Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-11-20
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF
Homg AND ABROAD.

g-AAlc q sum OF money q CLOSET escaped
the notice or tine rODb6r=s and 1t Is not
known how much they secured. Patrick
GrHyes5 former tenant, has b5en arrested
for the crime, and Wheeler identified him.
Violet Cameron, of Lord Lonsdals's
opera troupe, has decided to abandon the
proposed tour o. the principal cities of this
country, ana the entire company Will soOn
sail for Livezp DOL. The unpleasant motor
l6ty gained by the star and her lOrdly man
ager, caused a number OF out of town man
ayers u cancel the dates of the company.
This taken with the fact that their engage
ment at the Casino has been a financial and
artistic failure, has decided the noble lord
to take his troupe home again
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Pacific Postal Telegraph Bnd Gable com
pany held ia New York City, the following
officers were elected: President, John W.
Maekey; vice president w. @. Van Horn,
vice president of tine Canadian Paclnc rall-
road company; treasurer, j. q. Flatt; secre-
tary, j. %. Stevens; directors, Sir George
Stephens, president of the Canadian Pacific
railroad COMPANY, @. Ii. Hosmer, A. 3,
Chandler, H. EOssu6rs ii. DecastrO and j. o.
Stevens.
Intense excitement was create at the Pearl
school, Nashville, Tenn, by the murder of j.
Brown, ten year old cOlOred boy, at the
hands of a twelve year-old playmate, W.
Willard. School had just been dismissed
when Willard pulled out an old pistol and
started TO shoot into the crowd. Brown OBJ
jected, WhereupJu willard, remarkings II
killed one negro last week and now III kill
another" shot him in the head. Willard was
arrested IN the cellar of his fathers house.
Dowuey, the only butcher in Albany, n.
Y, who would kill cattle for the dressed
beef firms, has refused to slaughter any
more Tor them. The agents of the dressed
beef houses are buying beef cattle at West
Albany as individuals, and having them
killed as such. The Knights of Labor exec
utlVs committee met here last night and di-
rected their members to kill no more live
stock for dressed beef firms, or their agents
and 10 is thought the agents viii have diff
Guilty as individuals TO get cattle to slaughter
in that vicinity.
In view OF the fact that many of the new
one dollar silver certificates were issued be-
fOre they were perfectly dry, and have since
become blurred by use the treasury depart
m6uL has adopted new drying system
which 1t is LBOuglL viii correct this defect
IA all future Issues The design for the
new i've dollar certificates has Just been
adopted. 1t wall be printed IN a Light shade
of green, and VIII represent tive standard
silver dollars grouped SO as to overlap each
other. The two dollar certificates will be
ready for Issue In d few days.
Calvin p. Graves and James Mcfarland,
of Hancock, Ne, without doubt are re
spectively principal and accImplce in the
murder of Deputies Mile and Hill, of Ma
Chlaa, Me. The invest gatlOn establishes
Enthusiastically the identity Of the men, both
ing from the landing below Ellsworth, and /
the men may have made their escape by |
water. DLnc6r5 are out IN all directions IN |
the eastern counties. 1t is said that Graves /
once murdered a man IN Indiana. and his
reputation Is not good.
DR.. George easy, the botan1st of the ag-
ricultural department IN Washington, who |
has recently spent several weeks IN the
''arid regions ia a report to the commits /
EiOuer of agriculture, expresses the belief |
Z
mated may be made vastly more productive |
by the CulLlW ton OF some prOlinc species |
of grass and f1Eags plants than tho grEmma
and buffalo = "a 5-e5 upon which cattle now
subsist liz is. however. he says, a matter to
be determined by experiment, and to this
end he recommends the utilization OF the
Fort Wallace, n. NJ. reservation as an eXpe-
rimeltal station.
A special say Us William StubbIetield Viii
son, the wife murderer, was hanged at
JOne-bure, ll. Ile execution vas private.
Wilson's crime was committed on the 9TH
of last January. Coming home on that day
after one Of his customary absences, he
found several young men of the neighbOr-
hood cutting wood Tor his neglected family.
His wife, of whom all spoke well, the mother
Of his seven children and an unborn child,
the victim of his alternate abuse and neg
lect for twenty years, kindly asked him IL.
He seemed euraged, went into the house
and soon aIUer pistol shot was heard and
his lond suffering wife staggered out and
fell dead.
A gang of ten desperate tramps. full of Ii
quor, came into AWHILE, Pa, late at night,
entered the saloon of Peter Bachman, anO
with chairs and spIttoOns made a general
assault on the proprietor and lew men who
were there. In a short tine the place was
wrecked. An alarm summoned fifty deter
mined citizens who came armed. The half
drunken G=sGilants were likewise armed with
reviewers and knives, and desperate CON |
hict at once opened between them. Not
Withstanding the great odds against the
rioters, they kept IN a solid body, and fired
several rounds into the citizens, and then
attacked them with knives. Five men We're
seriously cut and otherwise wounded. Two
tram Is were wounded and captured, but one
escaped later.
A terrible double killing is reported from
the northern part of the territory of Mon
tanai on Birch creek eighteen miles north
of Dillon, two men named MesOn and Axe
had quarrel about some land. MesOn hL-
ally Went Tor his gun, and on returning fired
on Axe, blowing his head OF. MssOn was
arrested and placed in charge of a deputy
sheriff. While waiting for a conveyance to
take him to Dillon a lad named SChsnck,
nineteen years old, who had been in Axes
employ, stole up behind Meson with shot
gun heavily loaded with buckshOt. Placing
the muZzle against the back of the mans
head Scheuck fired, killing MesOn instantly
The murderer was arrested.
An attempt to suppress the bucket shops
IN Chicago and restore speculative trading
a number Of members of the board Oftrade.
The idea is TO abolish the market reporting
department of the board OF trade, at least
temporarily. Without official quotations
received over the uck6rs It is claimed that
the bucket shops cannot secure enough
patronage to pay expenses. The claim is
that by cutting OF all official quotations
the agent vino sends his order 70 the large
city bucket shops viii be obliged TO recon
meet himself with the regular brokers. By
the proposed plan the ticker service hsre
would be dispensed with IN grain and pro
vision speculation, and the present system
OF market reports from this city discOntin-
ued.
The first step looking to an investigation
of the alleged tally sheet fraGds in Indian
apOhs county, Indiana, has been taken.
The United States district attorney stated in
cOurtUh the business Of the court was in
such shape that he could not call the atten-
ton of the grand jury 10 the matter until
next week. and by mutual agreement OF the
parties interested all the talley sheets and
other papers relating to the late election IN
Marion county We're transferred to the Gus
tody of the clerk of the United States court,
so as to preclude the possibility OF tamper-
ing v''ta them The papers were photo
graphed and lnVentOried, and locked in a
vault to which are two doors. Mr.. Noble O.
Butler, clerk of the federal court, (repubE-
cam carries one key and combination. and
District Attorney Iurpie (demOcrat) the
other. and neither can enter the vault with
out the help of the other.
A duel took place Friday afternoon In
Layalaa county Texas, mean the county line,
between two OF the W6althiest ranchmeu in
LaValaa county Hiram Bennett and John
humneid- For several years they were close
tr1endsi and oWne1 many cattle and sheep
Jointly. About year ago they dissolved
business relations, and a difficulty arose re-
gaEQlug the number OF cattle in a eerfafu