The National tribune., 1885-09-03
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1885,

iionaire, lives In a suite of eight rooms at her
hotel in Saratoga, and besides the maids in at
tendance there are four cooks, with a half
dozen assistants. At her tables plates are placed
for not less than II guests, though very often
she dimes alone.--The funeral of Sister Mary
Constantine. the oldest Sister of Charity i'll the
United States, took place last week in Brook
lyn, n. Y. She had beeBta sister for SO years
Police Lieutenant Michael Mullen, of Gin
cinnati pardoned by President Cleveland after
having served several months for violating the
Federal election laws, was assigned to his former
position on the police force last week.-Gee
W. Arundel, Commissfonerin Lunacy, appointed
by the Philadelphia Court in the case of John
Mccullough reports that the tragedian is hope
lessIy insane, and his death only question of
few months.-Frederick City, Md, reioices
in mouse owned by Mr.. Q. S. r. Beckley,
which is an expert fly-catcher. 1t is said to
catch and eat about 50 flies per day.-Rev.
Thomas Sherlock, a Methodist Minister, of
Lock Haven, Pa, while walking along the beach
promenade at Ocean Grove, Nd last week, was
seized with q hemorrhage, and died shortly
alter.-Mr. John Russell Young, late Minis
ter of the United States to China arrived in
New York Wednesday afternoon of last week.
He has been absent four years. In compliance
with the request of the Secretary of State, Mr.
Young remained in San Francisco several weeks
to meet and post his successor, Col. DENLY
Among the passengers on the steamer Frisia,
which sailed from Hoboken n. J., Oh the 9th
ult., for Hamburg, was Paul Franz William
Hoorbacht, who is being taken back to Ger
many under extraditiOn papers. Hoorbacht
uttered forged drafts upon Berlin bank to the
amount of $4,000. Five Newfoundland
dogs, who were playing together Wednesday
evening of last week, on the Central Railroad
track, near Bay0nne, n. Y, were struck by an
Easton express train. Three of them were in
stantly killed, and the other two were so badly
hurt that their owners had them shot.-Mrs
Adelaide r. Kenney and Mrs Marion E. Shelf
field were elected trustees at the school election
at Batavia, N. Y, by 10 majority over two men.
Thirty eight women voted. This is the first
time women have been candidates at that place
The will of Pauline Wilson, a spnster, was
entered in the SurrOgate's Office, New York
City, on the 2sth ult. 1t provides that she
should be buried plainly, and that a dog and
several birds-pets of hers when she lived
should be cremated and their ashes strewed
over her grave,--The body of DIR. John +.
Evans, late of Dowington, Pa, was cremated on
the 9th ult.--Frank James, the ex-Missouri
outlaw, although frequently solicited, has re-
fused to appear on the stage, and has expressed
his intention of spending the balance of his
life on his farm at Independence-Rev. VIM.
Brobstan, probably the oldest minister in the
Presby terrain Church Of the United States, died
in Chicago on Sunday last, aged 80 years. He
was born in Philadelphia. and graduated in
1925 from Union College. But two of his class
mates survive him.-Dr. Gallery. promi-
nent physician of Rochester, N. Y, died in the
town of Greece OIL the 29th, aged 80 years.
President Cleveland recently appointed Dr.
Gallery to the Consulship at Kingston. Jamai-
ca. He died of blood poisoning, contracted IL
years ago in an operstion.-At Harvey's
Lake, near Wilkes Barre, Pa, snow fell on the
26th ult
INDUSTRIAL
After being idle two years, the Bennington
{Vt.) WOODEN mills have begun work again.-
At indianapolis, Ind, the Lafayette, Newtown
& Wabash River Railway Company was in
corporated last week. The company's capital
stock is $l,000,O00. and the line when completed
will connect Lafayette and Terre Haute, and
will be 50 miles in, length. -Paeker No. 2
Collicry, at Lost Creek, Pa, has been compelled
to suspend operations owing to the accumuis-
ton in the underground workings of what is
supposed to be mixture of carbonic oxide and
carbonic acid gas.A-The business failures
throughout the country during the seven days
ending Aug. 90 were for the United States AS,
and for Canada 81, OF a total of IT'D failures. as
compared with total of M last week and 168
the week previous to the last.-Up to Satur-
day last 1856 carloads of peaches have been
shipped over the Delaware railroads.