The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-01-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


Of Norristown, Pa, were destroyed by fire
recently. Loss Ss,0O
An American, who gave the name OF Van
Dyke. has swindled Paris jeweler out Of
Is, 900 francs worth Of diamonds.
John F. Munger's furniture store No l3l
Essex street, New York, was damaged by
fire the other day to the extent OF $4,000.
Fully insured.
James Burke, alias Brown, arrested last
week at Washington, d. C., while trying to
steal jewels belonging to Mrs. James Brown
Potter, has been convicted Of grand larceny.
DR.. II. d. Flower, Of Fulton, ILL.,, commit
ted suicide the other day by cutting his
throat with a pocket-knife. He was widely
known as travelling doctor. He was for
several years in contest with the Illinois
State Board Of Health. and last spring lost
his suit and was debarred from practice in
that State.
1t is stated that q secretary OF the Irish
Patriotic Union named Houston is the man
who sold the alleged Parnell letters to the
London Times and that he bought them from
Richard Pigott, the Fenian, by whom they
were forged.
1t is stated that ex- Empress Eugene is
going to Paris to receive the chiefs of the
Imperialst committees.
The directors Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company have declared a quarterly
dividend of one and fourth per cent.
Edmund King, wealthy farmer living
three miles from Broken Bow, Neb., was
shot and instantly killed the other day by
Ed Demerritt, neighbor They quarreled
| about some cattle. Demerritt is in Jail and
| is in danger of being lynched.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says that the
| Rothschilds have contracted to construct at
/ Batou fifteen reservoirs for storing kerosene
with capacity of $50 600 barrels each. The
dispatch adds that the Russians are aghast
! at this proceeding and demand that the gov
eminent restrict the operations.
Meredith, the principal assailant of Phil
DAILY, was arraigned in court at New York
the other day and held in $4,000 for trial.
All the Spanish treasury officials have
been imprisoned pending an inquiry into the
robbery OF $40 600 from the governments
deposit bank in Madrid.
Mr.. Walter Standish, Of the James W.
Hallock company, playing at the Grand
Opera House, Boston, dropped dead on the
18th from heart disease.
| The House Military Affairs Committee has
directed General Spinola, of New York, to
report favorably to the House the Senate
bill to retire General Fremont with the
rank Of Major General. A favorable report
has also been agreed to on the joint resolu-
ton to establish an army and navy museum
in the city of Washington.
An assignment for the benefit of creditors
has been made by the Stave and Lumber
| Company, composed of several capitalists Of
Columbus, Ind, but whose operations are
carried on at Erin Tenn The assets are
$136,OOO; liabilities SOC, 900. The cause OF the
assignment was the success of large suit
brought against the company.
Robert L. Jones, sheriff of Grant County,
Ind, was shot and killed the other night by
John A. Fleming a horse thief, at Jerome,
a village twenty five miles south Of Wabash,
Ind. The sheriff was attempting to arrest
Fleming, who escaped from jail some time
ago. The murderer was afterwards arrested
by a deputy sheriff and is now in the peni-
tentiary. There was much talk of lynch
ing, and the Jerome Jail was not deemed Sc
cure enough.
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Frank ]. Livingston, aged sixteen, an ap
prentice on the United States training ship
Minnesota, now at New York, fell over
board the other day and was drowned. His
body was recovered.
The President has approved bills author
izing the construction Of bridges across the
Mississippi at La Crosse, Wis, and across
the Kentucky river and its tributaries by