The National tribune., 1885-09-17

Safe. Tracks leading from the room indicate
that the deed was done by Chinese. MIR. Fra.
ger was pioneer of Southern Idaho.-Bur.
glars Friday night last robbed the safe in the
Marysville (Kan.l Post-office of Government
funds and stamps to the amount of 5000
Three young married men, Charles Young, f.
s. Curtis and Arthur Wheeler, of Rockland,
Mass, were drowned there Sunday last by the
boat upsetting. Seager and John Balm
bridge, both young men, were instantly killed
at the Indian Ridge Colliery at Shenandoah,
Pa, on Monday last. They were loading coal
from underneath the breaker, when six empty
ears, which broke loose from a train above,
rushed down the siding and collided with the
cars the men were loading crushing them to
death.
INDUSTRIAL.
Tie business failures during the seven days
ending Oh the 18th number for the United
States 1S4, and for Canada I9.-The miners
of the Nelson shaft, Shamokin, Pc, owned by
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Road.
struck Saturday last for a general advance i'll
wagcs.--The amount OF grain in store in the
United States and Canada on Saturday last AS
reported by the Chicago Board of Trade, was:
Wheat, 43, ,167,lS3 bushels; decrease from pre-
vious week, 1l7,19S. Corn, 5,3l9,9IS bushels; !;
decrease, 429. 800. Oats, 4,0S2,S6 bushels; de-
crease, 1860. Rye. 41479o bushels; increase,
10012. Barley, 14I ,9i5 bushels; decrease, TO-
970.-Furnace No. 1, of the Reading Iron
Works, at Reading Pa, which was idle over
two years, was started up Monday. giving em-
ployment to about 90 hands The Keystone
Iron Works, at Reading. Pa, which have been
idle for year and a half, will be thoroughly
overhauied and repaired, with a view to start
ing up in two or three weeks. The works give
employment to several hundred hands
MISCELLANEOUS.
During the past week the health inspector at
Chicago has condemned 10 cholera stricken
hogs In slaughter house at the stock yards
he condemned 90 that had been killed and
dressed and were all ready for market.-
Mayor Pringle, City Attorney Peck and a
dozen other city officials and wealthy men
were captured during police raid on gam
bling saloon in Jackson, Mich, last week.
Sebastian Boughner died at Sudbury, Pa,
Tuesday OF last week, aged 80 years. He was
a soldier in the War of 1872, and was at Lundy's S
Lane and the capture of Fort Eric.--All the
prisoners in the Jail at Marshall. H., nine IN
number, escaped Thursday night of last week.
They cut hole through the steel roof of the
cage in which they were confined, admitting
them to the cage up stairs, which had been in
advertently left unlocked. They then cut a
hole through the brick wall and escaped. Two
OF them, Joseph Alexander and Ben Whallen,
have Eeen captured. Christian Cooper. Of
Livingston. Columbia Co., n. Y, died Wednes-
day of last week, aged Ill years, 10 months
and 10 days. Mr.. Cooper was active, and re-
tanned his mental faculties until a few days
before his death.-At Northfield, Mass, Mr..
Moody has been buying big wagons to be used
on Sundays for carrying to and from church
people who live at distance and could not
otherwise attend-The Civil Service Reform
Association of New York has issued circular
opposing the Earl bill, which proposed to ex-
empt honorably discharged soldiers and sailors
of the late war from the competitive eXamina-
tions under the Civil Service rules.-The
Massachusetts Prohibition Convention, in ses-
sion at Worcester, on the 10th, nominated
Thomas J. Lathrop, of Taunton, for Governor;
for Lieutenant-Governor, Charles B. Knight;
Secretary of State, Geo. Kempton; Treasurer,
Charles B. Travers; Attorney General, Samuel
Nj. Fairchild; Auditor, VIM. Sherman. The
platform declares in favor of woman suffrage,
denounces the Chinese murders in Wyoming,
and deprecates hostility between working men
and employers.-Concord, Mass, celebrated
its 25Gth anniversary rs town on Saturday
last At the banquet at night each speaker
was presented with goldheaded cane, the
sticks having been made from the oallen rail
ing of the Old North Bridge, where the great
fight of the Revolution took place.-During
the last few months an epidemic of diphtheria
is reported to have existed in the parish of st.
Polycarpe, Soulanges Co., Quebec, no less than
100 children being reported to have died from
the disease during the Summer months In
one family alone eight children died. The
epidemic now appears to have been stayed
The following came ashore in bottle and was
picked up a few days since in Jones Creek, near
Cape May, n. j.: Monday, Aug. 3.-Brig
Laura Murray, Capt. Dates; Portsmouth for
Cuba; heavy gale off Hatteras; likely to go to
pieces; vessel lays on her beam end. Two
sailors washed Oyer-names, George Wilson,
Harry Smith. We will all probably be lost
CAPTAIN."-Jonathan A. Garland, of Lee,
n. H. died Saturday last. aged 76 years. He
was one of the leading Old Guard Abolitionsts,
and uncompromising prohibitory advocate and
bosom friend and coworler of Wendell Phillips.