Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-14
GENERAL NEWS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

An application for an Injunction to re-
strain Jay Gould and other directors from
voting at the annual election Of officers OF
the Iron Mountain road on the 10th inst.
twenty two millions Of stock Of that road,
which he holds as trustee, has been made
in the Circuit Court at st. Louis. If the
court sustains this injunction, only nine
hundred shares of Iron Mountain stock
viii be left free to vote at the annual meet
ing, and a strong point VIII be gained by
the men who are endeaVOring to Wrest the
Iron Mountain aud Wabash roads from the
control of Gould and the Missouri Pacific.
In response to a circular from FeniRn
Brotherhood headquarters in New York,
Chicago has organized two regiments Of
1000 men each for service in the SOudan to
operate with Mahdi against the British.
Sums of money have been raised in circles
in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Buf-
falO and Chicago. It is claimed that Mar
settles, France, will be probably the rem
devious prior TO leaving for Egypt.
Workmen in the Texas & Pacific railroad
shops at Marshall, Texas, and the men
at the International q Great Northern
management, have been notified that their
wages will be reduced. A strike is talked
In the suit brought by Mrs. Catharine NJ.
Burnham, at New York, against Marcy Z
Co., for falsely arresting her leshOpping,
and subjecting her to the humiliation of
search, the jury gave the plaintiff verdict
for $1,000.
The large commission house of Samuel
81 Sons stopped paying margins on wheat
on the 9th ana announced that they
would suspend until they could look into
their affairs and ascertain how they stood.
Two detectives who had been employed
by friends of Grover Cleveland, unbeknOWn
to the President-elect, to protect him from
threats of violence that have been made
recently, were arrested by Albany police
and locked up.
There is a great uproar at Salem, Oregon,
over the senatorial question. The cOnsJi-
tutiOnal limit has expired and there has
been no election.
A tramp who prevented the ditching of
ton line was rewarded with position on
the road.
On motion to discharge Short, who cut
Capt. Phelan in Rossa's Office, the judge
declined; and also refused to reduce the
bail.
Judge Baxter decided at Louisville that
ex-Treasurer Breckenridge, Of the Knights
of Honor, must pay $111, 49O.18 in court.
Fox &Prescott, liquor dealers at Gaines
vile, Tex, were closed on attachments |
amounting to $1,000.
The Detroit Light infantry created quite |
a sensation at Washington by their almost
perfect movement.
Three hundred and fifty employees in |
Wabash machine shops at MOberly, No, |
are out on strike.
There is trouble between the faculty and |
students Of the State College at Lexington, |
Kentucky.
When the ice moves at Louisville it is
feared that a great deal of damage viii be |
done.
In a libel suit against the Cincinnati En- |
quirer VIM. Lee was awarded $1,000 dam |
ages.
Agents of roads interested in business
from Canadian points met at Chicago.
The protracted cold weather has caused |
an oyster famine at Baltimore.
The coal miners near Richmond, No,
have accepted the reduction.
The Toledo and Indianapolis road was
sold at Toledo.