Evening journal., 1889-04-10
CONDENSED NEWS.

St Peters Catholic church at Mansfield.
O., was completely Quilted by FIRE Loss esti-
mated at S25 600, fully covered by insurance
Origin unknown. Fireman Louis Matthia.
was struck and badly injured by falling
debris.
Dispatches from Fairbury, Ms, report al
outbreak Of scarlet fever Of malignant tyne
Six deaths have occurred within the last few
days and there are now twenty cases Til,
town board has quarantined residences in
which the cases are.
1t has been discovered that owing to 2
faulty construction of the law recently passet
in regard to the city government, Trenton
n g., will be without mayor for thret
weeks and that the newly authorized fire and
police commissioners cannot be appointed
The Louisville, Ky, Bridge and Iron com
pany's works, the largest establishment oi
its kind in the south, was destroyed by fire
Loss, sl5O,00O; insurance about SI4O. OO0.
Two hundred men are thrown out Of work
II is thought to be the work of an incendiarv
There is much excitement at Fredericton.
n. b., over the disappearance Of w. G..
Gaunce, a prominent temperance man. and
one high in the councils Of the Baptist church
1t is said that be is 5000 behind, and thai
banks lose about $1,000
Rev Frederick rockingham, the vener
able pastor of the Milton Unitarian churcl
in Boston, has resigned after pastorate o
more than twenty-five years. For some years
past his health has been poor Mr. Frothing
ham retires 10 private life and his associat
pastor, the Rev. Roderick Stebbins, will sue
ceed him.
An old man with long white beard ana
very shabbily clothed created a decided sen
sation Sunday in the Methodist church Of Du.
buque, la. While the pastor was prea ching
the old man arose from his seat aud an
nounced that the world would be DESTROYED
in nine days and that he was commissioned
by the Almighty to declare the news
The employees Of the Westinghouse ali
brake works at Pittsburg have gone to work
at reduced hours. The works have beer
pressed with orders and for some time th.
employees worked time and half time. bu
under the new rule, IN order 90 keep all th,
men employed, they would work only eighi
hours per day About 1000 men are affected
by the change Of hours
Billy McClelland, Of Waterbury. and jim
Nelson, Of New London, fought fourteen
round near Waterbury, Conn, Nelson bein.
knocked out and badly used up The figh.
was very brutal one It was witnessed b,
about 100 persons from New London, Hart.
ford, Bridgeport and Waterbury. The polio
are looking for the principals and seconds
and also hope to capture some Of the specta
tors.
Mrs Emma Althouse, the Attica, N. Y.
sleeper, is in another long trance. Sh,
went to sleep on March % and has moi
awakened since She has taken no nourish
ment since the 27th and is very weak. Hei
teeth are tightly closed, making it impossible
to force the least particle Of liquids or solids
between them Before falling into the pres
ent trance she predicted long sleep, but did
not state how long.
In the United States circuit court ut New
York Judge Coke has approved Of the dis
claimer filed by the Electrical Accumulatol
company, and formulated the decree and in.
junction restraining the Julien Electric com
pany, their officers, agents and workmen iron
further manufacture, use or sale of secondar.
batteries Of the Faure type, in which the act
i've material is applied to the support in tn,
form OF paint, paste or cement
The trunk line presidents at a meeting in
New York adopted resolution recommend
ing the. increase of east bound live stock rate.
from 2r1s to 81 cents, and a reduction of tn,
car rates; also, an increase of the rates fol
carrying dressed beef. Final action was de
fei ed until the western soads pass on the res
olution. The passenger agents met and dis
cussed emigrant rates, but took no action
The New Jersey Ceatral has joined the asso
ciation