Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-01-23
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
HOME AND FOREIGN.

formed in the Niagara river below ths falls
1t will probably remain through the season.
The Pittsburg G. Lake Erie railroad has
announced its first cash dividend since its or,
ganization. The company has a surplus of
$4,000 in cash after paying their proper,
ton Of the loss by the Pittsburg, McKeesport
& Youghiogheny. From this they will pay
the 3 per cent dividend.
Selma Klemm, a servant girl at st. Luis,
ommitted suicide by taking morphine.
The British ship Hudson Bay, Captain
Veysey, has foundered off Krspna. Fifteen
Of the crew were drowned.
Fire at Bristol, Ind, Destroyed several bust
ness houses, causing loss Of $2O,OuO.
Mike Gilmore killed Miles Stanton in sa-
loon fight at st. Louis.
Intelligence has been received in London
that Germany has seized the Islands Of Samoa,
in the Pacific ocean. The King and his chiefs
were insulted, and finally fed,
The current of lava from the volcano Of
Colima has made its way two and a quarter
miles down the sides of the mountain, and
the latest reports state that 1t is still advance
ing.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces
the following schedule of rates from Boston:
To Chicago, SIS; to Cincinnati, SIC; to st.
LOUIS, sci 50, and to all other points In pro-
portion,
James Mitchell. living near Youngstown
attempted suicide by cutting his throat with
razor. The jugular vein was not cut, and
he Is still alive, but with little prospects II
recovery.
An unknown Hungarian left Mt Pleasant
for Hecla coke works to get work. His body
fro zen stiff was found in a snow drift several
miles from town.
Peter Hess, living near Newcomerstown.
| O., was fooling with a gun when the weapon
was discharged, the ball passing through
| young Hess body. He was killed Instantly.
| James Shiffett aud Wilson Eek were in.
stantly killed by cave>in Of rock at H trt-
| zelrs ore mine, near Alburtis Pa. Several
other miners made narrow escapes. The re-
| port that dozen men were under tn, rock
| is erroneous.
| Representative Randolph Tucker, Of Vir-
| ginia, has formally declined denomination
| to Congress. He says he has served a long
time in public life and wants to retire to
quiet.
Dr.. W. ]. Hall, OF Baltimore, was killed
at Berlin station. Nd, Wednesday night
While boarding the train it started, and the
| Doctor who was not qtite on the car platform
was jammed between the steps and the high
platform. The train was Immediately stop
I ped: Forty minutes elapsed befor he could
be gotten out Of his terrible position. TIE
Steps of the car and part of the platform
had to be cut away before his dead body
could be removed.
A horrible story comes from Wa'lngford,
Conn. The report says that acolored woman
living near Pod Hill, wishing to call ller hus-
band, closed her baby up in All oven to keen
| it warm, the fire being nearly out. While
she was away her husband came home and
unaware OF the whereabouts of the child
built hot fire. The woman noticed the
smoke coming from the chimney and hurried
home, but arrived too late, as the child was
| found literally roasted.
charge has just been tffecte d ia the forrA and
constitution of tue Japanese Governme t.
| 1t is stated that the Mormon colony at Pr
ma, Ariz , is secretely encouraging the muir
derous Apaches by supp ying them Wit
powder and trading them guns for stolen
horses, which the MormoEs sell in Mexico.
Some of the Indian scouts recently employed
n l. - H.
tain friendly Indians that the Mormons at
Prima were in league with Geronimo's band,
and that the hostiles are on the most frie. dly
terms with the Mormor
| Six Of the IS victims of the coal mine ex
plosion at Alny, Wyoming, have been recov-
ered The men met their death from suffoca
ton, ana the appearance OF the bodies indi
Gated terrible struggle for life
The bark Julia A. Brown is just discovered
| to have been wrecked on a shoal in Vineyard
Sound, CT the coast of Massachusetts. Meth
| ing is known as to her crew.
The Consul of the United STATES at Santa
go de Cuba reports to the DEPARTING mt of
State the existence of large quantities of bat
guano on the south coast eff the 1Iand Of
Cuba. The guano is deposited in caves, one
of which was visited by the consul and esti-
| n ated to contain 80, 000 tons. The facilities
for working these deposits are reported as
being excellent.
John Magee, convicted of the charge OF
attempting t. procure money from the Prince
of Wales by sending him threatening lett rs,
was sentenced to seven years penal servi-
tude.
Earl Carnarvon. the lord lieutenant for
Ireland, declares that If Parliament does not
help the starving people en- the island OF
Achill they will lave to rely on the work.
house for relief.
Ouio's greatest eos we'll has been struck
near Finday. 1t is estimated that the flow
is no less than 100000 feet daily.
Jacob Leeper, an inmate of the Longvie v
insane asy lum, Cincinnati was killed by
another inmate, James Butler.
john Kelley, the Tammany chieftain is
dangerously i'll, with little hopes of his re-
covery.
Three thousand negroes have emigrated
from North Carolina, within short time to
the west.
A paying gold mine is reported t. have
been discovered in Edwards county, Tex The
ore, it is stated, yields from f6s to 1900 per