Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-01-11
PERSONAL And GENERAL.


breast, but would recover.
AT Reading, Pa, while watch-night
services were being held in church, twenty
young men backed large cannon against
the building and fired it. The front wall
was crushed in and every pane OF glass was
shattered down upon the congregation.
Several of the mischief makers were sent to
Jail.
THE other day Mrs. Abram Fother-
ingham, of Beaver, Utah, left her baby
girl sitting in high chair in front of the
Fireplace playing with doll. A couple
of neighbors happening to call directly after
found the child had fallen upon the fire and
was Utterly roasting alive. 1t lived about
six hours.
FOR two years some person unknown
had devoted his time mainly to annoying a
musician of Providence, R. l., named
Arthur p. Ryder, by sending him vast guam
titles Of commercial circulars and samples
of goods, the latter often coming by express.
The other day load of bricks was sent to
his place of business.
WHILE thirty Penitentiary convicts,
mostly negroes, and two white guards, en-
gagged at the Carnee tunnel, on the
Western North Carolina Railroad, jack
son County, N. c., were cross
ing the Turkaseegee River on
flat, the other morning, one of the convicts
discovered that the flat was leaking and
gave the alarm, which caused panic. The
men all rushed to one end of the fiat and it
Immediately sunk. Only two of the con-
Victs were saved. One Of the guards washed
ashore below the rapids insensible, but was
restored to consciousness
THREE emergency bailiffs were ap-
preaching Upper Cross, County Tipperary,
Ireland, a day or two ago, going for pro-
visions, when they were attacked by some
peasants and struggle ensued. The bailiffs
fired at their assailants, killing one named
Gleason, and wounding some others. A
coroner's jury the next day returned YER
dict of willful murder against the bailIffs.
WHILE handling a toy pistol George
Boone, a 13-year- boy, was wounded in
the hand at Vincennes, Ind, on Christmas
day. Lockjaw set in and he died few days
ago.
AT Boston, Mass, Jane White, a
negro woman, entered suit the other day
against D. L. Stafford, white, for $1,000
damages for breach Of promise. The plain
tift's age was forty and the defendants
sixty.
By a boiler explosion in box factory
at Muskegon, Mich, four men were killed
the other day. At Fillmore Centre, Mich,
the boiler in a flour mill exploded and six
meP were iniuTed-one died. Two more
would die. In the Sewer-pipe Works at
Black-horse Landing, Hancock County, w.
Va, the boilers exploded killing one man
instantly, mortally woUnding another and
three more were seriously hurt.
By fire in a livery stable fourteen
horses were cremated at New York day or
two ago.
AT meeting held at Pittsburgh, Pa,
the other day, the Western Iron Association
protested against a reduction of the tariff on
tin plate by Congress.
THE other day Willie Butler, aged
twelve, and a French lad were fatally in
jured while coasttng near South Berwick,
Me.
A FEW days ago the Mayor of Jersey
City, n. j., was cited toappear in court and
show cause why tax levy of 1882 should
not be set aside on the ground that ex-
emptiOns of railroad property were in vi
olaiiOn Of the fourteenth amendment Of the
Constitution of the United States.
FIRE swept away seven stores and a
dwelling at Manistee, Mich, few nights
ago.
By the explosion of boiler in a port
able saw-mill at Lafayette, O., the other
day, James Roberts, fireman, was killed.
One of the proprietors, named Hesser, was
MORALLY wounded.
IT is reported that son of General
Cavanaugh, one of the heroes of Lucknow,
was arrested at Quebec, Ont, a few days
ago, charged with robbery.
AT Farebault, Mimi, L. M. Sage
fatally shot Chief of Police Shipley for try
ing to arrest him the other day.
By agreement between the attorneys,
| in the County Court at Denver, Colo, the
other day, Mrs. Tabor was granted divorce
from her husband, Lieutenant Governor
Tabor, on the grounds Of desertion, with
$3.50, 000 alimony.
RECENT advices from Cape Town to
the Board of Health at Washington, stated
| that during two months previous nine
thousand people had been stricken with
small-po and two thousand four hundred
had died. The negroes objected to vaccina-
| ton.
A FEW days ago, at Grand Lake
Colo. County Commissioner WaIdron wa:
engaged in beating his wife, when q minel
named Plummer demonstrated, for which
he was shot dead.
For striking a Turkish officer who
had insulted him the italian Consul at Trip
oil was in difficulty the other day. The
MosIems demanded his punishment.
IsHAM SCOTT was hanged at Paris
| Tex ou the 18th for the murder of Joaepf
Spears, about three years ago. Michae
O'Rourke, who murdered old man Mahel
and his daughter in January, 1882, wa
hanged at Melton, Ont, on the same day.
S. NJ. PHILLIPS, a Justice of tn,
Peace, at Coolidge, n. NJ, whose life hat
been threatened by a desperate named
Hase Brown, got the drop on his adVersar.
and ended his career the other day
FIRE totally destroyed the elevator o
E. L. Williams at Keokuk, Iowa, valued =
500, 900, the other day.
TWENTY-FIVE 800 bonds had beer
missing for some days from the vault of tn
Davenport Qowa) National Bank, and tn
other day the messenger, c. Ditsmer, VIII
had been employed for ten years In that ca
pacity, was charged with converting then
to his own use.
THREE men were injured and on
killed by fall of coal at Ashland, Pa, o.
the 9TH.
Four masked men captured, bount
and gagged four inmates of q farm-hous