Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-10-03


incumbent, was nOmznltsG feE govsrsu or
the vote standing, AbraEl s. Hewitt 82 HTfIi
$50. The result was received with Wild
applause.
Afser shooting and killing his young
wife near Hurricane, Wisconsin. Marx w
Townsend with his baby In his arms. walk
ed 70 the village and gave himself into Gus
tody. The Cause Of the murder is IN
known.
Near Cool Creek, Tennessee, the body Of
BdmUe Cgle, a wealthy farmer, was f5und
IN e ravine horribly mutllatsd, the head be-
ing almost entirely severed from the body.
Two white women are under arrest for the
murder.
The BOARD of naval officers appointed TO
prepare plans for the proposed new war
ships have reported IN favor Of the con
sltosiOn Of two vessels Of 4 900 tons dis
placement each, one Of 1,7GO tons, and enc
Of $40.
At Johnston, 8. c., an alleged murderer
was taken from the sheriff by q mob. shot
several times. and left for dead. He sub
uentlY revived, made a statement i'm
plicating several Of the lynoheTs, and then
died.
A IRE in Nashville, Tennessee, destroyed
the extensive works Ofths Southern Pump
company and ebous six million feet of luIn-
Der causing alOss OF @20OsGCO and deprlF-
ing two hundred men Of employment.
A suit viii be instituted by the govern
ment against George b. LOring, of Massa-
chusetts, to recover $40, 600 alleged to have
been illegally expended by him while COM
missioner Of agriculture.
AT Pittsburg, Pa, the coroner held an
inquest on piece of bone one inch long,
all that was lie e of the body Of John OsteT-
in a rock Crusher.
71-s,.s- So, 49,, 77-s,t,,~ T,.1--+s Ess4-,7,
ed 5000 bushels of wheat and a large
amount Of other property. The town of
Kirby narrowly escaped being destroyed by
IRE.
Efforts are making to drive Chinese labor
ers out Of Washington territory, and con-
VentiOn to devise means for that purpose
has been called to meet at Seattle Septem-
Der %.
Judge Clough of the California superior
court became insane and resigned. Then
CIOugh recovered, had no recollection Of
resigning, and the court is all tangled up.
The treasury departments informed that
the United States steamers SWatara and
YantiC, bearing about $40, 400, 600 in silver
coin have entered the Chesapeake bay.
Jerry Lukens, a colored man, charged
with committing rape on q white girl, and
confined in jail in StauntOn; n. O., was
lynched by band of masked men.
Fire destroyed Aukam & Co.g shirt
factory at Troy New York, valued at 49,
900, and jerks g Co.'s iOuring-mills at
sand Beech, Michigan; loss, $4,000.
Miss allie Lott, daughter Of a we'll
known citizen Of FreepOrt, Ills committed
suicide recently on account OF love affair
with skating-rink manager.
A delegation started from Dallas, Tex,
TO KOkOmO, Ind, to return an OLD Gag
captured during the war from the fifty
seventh Indiana regiment.
Edward Williams of Green county was
released from the Jefferson penitentiary on
a writ Of habeas corpus, he being under
age when convicted.
Trouble is threatened at Houston and
possible strike on the account Of the dis
charge without cause Of two Southern
Pacific engineers.
The southwest Iowa and northwest Mis-
souri, veterans association reunion as
sembled at St. Joe. No, with an attend
anCe OF about 10000.
Nicholas snowden, a colored man in Jail
at EndicOtt, Neb., on charge Of raping a
seYsn-y sar-Old girl, was taken rom jail and
hung by a mob.
Mines at Ishpeming, Michigan, which
have been idle SIX months are about to re-
sumo operations, with q force Of two hun
dred men.
The Shenandoah iron company, of Mines,
near Harrisburg, Pa, has suspended pay
ment with an indebtedness of about $780,
900.
Several cases Ofsmall-pOZ, the origin of
which is unknown, have appeared in the
tsnement-hOuse district Of New York.
Judge G. ". Dunn, Of Richmond, No,
circuit judge, has been indicted by the
Plattsburg grand ury Tor drunkenness.
The crops on a hundred farmsin Dakota,
between Bismarck and Fargo, have been
destroyed by prairie fires.
J. r. Cattrel has been appointed post
master at Folt Scott this state, vice B. B.
RObler resigned.
A case of smallpox has been landed st
Chicago from the schooner Cuba from
Montreal.
Tammany hall has agreed to support Hill
Democratic nominee OF New York for gov
governor.
The village ofsoIdiers' Grove, Crawford
county, Wis, was almost destroyed by fire.
Forged township warrants are still being
discovered IN large amounts in Indiana.
Snow fell to the dedth of three inches in
certain portions OF Vermont last week.
FOREIGN
Excitement in Madrid, Spain over the
German occupation OF Yap is intense, and
the pOpulace are wild with rage. A
large crowd gathered in front Of the German
embassy; attacked the buildings and tore
down the coat Of arms and dragged il
through the streets TO Puerto del Eas.
where they burned it in front Of the Office
Of the minister OF the interior, amid yells
Of Down with Germany" After venting
their spleen there the mob proceeded to the
French embassy and Cheersd franticalIy.
The crowd. had by this time grown to con
siderable proportions, and fears are being
entertained Of o serious not. Troops were
ordered ont to clear the streets. The crowd
retired before the military, but g riot was
feared at any moment. The situation Is