St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-20
BRIEFS OF NEWS.

The number of hogs packed in the seven
cities of Chicago, Cincinnati, st. Louis, Kan
sas City, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and
Louisville is 1867, 4S5, against 4, $50, $40 last
year, and the hogs were, on an average
1887 pounds lighter than the previous year.
The citizens of Pocahontas, Va, have
taken measures for the relief those who lost
their bread winners by the great mine acct
dent, and will provide labor for those
able to work.
On account of the rise in freights, the
Pennsylvania IL Ohio tenderers, for half a
million tons of coal for the Grand Trunk to
be delivered in Canada, will be obliged to
withdraw their tenders. A Buffalo firm was
given contract yesterday for 100, 900 tons.
a syndicate of Philadelphians, four years
ago put 1885, 600 in a mine in Colorado.
Yesterday it was sold at auction for $500. A
rather poor speculation.
At st. James hotel tonight, there is to be
a meeting of ex-confederate soldiers, in New
York city, to meet a committee from the G..
a. r., in the interests of the home for dis
abled confederate soldiers at Richmond, Va.
The annual conference of the NJ f.
church, in Philadelphia, approve of the study
adopted i'll many of the states of the infu-
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At Shaner, Pa, yesterday afternoon, the
coal mine of B. F. Rafferty, 81 Co. caught fire
from an air shaft furnace, and at late hour
last night was not subdued. The fire is hard
to control, on account of suffocation by the
smoke.
There is a general rising among the tribes
between Khartoom aud Upper Egypt, and a
great revolt is expected.
Digma's forces have been considerably in
creased of late, and only very few are coming
in to surrender TO the British.
Gordon is still considered to be safe at
KhartOum, as steamers still sail to that
point.
The Ne'rs urges the liberals to be ready at
moments notice, in view ofthe possible dis
solution of parliament. 1t declares the pres
ent Tory tactics as disreputable.
CALDWELL, an attorney of Council Bluffs,
was last night held up by cattle dealer
named Healey, and made to sign a check for
$500, which Healey, at the muzzle of a
cooked revolver forced him to do and claims
Caldwill wrongedhim on of. Payment of
the check was stopped and warrants are
out for the arrestof Healey.
McFadden, the confederate of Tiller in the
with Tiller. Soon after being pnt in he took
a glass vial he had and stamped it into small
bits and ate it with his supper. An hour
afterwards Tiller told one of the jail guards,
who summoned the Jail physician, who gave
McFadden powerful emetic, but the food
was too much digested to get any of the
glass out. The doctor expects in day or
two Inflammation will set in and death ensue,
George D. Roberts, representing the Postal
Telegraph company, appeared before the
subcommittee of the senate committee on
postoffices and post roads to-day, and sub
mitted proposition in the form of BILL di-
recting the postmaster general to enter into
a contract with the Postal Telegraph COM
pany.
Adjutant General Drum has received a
dispatch announcing the death of Lieut..
Col. Godfrey Weitzel, of the engineer corps
AT Burtonville, Ind, young man named
Dane, a teacher, became enamored of Ada
Swift, thirteen year old girl, and her father
Directing to his attentions, on account of her
age, they both took dose of laudanum, but
taking too much, it did not have the desired
effect. Being arrested by the girls father for
the attempted suicide Of the daughter, Dane
shot himsel, dying in short time.