Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.

The town Of Ahcrcrombis. y. j., is in
Imminent dnnser from forest fires.
The Dinglcy and Mcpherson bank bills
~ no receive attention early i'll the week.
The Legislature rejected the bill abolish
INK the Bureau Of Elections in New \ ork
ritN.
\rNandcr White. a creamery operator
nf Graud Rapids. Mich. shot himself last
week.
The New Iork and Harlem repair shops
were damaged recently 10 the extent OF
SsnH.nu
Major j. W Vance. Of Paris, H., was
recently appointed Adiutant General of
the state.
The Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit Asso-
ciaiinn began it, annual session last week
at 81 Louis
\ hill increasing The annual appropria-
iinn for the militia To Sli00,tUl, will be re-
ported "a a few days.
According to Boston advice the Ben
nett Nackay cable is expected to reach
lio,kport In a few days.
only mcagcr particulars have yet been
received of the cyclone. which started in
Mclrosr township. ILL.,, last week.
Last week the stockholders of the
Bankers and Merchants Telegraph Com
pan,. Of Baltimore elected officers.
llnNt Sherman, Of Dcs Moines, in re-
c.iNing his discharge as assignee of Is. r.
Allen. reports having collected SiI3,Wi2.
BENJAMIN Wallace. the wealthy New
York soap manufacturer, has been de-
dared insane by the Lunacy Commission.
Ex-Governor Gibbs. Of Oregon, lectured
on Mnrmonism at the Madison -avenue
congregational Church, in New York, last
week
The Board Of Equalization of Missouri
values the railroad property of the State
AT Si2WN.WU-a $2,mw,t1O increase over
last year.
Michael Gaynor. Alderman from the
ninth Ward of Chicago was recently shot
in the head during an aflray i'll saloon on
IIalstcd street.
Within the past week a woman and a
the plumbers Of drug clerks. One of the
lattcr has been held for murder.
&c. Rogers, Of New York. has been
elected president of the Louisville and
/ Nashville Railroad. The reported defal-
cation Of accounts is unfounded.
The grand national division of the Rail-
road Brotherhood began its tenth annual
convention in Reading, Pa, last week.
William Rumble. of Tamaqua, presided.
At Louisville. KY, recently, the Ele-
waited Short Route Railway, connecting
the east and west sections of the city, was
! formerly opened. The line cost 81 ,OOO. 600.
Colonel George NJ. Totten, one of the
engineers Of the Panama Railroad and
other works in Central and South Amer
lea. died in New York recently, aged 81
years.
John Mclaughlin, of Hoosaic Falls,
was arrested at Troy, n. Y, last week,
charged with rokbing the depot at Eagle
Bridge Of over $1,000 worth of railroad
tickets.
At Glenn Mary, Tenn, recently, two
men, Trendcll and Kirby, quarreled over
a trivial matter. Trendell cut Kirby's
throat. and Kirby shot Trendell. Both
died in half an hour.
Erastus Il. Wheeler accused of the
murder Of Matthews at the Copiah county
,MississippD election, was on the stand
recently and testified that Matthews
drew his pistol first.
Thirty on-union molders in Quincy, I'LL.
have been induced to quit work by the
striking molders. The foundrymen have
asked the men to resume work at ten
cents above the card prices.
The annual session of the grand en-.
campment |. o. o. +. m.t last week at
Harrisburg Pa. The grand lodge met the
day after In the opera house. There were
about 1000 delegates present.
Charles s. Alvord, secretary and stock.
holder Of a wholesale clothing firm of St.
Louis. was arrested recently for entering
the store and stealing the cash book, bank
check book, and Sl25 in money.
A colored porter in Chicago went to q
gambling house to get change for a $50
bill. and was given ten notes of $500 each
When he returned to have the mistake
corrected he was not even thanked.
At Tangier Island, Va, recently, Dr.
Pitts called DIR. Walter, a rival physician
into his Office and shot him dead. The
people attempted to lynch Pitts, but were
prevented. The murderer was jailed.
Warren b. johnson, 65 years old, ha.
just completed remarkable journey. HI
left California June !, 1889, with horse
and wagon a COW and a dog. and reached
his home In Webster, Mass, last week.
Il Is stated that the script Of the Read
ing Railroad for wages and supplies fol
April and May has made its appearance
The time for its redemption, Kruger says
In four months from date, and it bears nj
interest.
Congressman Tully went to Fredericks
burg recently to view the battlefields O
Virginia. with old soldiers of the Army O
| Ia. Dasn,uun
other members Of the House were will
the party.
Two swindlsrs have been canvassing TO
insurance in Fountain and Warren coun
ties, Ind, securing bankable note at tn,
they sold 800 of these notes to bank a
Attica. stole horse and buggy and dis
appeared.
tanned national reputation from beinI
the only surviving soldier who guarded
Napoleon while on the island of ST. Hell
ems, died at his home in Battle Creek
Mich. last week.
II. u. Money. representative from tn,
fourth district OF Mississippi, who is nov
candidate for reelection, has, will
others. organized joint stock company t.
publish n Democratic newspaper in Sax
Francisco. Money will be editor-in-chiel
Of the enterprise.
The will Of the late Cyrus II. McCor
mick, Of Chicago, was admitted to probat,
last week. The estate is valued at $40,
OOO. ON. and is devised in trust to his
widow for five years. at the end of which
time she In to receive one-fifth, and hi.
three sons and daughters the remainder
A heavy wind and rain storm visited
the village Of Tarlton, Pickaway county
Ohio. recently. About thirty houses were
unroofed, being nearly the entire village
Fences were blown down, trees uprooted
and n man named Kerochner was danger
ously hurt by the falling walls of black
smith shop.
The bark c. Southland Hurlbut arrived
in New York recently from Portland, Ore
gon. August 18th she was struck by a
cyclone, lasting six hours, which disman
tied her. The foremost. tOpsail yard, bow
spirit and jibboom were the only spars left
She managed to put into Honolulu and
was refitted.
Excitement runs high in Custer, Dakota,
over recent developments in tin discov.
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