Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-06-27
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed
from Many Redundant Columns.

"A lire started in the barn of the Hackett
House at Ballston Spa, and consumed r. A.
finley's furniture store and barn, A. W. Pad
docks paint store, l.. Garlich's tobacco store
and Gruminater's fruit store. The loss is
$4,000.
Prof William Hyde Appleton has been
elected temporary President of Swathmore
College, Swathmore, Pa, to succeed Dr.
Megiii, who rendered his resignation recently
after term of eighteen years Prof Apple
ton is graduate of Harvard University,
nnd has been professor of Greek in Swarth-
more for seventeen years.
"A small body of Presbyterians residing
at Galt near Toronto who are believers in
the doctrine of sinless perfection, were
brought before the Hamilton Presbytery and
found guilty of holding tencnts opposed to
The Scriptures and su ubversive of the unity of
the Church and of teaching said doctrines.
The case was appealed to the General Assem-
bly,; the appeal was dismissed by vote of
12S to Z. This has the effect ofpIpelling the
appellants from the Presbyterian Church.
The estate of the late John Amory Cod
man (Boston) whose will was contested in
the courts by his wife and daughter, has
been appraised at S521 ,077, of which S514,-
900 is in real estate
The Dearborn observatory, magnificent
structure just erected Mt the Northwestern
University at Evanston, to hold the great
telescope of the Chicago University, was
formally dedicated. L. b. McCagg delivered
the dedicatory grafton.
-Sery Johnson, u colored citizen, has sued
Eugene Robinson, proprietor of ariver show,
at keokuk, Iowa, for $4,000 damages for
refusing to permit johnson and n party of
friends to enter the show. The show people
say that they will sell no tickets to negroes
A dispatch from winnepeg says: The
report that Burke has made confession in
connection with DR.. Cronn's murder is a
canard. He has made no statement what
ever. excepting to deny all completely.
"A committee OF citizens oi JolIet, ILL.,, VINO
visited the locked-out miners mt Braidwood,
found many of them in extreme want. The
committee has issued an appeal for aid for
the miners.
-Ex-Gov. Hartranft. of Pennsylvania, has
been appointed q member of the Cherokee
Commission and has signifed his intention
to the Secretary of the interior of accepting
the Office. This fills the Commission.
The storage shed of the Delaware River
Chemical Works ut Morris street wharf,
Philadelphia was consumed. The works
were owned by the BauEh X Sons Company,
who estimate their loss at $4,000.
The meeting of the States-G General 100
years ago was commemorated Mt Versailles
by IA gathering of Cabinet Ministers, Senators
and members OF the Chamber of Deputies.
Senator Lnyfayette delivered an Grafton.
ne 1HtellnG WIS iOHONtu NY a bdhiuSt'
"A deed was recorded Mt Baltimore where
by the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com
pany conveys to the Western Union all it's
telegraph lines and property of every kind.
The consideration named is s. and the entire
discharge of the Baltimore and Ohio Tele-
graph Company from the obligation to issue
the SS, 600, 600 of bonds provided for in it's
contract with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company.
Whales are very numerous along the
Boston coast just now. On the last day trip
Of the Penobscot, Capt. lngraham says it
looked at ono time as ii the boat were about
TO run into n bed of rocks over which the sea
was breaking. The rocks were whales.
--Zachariah Mcdaniel, the oldest citizen of
Rockingham county, and n pensioner of the
war of 1912, died near Elkton, Va, aged
102.
The Board OF Regents of the University
ut Madison, Wis., reelected George Ii. Paul,
of Milwaukee, president; Herman Smith, vice
president.
A fearful storm visited the southeastern
portion Of Charlottesville. 1t extended over
n scope of country ten miles long and one
mile wide. and ended in regular cloudburst.
The damage to property was great, fences
and bridges being washed away and burns
torn down. Growing crops in the storms
path were destroyed, and where turnpikes
were crossed the water cut them down to the
level of the country on either side.
A dispatch from Rochester, Mimi, says:
Two desperate attempts ut suicide were made
at the Olmstcad county Jail, by Bob Robin
son, the 25.yoar old horse thief lie has
already served terms ut Joliet and mt Still
water, and swore he would never enter another
pententiary alive. He first tried to hang
himself with the rope from his cot, but slipped
and sprained an ankle so badly lie could not
stand to try hanging again. lie next tried
to cut an artery with lead pencil, but with
out success. When his cell was opened ho
made n savage onslaught on the turnkey,
and was secured utter hard fight.
The Weldon Bill Retroactive.