The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-09-05
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

| are not TO he removed from Huntington. w.
Va, as reported.
After hotly contested fight Mrs. NJ. b.
StIickler was admitted TO the conference OF
the Methodist Protestant Church now in ses-
is the first woman in the State who has ever
taken part in the church council.
North China and japan have been visited
, by a series oftyphoons Of unprecedented Sc
verify. At the lowest estimate 5000 persons
have been drowned.
| Judge A. NJ. Pullam; who was convicted
at Bradenburg, KY, and sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary for the murder Of
James Miller, was taken to prison.
Twenty valuable horses have been stolen
recently from the farmers of Garret county,
Maryland. The robbers have been pursued
several times, but no captures have been
made.
Trainmen oftbe Lake Shore and Western
road in Wisconsin are being armed with re-
volvers and rifles as protection against
train robbers.
Charles Curtis and James Rumville, the
two Rio Grande train robbers, have been re-
captured, and are now in the penten,iary at
Salt Lake City.
The Rev. c. A. Nybladh a Lutheran
preacher Of Gaesburg, ILL.,, has sued 3Oprom-
inent citizens of that city for $4,000 DANA
ges for for false Imprisonment and defama-
tion Of character. He says he was discharg-
ed from pastorate o: church there because
of reports alleging he was the father Of a
young woman's child.
The Clan.na Gael's procliyitics for "femov-
ais" did not cease when DR.. Cronin was foul
ly murdered. Two desperate attempts have
been made to murder witnesses against the
men now on trial for Cronins murder.
The City of Paris crossed the Atlantic in 5
days ~ hours and Is minutes, again break
ing the record.
A. A. Amidon. leading attorney o,
Painesvlle, Ohio. was shot and killed in his
doorway by Stanley &. Jones. Amidon was
the attorney of Jones wife in suit for a iii
vorce, and Mrs. Jones was staying at Ami.
don's house Mr.. and Mrs. Amidon and
Mrs. Jones had j1st returned from drive
when Jones, who was waiting for them, fired
The fatal shot.
Forty miners were shut in the Allegany
mines, near frostburg, Nd, by food from
an old worked out mine which was full Of
water The water broke rough an old
opening in the mine and imprisoned the
men. 1t was feared they would all be drown.
ed, and the excitement was intense, but they
were all rescued finally by James Muire and
Jack Stevens.
Reports from st. Paul and other North.
western points state that the thermometer
Saturday ranged above ~ degrees.
King Maletoa and other Samoans who
had been exiled from their native land, are
again at Samoa, the Kings return being the
occasion of general rejoicing among the ma
tives.
Eastern glass blowers claim they are not
asking for an advance in wages and are will
ing TO work for last years rates, which they
think the condition of business warrants.
A race war is imminent at Echo, West
Virginia, and several orders have been sent
TO Charleston for firearms. The killing Of
negro by a white man started the trouble.
During the week ending August %, the ex.
ports Of merchandise from the United States
to the West Indies, Mexico and the Central
and South American States showed an in.
crease over the previous week Of about .
per cent.
American securities were IN great demand
in London last week,
The corn crop Of Illinois will be 5000 600
bushels less than last years crop in that
State,
The Argentine Republic has appointed
three delegates to the international Ameri-
can Congress.
All the returns indicate that the Minneso-
ia wheat crop will be the largest ever raised
in that State.
Sarah Aithea Terry was arraigned in the
United states District Court, IN san Fran.
cisco, to answer a charge of contempt in ob.
structing Marshal Frank in performing his
duty at the time Frank was ordered to re.
move her from the court room. 4 plea OF
not guilty was entered and the trial fixed
for October 18th.
An Associated Press dispatch from Deer
Park says: "Itis improbable that President
Harrison will call and extra session.of Con-
grsss, at least so the representative Of the As
sociated Press is led to believe by conyersa-
ton with men who have the Presidents
confidence though this is not official"
Samuel Holmes, a farmer living near
Hastings, Minnesota, was murdered and his
wife lies in jail charged with the deed. 1t is
said they frequently quarrelei and she
threatened his life. She was - years his
junior,
A new Chinese Minister 10 the United
States has been appointed, who, with his
| vile, will soon depart for Washington, This
is the first instance wherein a woman of
| high caste has been permitted to accompany
her husband outside the Celestial Kingdom.