Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

A MEETING of representative wooIen
manufacturers was held in New 1orR0n
the 21st to correct abuses in the credit ana
| discount systems
CAPTAIN DUYNE has been committed
for trial at Dublin for shooting at heV'
| Henry Melville.
THE Senate, on the 21st. confirmed the
nomination of Alexander r. Webb, or St'
Louis, as United States Consul at Manila,
Philippine islands.
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD issued an order
on the 2lst for the closing of all custom
houses on the Goth inst. and the I'd prox,
He also ordered the closing Of the Treas.
ury Department at noon on the 2ith and
31st instants.
THE steamship Great Eastern has been
sold to an English metal firm for fl6, JO'
The vessel will be broken up as old metal
AN unknown man entered entered Nick
ell's jewelry store at Waukesha, Wis, al
six O'Clock on the evening Of the 2lst, and
stole $500 worth of jewelry and an IN
known quantity of diamonds in the most
daring manner and escaped with his
plunder
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL will en-
deavor to have an interview with the Czal
while visiting Russia.
JOHN HowsoN's funeral took place al
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION, Nf~
York, on the 2lst, and was largely 3t
tended, members of the theatrical profess
sion predominating. The funeral was
| conducted by the Benevolent Order OF
Elks.
A TERRIBLE explosion of gas occurrr.,
in the Nottingham mine at Plymouth, Pa
en- the evening of the 21st. A party Of
six miners entered breast where the
ventilation was defective. A naked lamp
caused the gas to explode and the six men
were badly burned.
The gasometer at the gas works ei
Pottsville, Pa, collapsed on the night OF
the 21st, leaving the houses of the city in
darkness. The streets are lighted by
electricity. 1t VII take month or two
to repair the damage. The supply OF
lamps and candles is far short of the de,
mand.
The Butte County (Cal.) Citrus faI
opened at Oroville on the evening of the
Goth. The display of citrus fruits fror
localities in tho northern part of the State
are verv elaborate, about 10000 orange;
and lemons being on exhibition. The fan
is being held in large canvas pavilion
within which are a number of orange
trees in full bearing.
SHEEHY, member of the British Parlia.
ment, was tried at Clonmel, Ireland, on
the 21st, for melting resistance to eviction,
and was sentenced to one months i'm
prisonment.
FoREFATHER's DAY was celebrated in
New York Oh the night of the 21st with Q
banquet by 250 members of the New En-
gland Society of Brooklyn. General Sher-
man, General Slocum and General Haw.
lev and President Dwight of Yale were
among the guests
MRS. JENNIE WALKER, of Ontario, N. Y.
has commenced action against Daniel E!
man, one of the most prominent men III
that place, for damages to the amount OF
5000 for kissing her on the left cheek
last September.
THE Dominion Department Of Agri'
culture has made a complaint to th!
high commissioners office in London, En-
gland, concerning the many pnsuitts s,ita bic lie i4
I destitute condition.
THE case of the State VS.. Governor
Swneford of Alaska, being an action t.
compel defendant to render an account OF
funds placed in his hands as commissioner
to the New Orleans Exposition, was de.
cided at Marquette, Mich, on the 21st, il
favor of plaintiff. The total amount
placed at Governor Swineford's use fol
disposal was 1880.
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD took official no.
tice on the Dist of the report that 2 900 Bel
gian miners are to be imported to take the
place of the miners in the Lehigh reg ion
now on strike. He sent kilograms to
the collectors of customs at New York,
Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore, in
structing them to be vigilant in prevent
ing any violation Of the Alien Contract
Labor law.