Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-10-31
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

/ on the democratic ticket, 81, 872, and Rich
/ ard the highest on the republican tlcE9t5 /
/ 81 4Ol. Hardacre is lowest on the republl-
/ oan ticket. "a, rs, and Brashear on the dem
| oeratic ticket, "a, 584. For Representatives
/ ne variance Is not go great, but the demo
ratio figures are all higher than the nigh
est republican vote. The clerk viii prob
/ ably isEue certificates to all except senators
/ az soon IS the fOotings sre made. The IN
! junction ag to senator's still holds. It was
| argusd all day on the demurr and the mo-
/ tiOn to dissolve, and was not supplanted BY
/ the other proceedings. The mandamus Is
! before the circuit court, for the reason that
/ but two Judges are here. They called the
case and set its hearing for Monday at 10
/ q. m.
! The obseouies of Cardinal McCloskey in
] the grand cathedral at New York were Of
/ the most impressive character. Five thOus-
and persons were admitted to the 6ulIolng'
| and the adjace Mt squares were blocked with
/ carriages. The papRl zOuaVes were IN pO-
/ sitiOn about the catafalCo. Two hundred
/ priests and boys chanted the ONCE OF the
/ dead and choir of 100 voices chanJed the
ireOuiem mass Archbishop COrrigan ceIe-
/ br4Ved pontifical mass, and Archbishop
/ Gibbons preached the funeral sermon. The
| remains were deposited in the crypt beside
/ those of Archbishop Hughes.
! A daring robbery was committed in VIII
| Tits ieWelTy' store, Olathe, Kansas. Mr.,
Willitts was absent His partner, Mr.,
Z p
1 hind the counter, intending to strike
/ light when a man in shirt sleeves stood up
/ from behind the show case, and thrustlng
| a revolver into Rankin's face, ordered him
TO leave the store. Mr.. Rankin got out and
gave the alarm. Meantime the thief lefg
through the back way, taking nine gold
watches, two silver watches and lot Of
valuable rings.
William @. Glenn, a son Of the postmas-
ter at Rochelle, Ills, has been lodged IN
jail at Chicago, to be srraigned for using
the mails for fraudUlant pOrpOses. He had
several forms of letter heads, and assumed
different names in ordering rare postage
stamps from dealers, giving bogus referen-
ces. When dunning letters errieed, he Sc |
cured and destroyed them. He thus man
| aged to obtain nearly $500 worth of rare
stamps With out paying a cent, and has also |
confessed the theft Of a registered package
containing $500.
The secretary of the interior is dissatis-
fed with the meagreness Of the reports
heretofore furnished by the government |
directors Of the Pacific railroads, and IN
tends to make q change in this respect. I
The statutes authorizes the secretary to
prescribe the character and frequency Of
these reports; an order will be made re-
qUjring the government directors TO sub
NIT detailed reports Of the directors meet
ings, with such other information as they
may possess.
was filed for probate this afternoon. The
document is brief. He directs his eIscu-
/ tors to pay all his jOiut debts and funeral
| and testamentary expenses. He bequeaths
/ 20 Archbishop COrngan, Bishop McLauth-
/ lin OF Brooklyn, and Bishop McMerney,
/ of Albany, all the remainder Of his estate,
/ appointing them at the same time exeCu-
/ tors of his viii.
A young man named Reed Johnson, Of
! P1easanton, Kas., committed a criminal as
| sault last week on a Miss Martin. The girl
| informed her father Ofthe outrage and then
shot herself. She will probably die. Reed
| was arrested and placed in jail. A mob as
/ saulted the building last eight, but were
/ driven back by the sheriff. The prisoner
| has since been taken to Mound City for
/ protection.
! A dispatch received at military head
! quarters from Fort Robinson says that no
/ trace has been found Of the Sioux Indians
recently reported to be committing depre-
/ datiOns along the northern frontier Of Ne
/ braska and Wyoming. Troops from Fort
/ Niobrayra are also securing the country, but
no report has yet been received from
/ them.
The people Of Cleveland are greatly puz-
lied over the hermit life led by a German
/ family Of eight persons living on BROKER
avenue. Not one of them has been outside
| the house in daytime for eight years, and
/ for most Of that time they have paid no
| taxes. Sanitary officers found the place in
GOOD order and the children well dressed.
! A farmer in Yates county, New York,
! named Joseph Rapalyea, was easily per-
| suaded by two strangers to hand them s.
/ 500 in cash in return for stock in project
| ed wooden mill corporation, of which he
was promised the presidency.
William Becker, one of the founders OF
| Shenandoah, Pennsg lVaniss was killed by
/ a freight train on the CGtaWissa bridge at
/ RingtOWn. His remains we're so scattered
/ along the track that an hours time was re-
! quired to collect them.
| A farmer near Wa bash, Ind, took into
| a corn field q worthless dog and a half
pound Of dynamite, tied them together, and
| fred the fuse. The remains of the cur were
scattered all over the man, who nearly
tainted from fright.
! B. F. Allen, a few years ago the YEA
/ thiest and most influential citizen Of Iowa,
\ the incidents of whose failure are still
/ fresh in the public mind, has secured his
/ release nom the jail in Chicago on a bond
/ of $4,000 given by friends.
Ross Winana, the Baltimore millionaire,
/ closed q roadway on his deerpark in north
| ern Scotland, for which he Was stoned by
/ the people IN that vicinity. He has offered
q reward Of $500 for the arrest Of the of
I tenders.
/ A fire in st. Louis consumed a i've story
] building on Market street occupied by Hol
nan brothers. paper box factory, from
/ which siZty-iVe girls were rescued after
/ prancing madly about on the roof
The reunion of the veteran soldiers oil
/ central Iowa at Boone was made the Occas-
I ion Of 9 sham battle. ia which j. L. New
| comb lost an arm by the premature dis
charge ofa field-piece.
The propellerz n. J. JeWett and Albany
| INDUCED in q race from Port Huron 20 Mil
Waukee, the former winning by three hours
and fnrty-thrse minutes. making over three
| hundred miles the first day.
The cOlored men Of Kentucky have called /
3 convention st Lexington to demand civil