Madison times., 1885-12-19
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Pjth and Point of the Events
Of the Day Whitfield Down
Fine.
Domestic.

u~enk Mulkowski was sentenced to be
hanged January Is at Chicago.
re Republicans no minated Thomas b. Reed
of Maine for the speakership.
v.,ie Griffin, ore of the victims of the gas
.rnIosion az Pittsburg. is dead.
g,e government cruiser Chicago" was sue
csesfully launched at Chester, Pa.
In,u Alls,et, aged 10, committed suicide by
taking morphine at Indianapolis.
numerous daring daylight robberies of la
d,ee have occurred recently In Chicago.
wm Quinn was stabbed and killed at South
p,ttsburg Tenn, by Ben Johnson.
A veddInR was spoiled in Brooklyn. N. Y,
nv the Interference of the groom Q wife.
sheriff Crawford OF Arizona, reported killed
nv the Apacbes, has turned up ali right.
Jsch Leonard and John Little two noted
burrlsrs broke Jail at Little Rock and escaped
LANES Z. Lewis seriously stabbed Miss Bella
a,ms with whom he was in love, at New York
NJ. woods was shot dead by some unknown
persou at dance in Sharp county, Arkansas.
The Metropolitan b Sc Ball club of New
York has been sold - Erastus Wiman for SIS,
90
Fire destroyed the Bsrnum wire-works at
Detroit, Mich, ental!ing less of nearly 1900,
90.
Aman named Bear of Pierce City, Mo-, has
hen arrested for murderous assault on his
wife.
couple of swindlers have Just worked Pull
aski Tenn, on the matrimonial insurance
scheme.
Joseph whaley died on the bank Of Big riv-
q, near Bonne Terre. No from cold and ex-
posure.
Fire destroyed the four story block at Chi
eooocupied by Rollin, Shaw & Co., dealers
10 dry goods.
The oil mills of ]. P. Evans & Co. at In
dispspolis were burned entailing a loss OF
Sl5ao60.
sixty lake vessels we're totally destroy ed
during the past season. entailiug a loss of
seventy -four lives and Sl0l8, 200.
The st. Louis and New Orleans Anchor
Line steamer. Bayou Sara, burned to the wa
Ssr's edge at New Madrid. near Cairo.
r. L. williams 10 under arrest at Hot
Springs, Ark. on an indictment charging him
With = murderooC mitted seven years ago.
Adead infant was found in box on door
IN IN Dsilas. Tex. The coroner's Jury failed
% discover the cbild's parents.
Col. Robert Emmett, district passenger
agent OF the Louisville, New Albany and CHI
oaro railroad at Indianapolis. has resigned.
The British ship Albula was wrecked on tn,
Paoifc and ten of her crew lost. The remain
der OF her crew have arrived at San Francisco
Tho Standard Oil Company has a scheme
underway to pipe natural gas from the Ven-
ongo district. Penns ylvania, to Buffalo, N. Y.
James Henneson, known as "Cnicago Ed
dio."a noted burglar, for whom large re-
ward was offered, was captured at Pittsburg
II was held by the court at Indisnapo liz
that Commissioner Holt was justified l.
breaking open the ballot box to count the
ballots.
circular has been issued by the Austin.
Iex., knights of Labor requesting the citi-
sens 70 withdraw their patronage from China
men.
reports from Burton, Kas., show the losses
improperly by the recent prairie fires to have
been great. Several persons were seriously
burned.
Gov. Martin. of Kansas, has called special
session Of the legislature to meet January
%, for legislative reapportionment and other
Important matters.
Interior reports from California indica' {
that the wheat average this ear will be Rrea
er than that OF any previous year. IL Is est
mated that even with an average crop lht
yield will be 2j0 00O tons.
The New York harbor improvement com
uittee was asked to Incorporate in their re-
port TO the government an appeal calling IT,
attention TO the present indefensihle state a.
the hsrbor of New York. aud that the govern
ment be asked to take i'm Deii tie steps looS
tng TO tts being put in proper state OF oefens'
Apiivate telegram received from james
B0ynfs, statistician of Dakota, gives informa
tton that his forthcoming report Of that ter
ritory's, QSS5) crop will Snow surprisin,
hands. From reliable reports thus far re-
ceived he asserts that fully two-thirds of tht
seasons crop has been deli ltyered from tht
farmers.