The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-01-12


Continents in I Condensed
item. Taken From the Latest TeIe
graphic Reports on Subject.
of Interest.
Roumania is making warlike prepara
tions.
Wholesale evictions are proposed il
Ireland. =
There was sharp earthquake shock
the City of Mexico last week.
The British ironolad Hercules has beer
wrecked on a reef near Ferrol, Spain.
Several persons were injured by a rail
road accident near Sauk Center, MINI.
asst week.
Mrs. Nellie Finnegan, aged A, ,suicided
near Redwood City, Gala, by taking
strychnine.
Count A. de la Bassantiere of France il
to be married to Miss O,Donnell,a Balti-
more heiress.
A riot and fight between -. 81:
colored United States soldis.s occurred
at Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, last week.
Bismarck Tribune: Proteau, the first
white settler Of Dakota and noted trap
per and scout, was found frozen to death
near Fort Bennett yesterday, aged 80.
The Italian government has resolved
to censure Princes Massino, Deldengo
and Maltesta who, although belonging
to the army, attended the Pope's recep.
ton.
Willis Brown, horse-dealer of Phoe
nix, Arizsona, was murdered by :en.
can comrade at Picacho, Thursday night
The body was not discovered until Sat.
urday.' ---~- .-
The stockholders OF the Washington
Fire and :arine Insurance company last
Saturday voted to go out of business
all risks to be insured in other COM
panies.
Up to last Friday night two feet of snow
had fallen on level in the upper PENN
sula OF Michigan and the storm still con-
tinEes. All trains are late and q general
blockade is probable.
Wyoming had 1898 enrolled pupils in
the public schools for 1887, agains: 1896
in 1886. There were employed 232 leach
ers in 1887, who were paid $84'967 there
were loo schools taught in the territory
in the latter year.
A correspondent of the Daily News at
Constantinople says: The Porte learns
that Lord Salisbury has informed the
German government that II war shall be
occasioned by the attempt to occupy Bul.
garia England will send two armies to
the Black Sea.
1t is said that Eagle City, the scene OF
the first excitement in Occur d. Alene,
is now deserted town. The two remain
ing inhabitants, >;r. and Mrs. Pritchard
are arranging to leave and the place will
then be turned over to the wolves and
other wild beasts.
At Chapyaqua, N. Y. last Monday the
Hcantico river broke through the mar
row stretch of land dividing it from the
acqneduct flooding it to depth of sixty
feet. The loss OF life was very great and
the acqueduct w6s ruined.
Two trains on the Canadian Pacific
met on trestle near Middleton last Fri
day four men we're killed outright and
several badly injured. A too-long ser
vice of duty without rest or sleep on th,
part of the train crews is assembled as tn.
cause of the accident.
Mrs. Leonora M. Barry, the Genera
investigator Of the Knights of Labor hal
issued a circular letter to the female
members of the order wherever found
1t deals with the subject of working WON
en- and girls and strongly advocates th'
expenditure of money on education in
stead of on strikes.
George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, be
ing interviewed in regarding the strik'
of the coal miners of the anthracite Goa
regions OF Pennsylvania, says: I hin!
the advance of eight per cent. asked TO
by miners should be granted and addet
to the price Of coal, If there is no othe1
way for the companies to meet it. I
would make q difference OF $750,OOO il
the miners waReA
During . fight between rival faction'
of boys in Allegheny City, Pa. last weel
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