Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-10
GENERAL NEWS.

Tuesday afternoon some bOatmen Observ-
ed a large waberspOut in the ocean opp00ita
/ North Beach. Florida. An hour later v~''n a
/ terrible roar IL crossed the beach into the
/ bay. 1t came directly toward St. Augustine.
! People on the bay were badly frightend and
/ made for their houses, and hundreds sought
! safety in flight. The waterspout, JhOagh
/ somewhat diminished, struck the steamer
! Spring Garden anchored bV the sea wall
/ and tore the upper works and smOkest2ck
4 away. smashed in the roof and windows
/ or the Perpau house and crushed n the
/ side OF an ice house. Then IL crossed the
! town going SOU Invest and sunk score OF
row boats IA the river. After the water
/ spout had crossed the city the rain fell in
l torrents. When the Spring Garden Yves
carried in the air twenty-five feet
JOcOb Daucher who was arrested at
/ DOgget, Cal, for the murder OF Louis
/ ShOenberg, at Denver Col and was taken
| to San RernardinO for safe keeping. com
mtt6ed suicide Tuesday by hanging him
self in his cell He left a letter saying he
was innocent Of the crime of which he was
! charged.
The war between the prescription glass
manufacturers and Workmen at Pittsburg
has resulted in an amicabIe settlement and
the factories viii all resume operations on
August Is.
It is reported that the neted Desperate
Wash Middleton. was killed near Jasper,
Ark, by an officer while resisting arrest
he was border scout during the war and
was mem her OF the Bald KnObbers, and
was terror to southwest Missouri
The Western Iron association has dis
solved The conference committee OF the
assoc alton met at PLttsburg Wednesday,
and after a long sitting came 10 the con
clusiOn that it was better to dissolve
Several firms who had vowed allegiance TO
the association, and who agre ID with other
members TO stand out against the ANAL
gamated scale. breaking faith and signing,
caused a to al disruption Of the 0rganiza
tiOu.
The director of the mint reports that for
the year 1887 the product Of gold umoupU5d
20 s33 600, Ot0 and Of silver TO So, 351 OUO The
coinage Of the mint, during the calendar
year WIS 500. 3I9,15l.
Wednesday three boys, not over - years
old, were arrested near the exposition
building in Cincinnati, where they had
been observed in an attempt to pick the
pockets o. sGIcngers. They made a con
tesslon and slowed that they were mem
bers of a regular organized band of
young thieves The gang was composed OF
Bundy Wainwright, the leader; Linsey
Murphy, Walter Paris. Willie Madders and
the prisoners. Their ages ranged from
u to Is years
The Marine hospital bur, au at Washing
ton Is informed OF new case OF yellow
reVeVer at Tampa Florida and of two cases
at Manutee, Florida. The case at Tampa is
ULat OF refuge from Manatee.
On the farm of F. NJ Moore. a Few miles
from Decatur, H.. Albert NJ. Fields shot and
morally wounded Flora fitzpatrick. aged
seventeen. The girl had refused to attend
a camp meeting with Fields The murderer
was captured and placed in jail. A lynch
ing is possible.
The Canadian Pacific railroad steam ship
Aberdeen. which arrived Tuesday at Van
couver from Yokohama, brings 5S4 Chinese
OF which 427 are for San Francisco. The
cargo cont aims about ], 800 tons of tea. The
cholera continues to prevail at Hongkong.
The substitute for Butterworth's lardine
bile. agreed upon by the committee on
agr: culture Wednesday, is patterned closely
after the oleOmargarine act and is entitled
"A bill to prOtec- the manufacture and sale
of pure lards" The committee also
authorized the appointment Of a sub
committee of FIVE members to consider the
matter of pure food legislation aud KIN
dred subjects during therecess Of congress.
A E. Rich, a wealthy stockman about 90
years of age, whose home was at West
Union. Iowa, was run over and literally
disembOweled by a car and engine in the
yards at MissOtua, Montana, on July 9th
The remains were shipped to his home, and
buried under the auspices Of the Odd
Fellows.