The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-01-05

LODGE COUNTY, MONTANA,
GENERAL NEWS.
Late Doings Throughout the
World.
The Latest Happenings in Both
Continents in a Condensed
Form.
Items Taken From the Latest Te!e-
graphic Reports on S...;;sces.
OF interest.
They had an Indian ball at Benton
last week.
The Alhambra theater at Antwerp was
destroyed by fire last Friday night.
Harrington, in an interview, says the
Irish league receipts from America 81 nee
1QQS hox,o l,oe, e,,oojl
Parnell will resume the active leader
ship Of the Irish party this month: He
will summon meeting of his colleagues
soon.
The establishment of Stevens & Brace
iron company of Kansas City burned last
Sunday night: loss $105,000, fully i'm
Ex-Governor Joel Parker, of New Jer-
sey. war governor of that state, died in
Philadelphia Sunday morning from the
effects OF a paralytic stroke.
Some time ago the Winnipeg Free
Press charged that the Norquay govern
ment misappropriated some $4,000 be-
longing to half breed miner.
Marcus W. Rosbach, cashier of the
Herkimer, N. z, National Bank has skip
ped with a shortage of $4,000, which
he lost in stock speculation. He has
been cashier for twenty years.
A fire at Quebec last Sunday DESTROYED
the seminary chapel, together with about
half a million dollars worth of original
oil paintings. Insurance, $4,000. The
chapel was erected III 1876.
A frightful accident occurred last
week on the Nypano railroad, lleaz ><<e;sd-
vile, Pa, in which ffty-thrse passengers
were more or less injured, and the engi..
neers and tire mon of both trains caught
III the wreck and killed.
James A!freno, tight rope performer
fell to the stage last week in Hoboken,
n. j., through The breaking OF the rope.
He was taken up unconscious with blood
flowing from his ears. He came upon
the stage later, but was evidently very
weak.
Three girls under Is years of age, in
mates OF the Good Shepherd Convent at
Cork, Ireland, have sworn out infcrrna-
tions before the Mayor of Cork charging
a retired military officer. who is at pres
ent holding an important Government
position, with criminal assault.
A we'll known yachts1nan says that
should the owner of the Irex send over q
ninety-foot cutter to capture the Ameri- |
cas- cup it will be necessary to build a
new yacht as the American cham
pion, as our best boats would be all !
barred by the new terms of competition. |
Two trains on the Third Avenue ele- !
vated railroad, New York colliled last
week. One car containing fifty people was
thrown from the track. At the point
where the collision occurred the tracks
are connected by ties and this alone
saved the car from falling distance OF |
fifty feet to the ground. A panic ensued
with only one person seriously hurt.
While Hiram Collier, and engineer, was
hot boiler last week at Potts
town, Pa, with crude petroleum, an ez-
plosion OF an oil can at the further end
Of the boiler hemmed him IN with the.
fire. To escape he was compelled to
spring through the fire and dash out
through a hole in the wall He was bad
ly burned, losing his hair and whiskers.
The steamer Lord Cough, which was
some days overdue has arrived at Queens +
town. She experienced some terrible
weather On the passage For eight days
passengers were not allowed on the
upper deck. The hatches were batten-
I'd down, but despite this, water leaked
N from the outside seas. Besides to add
% their misery the oil gave out and :