The National tribune., 1885-12-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from ALI Parts Of the
World.
ABROAD.


NJ de Lesseps has just passed his soth birth
day, yet he hopes and believes that he will live
to sail through the Panama canal.-Severe
shocks of earthquake were felt in Spain on
Thursday last at Eelez, Malaga, Andalusla, and
especially at Alhana. There were also seismic
movements on the AfricSh coast and numerous
landslips and it is reported that the bed OF the
Mediterranean sea has risen perceptl bly,
Marshall Serrano, the famous Spanish General,
died at Madrid on the 26th ult.-A United
States Treasury bond for S5000 which was sold
at SheriffTs sale at Montreal Canada, a few days
ago for s., ,000 proves to be stolen one, payment
on which had been stopped. The Treasury
Department at Washington has requested that
the bond be returned to them.-From Oct
TO Nov. Z, 426 slaves were released in the prov
ince of Matanzas in Cuba.-Germany and
England have signed an agreement TO recognize
Spanish sovereignty over the Caroline Islands
Spain having conceded commercial facilities in
that quarter to these powers.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Libbie Blou, of Chicago, saturated her clothes
wife kerosene oil and set fire to them last week.
A policeman heard her screams and extin-
guished the flames. She was fatally burned.
Element Gransinger, an old resident of Cass
County, Ind, died on Sunday morning last
Six years ago Gransinger startled his neighbors
by telling them that his daughter, a girl aged
20, had committed suicide. Her body was
found under circumstances that appeared to
confirm the statement, and it was accepted as
truth. On his death bed Gransinger confessed
that he and the daughter had been criminally
intimate, and that he killed her in order to
avoid exposure-A difficulty occurred near
Wytheville, Va, on Thursday last between
Michael Wisely and William Suit, in which the
former killed Suit by cutting his throat. Both
men are white and have families. Wisely sur
rendered to the authorities He claims that he
was justified in what he did.-Henry Nc
Elroy, driver of a stage near King Mills Ky,
fired into party of workmen on Friday last
with whom he had dispute, and one OF whom
had fired pistol TO frighten him. Three of
the men were seriously wounded, and McEiroy
fed.-A boy, aged Ii years, named Snyder,
living near Cabery, Ill, was killed and eaten
by hogs on Thursday of last week while sleep
ing on a straw stack near his fathers house.
William Jackson, of Bolivar County, Miss,
has Just been convicted of manslaughter COM
mitted IL years ago. The jury recommended
him to mercy on the ground that he was only
IL years of age at the time of the Killing
In Dooly County, Ga, Thursday last, Calvin E.
Powell had few words with John P. Clegg,
from whom he rented piece of land, about
Powell's ground-pea patch, in which both men
were digging. Clegg drew pistol and fired,
when Powell advanced with a hoe, but another
shot struck him in the breast and killed him
instantly. Powells little son ran to Clegg and
cut him slightly in the back. Clegg is under
srrest.-At Blacks Station, S. c., Town Mar
shal Turner was shot and fatally wounded by
Robert Bishop, who had been arrested by the
marshal. After being shot Turner fell to his
knees, drew his revolver and shot Bishop three
times. Bishop disappeared in the confusion
and no traces of him have been found. 1t is
believed that he died of his wounds.-In the
Supreme Court at Boston last week Frank
Mitchell was arraigned on an indictment charg-
yr;t tha of ifp I'm "
90. 1856, and pleaded not guilty. The case will
not be reached for trial until February. Mrs.
Mitchell is the woman whose dismembered
body was found in bags in the Charles River.
Geo. Nagelschmidt four years old, died at
Milwaukee, Wis. on the 9th ult. of hydro
phobia, the result of bite of Newfoundland
dog a few weeks since-At Hazelton, o.,
Julius Gilman, Belgian miner, was killed by
o blow On the head from a billiard cue On the
29th. Six men, including the deceased, were
carousng, and it is uncertain who struck the
fatal blow.-C. c. Stonestreet, farmer, was
found dead near Lagrange, KY, Sunday last,
with bullet in his heart 1t is supposed that
he was shot by stock-trader named John FL
ls.-A man named Rusty" Deeters died
Sunday night last at Harrisburg, Pa, from the
effects of kick in the abdomen received on
Thanksgiving Day in fight with David Hess.
Hess surrendered.-An annex of the Alton
Elevator at Chicago, was burned Sunday last,
u.
The annex cost 000-John Keller, a
stevedore, shot and killed James Devine,
bridge-tender, aged % years, in saloon in
Buffalo, n. Y, on Saturday night last
While 500 people listened to John Connolly's
temperance lecture in a hall at Mnooka, Pa,
on the Goth, the floor gave way and fully 200 of
the audience were precipitated into the cellar,
eight feet below. An exciting panic ensued,
and the air was filled with shrieks, groans and
cries for aid. When all were got out it was
found that girl had a leg broken and many
persons were bruised and scratched, but no one
was seriously injured.-The eight-year-old
son of Thomas Williams, of Petrolia, Pa, on the
2Sth ult., while visiting a neighbor's boy, dis
covered selfcocking revolver and while play
ing with il was shot in the head. The bullet
entered above the right temple and lodged in
the brain.-Three railroad laborers were
burned to death and three injured at Sling
town. Tex, Friday, by the catching fire of
hut of old ties, in which they had gone to sleep.
INDUSTRIAL.
All the -four mills at Minneapolis. Mimi,
have closed down, for the reason that there is
no profit in grinding with the advance in
freights. III cents TO Chicago and % cents be-
yond, while wheat and flour maintain their
present relative prices.-Mr. Bradish John
son has orange grove below New Orleans
with 10000 bearing trees, yielding 1900 bar
rels of the golden fruit annually-The
Knights OF Labor of Reading, Pa, 200 strong,
have boycOtted Glazer g. Frame, cigar manu-
facturers, of that city, employing $50 hands,
because they refuse to employ union hands.
Glazer & Frame publish a statement that they
will not employ union men, and that before
they consent to do so they will close their fac
tory.-W. L. Allen, of Salisbury, Tenn, made
his Both annual trip to New Orleans last week,
taking with him 200 turkeys and 1000 chick
ems. He has made large fortune in the poul-
try business.-The strike in the Western nail
mills is greatly benefting mills at Birdsboro
and at Pottstown, Pa. The E. G. G. Brooke
Iron Co., at the former place, are going to an
expense of 100000 to improve their plant, and
at the latter place the works of the Pottstown
Iron Go. are running night and day.-Dun &
Co. report 1S9 failures in the United States and
- in Canada during the seven days ending
Nov. Is. Failures are said to be increasing in
the South and on the Pacific coast.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The first girl born in Birmingham, Ala, is in
short dresses still, and yet the population of
that city is over q 1,000-Peter Donahoe, one
OF the Forty-nners, and for many years promi-
pent figure in railroad and financial circles on
the Pacific coast, died at his residence lin San
Francieo Thursday night. Mr.. Donahoe estab-
lished the first iron works operated in San
Francisco, and was closely identified with the
growth Of the city. At the time of his death
he was President Of the San Francisco and North
Pacific and S0noma Valley Railroads and of the