St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-21
TELEGRApRlC SPARKS.

Jay Gould, Russell Sage and George ].
Gould have returned to New York. --''tt
The glass factories at Pittsburg are again
starting uD, after six months of idleness. =
Constable John H. Campion was shot at a
dance in Whiting, Tex, by Frank Dixon
Campion cannot live.
The flour and saw mill of Kyle & Murtard
at Egmondvile, Ont, were burned. Loss
S35, 600; partially insured.
A fire consumed the entire block in Pensa-
cola, Fla, in which the city buildings were
located. The loss exceeds $50, 600.
David b. James, millinery and fancy goods
dealer at Akron, o., has made an assignment.
Liabilities, 100000; assets, $4,000.
At u meeting of the Westinghouse Air
Brake company, the capital stock of the COM
pany was increased from 100000 to $3,000,-
600.
The French artist, Bartholdi, is coming to
New York to see that the plans for the erec-
tion of the BarthoIdi statue meet his ap-
proval.
1t is proposed to have another census of
Boston taken, on account of the widespread
belief that the one recently taken was mac
curate.
Charles Leland, the well-lznown New York
hotel proprietor, died at Long Branch. His
death resulted from a cold contracted some
two months ago.
Elliott Thompson, glove manufacturer of
Kingsboro, Fulton county, New York. has
made an assignment. Liabilities, $4,000 to
$40, 600: assets small.
The convicts employed in the coal mines in
Whitley county, Kentucky, oyerpowered the
guards and escaped. No further particulars
have been ascertained.
The National line steamer Holland will
leave for New York on Oct. 21 and will take
st. Baize, the Derby winner of 1888, which
is destined for Mr.. Lorillard's stud.
Walt Whitman, the poet, is in such bad
health as to be hardly able to take his usual
Monday ride. His eyesight is also failing, and
on this account he worries constantly.
The boiler in the steam saw mill of J. A.
Quackenbush ut Ridgevie, S. c., exploded,
killing two men and boy. Three others
were terribly scalded and one is missing.
Two hundred coopers at Peoria, ILL.,, went
out on strike, because of 20 per cent. cut
on wages. The distillers are relying on In.
diana manufacturers for their barrels.
Two men, supposed to be strikers. assaulted
driver on st. Louis street car. One of the
men drew a revolver and fired two shots, one
bullet striking a colored woman, Nora Bar
tholomew.
BY the breaking of steam pipe on the
Admiral ID. Porter, on Lake Huron, Mr.
Kirby, the cook, was scalded to death and
Thomas Arfinetta, the second engineer was
also injured.
A serious break has occurred in the strike
of the fourth pool coal miners. The opera
tors claim that the backbone of the strike is
broken in the pool and that great resump-
ton will take place in a few days.
The Missouri Pacific road has bought seventy
acres of additional land at Atchison. and pro-
poses to build at once new shops. foundry and
car works near the fair grounds, to cost Il
quarter of million dollars and employ 1000
men.
Policeman Broth of Upper Sandusky. O.,
was shot and fatallywoundedwhil trying TO ar
rest two burglars III the act of forcing an en-
trance to DR.. Binkerhost's residence. The
militia are out in force looking for the crimi-
nails.
An east-bound coal 4 on the Lehigh
Valley road collided with a freight train at
Black Creek junction, Penn. and forty cars
and the locomotive of the coal train were
completely demolished, causing loss of $780,
OO0 A heavy fog was the cause.
Crop reports from parishes along the line
OF the International railroad in Canada show
wheat. rye, barley and vegetables to be above
the average. Peas are an average crop and
oats slightly below the average. Hay, buck
wheat, fruits and tobacco poor. Frost dam
aged wheat. barley, oats, buckwheat, fruits
and tobacco.