The Springdale news., 1889-06-28
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

REPORTS accumulate of the ravages of the green midge" among the wheat fields of Northern and Western Indiana.
 JOHN KERN, of Bellefonte, P a., was as- saulted and robbed, on the night of the 20th, in Cambria City. He was found next morning lying in the street, unconscious, and was taken to the hospital. The phy- sicians say that his injuries are very serious.
 A SILVER brick from Colorado was auc- toned off in New York for the benefit of the Johnstown sufferers and brought Sf10.
 AMOS s. BEEcHER, of Winstead, Conn.,, aged ninety one, died on the 20th. He was the oldest Mason In that State.
 THE Canadian Government has been notified of the discovery of mine of ex- celent anthracite coal at Canmore, N. w. T. The veins have been traced for four miles and are over nine feet in width.
 THREE Hungarians, Frank Georgie Harry Harson and Alec Harson, charged with trying to wreck a passenger train on the Delaware & Hudson River railroad were arrested at Scranton, Pa., on the night of the 20th.
 A WHITE man named Nottingham was accidentally shot, on the 20th at Parks ley, Va, by his friend, Will Parker while 1 fooling with pistol. The ball entered the thigh and passed up into the abdo- men, making dangerous wound.
 THE King of Holland has had a serious relapse of the malady which last year caused temporary resignation of the reins of government.
 A SERIOUS riot, the outcome of the strikes i'll that region, occurred at Klad- no, Bohemia, on the 20th. The strikers 1aE. tI. ,I .l. compeled to fire several volleys into the crowd before they could be dispersed Two of the rioters were killed and twelve wounded.
 CARDINAL GIBBONS ordained six priests. nine deacons and eighteen sub -deacons at the Baltimore (Md.) Cathedral on the 21st. Twentysix others received the lower orders and seventeen took the initiatory step toward the priesthood.
 \ NEGRO. whose name is unknown, whipped the little daughter of John Core, white farmer of Pastoria, Va. Mir Core armed himself with gun, went to the negro's house and fired load of buck- shot into the negro's breast. Core then left and has not been arrested. The negro is badly wounded.
 \ STATE dinner, followed by a recep- tion. was given at the Elysee Palace, Paris, on the 2oth. Among those present were United States Minister Reid and the visiting American engineers.
 NEARLY S1o0.0 900 iu wages was paid out, on the 2lst, to employees of the Cambria Iron Company. The payment was for wages for the two weeks previous to the food At that time the company had 5000 names on its payroll. On pay day 3690 answered to their names. It is ! known almost tn a parfaiptU that 0l1 lost their lives in the food
 THE schooner Baltic, of Provincetown, Mass, from a whaling voyage, reports that while in Samana Bay, in May, she was fired on by party of Haytien sol diers, but no one was hurt. The captain was unable to get any satisfaction, and will refer the matter to Washington.
 ON the Dist State Treasurer Isaac s. Bamberg of South Carolina dropped dead at his home iu Columbia from heart dis ease.
 ALEXANDER NJ. FRYER, aged sixty three, and his son Fred were working on house in Dorchester, Mass, on the 20th, when the staging broke, and they fell twenty feet The elder man received iu- juries of which he died shortly after. The son escaped with q few slight injuries
 GARDNER R. COLBY, wealthy dry ISphS uItitAtul anu I itLli Phd td dPiidtiNA of New ' York City, died on the 20th, aged fifty years.
 FIVE lives were lost, and one man was fatally injured. by the destruction of Hyer Bros.' fire works establishmet, in Boston, on the Fist Two boys are also missing, and supposed to be lost.
 KIDDER, PEABODY & Co.,, of Boston, have received subscriptions to the Johns town fund, aggre gating S145000.
 THE French an-of-war Duquesne. flagship of the Pacific fleet, arrived al San Francisco on the 23d, from Panama, having on board Rear Admiral Lefevre.
 NEARLY four blocks in the business portion of Vancouver. ". T., were de- stroyed by fire on the 22d. About thirty buildings were consumed; loss, SEQ GOO.
 THE Connecticut Legislature adjourned sine die on the 22d
 THE British schooner Maud C., from St. John, N. B., for New York, put in to Boston, on the 22d, with her cargo of lime on fire.
 MRS. MARGARET QUINN, aged one hun dred and one years, died, on the 22d, at her residence in New York City. She was born in Ireland.
 MRS. MCDOWELL, aged sixty-two wid- ow of the late Colonel Mcdowell, while descending the stairs at the residence of her son in Franklin, Pa, on the 22d, fell to the bottom with lighted lamp, which exploded, enveloping her in flames. She succeeded in reaching the yard, but be- fore assistance arrived, was burned to death.
 A LANDSLIDE occurred in one of the Kaltenlentgeben quarries, near Berlin, on the 23d. Six workmen were killed and many others injured.
 Two young men and two young ladies whose names have not been learned were drowned. on the 23d, in the Schuylkill at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, their row boat being carried over the dam.
 A ROW BOAT containing eight persons was driven over the falls at Three Rivers Que, on the 22d. Los Rivard and his two children; George Hamlin, B. Bellerive and Miss Bellerive were drowned.
 WALTER and George Lyford, aged ten and sixteen years, were drowned near Westville, N J., on the 22d. Walter had got beyond his depth while swimming, and George tried to save him, but they sank together and were lost.
 MICH AEL s. HAROLD, a wealthy resi- dent of Valparaiso, Ind, shot himself in the head after returning from church on the 23d. Too close attention to business had unbalanced his mind.
 GEORGE W. BRADLEY, the leading third party politician of the Newburg IN. Y.) district, died suddenly, on the 4th, aged sixty-two years. He was a travelling salesman for Durham, Buckley & Co, New York, and at one time was n manu : facturer in that city.
 THERE was quite a crowd present when the President arrived at Camden, N. J., |.