The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05

fore transferring the property at b Meroe,
street, he obtained a loan of SIS, 900.
By the collision of the st. Louis express
with a freight train at Brighton N. Y. seven cars
were overturned and twenty persons injured
none ofthem fatally. All were taken to hotels
Murcia is the principal city damaged by floods
in the southeastern part of Spain. Roads are
impossible, bridges damaged and travel on
railroads suspended. Twenty persons are
missing.
Asa Deboise shot Rheuben Cruthfeld dead
on the street at Rochester, N Y, Both were
colored. They quarreled about the alleged in.
timacy of Beboise with Cruithfeld's wife The
murderer was arrested
Railroad traffic throughout the flooded dis.
trict of the state of Texas stil is generally sus.
pended No mail from the north for two DAVIS
No accurate estimate of the damage to various
railroads is yet obtainable
Clarence Wade, a photographer of Mt. Glenn.
ems, Mich, and William Douglass, the son of a
prominent physician of Romeo, were drowned
in the Clinton river, while returning from a
fishing excursion. Their boat capsized.
The Sultan of Turkey was so well pleased
with the band of the United States steamer
Quinnebang, which serenaded him. that bo
presented the leader with a valuable diamond.
and each musician with a fine piece of jewelry.
Capt. Henlach, condemned to nine-years'
servitude, has been placed in prison at Berlin.
Holle-Krazewski, condemned to three and a
hall years Imprisonment in a fortress, has pc
titioned to be placed in the fortress of Koenig.
stein.
Tracy Gould, Who was the principal for the
defense in the trial of DR.. Gallagher, has start
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Tense of DAILY, Egan and Mcdonnell, who are
now on trial there on charges of treason and
felony.
The Paris Republique Franchise condemns
the proposed government increase of duties on
cereals and cattle, as a 1%neftting the agrioultur-
lists at the expense of the consumers. If the bill
passes it urges other industries to demand
similar advantages.
A Port Huron, Mich, a row boat was upset
on the river and Train Dispatcher Charles
Mooney, Baggageman John Ford and Thomas
Melvin, all Chicago & Grand Trunk railroad
employees, were drowned Their bodies have
not yet been recovered.
Ex-senator Chafee has sold four lots on the
south side of Fifty-seventh street, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues, New York, to Abra-
ham H.. Jonas, for S60,0OO. The property con-
veyed is that passed from Ulysses s. Grant. Jr..
TO Mr.. Chaffee on the 9TH instant.
At Nashville, Tenn, Judge Allen re.
fused motion of William Spence, charged
with the murder Off. E. Wheat, for a new trial,
and sentenced the prisoner to be hanged July
IL. Spence's counsel announced they would
bring the case before the supreme court.
cornell Vanderbilt" said a broker at the
Windsor hotel in New York, the other night,
'cabled 300 words to his father to- day, explain
ing the situation and asking what should be
done. William H. took Just three words to
answer. They were, Feed my lambs"
A decree of absolute divorce was granted Ly
Judge Donohuc in the New York supreme court
the other day, to Charles Hee Sing, n prom
inent member of the Chinese community. His
wife, Emma, an English woman, to whom he
was married in 1ST6, became enamored of -Fon
Que and left him in 1880.
H. c. Blanchard, coffee merchant, at Rich
mond, Va, has failed. His liabilities are $685.
coo. Among the creditors are: Barring Bros.
q Co. Boston STAT, 600: Massachusetts, National
bank of Boston $4,000; State Bank of Rich
mond 1850; T. g. Truman of Baltimore $500;
The failure is due to heavy dealings in futures.
Charles Blake, a Philadelphian, arrested in
Wilmington, Del, for burglary, last November,
but convicted only of larceny last week, has
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to pay the costs of the prosecution, a fine of ST,
to be one hour in the pillory to receive twenty
lashes, and spend three years in Newcastle
jail.
The French brig Senorine sank on the east
ern ledge of the great banks some time in the
first week of May. An English trading schoon-
er, which recently arrived, brought a portion
of her wreckage in trunks, bedding and cloth
ing-all identifying the lost vessel. She sailed
from st Malo, France, March ), bound for st.
Pierrie, Miquelon, laden with a general cargo.
The crew of nine men with, tifty-three passen-
gers, all persisted.
James r. Keene told New York reporters Fri
day he expected to pay his debts in full if his
creditors would give him a little time. To this
end he makes a proposition to holders of his
obligations, adjusted and unadjusted, to accept
his notes dated May /, 1884, for the full sun
due them on that day, payable in twelve and
eighteen months for privileges not matured on
that day. He proposes to give notes for the
amount received by him when the privileges
were issued.
Justice Bradley. in the United States circuit
court at Pittsburg, Friday the 23d, handed
down a decision in the case of the wife of Lord
Linton, formerly Miss Finley of Kittaning, Pa,
against the administrator of confirming the
trust deed disputed by the contestants convey
ing valuable real estate in Illinois, Pennsylva-
MIA, Nebraska, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas
and other states, besides money judgments and
personal effects, to his daughter, Mrs. Finley,
and her child, Mrs. Linton, who now lives IN
Europe. The estate is very valuable and has
been in litigation several years.
An invincible informer who testified at the
inquiry at Sligo, Ireland, recently, is an access
DRY to the Phoenix Park murders. Patrick
Delaney testified that Fitzgerald attended Fe-
MAN meetings in 1880 as a delegate for the Su-