The gale., 1888-02-03
WEEKLY GLEANINGS.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES CAREFULLY
COMPILER.
An Interesting Hndget of General
formation.

Inc movements Oh husSidii NooPo ~
Galicia have been suspended, owing to
snow impeding railway traffic.
Father Matthew Ryan, the Limerick
Qreland) priest who was imprisoned for
a month for melting the people to Illegal
acts, was released.
The Socialists attempted to hold ameet
ing in Trafalgar square, London, Eng
land, but were prevented from doing so
by the police, who arrested two of them.
The Turner's of Green Bay, Wis, have
issued circular letter to societies of the
North America Turnerbund, asking for
the expulsion of anarchist members of the
organization.
In the will of L. j. Curtis, the million.
aire manufactures of Meriden, Conn, he
left $3.50, 600 to the Curtis Home for Old
Women and Orphans, which he built and
maintained ut his own expense.
An immense bob-sled, containing fifty
two persons, collided with another sled
while descending a hill, Kansas City, and
was overturned. Many of the occupants
sustained injuries, and three of them will
die.
Miss Mary A. Brown, maiden lady
residing in Norristown, Pa, and possess
ed of considerable property, has been
swindled out of SO, 900 by Philadelphia
woman who conducted II 'ladies' bank. ,
An accident occurred on the Airline
Railroad between Huntingtonburg and
Jasper, Ind Two passenger coaches
were thrown from the track and a mum.
Der of passengers injured, two of whom
have died.
A committee, representing the Lo.
comotive Engineers Brotherhood, on the
Peoria company's lines, called on General
Manager Baldwin, at Pittsburg Pa, and
presented petition for an advance in
| wages.
The French and Russian ambassadors
oppose the decision of the porte to en-
ploy Germans to assist the governors of
provinces in developing agriculture and
mining. 1t is expected that they will
make formal complaint.
The Campagnie General Trans Allan
tique, in Marseilles, France, has dismiss
ed all its foreign workmen. The order is
directed mainly against Italians and Ger
mans, and is due to fear of the presence
of spies. Other companies will follow
suit.
The steamer Indiana, from Philadel-
phia, Pa, which arrived at Queenstown,
England, reports that a fire broke out
in the cotton in her afterhold, but the
flames were finally quenched. There was
great excitement among those on board
during the fire.
The entire east wing of the Holyoke
Water Power Company's mill, in Holy
oke, Mass, ego feet long and 72 feet
wide, which was occupied by the Holyoke
Envelope Company, and B. F. Perkins
machine works, was burned, entalling a
loss of 1895, 900.
The children of Rev. VIM. Miller were
playing at the house of a neighbor, in
Delenar, H., and a IL year old boy got
hold of an unused pistol, supposed to be
On swapping it, it went off,
the ball striking his five year old sister in
the side, going clear around her body,
from which she died.
Intelligence from Brownville, Mimi,
says that the people of that valley are in
dire distress They have had no commu-
nication with the rest of the world for
over three weeks. There is not lump of
coal or stick of firewood on the market.
The people have confiscatcd all the fuel
of the Manitoba company, and torn down
AID burned their railroad buildings.
Father s. Wagener, an eminent Catho-
lie priest, OF Chicago, ILL.,, has renounced
Catholicism and all orthodox faiths, and
entered the lecture field in cooperation
with Prof. o. III. Harris. He will pro-
mulgate new doctrine and will attempt
to establish a new church, to be known
as Progressive Christians. Father
Wagener is about 10 years old, and for
so years prior to coming to this country,
served in many important departments of
the Prussian government
In retaliation for the hard fight being
made by the temperance people of Leeds
county, Ontario, eleven buildings have
been burned at Irish Creek. A Methodist
church and tannery have been burned at
Kemptvlle and constables have been
stoned and assaulted. DR.. Ferguson, NJ
p, and three others, one of them min
ister were assailcd and threatened witis
murder and two deacops of the Baptist
church have been warned to dismiss their
minister or have their church burned
The temperance people are undismayed,
however, and have had forty tavern
keepers fined, have sent three offenders
to the penitentiary and have had the as
sailants Of the coastables fined $500.
in Apache buck went to Twiswin
md got on a drunk. He was put in the
guardhouse, and after he had sobered up,
begged to have his wife and child brought
to him. The request was granted. Some
time thereafter screams were heard inside
the guardhouse, which was filled with
smoke. The Indian came to the door
with a big knife in his hand covered with
fresh blood, yelled out that he wanted to
kill one white man and one Indian Scout
and then he was prepared to die, and he
was riddled with bullets. 1t was found
he had cut the throats of his wife and
child from ear to ear, placed them on the
bed. and then set it ON fire.
A COFFIN FACTORY.