The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-12-15
NEWS NOTES.

General COrSe mas taken PonscSo'o" VI
the Boston postoffice.
NJ. Joseph Melin, the celebrated French
painter, Is dead, aged seventy one Sears.
Nine youths have been sentencdd 10 death
at Sidney, N. 3. W., for outraging SIX
teen year-old servant girl.
The Irving Hall managers have decidedto
continue the party as an Independent Dem
ocratic organization.
Captain C. c. Adams, special agent OF the
United States Treasury, died at his home IN
Philadelphia few days ago.
The Pope has requested the editors OF
Catholic journals of all nations to send
copies Of their papers regularly to the press
ONCE of the Vatican.
The two rear cars of train on the Mobile
a. Ohio railway. loaded with cotton, caught
fire the other day and sixty bales were de-
stroyed and twelve damaged. Loss ssG,Oto.
What is known as the "Wholesale Block"
n new building occupied by wholesale mer-
chants in different branches of business at
Montgomery, Ala, was burned the other
day.
Mrs Hunt, widow of the late Secretary
Hunt, of the navy, has joined the Catholic
church. She is prominent figure in Wash
ington society and the event excites cOnsid-
cradle interest.
Judge Van Brunt, of the New York Su-
preme Court, has appointed f. e. Bcthune
committee OF the person and estate OF
| "Blind Tom," who was found insane by
sheriff's jury last week.
+. A. Hill & Co, who for some time have
cut quite figure on the Chicago Board Of
Trade, have failed. Attachments were taken
out in the Superior Court against the firm
for about 5000.
Edward Hcyman, wholesale dealer in
silks, New York City, has assigned, with
! 81 900 preferences. Liabilities $1,000; as
sets $4,000 1t is thought that he con settle
| for fifty or sixty cents on the dollar.
Byron Somes, well known Boston news
paper man, died in that city "a few days ago.
He had been connected with various journals
in Boston, New York, Troy and other cities
| and was writer OF marked ability.
The United Labor party was formed at
| PHILADELPHIA by representatives Of the vari-
Gus trade and labor organizations Of that
| city. A convention will be called soon TO
| name candidates for all city Offices.
Yale's football team has refused to play
another game with Princeton. They won
the Thanksgiving game, they say, and to
play again would indicate that they didn't
believe they were entitled to the champion
ship
Jacob Shout, general merchant and cotton
buyer ut Mariana, Ark, has been closed
| by tho sheriff by virtue Of All attachment
issued by Jacob Goldman, of st. Louis. His
liabilities are about 10000; assets about
$4,000
The statement telographed from Wash
ington to papers throughout the country to
the effect that Washington is about to he
made Catholic bishopric see is positively
denied by Cardinal Gibbons who character
ICES the rumor as newspaper fiction
The newly completed building comprising
the Kincard- """ahan- Dempsey block, in
Geddes, N. Y, ere completely destroyed
by fire few mornings ago. The loss is
$1,000, with an insurance of $4,000. This
is the third time in four years that the block
has been burned.
Corporation Counsel Lacombe, of New
York, has decided that betting on races is
not illegal, provided that no registration is
made of the bets and no fee is pai&Ao the
stakeholder. In other words, the illegality
consists wholly in the actual "boOk-mak-
ing" ard not in the betting itself.
An old lady named Mrs. Margaret Jerome,
who is supposed to have been the widow of
General jerome, the noted Confederate
officer died in a garnet in New York the
other day, where she had lived in great pow
erty for some time. Her body was taken to
the morguc and buried in the Potters Field.
At a meeting Of the creditors of Charles
| I oh eon Of
Mass, the assets were shown to aggregate
s5,776Sl9 and the liabilities ut Sl0,Y14, $3.50
The committee stated that the books had
been improperly kept, and that some of the
figures were estimates, The meeting voted
to settle for fifty per cent. No offer was
'ade by Coffin
Mrs. Meads, u collier's wife, living near
Barnsley, Sheffield, England, kneadod cakes
by cold stream, for angels to eat, so she
said, until one OF her eyes got bloodshot
She considered that it had offended her and
plucked it out and cast it into the fire. She
is now locked in Wadlesley asylum.
The design for the new two-cent postage
stamp which is to be put into circulation
about January l has been selected. It was
prepared by Tiffany a. Co., Of New York
and is said to be one OF the handsomesl
specimens yet issued by the department
The design represents an embossed head OF
George Washington in profile upon a blue
tinted background
The President made the following ap
pOintmcnts: Edward Gushing, to be col
lector of customs for the district of Belfast
Me.J Z. Moore, collector of customs fol
the district Of Marlborough, Me-; P. W
Downcs, general appraiser of merchandise
for the port of Baltimore; William NJ. Neal
of Franklin, Ind, agent for the Indians o.
the Lemhi agency IN Idaho
A young man entered J. II. Johnston'i
jewelry store, New York City, the othe,
evening and asked to see some diamond
rings. The salesman placed on the counter
a tray of valuable rings the total value o.
which is stated by Mr.. Johnston to have
been 5000. The stranger grabbed the tray
darted out Of the store and escaped,
W. j. Austin a. Co., manufacturers o
perfumery, etc, at No. los Duane street
New York, and at Oswego, N. Y, arc re
ported to have failed. New York Cit,
banks hold the firms paper for over 800,
600, Endorsed by Baker a. Clark, who failet
last week. Some Of it was also Endorsed b,
fl. X. Thurber, who holds collateral sc
curity
Mr.. Gladstone, replying to letter from
Dr. Parker, pastor of the City Temple, ask
ing whether church establishment does no
nowdepend upon its usefulness for its duia
ton, writes expressing the opinion that Thu
establishment of the church should not con
tinueunless it were proved thatits continu
ance was useful to maintain a higher life
for the nation.
A company is being formed in New Zea
| land TO const r1lct n cable from Rrshone n