The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Eastern and Middle States

,,aa'u' '"i b.oilS III hiHerlch, Il native of New
hampshire, but a resident OF New York fer
many years. died in that city few davs
since III his eighty-s cond year.
CONSIDERABLE OK itement and one failura
res lltel from a su ID IN advance OF four cent,
abiSl ell in tho pri OF wheat at th, Ney
York produce exchange.
THE Massachus It's Greenback stete eo,.
yention at Lynn elected delegates at large 10
the Ind ana oils national convention, and
adopted resolutions fayoling General Butler
ior PRESIDENT, declaring that ei hit hours
should constitute DAY work, demanding
graduate income tax and asserting that the
struggle for greenback money would DO con.
tinucd.
MAJOR GENERAL EMERSON OPDYcKE died
a. ms lesidence In New York from the Of, ects
OF wound receive by the accidental dis
charge OF pst'l which H. was 81, aiming.
General OIdyrke was lfty-ilve Yeas oil /, and
ma len prominent Federal officer from
Ono in the late war.
Ex-GovEnNoR MARCUS l.. WARD, OF New
Jor'cy, died ut his home in Newark tn,
otlor day, agcl n years. He was elected
governor Of N,w Jerie in 1885. in ls6s WIS
chairman OF the Rc ublitnn NATIONAL COM
mittoe, and in 1872 was elected to Congress.
GroRGE L. EWING, prominent Philwlel.
phia sculptor, came to New York for the
purpose of model ing al r,lievo models OF
Henry Irving, the English actor, and his
principal support Miss l.llen Terry. A few
mornings ago, Mr.. Ewing was found dead in
bed Mt his hotel. He had turned on the unlit
ga and been nsphyxat,d. Mr.. Ewing came
from Scotland two years ago and had nc
quircd considerable reputation in art articles.
A NATIONAL Conference Of Colored Men
met in iittsburg, with delegations from all
i ct of tie conference. ns stated Inv n de,svote
was TO secure to the cUlored people, North
and South, the recognition under the laws 10
which they are entitled Various pa J pe r.
tinent TO tho occasion were read aud dis.
cussed'
CHARLES J.. VosE, retired New York
mer, hant and Antonio Moreno, n metropoli.
tan ccmmi sion merchant, were impelled a
few days ago by physical suffering aud in.
somnia 10 shoot themselves TO death
A FIRE Mt (;l.n's Falls X Y deatrovad
both opera houses, the Presbyterian IN r h,
and Gil de- sleeves Onion hali building, en-
failing q total loss Of about 100000.
A FIRE In tbe f,r, Mt drv Oools district NJ
New York CITY DESTROYED nropcrtv vniroJ ot
SEQ Dnrino tIc pr,grcss Of tbc ,,rs
n ladder fell IN n rrou,, NJ n ,wsnoncr ra'
portcrs. iniuring ono Of them-Samuel F.
Donnelly, mployed on the Srn-dangcrously.
Tuy steomor Falmouth WINS burned nj bcr
wharf in Portland Mo- rbor Tbree of
the crow n ri.heJ in ,ho liamos Tho es,i.
mated La Is sI75 900
g ~ no.,' s,'. A.. NJ.
~ r. DoN sl;,;l' lne view aorh rePsrper
tsruck ny ialilhg Wiuer Nv u hrs, uieu from
-, u W,ryr A., o.. No. w.,
stock operator, has failed to meet his obliga-
tons after losing some $1,000, 900 in the past
siN months, mr.. heche came ron Sail iran
cisco 10 New ork aoout SIX years ago oo WIN
= fortune n "ilnlalea AT IRON s',,uoVo 10
S,o3V;uVu. ITO went in'o wan street specu,
u, NE, i,ensis "., ryTcny ms pcen uinsn
IN selling stock privileges. q heavy fall In
'ho i'''''ke' ,.' 70 MS uo",,an
oou'h una "eSe
LATER return put the vot' in Louisiana
about as follows: Democratic state ticket
SilO Republican State ticket, 1881. Tia