Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-11-06

HaddeDhsld, n. j., was totally destroyed by
IRE. All the pupi escaped. The building
was fully insured.
The old rolling mill on the Old Colony
Iron works, at East Taunton, Mass, wa
burned, causing loss of $3.50, goo, partially
covered 10y insurance
A farmer near Seymour, Webster county
found a pot of gold and silver coin on his
farm that was buried before the war. The
value Of The hud Is sz,5OJ.
General Booth, commandments chief OF
the Salvation army throughout the world,
has arrived IN Chicago. Extra services were
held in the generals honor.
Charles Doll ex-member of the board OF
public works OF Cincinnati, was arrested on
charge Of making false bills. he is al
amount charged to have been stolen is about
500.
The probate couit at Cincinnati has ae-
cepted from Judge HCRCly SG2,5tO IN full
satisfaction OF D is Inability 10 the furceLi
estate as bOudsmen for }, B. ManniI, the
defaultlng assignee.
Cutting is in FL PaTo coDcerting a scheme
to enlist III, 900 men to invade Mexico for
the purpose Of rOuquerlng the three state
Of chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango, an
srectug republic.
Mr.. Hoffman, private secretary Of Gov
ernOr Dawes, Of Nebraska, has been award
ed damages OF $1,000 against Edward Oss-
prove Hoffman TO be horse thief.
On the Grow reservation, il Montana, a
party Of fifty Sioux made SIN attack on a
Grow camp near the Custer battlefield. The
Sioux were driven of with the loss of five
warriors, who were promptly scalped.
Leopold Wir,h, the Milwaukee distiller, has
been placed on the jail limits, on an eIecu-
ton against his body secured by 2. ID. Ar
mour Co., of Chicago, IN order 70 collect
judgement for Sl,5y9.
Mr.. Augustin DAILY, of New York City, has
issued card to the public, warning it
against traVe ing companies bearing his
name, and claiming to present his plays.
He has no travelling company, and none is
authorized to use his name.
At Forest Green, No, a colored woman
locked her three children and two others in
her house and went To chu.ch. The house
took FIRE from a lamp and four children
were burned TO death. The fifth viii prob
ably die.
In a building at Washington, occupied by
the tish commission, a terrible fight took
place between an Arizona lizard and a Flor
ida alligator, which had been thOughtlessly
placed together on the stone floor. The lat
ter received "a dislocated shoulder and was
probably fatally poisoned.
Cholera in Japan is somewhat abating
but the mortality Is still enormous. From
September 9th 10 October there were
6,Ol4 cases and 435 deaths. The returns
"a, 800 cases and 23,774 deaths, the average
mortality being ever 6o per cent.
1t is stated that the Adams Express com
pany has paid e aims of SSl 900 arising from
the receat rob cry on the San Francisco
road. The su-pjeiOn Is entertained that
Messenger Eothgringham was in collision
with employees Of the express and railroad
companies.
A fire al Pccqhnntas, Va, destroyed six
teen houses Including two hotels and sew
eral business houses. George Barber, of
Lynchburg, peri he'd ia the flames. Several
other persons are missing. The ire was an
inceudiary. Heavy rains saved the town.
The loss Is $4,000. Insurance unknown.
John Francis. a IL year convict sent up
frpm Dayton, o., escaped from the guard
at the court house in Cleveland. He was
one of the principal witnesses for the state
ia the Thirteenth ward tally sheet forgery
acase, now on preliminary hearing. Francis
ad been placed On the witness stanC, but
during a lull in the proceedings walked out.
Mr.. A. p. Elder, of the Literary Life, says
that he is In receipt of a letter from her ply
siCian ia New York, certifying that Miss
Cl6veland's health is entirely broken down,
and that he fOrbids her devOting her ener-
gies 10 the excessive labor of editorial work.
Unless there Ia soon a change IN Miss CleVe-
lands health she viii spend the winter in the
south of France or IN Florida.
The magnificent building of the Case
school of allied science, at East End, Cleve-
land, o., which was completed about a year
ago, at a cost of 500, goo, was destroyed by
IRE. The discovery of the ire was shortly
after followed by an explosion IN the chemi-
cal library, which blew out portion Of one
of the walls. The flames then soon made short
work of the fine sta ucture. The tOtsl loss is
100000; insurance $4,000
Cheese Hensley, a wealthy stockman at
Fort Worth, was shot three times and NOR
tally wounded by Ben Kaufman, a bar
keeper, at Dallas. Hinsl-y had been drink
ing, and threatened the life of Kaufman
The witnesses Of the shooting eZhOnOrate
kaufman. Hensley Is Ii member of the
Hensley Bros. ranch and cattle firm, well
known, and has had large transactions in
kan-as City and st. Louis.
State Treasury Inspector McHale seized
the Canadian steam barge Isaac May in Chi
cago for towing the schooner Severn be-
tween Chicago and South Chicago. A for
eign vessel towing another between two
American points is suble It to penalty of 90
cents per ton on her gross tonnage. Under
this act the vessel was seized and will be held
to await a decision from Washington.
Chicago is about to wage warfare against
certain justices of the peace known as
"change of venue officials" to whom are
taken all prisoners desiring to change from
the regular police justice. j he justices for
long time have made no report of fines
collected by them to the city comptroller.
1t is estimated that the amount illegally re-
$1,000. The pros ecuting attorney will con
tinue the investigation. He says full repair
alton must be made
A line of fires fully five miles long is
sweeping over the COpelsy sWamps, ne miles
west of Akron, o. A forest of several hun
drsd acres, great tracts of pasture lands and
many miles of fences are being destroyed.
Many cattle are supposed to have persisted.
Several dwelling houses IN the line of the
fire it is feared were swept away. The sur
face of the earth is muck and it is burning
fully three feet deep. The damage will be
many thousands Of dollars.
A messenger from EeadmOre brings the
news OF the murder of James Hamilton, late
sheriff of Marion county, Arkansas, while
sleeping by the side of his wife and child.
The ASSASSIN was a man by the name of
Page, in Hamilton's employ, and there is
no known cause for the hsndish de ed. The
murdered man was one Of the oldest and
most respected citizens Of southern ArlZsln-
sas, and the murder caused much excite
ment Page has been lynohed.
Alexander Hoard and John Paxton, school
boys and rivals in love, stood in a store at
New Frankfort Ind. Their sweetheart, Miss
Inez Hollis, passed by going to school
Hoard threw a kiss at her, and Paxton, en-
fracturing his skull, and stamped his face
TO Jelly. Paxton seemed madman, and
loaned at the mouth, and before he could
be captured rushed to the woods, waving
his hands and shrieking. Hoard will die.
Both are sons OF prominent farmers Of scott
county Great excitement prevails. The
young lady remains at the bedside OF her
dying lover.
The state live stock commissioners of Il