The National tribune., 1886-01-14

| vile, was entered and robbed by four colored
men December "a, 1885, and Mr. Carroll MUIR
| dered by splitting his head with Ratchet.
| The other two men are still at large"E.
| Kirkpatrick, banker at Pennington, Mo-,
was arrested Saturday afternoon last on a
| charge of being implicated in a burglary at
| Agency City, Iowa, whence some time ago he
! moved to Farmington.-A skiffman started
| from the Arkansas side ofthe Mississippi River
at Memphis on Saturday last with six men who
| had been working on the Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad. Five of them were drowned by
the capsizing of the skiff.-St. James Episco-
pal Church at Pittsburg, Pa, caught fire Satur-
day night last from furnace and was burned
| down. Loss $4,000; covered by insurance.
Arthur f. Marsh, the confidential book
| keeper for VIM. E. Horn & Co., druggists, who
robbed his employers of about 5000 worth OF
goods and fed TO Europe, where he was ar
| rested and returned, was arraigned in New
York last week. He pleaded guilty to an in
| dictmcnt charging him with the specific theft
of s., 400 worth of gold leaf on May 49, 1885,
and was sentenced to four years in prison at
Sing Sing.-Fires occurred at the following
| places Sunday last: Philadelphia, involving a
| loss Of 100000; Newark, o., 100000;
Wallula Junction, Ore, $4,000; Aiken, S.
| c., $4,000.
INDUSTRIAL.
The conductors and drivers of the surface
railroads in New York contemplate strike,
and as prospective safeguard the men secured
| the passage by the Board of Aldermen of an
ordinance requiring drivers of street cars in
New York to have license, which could be
issued only to men who had lived in New York
given time. The Mayor, before signing the
ordinance submitted it to the corporation
counsel, who gave an opinion that it is uncon-
stitutional.-The shipments from the mines
of the Cumberland coal region for 1885 aggre-
gated 2,795. 404 tons, decrease of 53,4SS tons
as compared with 1SS4.-The North Chicago
| Rolling Mill Company have purchased 1000
acres OF the most valuable coal land in the Con-
nellsvile region, near Uniontown, Pa The
price paid is understood to have been $500
1t is the intention to erect 700 ovens and make
their own coke in the future.-Ihe weavers
of the Shetucket mills Norwich, Conn, are on
strike for an advance of 10 per cent. in wages
Last week the mill shut down, throwing 500
operatives out of employment.-Theb business
failures throughout the country during the
seven days ending on the 9th inst, number for
the United States 316, and for Canada 20, or
total of 1885, being the largest aggregate for any
week since January, 1SS5.-The Edgar
Thompson Steel Works at Braddock, Pa,
closed down on Saturday last because the men
in the converting mill refused to handle the hot
metal made by the new hands who had taken
the places of the striking furnace men.-The
VI hdCOu, Nd, dIC yCObtiuS tHO
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
because it has adopted rule requiring them
to pay freight charges before delivery of goods.
They are ordering that no goods be shipped to
them over that line.--The Knights of Labor
of San Francisco have issued an address en-
treating each assembly to use its influence on
its representatives in Congress to secure the alb
solute prohibition of Chinese immi grafton into
the United States.
MISCELLANEOUS
Warrants have been issued by the q. s. Gus
toms authorities at Plattsburg, n. Y, for the
arrest Of about ~ Canadian tradesmen, who
have been transacting business with American
customers. They are furriers, jewellers and
talors and the first time they put foot on
American soil they will be arrested.-The
jury in the case Of Am Ende, the druggist, on
trial at Jersey City, N. j., last week for causing
the death of Marguerite HoltZ, by putting up
morphia instead of quinine in filling pre-
scription, returned verdict of mot guilty"
There is also another indictment pending
against him for causing the death of Miss Ella
HoltZ from the same mistake.-A singular
suit has just been decided by San Francisco
Justice. The plaintiff, Oscar Schlam, sued to
recover $299 damages for contracting the bar
ber's itch" at the shaving saloon of Solomon
Cohen. After hearing testimony, Justice Burke
said it was doubtful whether the disease was
contracted at Cohens place, and he gave him a
verdict.-The property Of the late Earl of
Aylesford in Howard County, Tex, was sold at
public auction last week. The greater portion
of the property was bought in by the Earl's
younger brother, Daniel Finch, who will assume
ali the Indebtedness of the estate and manage
the property hereafter.-The rain last week
did considerable damage in various parts of the
country. In New York the Oswego & Erie Rail-
road bridge was carried away and other rail-
road property seriously damaged. Considerable
damage was also done in various parts of Penn
sylvania.-Ellen Grady, of Fall River, Mass,
was insured in the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company last August for the benefit of money
loaner, when an investigation showed she was
hopclessly i'll. The claim for the amount Of the
policy having been bad one, there will be no
prosecution.-Four prisoners escaped from
the jail at Scranton, Pa, on the 18th inst
The Democratic caucus at Jackson, Miss, on the
18th inst nominated Messrs. Walthall and George
for the United States Senate.-The blizzard
which commenced on Friday last has been of
great extent, sweeping almost all over the
United States. The snow has blocked railroads
in many places broken down telegraph wires and
done other damage. The signal Office reports
wider range Of storm than ever known before.
The damage done the orange and vegetable
crops in the South is very great-The fire
bells were rung at Cleveland, o., Sunday last
calling the citizens together to institute search
from house to house for Annie McKeon, who
disappeared mysteriously from school at the
convent there last Thursday. The search
proved fruitless.-Parties who have reached
Fargo, Oak, from the Northwest Territory say
that all the Indian tribes are making arrange
ments for an outbreak in the Spring to avenge
the death of Riel. The traders on the United
States side of the line are reported to be sup
plying them with large quantities of ammuni-
tion.-A new crematory on Sixth avenue,
Pittsburg, Pa, in the center of the city, has
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days. The furnace will be heated with natural
gas