhicting fatal wound.
Mrs. CAROLINE G. DAVIS, of Albany,
N. Y, arrested at Saratoga on the charge
of obtaining goods under false pretences,
had her examination postponed for a
month and was released on $500 bail.
THERE were seventeen deaths from
cholera in Alexandria ON the Goth. Seventy
eight persons died from the plague in Up
per Egypt on that date and three in Lower
Egypt, including one British soldier.
THE Crown Prince Carlos of Portugal
is reported to have been betrothed to the
Archduchess Maria Valeria, third child of
the Emperor of Austria.
THE color of the new four cent stamp
is to be dark green adorned with the pro-
file of General Jackson.
REQUIEM masses were celebrated in
Washington on the 9th for the repose of
the soul of the late Compile de Chambord.
A FRENCH nObleman was killed on the
9th in ascending the highest mountain of
thePitzbernina group in Switzerland.
The Governor of Salopica, recently
captured by brigands, has been rescued.
TIE City Council of Mexico has au-
thorizedSth negotiation of loan of e40O,-
900 in London for city improvements.
JOHN HODGDON, one of oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Dubuque, Ia, died on
the 9th, aged eighty-three years.
TRADE riots broke out in BesancUn,
France, between French and Italians, and
a number of shots were exchanged. Fifty
Italians were arrested.
A CAPE-TOwN dispatch OF the 9th
says that O'Donnell, who killed Carey, the
informer, claimed to have acted in self-de-
Tense, alleging that Carey drew a revolver
which he (O'Donnell) snatched from him
and then shot him.
THE London Times of the 9th noticed
gascar, who was taken prisoner by the
French.
A LARGE tank containing several
thousand gallons Of petroleum exploded at
the South Brooklyn IN. " Oil Works on
the 9th, causing the entire destruction of
the works and the severe injury of several
employees. The Sulphur Works of Daniel
Gray were also badly damaged.
A FIRE involving a loss of $4,000
occurred at Williamson t, Pa, on the even
ing of the 9th. About 30,OOO,OOO feet of
lumber were burned, together with the
saw-mill of Finley, Young & Co., and
several dwellings. The loss is principally
covered by insurance.
GENERAL SHERMAN arrived at Port
land, Or, on the 9th. A reception was
rendered him at which 5000 persons were
present. He left for San Francisco the
same evening,
JOHN REBER,, one of the oldest i'm
porters and breeders of blOoded horses,
died on the 9th in Lancaster, o. He i'm
ported Bonnie Scotland, and among other
noted horses imported by him were Hurrah
and Kyle Daily.
FIFTEEN Naval Cadets have recently
been reported to Superintendent Ramsey
of the Naval Academy for hazing members
of the lower class, and they will be court
martialed.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the Mint for the week ending August
% was $442, $3.50. For the corresponding pc
Rod last year, $l22 800.
A,CARGO of cattle landed in Liver
pool on the 9th from the steamer Ontario,
suspected of infection with Texas fever.
The losses by the WilliamspOrt (Pa.)
fire, heretofore mentioned, foot up $780,
| 600,
HOG cholera recently made its APP
pearance at Patchogue, Long Island.
THE steamer George left England the
2Sth for the Polar regions in search of the
Dutch Polar vessel Varna.
THE 28th passed without a case OF
any sickness at Pensacola. At the Navy
Yard three new cases of fever were report
ed, one of them the daughter of Surgeon
Owen. Mrs. Owen is dead.
The trial of James Mutt, who shot
Lyman Dukes, will, commence at Union
town, Pa, on the Both.
IT was announced on the 18th that
the Spanish Premier, Sagasta, had rendered
his resignation.
THERE were twelve deaths from
cholera in Alexandria on the 9th; Is;
deaths in Upper Egypt, and six in Lower
Egypt.
A PHILADELPHIA company has re-
ceived contract to light Merida, Yucatan
with gas.
A MAzATLAN dispatch says that sew
eral American employees of the Central
Railroad had fed with $4,000 of the Com
pany's funds.
g. A PLAGUE of grasshoppers wai
threatened in the vicinity of Vera Cruz
the ground being covered with the newly
Matched pests.
FROsTs prevailed in the Province o
Quebec on the night of the 9th.
AFURIOUs hail-storm swept over Rocl
County, Wis, the night of the 9th, caus
ing great destruction to growing crops.
NINETEEN young ladies took the vel
at the Convent of the Sisters of the Immac
ulate Heart, West Chester, Pa, on tn
18th.
THE Porter Guards of Memphis
Tenn, were the personal guests of Potte
Palmer in Chicago on the 2Sth.
A HAIL storm swept over section
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