The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-07-23

hiA'h' lHt DOhl was TORN 10 DlUcCA uuu the
pilot house blown 22O yards away.
The Ohio Coal Exchange has decided TO
import Swedes and Hungarians to take the
place OF the 1000 miners now locked out in
the Hooking Valley, also to start mining ma
chimes.
The Prince OF Monacos' yacht has been
wrecked of the coast Of Sweden. The crew
were drowned, but the hereditary Prince Al
bert, who was on board was rescued
AN explosion occurred in powder factory
at Como by which SIX persons were killed and
number of Others injured.
The Royal Armory Of Madrid was par
tally destroyed by fire.
-Stanleys men, under Pollock, have had
conflict with the French on the west coast Of
Africa
In the Court OF Common Pleas, New
York, the schedules Of U. S. Grant, Ferdinand
Ward, U. $. Grant, Jr.. and James ID. Fish,
comprising tho firm Of Grant 4 Ward, bankers
and brokers, who failed and made an assign
ment for the benefit of creditors 10 Julien +.
Davies, were filed The liabilities are shown
TO bo 1872, ,6i772, the nominal assets
$27, l39 OyS5 &c and the actual assets s67, ia 80.
A cyclone swept over the valley eight miles
north of DeadwoOd. ID. T., doing great dam
age. Houses were demolished, stock killed and
crops destroyed and number Of persons lost
their lives.
"A Missouri Pacific freight train was pre-.
clpitated through burning bridge, near Chi
Gotta, Texas. Ten cars were wrecked and
burned, and the brakeman, named Mason, was
killed.
AT Wheeling, W. Va, an editor and pub
Usher were adjudged guilty Of having ibelled
the Supreme Court of that State and fines
were imposed upon them.
Two young ladies' we're drowned in the
surf at Old Point Comfort, Va.
Ute Indians and cowboys are at war over
stolen horses in La Plata county, Col.
Forty prisoners were the result Of de.
scent on a Chinese opium joint and gambling
house in Philadelphia.
The Choctaws are preparing for All inter
tribal fight
The fish in Lake Ontario are dying by tho
thousand and polluting the water.
Two grocery clerks who belonged 10 tho
A. b. G. Union Of New York City, whose Oh
| ject was to rob employers to set employees up
in business pleaded guilty to petty larceny
and were rent to the Pcnitentlary for thret
months each
The income Of the tax assessment in New
York city over last year is .Gl ,G76, liO.
! Over l50 people were made very sick in
Brooklyn, N. Y, from eating ice cream at
apicnic.
A disastrous storm occurred in Eastern
Nebraska. number Of lives were lost.
"A boy named Carey, about eight years old,
went fishing on the shore Of the Cook Bay,
Portland, Me. lie hooked large fish, clung
to the line, and was pulled into the water and
drowned.
The Superior Court Of Panama impeached
DR.. Cervera, President Of the State Of Panama,
for bribery and named Gen. Ruiz, the Second
Vice-Prcsidcnt as President DR.. Ccrvera re-
fused to leave the Presidential residence, and
is surrounded by friends and policemen.
The town Of Lachine, Ontario, was nearly
destroyed by fire on the 4th. Some forty
houses were consumed entirely before the fire
was brought under control.
As party Of twenty white men we're re-
turning from barbecue at Bulls Head, near
Mobile, Ala, and had reached the Catholic
Cemetery, they were fired upon by body Of
negroes, said to be 200 strong. One man was
killed and were wounded.
j. Dillabaugh, correspondent, has been
arrested in Hamilton, Ont, for aiding in n
plot to blow up the public buildings there.
Two young men were drowned while
bathing near Baltimore, MD.
-Ex-Mnister Sargent returned 10 Americl
on the City Of Rome and expressed himself
freely regarding Bismarck aud his policy. llt
declared the German Chancellor to be working
for the great landed interests and against th
people
A wealthy cattle dealer was shot at Dodg,
! City, Kan, by a Cornell graduate.
A ranch near Fort Davis, Texas, wa
I,,M Iiuu,,iaal n Indiana
"A -Arequisiton has been made by the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, for Ex-Governor Moses
of South Carolina, and he will bo tried on
criminal charge at Cambridge.
Indian agitations are being fomented II
Manitoba and in the Indian Territory.
The city savings bank of Gloucester, N. j.
has closed its doors, but hopes to resume busi
ness again.
The receiver OF the Penn Bank, Of Pitts
burg, Pa has commenced proceedings hgains
the directors Of that institution for the bank
securities which they helped themselves TO ol
the day the bank failed.
The Deceased wife's Sister Bill was in
troduced into the English House OF Lords an'
passed the first reading.
The French Chamber Of Deputies, afte
rejecting by vote Of 28l to 206 an amendmen
proposing to abolish the right OF the Presi
dent TO dissolve Parliament, adopted the bill
for the revision Of the constitution bya vot
OF 4li to 1lS.
Consul Mason reports that the cholera sit
uation is worse at Toulon, but that the cpl
demic is stationary in France. 1t Is moo
question whether the disease has actually ap
pearedin Paris.
Another war is imminent between Franc
and China. The recent treaty Is disavowe
and repudated by an influential party /
China, and responsibility is assumed by th
government for the Lang-Son assault.
q "A minaret of mosque at Cairo collapsed
y killing dozen persons.
John Carpenter, who murdered his WI
4 Mary in New York city, was sentenced to
r hanged August 26th.
: A terrible cyclone passed near Belmor
N. Y, tearing down houses and barns and u
roofing trees. Several lives were lost a
"a serious damage done.
q A cycone in southern Illinois did S25
600 damage to property Three children We
= killed by being crushed in falling houses.
r The roof of the grand stand at Butte G
IN CM. T.) race course fell on the Fourth, Sc
ousy injuring great many people.
"a Eleven cases of trichins, from eating r,
" pork, one fatal. have been discovered ut A
= eta, N. Y, by Dr. Beach Of the State Board
II Health
N During the fiscal year OF 1881 the Unit
States mints coined 92,55S, ,561 pieces Of
y value of $57, $50, ,92l.55.
d Grant & Wards net liabilities arc n
,r given as $5, 5,70S, ,7S7.S7. Tho total loss
'. creditors will be between $4,000 q
r, $5,0O0,0O0
The president Of an Ohio railroad "
n fell or jumped from q train and was killed hi
IN it now appears, been engaged in raising NOR
on spurious notes.
" "A Virginia farmer was whipped by mash
ts men. He was charged by his sister, whom
" alleges to be eighty insane, with havi
,ee beaten her.
Tho trouble in the Mobile banks appe
N to be over and confidence is restored.
n "A bank cashier Of Erie, Pa, who Q
Y bezzed Sl5O, 900, has gone to Canada.
Trouble is anticipated over the propoi
10 employment of Hungarians in the Hocki
Valley mines