Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-10-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Wnlcn tney were placed on sale, and the
Posteffice Department has be On so imp ortuned
by other offices which did not have them.
that it has been decided to extend them to
greatnumber of other large offices through
out the country.
Some anxiety is felt at the Department of
Agriculture over the failure of State and
local authorities to fully cooperate with the
department in its efforts to stamp out pleuro-
pneumonia. The fund at the disposal Of the
department for the suppression of conta gious
Diseases among cattle was limited to $780,
90, AMI the heavy expenses of the last few
weeks have made serious nroa1s on the APP
preparations The quarantine at Chicago is
maintained at daily cost of $3.50.
There now prevails in Vicksburg an epi-
demic of dengue fever which is unprecsdent.
ed. 1t is estimated that there are at present
over /, 200 cases under treatment. Tho disease
while painful and prostrating. is by no means
malignant or dangerous, there having been
over !, 80 cases without one fatal termina
ton.
Christopher Myer, New York millionaire
, ten times over, and President of the Myer
| Rubber Company, has been sued for breach
of promise by Miss Annette Scheuck. Miss
| Scheuck is descendant OF an oil Knicker
booker family and is about 50 years old
while Myer is 81. The plaintiff places her
damages a. 500, 000
At largely attended bull-fght. which
| took place near the City of Mexico on SUM-
day, six bulls and six horses were killed.
Two picadors were gored, but not fatally.
Crowded trains went to the scene of the fl yht,
which was outside the Federal district, where
such spectacles are forbidden.
/ An organ z ltion known as the "Whte
| Horse Company" exists in Miller county
Mo, with the avowed purpose of the sup>
preston of horse stealing. Frank Redden, a
farmer, AMI woman of loose morals, with
whom he was living, were flogged by mem-
| bars of the lea que and warned that contin-
uance of their relations would result in
| their beng hangel.
| The experiment of the diffusion instead Of
the crushing process with sorghum cane is
pronounced a gratifying success by the Agri-
cultural Department Off cials. In the process
of nearly - Fer cent. of the saccharine mat
ter contained in the cane, while the recent
experiments with the new process show an
absolute extraction of all the sugar.
All but seven of the Bulgarian kidnapers
have been released at the bidding of General
must protect her employees.
Cardinal Jacobini, at G ,uzlno, Italy, says:
in spite OF strong efforts to conceal the true
gravity Of his illness, and Notwithstanding a
slight improvement, it is greatly feared that
any one of the almost daily acute attacks of
govt from which he suffers may at any moment
prove fatal He is very feeble AMI unders
goes excruciating agony
Two boys willie out hunting near Columbus,
10 miles west o. Jamestown, N. Y, Sunday,
fonnd the body of q man hanging to the limb
of birch tree. Tia mans suspenders had
been removed from his clothing and used as :.
moose. The body was found to be greatly
decompos ed so much so that his features
We're entirely unrecognizab.e As yet there
no clue to his identity. Whether the casa IS
one Of suicide or murder is not known
Frank Rodden, well>to>do farmer living
near Stoutland, Mo-, was severely fogged by
party of regulators Sunday nj ght. He was
accus ed Of harooring woman Of bad char
acter.
San Francisco experienced slight earth.
quake shock early Tues lay morning.
The President yesterday appointed D. W.
Negley to be postmaster at Millersburg, Pa.
An attempt was mals early Sun lay morn.
ing to wreck the east>bou1d passenger train
on the Missouri Pacific at Greenwood, 81
miles eastof Kansas City. Timely discovery
prevented territl l., calamity. There is no
cine to tina Williams
The court of appeals handed down
decision confirming the sentence of the
lower court in the case of ex-Alderman
Jaehne, who was convicted on charge of
bribery in the & oadway Railroad franchise.
Arch 1eacon Kavanaugh, parish priest Of
Kildare, County Xii lare and formerly Pres
ldent OF st. Patrick's College at Carlo, was
instantly kille1 while celebrating mass at
his own altar, by portions of it falling on him
1AV -huttSoh, al ~, ycSteIuuyJ sLOOJluS
ARRAY resulted in the killing of Roger
Mallory AMI the wou1ding of Martin Mitch
eli, notorious de'psra1o known as the
"Swamp Angel" The shooting was done by
John Andrews with whom Mitchell quar-
relied.
Nearly half the t,bacco crop in Virginia
has been ruined by frost.
Montana and New Mexico have quaran-
tined against the cattle of Illinois and 9th, r
S ates where p'uro pneumonia exists
An Alarming Phenomenon.
A curious phenomenon has occurred at
Jhimapla, in the State of NJ exico. Within
few days past tremendous subterranean
roars were heard, though at tn, tim, the
meteorological conditions were perfec;, there
being no unusual aspect Of the sky. nor the
slightest rain. The people of the town were
filled with alarm, and an investigation was
made, by which it was discovered chat high
h II in the vicinity had been completely d.
vided into two parts by some powerful force.
NEWSY NOTES.
CHARLESTON, S. c., is daily crowded with
excursionists.
THERE are six thousand bee keepers in the
| State of Iowa.
MIGRATORY birds are going South a month