The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-07-09
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Happenings Of Interest TO All,
At Home and Abroad

nesday in favor of Chalmers, who appeared al
the bar OF the House and took the oath of
Office.
A large painting Of Mrs. President Polk,
which was presented by the ladies ~ Tcnncs-
see, has been hung in the Green Room of the
White House as a companion piece 10 the por-
trait Of Mrs President Hayes.
The bridge over the Delaware River at
Calhoun street, Trenton, y j., Was burned |
down TO the piers. Tho cause i, unknown.
Tho fire started ut the Trenton side OF the |
bridge about six p, M, and rushed like the |
wind from span to span making grand spec |
tacle. The loss will probably roach SlO,OlO.
The bridge, including tho piers, originally cost
sGO,0OO.
A convention Of teachers Of deaf mutcs
has come together in New York city IT, discuss
the best methods Of n-tIu' ting tho afflicted
ones under their care. The delegates To tho
Convention are 200 in number aud cone from
all parts Of this country, Canada ami England.
"A serious break in the Eric Canal is re-
ported from Rochester. II will stop haNiga-
tion for one week.
Numerous fatalities by lightning occurred
In New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The bursting OF n boiler in Iona. Mich,
on Wednesday, killed four persons and
wounded several more.
The heirs OF Richard Wagner have re-
| fused an offer Of $50, 600 from an American
| for the exclusive right to perform the opera OF
"Parsiial."
Another Mahdi has appeared. He is lead
ing revolt in Yemen.
The Faraday has laid the shore end Of the
Mackay-Bcnnctt cable at Watcrvlllc.
The Chinese Governor Of Ka-hgar il said
a have ordered the Russian residents to quit
certain stations, and has forbidden the thl-
nese to trade with the Russians.
Armstrong; omnibus factory at Belfast
Ireland and the buildings in the vicinity wcro
| burned Wednesday. Ihlrty-nlnc horses per-
ished in the flames.
Mr. Halam Tenny-on, son of the Poet
Iaureatc, was married "Wednesday at West
munster Abbey, England. tp Miss Aubrey
BOYLE. Mr.. Gladstone and Mr. Irving were
present
Tho Senate passed the Mexican Pension
liI with large number Of amendments.
, bill has been introduced in the House b.
Mr., Bingham which provides for the reductlo
of hostage, so that two cents shall prepa
each ounce or fraction thereof.
a MFR. CoS's bill providing for a two weeks VI
r cation for tho letter carriers was passed by u
n House.
Ky n clOuI DIrRt III NlOlllullu NiiN' Nhi'N'
= ,,inaSs ,vor" Jroyncd and several house
! ,"a"h,5 ow,y
# t.;1,,, ,s h,.i NJ company at Wi
N !i.n ine Pi,o''h MI has aiscondcd leaving all II
W mihBloh, Dcl'' n"s ia.,;,,,,o
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d ,Mauuchsuu W nv m,,,,usr a' ~ tbo 6rm
2, uo,n,L;ss Ru,,,hnm & Co. No. SO Broi
,r street. New York, sh II himself thronsh VI
Lad =, his home in Yonkcrs. He died short
oT,cr L,jng shot He had been insane for 80
20 oral davs
ar TN ,o,or,a from Russia OF serious c,
- a., ~ ,,Iir Io,ys and Christians are c,
" M ..sS \ '"e'"
es p,,,,;o, ,d;r,opt of rcndormeric
i, e ,,,'Joro1 Il il snnnosed by Nih.lists
m. iou'lu inu,uo's" I,'.'l ~, ,d. ~ 80 500
% HIS iu''''"0o - ~ r;o.o, ,,o Fro
W The death OF NJ ilssot, s, is
ho diplomat, is annouhcou, as "ASo 'n"' Va
dinal Falioux.
- The outbreak Of cholera at Toulon
' Marseilles has alarmed the whole OF M ria
IN Eighteen deaths are said TO have "es",,u Az,
ber Toulon on Sunday. Italy, spain anu hu,
)u- have already taken piecau.oms W phoso ~
,rs introduction Oh 'ho uise"'' 'A''
'"' tries.
ON -pr;nco bismarck says he hopes to arr
tho with Portugal for free commercial traffic ol
Congo.
As the Cunard line steamer Payonia,
pos,nn lime IA. was entering the docl
., Pos'on o"" nu Tbnrsday. its cylinder b
nNelPuot,h ' ~ y" =, ,ssencsrs were landed befor
ran n"l5n., no nccnrred, but several of the crew
H., .'inrod while the chief engineer WI
I'M hnSi, s,s,ded that his llfo Is despaired OF
Ion '"'! s' ,.,,,,.no ris;,o, Council B
CIV" 1 Ia. on "Wednesday afternoon. The Exhil
anu Building at the race track, which cost Il
the was ,cVclTa !" c;rcrt enp was blown down.
ners ing loss of $500. large number 9i
en- trees succumDeu 10 ,Io n'o, =" ,,rronscd.
He were blown o'cr "''u ,''"aes 49, rooI nina
sta. special dispatch ,,,, lIom TJo, oIn,on n,
,clu. says Last oa.u'SM Wc,i,a iOs saloon and ,
"a in su @ 'Se Sonrs tho whole party were attackct
His vomiting and violent pains In
.bich stomach, Their sunerlngs were III
MN .n and several of them were thrown into c
'ther ,ions. Two are already dead and otht
1ter' not expected to recover 1t Is suppose
with tho cream was poisoned from tne
ms OF havorng. There Is great eNclVc''on. w
rclty, nlldi,, .pnia wa, piver sixteon mile,
these we Mononsai''" i'''''
nman '"'.u"e' ,o ,os ~ amall-nox n,
vn rs ,h,,, hnysS sSclby S connty, hi. The diseN
Al, 80 Phana, oneapy VH arman family ,
.neii Drou8nt 'hs"or W a, pnston tho v,
,d are from tne olu county, .os n nnorontincd. b
expe- which they arrived was sO qcar cosc measles
cts to siE,ans an hpr pril arrival at westphaia two
tr;ped slter 'heii a,,"t .a ,ho whole neighborh
% fish tended the funeral In few days ~
70 f were taken very SICK WIN I,'i"", olsrma'
,luded po1' ana 'ho peopi0 "'' ' -.
estric- The man who attempted W ,, uo,' I'i nv
lnnec- anco companies by burning uomn w. ras n'
hitting and placing skeleton .neiui"' 'tJarn1 VI r1
cut off Wv" ,rbo Rank Of st. Petersburg, Pa,
,od for ,o,o Mrs Elizo Cody. of philu
}. He ,or, si5o nv 'o 600 in public bcqucsts.
would " rho state Bank of West yirg
atistics Charlcstown, will pay ten cents on tn
gislate The now class of West Point cade ','ia