Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-08-30

The discovery was made on the 21st
that William Wallace, who was appointed
receiver of the Indiana Banking Company
OF Indianapolis was technically both
debtor to and creditor Of the concern, in
consequence of some transactions several
years ago, and which he supposed TO have
been long closed. This disqualified hiP
from holding the position and the Court
appointed Levi Ritter.
& CAPTAIN VIM. HEYDT, an ex-army
officer, sixty years old, was beaten to death
on the 21st in Baltimore by Hugh Rosbor.
ough, a common rough.
THE American Bar Association COM
menced its session at Saratoga on the 22d.
AN Electrical conduit company has
been Incorporated in New York
Four blocks were destroyed by fire
at Port au Prince, Hayti, recently.
TIE sculptor SchilGng has been in
vited to make the official bust of Bismarck.
JOSEPHINE BOCHERE was arrested in
Buffalo, N. Y, on the 22d, charged with at
tempting to procure poison to dose her
husband with.
All JUNG, a Chinaman, was hanged
at Missoula, Montana, on the 22d for muir
dering a fellow Mongolian.
A PAPER-MILL burned at Chester, Pa,
on the 22d. The boiler exploded, killing
one man and wounding several.
THIRTY-SEVEN deaths from cholera
occurred in Alexandria on the 22d. One of
the victims was a British soldier. The
deaths from cholera in Egypt on the 21st
numbered 131, including one at Cairo.
The shops of the Empire Oil Com
pany at Long Island City burned on the
22d with fifty thousand barrels of oil
Several persons were injured.
A TORNADO in Minnesota the night of
the 21st nearly destroyed the towns of
Rochester, Utica and st. Charles, killing
twenty-four persons at the frst-named
place and many at other points. A train
on the Rochester & Northern Railroad was
blown from the track and many persons
were killed and injured.
THE Executive Committee of the
Western Export Association met on the
22d at Indianapolis to reorganize the
whisky pool.
Two Connolly brothers were arrested
in County Limerick, Ireland, on the 22d
charged by an informer with participation
in a murder conspiracy.
ONE new case of yellow fever was
reported at the Pensacola Navy Yard on
the 22d and two in a sailors lodging-house
on PaIafox street wharf in that city.
THE yacht Mystery, which sailed
from New London for Nantucket August
II, is supposed to have foundered. Three
bodies found in the surf were thought to
belong to her.
THE Right Reverend Francis Kerril
Amherst, D. D., well-known Catholic
prelate, and formerly Bishop of Northamp>
ton, Eng, died on the 22d.
GEORGE WALLACE, sentenced to be
hanged on the 22d at Savannah, Ga, was
respited until the 28th.
The condition of Count De Chambord
on the ed continued very critical. He had
received the last sacrament of the church.
Two Irish families and three Ger
man paupers, assisted emigrants, were re.
turned to their native countries by the "a.
thorities of Buffalo, N. Y, on the 22d.
THE General Grand Chapter of the
Eastern Star, in session at San Francisco,
on the 22d elected Rolin G. GaskiIl, Oak
land, Cal, Grand Patron, and Mrs. Jennie
G. Matthews, Ottowa, Grand Matron.
j. M. HAVEN, ex-Treasurer of the
Rutland (Vt.) Railroad, was arrested on the
22d, charged with the over-issue of Att
shares of preferred stock of the Rutland
Railroad.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the Corn Exchange National
Bank of Chicago to begin business; CAPT.
tai, s., 100000.