Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-06-19

daughter, came from Missouri late last fall
and settled in a little mountain valley on a
I tributary of the Yellowstone river IN Wy
om1ng. They have been missing for nearly
/ three weeks and it has Just been learned
at Cheyenne, that a sudden Hood, caused by
melting snow, swept away the house ana
drowned the inmates IN the middle OF May.
At the Maine republican state convention,
I Hon. j. hOdWell was nominated for governor
on the first ballot. The resolutions proclaim
confidence in the republican party; condemn
free trade and a revision of the tariff for de-
I priving all Maine productions of protection;
condemn the proposal Of the democrats to
make free markets to Canadian fisherman;
[ thank the Maine delegation in congress for
/ opposing the river and harbOr bill; call on
patriotic citizens to resist the late efforts IN
[ southern states TO awaken the bloody mem
| Ories of the rebellion, and declare that home
I rule shall receive the approval of the friends
| of free government.
| Mrs. William Sloan, of Sanford, Vt,
/ ma for several months been extremely jeal-
I GUS of her husband. Sloan returned from
| work at an early hour IN the evening" and
] his little 4-year-old boy who always met MIN
I at the door, failed to do so. On going in
/ the house he inquired for his son, and his
| wife said she had sent the boy on an errand.
[ his long delay resulted in a general search
for the child, whose lfeiess body was found
I IN ditch. The constable took Mrs. Sloan
I IN custody. Shortly after being locked up,
/ she confessed TO having drowned the child
I
to spite her husband. The shock made
Sloan insane.
A dispatch from Portland, Oregan, says:
The returns from the election indicate
I a majority for the democratic governor,
state treasurer, judge of the supreme court,
and probably secretary of state. AT the
democratic central committee headguar-
ters the state is claimed by a small MAORI
". ReLahorst, democratic candidate for
governor, runs ahead of his ticket probably
I l.FaN q I'll In KNIGHTS
of Labor and anti-cOOlie society, which were
active in his support. The republicans elect
the superintendent of public instruction and
| a member of congress- PenahOrst's home,
which Is strongly republican, gives him 500
majority.
Within the last few days President Cleve
land has accepted an invitation from NJ. S.
Hopkins, of Oakland, on the st. Clair river,
near Detroit, Mich, to spend the month of
August as his guest at that place, and to
cruise about the lake on the steam yacht
Stigma" About August LIST, the yacht viii
meet the president at Buffalo. After cruis-
ing about awhile, the president viii Join
Hopkins at his cottage in Oakland. Al
though the president has lived at Buffalo all
his life, he has never been up the lakes. He
- greatly DESTROYS Of making the journey.
The quarterly report of the Western Union
Telegraph company has been Issued. 1t
says the next revenue of the quarter ending
June 10Th, based upon nearly completed re-
turns for April, partial returns for May, and
I L.
100000, added to the surplus on April 1st of
sos, 566.43, from which apprOpriating for
interest on bonded debts, IS, l23 GI5, sinking
funds $4,000, leaves q balance OF S4,3G5,-
953.4S.
1t is reported on good authority that the
Missouri Pacific railroad company has ne
gOtiated for the purchase Of ground in the
east bottoms, which lies east of Kansas
City, and viii remove its freight yards and
round houses there, from Cypress, in Kan
q arNHna rFTV 20 na
move are, greater convenience, more room,
and better protection of property at such
times as that of the recent strike.
The Rock Island railway company have at
length succeeded IN moving out four cars of
nails by non union WOrkmen, consigned to
il at Cummings, III. The rails were soaped,
but this OccasiOned no serious delay When
the engine started oct with the cars a few
women, carrying children, deliberately threw
themselves on the railroad track, but they
were removed by the police before the ap-
prOach of the engine
Colonel Elijah Gates, United States mar
shal for the western district of Missouri, re-
turned from Washington. lie states that it
Is the general opinion among senators and
reporters that congress viii not adjourn till
August 1st, or later. Very little work was
done early in the session, thus crOWding
business into the hot summer months.
A st. Louis paper published a sensational
cable dispatch from London, claiming that
Parnell, the great Irish leader, had been in
VOlved in social scandal, arising out of his
too intimate relations with Mrs. Captain
O'Shea, and that it is owing to this fact that
O'Shea failed to veto for the home rule
measure IN the house Of commons
The Alabama democratic staoe conven-
ton nominated Thomas Seay for governor
on the thirty first ballot. The remainder of
the ticket was completed by renOminating
all the present officials. Resolutions were
| adopted endorsing President Cleveland's
administration, and the convention adjourn
ed sine die.
Howard Remphist aged g, and Artie Ad-
dock, aged 4, got ito dispute at Akron o.,
when Remphis threatened to shoot and went
into his fathers house. got a revolver and
said: 'Artle, am going to shoot You, and
with the words he fired, the bullet lodging
in the child's breast resulting in death ia a
few hours.
Six miners were badly burned by an ez-
plOsiOn, near Wllkesbare, Pa, in the mineral
5Urlngs cOlliery. The injuries of two are
considered fatal and those of the Others are
very serious. The men had entered the
mine after the fire boss had notified them
that all was not safe.
A dispatch from Woodstock, H., says: w.
A. Boies, owner Of twenty butter factories
has failed. More than 100000 in claims
have already been filed. The failure has also
caused the banking house of b. 5. Parker to
close.
The business failures throughout the
country during the last seven days number,
for the United States $50; for Canada %;
total 2O9, compared with a total of 1s7 last
week and Isl the week previous to the last.
A Union Pacific west bound freight train
was ditched and wrecked near ElkhOrn.
Four young men were stealing ride on one
of the freight cars. Two of them were kill
ed and one dangerously injured.
A dispatch from Limestone, Idaho, says
that four noted horse thieves, who have been
in that neighbOrhoOd for some time, were
seized by party of vigilants and hanged.
Frederick II. Winston, appointed United
States minister to Persia, has resigned. and
his resignation has been accepted by the
department Of state.
Gov. Swineford has been confirmed as
governor of Arizona.
FOREIGN.
Orang emen are riotiE g in Ulster, Ireland
and endRngering lives and property.
All French papers express great surprise
that the Irish home rule bill was defeated.
The English government has placed the
districts terrOrized by the mObs in the prov
| ince of Ulster under martial law.
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