The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-11-22
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WAsHINeroN, Nov. 21.-Wm. e.
i Smith, the new assistant secretary
of the treasury, successor of MI. Coon,
took formal charge Of his desk at
the department to-day.
The President to>day appointed
Prrston j. Bridgers, of Wilmington.
n. c.. Consul to Monteyideo, IRA
quay.
SYRACUSE. n. Y, Nov. N.-The
Hobart College library building was
burned yesterday and thousands of
rare and valuable works perished.
Loss. $4,000. -
ALLENToNN, Pa, Nov. Joseph
Snyder, an engineer at Harper5s
quarry. a short distance from here
lay down in the boiler house: early
yesterday q ers'is e. :. ..gisas . .lsae IF
dynamite for pillow. AtSso;clock
the,neighborheod was awakened by
an explosion. Snyder's body was
found one hundred feet AWAY torn
nearly to pieces.
CATAWIssA, Pa, Nov. 2l.-John
Gehart. of this town, last week, had
a family offourteen children. Sun
day diptheria appeared in his fam
lily, AMI two girls, nine, years of
age, suecumbed to the disease, one
in the morning and one in the eye..
ming. Before the bodies were laid
at rest another child, an infant, died
and at this time two girls, one aged
fifteen years and the other six, are
lying in a hopeless condition. Their
deaths are hourly expected, and
two boys are suffering with the dis,
ease, though not yet dangerously
i'll. 80. -.,..,a
HELENA, ARK, Nov. 21-W Wednes-
day night about 10 O'Clock, the cil-
izens of Helena were aroused by
what many of them thought to be a
very heavy rain storm. On looking
out they we're surprised to see the
clear sky filled with what appeared
to be snow flakes, and not rain, that
was pattering with such force
against the roofs aud windows and
houses. Investigation proved that
the air was filled with grasshoppers.
The citizens who have seen the
dreaded pests sweep down and con-
sumo whole fields in Kansas, say
that in number the visitation Wed>1
nesday night excels anything ever
experienced in that country. Yes
terday morning porters and clerks
had to shovel them off the side
walks. aS,.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Nov. 21.-
An old we'll wEfeh had been aban-
doned for many years was opened
recently on the farm of Thomas
Poole, IN Chester county, to furnish
waite, for an engine. Miss Annie
Poole. Frank Townsend, Edward
Mackay and others drank of thel
water, and became dangerously ill. /
Miss Poole and Townsend died yes
terday afternoon After painful
illness, Mackey and the others are
slightly better. 1t is believed. that
the water was impregnated. with |
some deadly mineral poison.
New YORK, Nov. 21.-There we're
240 failures in the United States and
as reported TO r. G. Dun & |
Co. s n, re. ntile agency during the
week, against 233 last week and 179
the w, k before -
William Heath, nf Heath IL =, :,
who recently failed with $1,440, 600
liabilities. was arrested last night |
Mt the instance ofG. p. Alorosini and
lodged in Ludlow street i-il. in de-
fault. OF 500, 900 bail 4
EVANSVILLE. IND, Nov. 21-A |
frightful boiler explosion took place
at Richland City, near Rockport,
Spencer county, this afternoon Two |
persons were instantly killed and
several others injured. The mill in
which the accident occurred had
Just been completed. The b siler |
while being tested exploded, passing
through the meal room and three
walls of the building, thence through !
a brick store room where it struck
Mrs. MeLanghier, wife of the pro-
prietor of the mill killing her in.
stantly, passing out this building
it crossed the street andwentthrough
a blacksmith shop owned by Mr.
Fisher, who was at work in the shop
at his anvil The boiler struck and
killed him, going through the rear
end of the building, going through |
a barn, and then striking a large /
tree, breaking it off.