Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-10
GENERAL NEWS.
MISCELLANEOUS

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welcomed to Louisville. AT the Board Of
Trade rooms John E. Green delivered an
/ address of welcome. at the conclusion Of
which heintrOduced the distinguished Vlsl-
tor, who responded IN brief speech, IN
which he stated that he came South to
study the customs, needs, resources and IN
dustries of the Southern people Congress
man Mes doc followed in q brief talk of the
interests of the country in general and the
South in particular. At the conclusion Of
the reception Mr.. Randall and party were
driven to the Pendennis Club rooms, where
dinner was served by the Club.
The funeral Of the children who lost their
! lives by the fire at the Brooklyn asylum,
took place on the 9th ult. The charred
! remains of tWenty-One bodies were placed
l in their collins and taken to the Church Of
! Our LADY Victoria, where they were placed
in the main aisle. The edihCe and altar
| were draped in mourning The church was
/ crowded. Rev. Father MahOney celebrated
/ a solemn Mass, assisted by the Rev. Fathers
! Creighton and Brossman. The remains
were inferred in Holy Cross Cemetery.
EtzeI Hutchinson & Co., St. Louis, dealers
/ in toys and notions, have failed. Liabilis
/ ties, about $10O, 600; Assets $57, 600. The
firm confessed judgement in favor Of the
I German Savings Bank for b25, 800. The
cause of the failure was the liquidation of
I the firm of Oscar Strasburger & Co., who
have been supplying then with capital.
Christmas dinners were given to the in
mates of every hospital and charitable in
stitutiOn in Chicago. Seventy children in
( the Cook county hospital found their stock
/ ings filed with toys. Several hundred poor
families were provided with poultry or
meats by Julius Jonas, no person who ap-
piled being refused.
It is asserted by Commissioner Leyden
that the employees at the Cook County in
sane asylum have been called upon TO con-
s.rrAr don
and q watch and chain costing $3.50 for the
physician. The matter is to receive an
official airing.
Mrs. Emma II. Wallace, haiing from Chi
cage, has brought suit in New York to re-
cover One-thirtieth of the real estate held
by Trinity church. She offers to settle for
81, 900 600 cash. Her father, Cornelius ID.
Thorpe, spent $4,000 IN similar litigation.
The members of the Colorado Pool Asso-
citation held a meeting at Kansas City,
which continued until II o'clock at night. !
1t was decided to continue the existing pool
four months longer. No other important
business was transacted as far as known.
A cooking main took place at Flushing, !
L. L, between Long Island and New Jersey |
birds, for 81, 600 a side and 800 on each bat /
tie. Eight battles were fought, New Jersey /
winning five. 1t is estimated that over
$4,000 changed hands.
Seven locomotive engineers of the Ashta- !
bula q PiJtsburg and Erie q Pittsburg rail- |
roads were discharged for detrauding the |
companies out of $4,000 OverdraWn money, !
by collision with the time clerk, who re- /
signed a short time ago.
The corporators of the Manufacturers
and Merchants Institute at Boston are |
about to declare it insOlYent. 1t owns a |
100000 building on Huntington avenue, |
covering eight acres, and it has a floating |
debt of $4,000.
A lady called upon the Mayor of Boston, |
and offered to contribute $4,000 toward a |
permanent fund to pay dentists bills for
poor children in the primary schools. The |
experiment is to receive trial.
The property of the late Mrs. Stone of
Boston, amounting to S2,OOO,OOO, Will all go /
to educational institutions, as the relatives |
were unable to have the will set aside.
The late julius Bauer, of. Chicago, left an |
estate valued at $14O, 600, of which the |
widow is to receive the income until the /
three sons become Of age.
The Milwaukee mills turned out ILL., |
GIG barrels of -four during 1888, against |
875, 1872 during the previous year; an in /
crease of 30l, 7S4 barrels.
The State Conference of Illinois Prohibi- |
tiOnists assembled at Decatur, with from /
$50 to 200 representatives present. st. John /
was there.
The New Orleans Picayune strongly IA |
vOrs the Nicaragua canal, and thinks the
United States should acquire Central
America.
Favor, the two-year-old colt was sold at
Lexington, KY, for $4,000. He won five
of the eight races in which he started last
season.
The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce |
decided to wage war on the railroads OF the
State through the next legislature.
Frederick S. Blitz, lumber merchant, Co |
lumbia, Pa, has assigned. The judgments
against his property are large.
Indications are that the severest snow
storm and blizzard of the season is on its
way East from Dakota.
In many parts of Colorado the thermOm-
eter registers "a degrees below zero, and it
is growing colder.
The Keystone Bridge company of Pitts
burg closed down, throwing 600 men out OF
employment.
Iowa Prohibitionists are sgitated over
the prospective extra session OF the legis-
lature.
The shoemakers' lockout at Philadel-
phia ended, many Of the men returning to
work.
John Ewing, an Xenia, o., grocer, has
failed. Assets, $22 600; liabilities about the
same.
Four regularly armed military companies
Of Socialists are said to exist in Chicago.
Citizens of Chicago met to express their
opinions on MOrmOnIsm.
WASHINGTON NOTES.,
General Hazan, Chief Signal Officer, has
submitted TO the Secretary Of War charges
AGAINST Assistant Adiutant General Nc