, 1889-12-28
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

One hundred aad ten school children OF
Rochester, n. Y, are down with la
grippe.
Mandiezaz. the Apache Indian who
murdered Lieut.. Seward Mott of the 10th
cavalry IN 1887 was hanged Yesterday at
Globe, Arizona.
Physicians Of Omaha report the preva-
lence of lagrppe to a large extent, but in
a mild form. They diagnose it as a spe-
cies of epizootic.
At Nicholsville, o., late last night,
Charles Calhoun, a school teacher, Grimm
ally assaulted May Jackson, aged IA. An
excited mob is now at the Jail threatening
to lynch him.
The countess of Flanders, sister-in law
of King Leopold of Belgium, Prince
Bandouin, eldest son of the countess. and
the queen OF Roumania, are suffering
from influenza.
Ehlers, with a detachment OF Mai.
Wissmann's corps. left Pangani for
Mount kilimanjaro for the purpose of
presenting Prince Moschi with gifts from
Emperor William.
The furnaces of the Chestnut Hill Iron
Ore company at Columbia, Pa, which
have been closed for three years, are being
repaired to b, put in blast Immediately.
They are among the largest in the state.
Natural gas has been discovered at
Redfeld, SPHINX county, s. d. The find
is the largest yet struck in the state and
quality of the best. The pressure is so
great that it carries sand and gravel sixty
feet into the AIR.
A collision occurred at Scottdale, Pa,
between two freight trains south of
Meyers station yesterday. Engineers
Johns aud Dayton together with the en-
tire crews OF both trains were injured,
some very seriously.
The secretary OF the navy has adopted
a new design for the flag of the navy, to
take effect July |, 1891. 1t will be APP
Piled To both the flag and union Jack of
the navy, and consists of a rectangular
arrangement with forty two stars.
Chas. W. Pierce, superintendent of
lamps for the Brush Electric Light COM
pany was indicted by the grand Jury in
New York yesterday for m~anslaughter in
causing the death OF Henry Harris by an
electric shock from an electric lamp Nov.
7th last.
Mrs. Della Parnell, mother OF Charles
Stuart Parnell, states that she has re-
ceived only one-quarter of the 5000 re-
ported to have been presented to her, and
that when all her obligations have been
met there will be but a small margin left
for future necessities.
One span OF the new bridge at Market
street, Williamsport, Pa, which net be.
ing fully fastened, went down this after,
noon when a heavy load of lumber was
drawn upon it. William Sommers was
killed and Burt Thompson, John Daley
and Frank Gable badly injured.
A Kansas City dispatch says hat the
interstate Land company. against which
Judge Brewer recently rendered an ad-
verse decision in its suit with the Max
well Land Grant company, in which CO.
600, 900 acres of land are involved, will
file pleadings in Denver in a few days fol
a new trial.
A cave of large proportions occurred at
Plains suburb of Wilkesbarre, Pa, this
afternoon. Without warning the surface
of the earth settled and great holes pre-
scented themselves, some thirty feet deep.
St. Leo's Catholic church parsonage and
several other buildings were badly dam.
aged. Several Others were affected.
Otto Leuth, II years old. was con-
victed yesterday at Cleveland, o.. of muir
der in the first degree. Last May Mag
gle Thompson, 7 years old. disappeared.
A month later her body was found under
the house of Leuth's father. Young
Leuth was arrested and confessed that he
enticed the child into the house when his
parents we're away, assaulted her, then
killed her with a hammer.
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