The National tribune., 1886-03-11

tempIated in the vicinity Of Lykens, Pa
| about May !, unless they are allowed eight
hours work and 10 hours pay. The mon al
! Williamstown Colliery, who went out last week
for a restoration Of 10 per cent, have been Of
! fered per cent, but they refused and are still
| Out.-The Amoskeag Mills, of Manchester,
! n. H., on the 9Th inst started 3, ii4 looms, a
| gain of III over the previous dav.-0ne OF
| the greatest strikes on record oc ,urrcd in New
| York and Brooklyn last week. when the car
! drivers and conductors struck for an advance in
! pay. For two days no cars ran in either city.
/ The strike ended on Friday in a complete VIC
tory for the strikers. The men will now get
s. day for L hours work.-The great rail-
road strike in St Louis, Mo, was brought to a
climax last Sunday, when the switchmcn and
| brakemen went oH strike. No trains were run
ming from St. Louis at the beginning of the
week on the Missouri Pacific Road.
MIsCELLANEoUs
The exodus Of colorod people from the South
promises 10 be very large this Spring. At least
| 5000 arc reported TO be now making arrange
ments to leave during the present season. fully
as many having already gone They state that
they are going because they are offered regular
wages as farm hands, and are becoming impov
eUshcd IN the South by high rents and small
margins.-lITs Isaac Rury of New Haven,
\. Y, was arrested last week on the charge of
bigamy. Her maiden name was Ella VI. Cum
mings, and she was married - years ago. when
she was 10 years old, to Rosclle Loquary, but
says she discovered he was not a man and left
him. She says her present husband knew of
her former marriage and has had her arrested
for spite because she prosecuted him for brutal
trCatment.-The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution
publishes the result of an investigation OF the
work OF Mormon missionaries IN North Ala
bama, from which il appears that a number of
I I. II
farmers in Clay County have notified the
elders 10 leave and threaten to use force; but the
elders refuse, saying they are engaged in lcgiti
mate work-MrS. Frank Hill and John d.
Marchand, who eloped from Greenburg, Pa,
some weeks ago, were arrested last week at
Pensacola Fla, just as they were about TO en-
bark for Cuba. They were taken to Pittsburg,
Pa, and the lady, refusing 10 leave her lover,
was permitted TO depart with him on making
division Of her property with her husband.-
Robert q. Thomas, member Of the Kentucky
Legislature. in arguing motion to hold evening
sessions on Thursday evening last made use of
words at which William Jackson Of Louisville,
took otfense and invited Mr.. Thomas outside
TO fight. Mr.. Thomas left the house and
returned with pistol, it is said, and
told Mr.. Jackson he was ready. The two
started out, when they were arrested by order
OF the Speaker. The affair created great cX-
citcment.-ProSidcnt Cleveland was elected
an honorary member of the Buffalo IN. "
Merchants Exchange last week and wrote
brief letter of thanks for the pleasant remem-
brance. The letter was sold at auction for 500.
The 1G9th anniversary Uf the birth Of Robert
Emmet was celebrated at the Academy of
Music, n. y, on the 4th inst.-john Hender-
son, Of Philadelphia, was tried and found
guilty on one of several charges of cutting the
hair from the heads of young ladies in crowded
stores, street ears and on the sidewalks of that
Bridgeport, Conn, has over 200 acres
OF land devoted to public parks, being more
square feet to the population than * % dedi
Gated in any other city in the VOID At least
that is the local claim.--fasf week Elijah
Pate, prosperous iarIsTr Of Dooley Co. Ga.
aged 20 years, m2.rfied q Miss Bally. a young
I"uy ohiS ID cars Of age. 1t was only about
Cd, go that this same old man was out deer
lfTlting and caught large buck by the horns
threw the animal TO the ground, and cut its
throat with his knife.-Lickskillot
Chicken Bristle, Sodaville Sweet Home and
Liberty are the euphonious and suggestive
names of a few of the places mentioned III a
single number of late Oregon paper
Bishop Beckwith, Of Georgia, last week rem
dered decision in the case of Rev. j. g. Arm
strong, rector of st. Phillips Church, Atlanta,
Ga, charged with immoral conduct in Cincin-
natl. He ratiGes the finding of the court
and suspcnds him from the pulpit for five years.
-A Atter a TRIAL WiliCi mas ldSted loT SOile dayS
in New York and created most profound
interest. Holland, the Texan, vino killed Davis
the confidence man was acquitted The verdict
was received with bishop
Kenrcll of Missouri, has instructed Vicar
General Brady to deny the statement recently
sent from St. Louis to the effect that the Cath
Ole Church was hostile to the Knights of La
bor.--It is reported that Mrs. Miller, mother
of Joaquin Miller, who two years ago married
boy AGED 30 wears and was deserted by him.
obtained Il divorce at last term of court. On
Friday last she married again at Eugene Lane
County, the groom being Il young man named
Kline. The ceremony was performed by JUS
tice of the Pcace-SaE Francisco Custom
house officials on the 6lh seized $4,000 worth
Of opium, which was being smuggled into a
Chinese den.