The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

mead. lie recently losi hls pace az tIe 1 ost-
Office Department and took his life while
respondent.
MISCELLANEOUS.
colony has been formed in Wisconsin which
will en- CRATE 10 Topoobampo, Mexico, on Oct.
], on a grant of $4,000 acres Of land from the
Mexican Government it will number 2ooJ
persons. large number OF whom are from
Bloomington. II viii be cooperative IN every
respect Mexico gives the colony many con-
cessions -- Another shock OF earthquake
occurred in Charleston last week. In
many houses plastoring WAS thrown down.
The Medical College WAS additionally injured,
large part of the wall being destroyed. Shocks
were also reported from Summerville, Sumter,
Blackville, Orangcburg, Newberry, Augusta
and Savannah.-A meeting Of the promoters
of the international chess tourney 10 be held
in Now York next Spring was held Saturday,
/ when committees were appointed 10 make the
necessary arrangements for the tourney The
! prizes viii aggregate s.. 600 and the first prize
/ is TO be 81 900 Amos Cole drove into Belle
\ yue Mich. with 5l3 dozen Of eggs IN open
u pasteboard crates. As be was swinging around
a corner his wagon tipped over on top of him.
/ lie was dragged a short distance, and when
! the wagon and crates were pulled aside Mr.
Cole presented the appearance OF an animated
omeet Every egg was broken.--lhe GIN
/ cinnati Enquirer printed fac-simile OF the new
/ $40 silver certificate, and in so doing made
| itself liable TO a fine Of 800 under the statute
which makes il unlawful TO print in any man
ner n likeness OF any United States note. The
| Enquirer wasn't fined, but was asked TO destroy
the plate from which the fac-simile was printed.
| The immense brick building built and
/ formerly occupied by Fowler Brothers as a
packing house, in East Atchison, KAN was
struck by lightning and destroyed. The loss is
estimated st $50, 000.-Goyernmen engineers
| have inspected 600 buildings out Of 1000 in
Charleston and estimate the damage TO those
inspected at at S2,000,000 Their inspection
covers most of the cOstliest structures
| At Wabash, Ind, ball of FIRE passed through
an open window at the residence OF A. l.. Roh-
back during heavy thunderstorm and played
/ around a bronze cornice in the parlor. Then
il exploded with deafening report, filling the
house with flame and smoke and throwing Mrs.
Rohback 10 the floor unconscious--A saloon
| keeper in an Arizona town has on exhibition
| the heads of IL Apaches preserved In alcohol.
| The exhibit "A Western newspaper considers
practical exemplifcation Of the great truth
that il is easier TO settle Apache difficulty by
putting the Indians into alcohol than by put
ting alcohol into the Indians. -Under the
auspices of the Wyoming Historical and Geo.
| logical Society the Tooth anniversary of the
formation of Luzerne County, Sept %, 1855,
was celebrated at Wilkes Barre Pa, on Satur-
day.-A severe hailstorm visited Madison,
Wis last week An enormous amount of glass
i
except to trees and late tobacco. Some Of tho
hailstones measured five inches in circumfer-
ence Hundreds of birds were Killed.
severe frost was general throughout the north
ern part of Vermont and New Hampshire one
night last week. The ground froze and vege-
taton was considerably injured. A snowstorm
prevailed in Belkuap County, N. H.-The
council Of the Sioux Nation have determined
TO establish mail and transportation routes
throughout the frontier regions, to be operated
exclusively by lndians-Fye distinct shocks
of earthquake were felt at Winfield, Iowa, Sept.
"a No special damage was done, but consider
able alarm was felt.-Fi fty-one Chinese la
borers sailed from New York TO China direct,
being the first of their race TO leave the United
States from any Atlantic port.-The Nara
gansett Hotel, which was built at a cost of over
81 100000, has been sold to Charles Fletcher, a
prominent manufacturer of Providence, for
$4,000 for the mortgages. de-
structive fires are raging in the Yellowstone
! National Park terrible thunder storm al
Reed City, Mich, did 100000 damage in that
, place and yicinty.-Martha Washington's
portrait graces the new silver certificate.
OBITUARY.
: The Right Rev. Jeremiah r. Shanahan, Bishop