The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-25

The market for iron and steel at
Philadelphia IS brisk, with advances
quoted on different articles. Rails
show decided advance, wrought pipe
is in large request, nails are ex. remely
scarce, and sKelp iron is firm.
Geor-e Z. Foyer. who recently fed
from town in Ontario with SO. 900
belonging 10 the American Express
company, has been ,TdceO 20 Omaha,
where he exchanged $1,000 in Canadian
money for United States currency.
An iron-worker at Johns own. Penn
sylvanla, named J. b. Smith. viii e en-
gagged IN making repairs, was rendered
senseless by gas, ana fell headlong in
10 he furnace, whence his charred
BODY was lifted with hooks and ropes.
BeckWlth. a convicted murderer of
Hudson, New York, when about 10 be
sentenced TO death. harangued the
court for half an hour, begging 10 be
allowed o go to some warm china e.
His ear hly career Will close January 8
DR.. Frol bingham. one of he leading
physicians of New York. who once
saved the life of Charles O'Connor,
killed himself Thu sday with re-
volver. The police have become con-
WINGED that the shot was an accidental
one.
At hamlet in West Virginia, the
arrival of several thousand dollars for
arrears of pension started fight in
family bearing the me of Drake.
The old man dropped dead from heart
disease before lie had touched The cur
reucy.
Early Wednesday morning a wagon
containing five young people was over
turned near Batavia, OHIO, the occu
pants falling into Stone Lick. Miss
NJ HnU9rn guo1 IQ. Milton RnvaTo
-, and Joseph Berkeley, Is, were
drowned.
A Plttsburg company announces an
Improvement by which Bessemer steel
can be made equal in quality 10 cruel
BILE steel at One-tenth the price. The
process is one of uniform carbOniEl-
ton of the SPECIAL and molten iron in
the ladle.
Robert Garrett signed the trunk-line
freight compact Friday. He also
| affixed his signature to the passenger
agreement on the condition that the
| Baltimore road receives from the Penn
| sylvania equai facilities for reaching
| New York.
The Knights of Labor of Texas are
| preparing TO boycott the granite con-
| tractors lor the new capitol, on ac-
| count of the employment of convict
! labor in the quarrieS near Burnett.
| Five hundred maSons are employed on
| the building.
Thomas Hance, of Annapolis, Mary
| land. a Iineal descendenL of Chief JUS
| tice fancy. was acquitted of the
| charge of numbering prostitute whom
| he had married. The jury was per-
suaded by Senator Voorhees, that the
woman killed herself.
The sheriff of Johnson county, Wy
| oming, traced some Indian thieves 10
the Arapahoe reservation, and per-
suadetI tie chiefs 10 surrender two OF
| them for trial by the civil authorities.
! General Howard fears that their pun
ishment would produce an Gu break.
Being ordered to vacate leased land
in Edgefeld county. South Carolina,
| Wednesday. for non-payment of rem ,
| Robert Jones shot dead + lward Pres
lev. aged So and his son Charles. and
mortally stabbed Edward, ano,heI
son. Jones then went 10 the Jail ana
| surrendered.
The engine and eighteen cars of q
| Cincinnati, Hamilton and lndlanapo-
lis freight rain tumbled into a creek
near indianapolis Wednesday morning
and four persons were injured, one
fatally. To clear the track ii vas
found necessary to burn the wreck.
| freight and all.
About two hundred colored families
in The Chociaw nation have registered
as members of the tribe, and will re
ceve annui,ies of the federal govern
ment. All negroes who declined OF
are not qualified 10 register. compris
ing nearly SIX hundred families, will
be expelled 10y the militia.
John Legnard, of. Chicago, is OF
trial at Omahafor conspiracy by which
he secured nine quarter sections OF
government land in Cherry county
Nebraska. Charles A. Florence pro
duced written contracts between Leg
nard aud his agents which the forme
had said were never made.
james Dempsey reported at Helena
NJ. T., Wednesday that his two com
, panions-Joln Hoag, of Cleveland
and Jacob Scheller, of Lafayette. Ind.
had been dev0ured by wolves Will
crossing the mountains. from his pc
81 ion in tree Dempsey saw the mel
torn 10 pieces and devoured.
The recent mysterious death of Ben
, jamin Burton, noted and wealth
colored citizen of Newport, Rhode Is
: land, has been followed by the arres
, of bis daughter and son-in-law TO
murder. Bonus taken from the peck
, | els of the deceased have been discoy
cred by The police of Philadelphia.
About two months ago, in Harlan
I and Knox counties, Kentucky, twenty
nine moonShinerS were arrested by ii
g w. Rogers. a deputy marshal, am
most of them are now serving senten
, ces. On Sunday evening Rogers wa
! fatally wounded by bail fired through
his bedroom window in Harlan VII
{ lage. ;
: The National Base Ball League, g
3 New York. Wednesday, reelected
: Il. Young President and Secretary
and chose John b. Maloney, of Detroi
: I'll. v. Lucas. St. Louis; A. II. Solder
Boston, and j. E. Allen, of Providence
: as directors. Constitutional ament
/ mens and changes in the playing rule
were considered.
: Annie Lyons, until recently cook /
|, the family of Charles w. Parker,
: Boston. was arrested "Wednesday
V charged with putting arsenic III ti
fiour-barrel when she was discharge
9 from the effects of which the fami
( have been suffering for three week
: Enough arsenic was found III the nol
+ to kill several persons
The colored female seminary at Qul
: man. Ga. was destroyed by ire ear
. Wednesday morning, The inmates TO
: tunateIy escaping. 1t is believed IN
incendiaries fred the structure. IN Il
II management of which Mrs. Ruthe
ford r. HAYES is said to be intereste
After the school was opened an q
I'd tempt was made to assasslnate ti
le principal
is While repairs were being made
the Philadelphia Lubric Company
to- works Wednesday morning the ma
re hole of & sill containing $50 barrels
n crude oil blew ont, the explosion sen
OF ing the flaming fluid IN all direction
One man was killed, five persons we
II fatally burned. and an elderly ma
ne name unknown. was found near u
n scene of the explosion unconscious a.
es terribly burned.
John Bowman. Of + st ST. Lou
on was FRIDAY evening shot deaf on !
h. 81 ewaIk in that city by some pers
RI for whose ppreEen ion a reward
ID 81 900 is off red by Frank Bowma
The dece sed was In veal hest m
w in the Il wn. He was ma i've OF u
hol many. For several years he had {
ed voted his time t. the law. and lt is !
lbs lieved that his assassin IN, crest
in certain litigation In which boWm
~ was engaged a counsel.
OIL The conference of cattle-groWers
III Chicago. with representatives IN
opi thirtv-liiree states and territories
Canized national association unt
- An Illinois charter. eleeting D.
81 Smith president and A. h Sand
- - secrefaw. Resolutions were au0pl
re asking federal protection for the P
ple Of Montana against the tnlevl
- Biackfeet and Piegan Indians. y
~ are continually moving PACK anu 70
M along the International pouhaary.
sp Sherwood, the chief OF the dom
ion police III. Ottawa. made MS apps
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