The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
GENERAL NEWS.

Burglars entered the fur store OF P Buhl a Co.
in Detroit, Mich Friday night and stole 27 seal
skin saeques valued at SS 900.
The Farmers Bank of Elizabethtowp. Pa. olossd
Its doors Saturday. Its liabilities probably agQre
gate $50, 600; assets not known.
Fifteen business firms were burned out In Sioux
Sitys Ia, Saturday morning by fire originating In
the Roderick Block. Total loss $50 OOO
Kingston, Ont, is stricken with a fever epidemic
there being very large number of persons III with
malaria, intermittent and typhoid levers.
:, Capt. Charles W. Folger, only son of the late
Secretary OF the Treasury died of consumption yes
terday morning in Geneva, N. Y, aged 40.
A dispatch from New York yesterday TO PrssideDt
Smith OF Trinity College announces the death ir,
that city OF L.. M. Cheeseman, Phi. D., for a year
and half professor Of physics and secretary Of the
faculty of Trinity College. He was 27 wears Old
and died of typhoid pneumonia.
Lewis Carl Of Allentown, Pa, who murdered his
son Charles near Sudersyille Friday night was ar
rested yesterday morning. He has confessed the
crime but alleges that he acted self defence Hs
however expects to be hanged and has already de-
signatsd the place for burial OF his remains
An American-Irish parliamentary auxiliary club.
the object being to raise a parliamentary fund OF
SloO,VOO annually, is to be formed in Cincinnati
o., by Major John Byrne.
= Orders were issued Saturday by the Red Ash Coal
Company OF Wilkesbarre, Pa, to suspend work at
two collieries to-day for an indefinite time This
will throw nearly 1000 men and boys out of em-
ployment
By the explosion Of her boiler the steam ing
Mike Dougherty was completely demolished near
Elizabeth, Pa, yesterday. Two OF her crew were
Killed and three others badly hurt.
The committee appointed by the court OF Wise
county, va, 10 investigate the condition OF suffer
ers from the late plague reports that there ia mora
destitution than was as first supposed and outside
assistance is asked for.
The south side Of the public SQUARE At HamburO
Ark, was burned Thursday. Loss $50 600.
Two freight trains on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad collided Saturday near jackson river Va
and the engineer and fireman of one train wsre
killed, and three brakemen were severely wounded
Both trains were a total wreck.
Geo. jackson and James Wilson. conduetor ana
brakeman on the Louisville and Nashville railroad
recently fought duel with bowie knives ON the ton
OF freight car while the train was running thirty
miles an hour. dispute arose over q woman and
they settled the matter as above. Both men we're
badly cut.
Upwards of 40 barns, hay, sheds and carpenter
SHOPS nave been burned In Edgewater, Long Island
curing the past months. The fires were Thought
10 nave been the work Of incendiaries.
Friday afternoon, a boy named Storm broke
through the ice In 6irges Pond Bristol and he and
Two others named Botah, who went to his rescue,
were drowned.
A very sad accident took place at Brookline.
Mass, on FRIDAY afternoon. A little boy aged u
years, son Of MIR. Collins Jumped over fence with
string attached to his neck. Ry some means NOT
known the string caught on the fence and when
found the little fellow was dead the result OF
strangulation.
Memorial services of the late Reuben Spripper
were neld at the Music Hall, In Cincinnati yester-
day afternoon, which were attended bv severaI
thousand persons. Hon. W. 8. Groesbeck delivered
the 0ration.