Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-03-17

| Shtrs at hls nome, seven miles west OF Mat
toen, III. Devine was arrested.
| Charles +. Boebaum, of Cincinnati. VIZ,
found dead in q beer vat. He lost footing
and fell into the scaldiug contents.
| "A fire at Emlenton, Pa, DESTROYED Don
nelly's tailoring establishment and nuuibei
oi adjoining buildings. Loss $4,000.
--Shrinkage In coffee caused the failure O.
Mayor Brothers a Co., New York. Banks
and large cohee houses are the principal
losers
William johnson and Dora Shannon. In.
mates OF the Williamson county, Tenn, poor.
mouse, iest their lives by the burning Of an
out building.
Matthias Busch Chicago wife murderer.
made a second attempt to commit suicide by
handing. He was cut down in time to save
ms lie. The officials claim tkat he is sham.
ming insanity.
The soap and tank houses Of the Cincin-
matt nesiccating Company. located at Gijead
Stat on, on the Ohio 4 Mississippi Railroad,
were burned Friday. Loss, So, 900; partially
covered by insurance.
Orders have been received nj the Pan
Handle Railroad shcp ut Columbus. o.. 10
reduce the number OF employees IL per cent
The order goes into effect Saturday aud WA
throw about 10 men out of employment, af-
feetins all the departments alike.
John d. reck, special treasury agent
sailed from New York about the middle OF
last October, since which time news from
him has been very meager. When last heard
from he was seeking lost treasure along the
coast OF British Honduras. He had sunk a
coiierdam over one hundred feet into the
n naH uuhf b,,. 4
light, bat no valuables.
The steamship Athos, which arrived from,
the West indies reports that as she was
leaving the harbor OF Cartagena on February
~, it WAS learned that the boiler of the river
steamer Rafael Reyes had exploded and that
thirty persons were killed. The Rafael REYES
WAS tile excursion boat, and with pleas
nre party had gone up the River Digue.
Nearly all the passengers, about forty pso-
pie in all, were killed A Alr. Grau, iather
OF the editor OF the Isthmus, was among the
killed. The owner Of the vessel is a brother
OF the president OF the republic, and doubt.
less on this account the true acts OF the
catastrophe will never be known.
The two new steamships OF the Ham,
burg American Packet Company will be
named Normannia and Columbia. Il isex-
prctet that they will be ready for use Ia The
srring OF 1903. Inc! VIII have n length OF
80 ieet, and VIII be 90 feet wide aud rs
deep. They VII have 100 horsepower and
be OF 1900 tons burden. There w,il he i've
decks Eleven bulkheads VIII divide the
vessel into water tight compartments, aud
us none will have an entrance below, the
vessel wlii not only be practically unslnk
allie, but safe from lire, which can easily be
confined to one compartment. ShnulLt I've
Of the Ia gest compartments be flooded the
vessel will still be safe and nayrable.
90, -
me ueVe'opheh1 'h tue iie in,urnnce
'onsll'.aey ease y. ,n"ries'"h, >. T., con
iihues 10 assume starting proportions. Evi.
i'hee ptn9fAl oui Tue ,net that mo eoa.
'PH"Vy wv usen suc'esAsul'y c.rried on Tor
shites iul.srgiminaiely were concerned. AID
/ Is ssiaa;s,. TIA, E,,was,. o. ,..iriy ,srs 4.
ire involved, OF whom eight or ten, ~. n.w
n mil. The chief conspIrntors s,n,., m
ave been n white family named B..nJ con.
listing OF father. four sons. and iuuy,li,ss
They oneratcJ rb ,.ay ~
mutual benefit INSURANCE compnni.s ana !,
$ sn i ttev have mulcted Various societies
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"Wednesday morning Dennis McC,rav
md his wife we're found dead in their bed al
] ima o. Their death was caused by nat
nrnl gas which had escaped and ii led the.r
bedroom. -.
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