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

Governor Curr'er, of New Hampshire, ap-
rointpd ex Governor +. &. Cheney succeed
the late Senator Austin r. Pike
The Iial an Government has ordered the
construction Of ten torpedo boats by the
German shiphMilder Ehl'ng.
Baker Il Clark, wholesale grocers New
York. have nss gnei to Clarence +. BIRDS
eye. giving preferences for $lsh.36l.
Correspondence between the Canadian and
I'm trd States authorities confirms the report
OF 4 recent Indian massacre In the North
wost
Hx.rresident Arthnr's will dlspOses Of
se00, 600. ut which half Is IN rea! estate and
half In securities. and nearly all goes 10 the
children
Richard Smsrlon. boot and shoe mann.
| fsciurer Montreal. has made nm assignment
ID rect lab lities, SS3. 900, indirect, $780,
900; assets, S5s, 900.
At Ilerkstnwn, Pa. Miss Margaret Mat.
thlson, aged about eighty yerrs. was found
" nv dead in her house. There Ia strong
suspicion of foul play.
The department Of Santa Anna, in San
Salvador, has been placed under MARTA!
law. the government having discovered the
exstencs OF conspiracy.
The experiment Of keeping open the ice IN
the St. L,wrence by means Of tugs has been
abandoned for the present. the Government
fail ng 10 act upon the royal commissions
suggestions.
The schooner Annie B. HOffsess, with
| crew Of six men, let Mob le, Ala, forty
seven DAYS ago with lumber She has not
been SPOKEN since and 10 thought to have
fOundrred
The annual international match between
Canadian and American picked foot ball
teams 1T East New ark. N. j.. resulted In the
Americans winning by three to two. Last
year the CANADIANS won.
An agitation to secure tho nomination Of
Prince Emanuel Vogor he's, . Russophile,
and nephew Of Aleka Pasha, Governor Of
| Armenia, a. the successor Of Prince Alex
ander. has been inaugurated at Sofia.
Major Frank Taylor. Of Light battery f,
| u. s. A.. died suddenly the other day at
Vancouver Barracks, w. T.. of rheumatism
| Of TIE heart lie was appointed second lieu
tenant of the First Artillery in 1861.
The work Of appraising the infected cattle
IN the Chicago d stllery sheds has been
dragging along slowly md thus far the ap-
pra sars have managed to get through with
only $50 animals valued at S11,S44.
! An aged man named Jefferson Bromley.
who kept railroad boarding house in
Wichita, Kan. shot his wife and then killed
h mself 1t Is thought the woman may live.
Both arc gray-harel and aged persons.
A dispatch from Darlington. N. s., says
that the Brit sh steamer Sulina, Captain
Porter from Antwerp. November 4, for I}Os
ton. ia ashore at Cape Sable She will prob
ably be a total wreck. The crew were saved.
Governor Lee writes to Senator. elect Dan
lei that the State of Virginia can pay
no more than the interest on the debt as as
certained by the Rildel~rger proposition OF
settlement, without raising the rate of taxa
ton.
Navigation at Montreal may be said to be
cassd for the season, the last steamship for
the sen. the Grasbrook, for Hamburg. sailed
a few days ago. The Oce n tonnage enter
Ing that pOrt was greater than during any
former season.
Colonel McCawley, Of the marine corps.
In his annual report to the Secretary of the
Navy. saws that the inspection OF the diff
ferent posts during the year has been salts
factory. The corps now consists Of 1885
men and eighty officers
Several Phladephians are said to have
been swindled by a Cuban sharper who
wrote offering 10 share in advance with any
one who would help him to get out Of the
Havana royal prison, a large amount of
money buried near New Orleans.
In the Third District Court of Utah the
other dav, Thomas Jenkins. formerly Bishop
Of the Fourth ward, plead guilty n an In
dictmpnt charging HIM with unlawful CO.
hahitatiOn. On his promising hereafter to
abide by the law sentence was suspended
The firm Of J. p. Phillips & Co, dealers
in ayr cultural implements at Milwaukee,
has made a voluntary assignment for the
benefit 1T creditors. Tie liabilities Of the
firm are unknown. Nominal value Of as
sets. $40. 900. The firm is composed Of j.
r. Phillips and c. E. Moody.
William Z Cash, of the firm Of Clark.
Cash & Co. dealers In crOckery, Worcester,
Mass left the city on November and his
whereabouts IL unknown. The remaining
partners say that Cash appropriated the
money Of the firm 10 his own use and left
the concern in bad way financially.
William Haden. the furniture and desk
manufacturer at Chicago. made an assign.
men' to Robert Mather, the attorney. No
|
liabilities and assets Is unknown. The con,
Germ was an extensive one. the 1aden desk
being standard article all over the cOun-
try.
Upon inquiry at the Department of Justice
Il was learned that no further action will be
taken by the Government in regard to the
suits against the Bell Telephone Company
until the decree Of the Circuit Court at Col.
umhus shall he officially promulgated. VIII 'ch
will not he done until the court reassembles
December Z.
Squire William Shoemaker, veteran of
the war of 1872 and perhaps the Oldest citi-
zen Of the county. died at his residence
near Chestnut Mound. Tenn. His exact
age was not positively known. hut from re-
liable data in possession of the family. he
was bel eyed to be about one hundred and
two years old.
Dalrymple. the old reliable left fielder of
the Chicago club. was released by President
Spalding. and at once signed contract to
play III the Pittsburgh club for the season
Of 1887 The Pittsburgh management are
alsO endeavoring to secure the release of
Fl nj. but rs yet the parties to the agree
ment have been unable to come to terms.
Herr Schwarzbarh. partner Of Herr
Bieichroder. the banker. Of Berlin, has ro-
turned from St. Petersburgh. having sus
pended negotiations for the present for the
Russian loan Of 125, 0O0, 900 marks. II is
reported that since his interview with Prince
Bismarck Herr Bleichroder demanded
heavier terms for the proposed loan, which
Russia has declined to concede.
Two men entered an express car on the