Hillsboro recorder., 1888-08-02
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CONDENSATION OF FACTS BY
PHONE AND TELEGRAPH. &,
SOMETHING ABOUT CONVENTIONS, RAIL-
ROADS, WORKING PEOPLE, CAPITALISTS,
EUROPEAN CROWNED HEADS, ETC.

Seven thousand golfers at Port Pridd,
Wales, struck for an increarse Of wages.
A slx-story building in Cincinnati,
Ohio, occupied by Keyppendorf, Dit.
man & Co., as shoe factory, was burned
on Tuesday. Loss, $500, 900.
The Gar of Russia will return the
visit of Emperor William in the Au-
tumn, stopping at Berlin on the way
from Copenhagen to st. Petersburg.
james Mason, an old stage driver, sal
down on 80 pound box Of giant pow
der at Redding, CAL, and touched of
the powder. Only 20 pounds of frag.
ments of his body were recovered.
A receiver has been appointed at In
dianapolis, Ind, in the affairs of the
supreme lodge of the United Order Of
Honor. When the receiver took charge,
only $2S in cash was found in bank.
Stephen Phillips and Fred Newman
were killed by an explosion of nitro
glycerine at Lima, Ohio. They were
oil drillers, and were mixing glycerine
preparatory to shooting well, when il
exploded.
The grasshopper war at Perham, Minn.,
continues unabated. Although over TO-.
900 bushels have been caught, they are
still catching them at lively rate. Last
Monday night over 100 bushels of them
were caught in one field.
Gen. Sheridan has so much improved
in health since his arrival at Nonquitt,
Mass, that it is believed now that he will
recover, though he never will be COM
pletely restored to health. His treat
ment has been a remarkable victory for
medical science.
4 severe storm struck Sandusky, Ohio,
or Monday. The wind blew gale and
the rain and hail fell in torrents. Trees
were uprooted, corn and other crops
damaged and fruit literally stripped from
the trees. The damage in Huron coun-
ty is estimated at 800, 600.
Fire on Monday destroyed the coal
mining town of Roslin, Washington
Territory, rendering the entire popula:
ton of 1900, homeless. About ESQ
houses were burned, and nothing was
left but the coal company's Office and
depot.
The Norfolk and New Brunswick Hes.
iery Company in New Brunswick, N. j.,
resolved to close their works Immediate
ly. They employ near one thousand
hands. John c. Carpenter, president,
says the reason for the shut down is the
stagnation of the wool trade. Jobbers
will not buy goods.
A gunsmith, named Rudolph Sebic,.
was arrested in Chicago, Ill.,, on Wednes-
day, and is now behind prison bars, un-
der bonds of $1,000. He is charged
with being the individual who furnished
dynamite TO the conspirators who intend
ed to assassinate the three law officers
most prominent in the Haymarket prose-
cution.
Fifty convicts were received into the
Catholic church at the prison in Joliet,
ILL.,, by Bishop SpaldiDg. Il was the
second time in the history Of the peni-
tentiary that an event of this character
has taken place within its walls, the pre-
vious occasion being two years ago, when
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firmed III convicts.
The old armory OF the 18th regiment
at Elm and White street, in New York
city, has been used for commercial pur.
poses for some years, although still
owned by the city. The Lowell Manu-.
featuring company, OF book printers and
binders occupied u wide gallery around
the hall fifteen feet from the floor. In
this gallery were five heavy folding ma
chimes and tons upon tons of printed
matter. The gallery was supported by
wooden uprights resting on the floor OF
the hall. Under this hung heavy iroa
pipes in stock. On Wednesday the dou
bic strain reached its breaking point and
the northeast part Of the gallery fell.
The five folding machines carried down
the floor of the main hall to the ground
floor. Six girls who had been working
at the machines went down with tho
wreck to the ground floor. One was
killed instantly, two were protected by
debris which had formed on arch over
them and were unhurt; Others were more
or less injured, but none fatally. Over
900 women and Virls were az work in the