The National tribune., 1886-01-28

Crystal which arrived at New York from Dun
dee OH Tuesday of last week, had fire in her
hold for 10 or 12 days. which Capt. Stannard
| had smothered. When the matches were opened
| volumes of smoke burst out, and the combined
efforts of two fireboats were necessary to eXtn-
| guish the fire.-The funeral services of Mrs.
Anna Maria Greene, daughter of Nathaniel
Greene, of Revolutionary fame, who died at the
/ age of 1O2 years were held in the United Con-
gregational Church at Newport on Wednesday
of last week. A great many descendants OF
distinguished Rhode Island families connected
with the Revolution were present.-A Wom-
ans Suffrage Society of Chicago, Ill, last week
adopted resolutions expressing its qualification
at the release from prison of Wm T. Snead
editor of the Pail Nal Gazette, of London, Eng
land, the English martyr to the cause of social
purity 1.-The funeral of Miss Katharine Lee
Bayard daughter of the Secretary of State, took
! place Oh the 10Th inst. at the old Swedes Church
at Wilmington, Del-Ten thousand hogs
have died in the neighborhoOd of Beloit Wis,
during the Winter from disease said by the
stockmen to be measles.-The Ohio Society
for Prevention of Cruelty have placed women
! who are abused by husbands under the society s
protection.---Mr. Herbert Beecher, Collector
| of the port of Portland, Ore, proceeded to
! Kaasan Bay, Alaska, with the revenue steamer
Walcott a short time ago, and captured Ii bar
| rels said to contain furS Instead of furs, how
ever, 3,O12 pounds of prepared opium, valued at
$4,000, were found in the barrels and seized,
! having been smuggled. Collector Beecher is a
son of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. His
moieties will amount to $25,000.-Opelika,
Clanton, Troy, Andalusia and Greenville, Ala,
have all gone 1" dry" and the Prohibitionists of
the black belt are as a consequence, greatly
enthused. 1t is admitted on all sides that the
prohibition movement is making rapid head
way in Aabama.-Five cattle suffering from
pleuro-pneumonia were slaughtered on the
farm of Joseph p. Ginder at Mastersvile, Pa,
last week.-Mrs.. Kaufman, one of the patients
who went from New Jersey to Paris to
be treated by NJ. Pasteur for hydrophobia
arrived at New York one day last week,
on his return, in excellent health
Mnda Campbell, colored, died at Savannah,
aged 81 years She was the mother of Tom
Simms, the hero of the celebrated fugitive slave
case tried in Boston in 1850 which resulted in
decision sustaining the Fugitive Slave law.
Subsequent to Simms's return to Savannah
under that ruling, party of Boston gentlemen
purchased his freedom, and he is now brick
layer in Washington, d. G. The deceased
woman was also the mother of the Rev. James
Nj. Simms, whose appointment as County Judge
by Gov. Bullock soon after the war created in
tense excitement in Georgia. Although paid
for several years the salary attached to the
office, Simms was never allowed to occupy the
bench.-Frederick Wayne Gordon, a negro
80 years of age, was buried at Sylvania, Ga, on
Thursday last in a coffin made from wood he
had saved for that purpose for more than Is
years.-TwO months ago w. z. McGrath and
Lille NJ. Gray, of Lainsvile, KY, both minors,
eloped. The brides parents seized her and Sc
cured divorce before the young people ever
lived together. On Thursday night last McGrath
stole his divorced wife from her home and took
her to CorydOn, Ind, where on the following
day they were again married-A most severe
storm occurred on the Pacific coast during Sun
day, Monday, and Tuesday of last week. In
San Francisco considerable damage was done
to property, and the city was entirely cut off
from telegraphic communication with the out
side world, the poles having been blown down
and the wires broken.-An officer of the
Chicago Humane Society ordered turkey from
a commission merchant in that city last week,
and was Mortified to see man hit the fowl on
the head and proceed to pick it alive The
merchant was arrested and fined $50 and costs.
-Thos. III. Stringham has got verdict of
1880 against Mrs. A. r. Stewart for injuries
received by him while in her employ at Garden
City, l.. 1.-The Law and Order League of
Cincinnati, o., have for some time been trying,
but without success, to close the theaters on
Sunday. The theater men now agree to close
their places on Sunday if the League succeeds
in closing the concert saloons.-Several hun
dred boxes of frozen Florida oranges were
seized last week by the New York health au-
thorties and destroyed. Frozen oranges are
said to be dangerous TO health because of the
mold between the segments of pulp after
oranges are frozen and because of the mpreg-
nation of the whole fruit with the essential oil
of the skin.-Gin Fun, San Francisco
laundryman, has Joined the anti-Chinese move
ment. He has placed a placard in front of his
place of business, bearing the legend: The
Chinese must go. None but Mclean man en-
pioyed here. Tiffany & Co.. the New York
art dealers, imported quantity of bronze stat
not al Haud m pr
duty on them as manufactured bronzes. The
firm claimed that they were the work of pro-
fessional artists and subject to but 10 per cent.
A verdict in favor of the firm was rendered last
Friday in the United Circuit Court.-How
ard Close, at the age of 67, has just married his
fifth wife in Parke County, Ind.-A great
temperance revival is III progress at Youngs
town, o. Nearly half the population have
signed the pledge. The signers embrace profes
sional men, mechanics, manufacturers, mer-
chants, and others. The police force, with the
exception of two members, has donned the blue
ribbon. The rum sellers are in despair many
having closed their groggeries and gone away.
Malignant diphtheria prevails in the north.
ern portion of Berks County, Pa, to an alarm
ing extent. Many children have died from the
disease-The dynamiters Wessman, Koosh-
er, and Middlestadt, who were convicted at San
Francisco on Jan. 6 of having illegally stored
gunpowder within the city limits, were sen
House of Correction last week.-A valuable
gold mine is reported to have been discovered
in Edwards County, Tex.-There are 80 cases
of smallpox in San Antonio Tex. The disease
is almost entirely confined to the Mexican popu-
lation.-About 60 feet of the Reading Rail-
road, near Shenandoah, Pa, dropped into the
workings Of mine below on Saturday last, Just
after coal train had passed over it, A passcn-
ger train containing 100 passengers had passed
few minutes before. - Maud Miller, the
daughter of Joaquin Miller, who claims she had
been badly used by both her father and hus-
band, was married in Chicago last week to
Loudon Mccormick small theatrical manager,
without going through the formality of a di-
vorce with her husband, Mr.. Mackaye. She
claims her first marriage was void on account
of some informality.
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