Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-12
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.
HOME AND FOREIGN.

At Aspen, COL, party of young ladie.
climbed to the top Of the fire bell tower, 6,
teet high, TO the purpose of obtaining goot
view of the city. Eppe Stewart stepped t.
The edge Of TIE tower, ard was leaning
against the corner post, looking over the
country, when the janitor, not knowing o.
the presence of the ladies, seized the bell rops
to call a meeting Of the fire company The
sudden clang Of the great he'll startled Mis-
Stewart, and, losing her balance, she plunged
from the dizzy height to the pavement, re-
ceiving fatal injuries.
Private advices from Colon state that vel
low fever is now epidemic on the Isthmus
The aver GO daily number Of deaths from
this disease alone is stated to be about A..
One of the last official acts of the Presiden
| previous to his marriage was the pardonipe
OF b. F. Bigelow, the defaulting teller of th,
National Bank of the Republic Of Washing
ton.
The Baltimore and Ohio local freight en-
CINE number 4l2, while standing on the tract
in the yard at B.llaire, exploded its boilel
with terrific force, killing Engineer John,
eton, John Vandevoort and Mat Hammond
engineer of number 1856, all of Newark
Fragments of the locomotive were blown
through the adjoining h use with great dam,
age to furniture. The shock was felt all ovel
The city, breaking glass in the windows o.
houses 'quares away.
"A copper bomb about 10 inches long fully
charged and operated by clock work was found
under the sidewalk in front of Chicsg
! saloon by a policemen. The works
were going when the ffcer discovered it, bu,
ae leftei it very tel DERBY and took it to tbs
Central station. 1t is supposed by the officer
that the L. achne was left there by one OF the
numerous persons Of alleged Socialist1c ter.
denotes whe for months have made the
saloon their headquarters.
A bill has been introduced in the United
States Senate making it criminal offense,
punishable by fine or imprisonment, to i'm
pede Or ohstruct, except by legal process,
any railroad company in the conveyance OF
passengers, freight or mails.
1t has been decided to admit the Anarch-
! lists indicted at Chicago to bill Ii the case
of Oscar Neebe the amount is fixed on each
charge of riot at one THOUSAND dollars, on
the conspiracy indictment two thousand five
hundred dollars, on the murder indictment
twelve thousand dollars. AS there are TWO
Indictments for riot or melting riot it will
make his total bonds seventeen th1us,n
| dol ais. The parties who are indicted for
conspiracy will be admitted to bail on e,ca
charge in the sum Of two thousand five huad~
red dollars Each case Of rio. will be ad-
Fitted to bail in one thousand dollars.
E. D. Billings, Express Messenger fol-, the
United States Express Company, has been
arrested and jailed at Cincinnati on suspi,
ZION of being the thief who took the $4,000
express package mt few days ago to Van
Vert. o., by the Union National Bank, of
Cine matt.
Drayton and Arthur Williams, the frs
convicted of murder and the other of indecent
assault, from which the victim died, were
hanged at Orlando, Fla, on Saturday. The
hanging was private. Dray:on confessed
his crime. Williams persisted he was inno>
cent.
The Chicago grand jury decides that tn,
bombs hrowing was the conse>, uence of a
premeditated conspiracy and that the detec-
ton OF the leaders be left in the hands OF
he police. Sam Fielden, Adolph Fischer,
George Engei, Louis Lngg, August Spies,
Michael Schwab and Oscar Neebe were taken
before the Court to Plead to the charge of the
murder of Officer Matthias j. Deegan. A
plea of not guilty was entered on Lehalf OF
each of the prisoners.
In Southern Illinois the wheat harvest has
been commenced and within the course of q
week or two We will no doubt hear of new
wheat arriving at Chicag, AMI S. Louis.
Ii some paris of the South, Texas particular,
", the crop has been much injured by long
continued drouth. Howe yer, notwithstand,
ing there are disceuraging reports from sec
tiols S, the yield will, according to esent in.
dications, be much larger than that of 1855
The Weekly statement of the banks of New
York shows loss in surplus reserves of ST.
1G2'6.5 all in spree. The loaus showed snci
an increase as to il di ate better emp oymen,
fer funds. The banks now hold in xcess oil
| ioSo' requirements Sl@,' no, I % against 500,
III rs at this time in 1855: 81 ,3il .5"Oin 1884
and $1,000, IFS in 1883.
81 me scoundrel deliberately wrecked tn
night express on the Georgia Central railroad
at Rogers, Ga. The en- CINE and three coache;
left the track, killing the fireman ant
severely iujur ng the engineer.
The case of Thankful Tanner against Mrs
James A. Garfield, to recover S25. 900 dam
ages for slight injuries sustained in a COLI
sion in Cleveland with Mrs. Garfield's car
, riage, resulted in verdict in favor Of Mrs
| Garfield
The saloon keepers at Cincinnati have de
cided no. to pay their tax under thu Dow
law until the matter has been tested in tn
| courts.
At Miiwaukes forty-nine Of the recently
arrested men, indicted by the grand jury fcl
rioting and conspiracy, were arraigncd IN tn,
Municipal Court. All pleaded not guilty an.
were he'd for trial, the bail ranging from
one thousand dollars to two thous and dollar
each.
The village Of Rlwley Springs, Ga, wa
almost completely destroyed by fire. All tn