The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

miners Will take place throughout Bel.
GUM on Monday next.
McGrath Bros brewery in West Troy,
n. Y, was burned on the gath. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Admiral ellis, in command of the
South American squadron, has written
to the Navy Depart ment stating that
yellow fever is breaking out in all parts
OF Brazil, besides Rio Janeiro. n
The grand Jury at New York City has
dismissed the charge against president
Nathaniel Niles, of the Tradesmen's
National Bank, Of renting a house with
the knowledge that it was to be put to
an immoral and unlawful use.
News comes from st. Petersburg that
a sudden rise in the waters of the river
Neva has flooded the lower part of the
city and large number of streets are
under water from one end to the other.
No lives are reported lost, hut in many
instances women and children living in
houses near the river bank were only
saved from drowning by rescuers who
went out to them in boats.
The letter-oarriers of Charleston, S. c.,
In response to suggestion from the let
Wa iAClo VI 4NOW IOEhs udtc COHbElU-
uted two dollars each to a fund for a
monument to the late Hon. S. S. Cox.
A big fire wiped out nearly $4,000
worth of property at Sheffield, Ia, the
other night. The fire started in the oil
room of drug store. Two citizens were
seriously injuMd while fighting the
flames.
Afreight wreck occurred on the Hous-
ton & Texas Central railroad the other
day about forty miles from Houston,
Tex. Conductor M. Ii. Allen was in
stantly killed and brakeman Cameron
fatally injured.
William F. Campbell, who, it is
claimed, was accidentally shot by po-
liceman Patrick j. Morris during strug-
gle for the possession of a pistol which
Campbell was fourishing in a saloon,
died at New York City on the Esd.
Through the burning of a barn at
Eisenach, SAKE Wiemar, the other night,
six boys who were asleep inside were
burned to death.
At DEVILS Lake, N. D., three hard
characters escaped from Jail the other
night. They knocked the sheriff sense
less and later the county auditor, who
came to his assistance. A posse of citi-
zens is in pursuit.
Serious prairie fires are raging in the
neighborhood Of Mettona, Douglass
County, Mimi, which have devastated
the farms of many settlers. A dozen or
fifteen have lost all their hay ana some
have lost buildings. , o.
y Harry Trowmann, aged nineteen, who
absconded from Port Huron, Mich, with
5000 which he was given by the Times of
that city to deposit, has been arrested at
Toronto, Ont. He admits his guilt and
will return voluntarily. "Aat3
The first furnace of the immense steel
works of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany, at Sparrow Point, near Baltimore,
was put in operation on the 23d. This
is the first attempt at manufacturing at
these works.
Merchandise exports from the United
States during September pastaggregated
in value $65,074,3Sl, against $51,934,5S4
in September, 1888. Imports for the past
month were valued at$53, 612, $50, against
S54, 1925 in September, 1883.
Secretary Tracy has formally accepted
the United States steamship Petrol.
jeremiah Mcclure, a well-known Dem
ocratic politician and ex-Speaker of the
New York Assembly, died at Elmira, n.
Y, on the 25th.
While Robert Campbell, of the village
of Tara, near Lindsay, Ont, was return
ing home the other night he was sci
upon by highwaymen, knocked insensi
BILE and robbed of $1,740. He was cat
tie buyer. No clue to the robbers.
Judge A. M. Bryant, one of the most
prominent Republicans in Texas, was
thrown from his buggy while driving
near Whitewright, Tex, the other even
ing, and was fatally hurt, death ensuing
in about one hour. He was over seventy
years of age.
A new Socialist newspaper has just
been started in Breslau, Prussia. If il
redeems the promises made in its first
issue it is safe to say that the editor
whose business it is to go to jail for the
papers offenses against Bismarck press
laws, will have steady job.
Samuel Gompers, the well-known la
Dor advocate, has been nominated fol-
State Senator by the County Democrats
of the Seventh New York district.
At Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 25th, Nc
Elvaine, the murderer of grocer Luca
sentenced to be executed some day dur
ing the week beginning December 0.
The buildings of the Flint Glass. Asso
citation at Beaver Falls, Pa, were dam
aged between 5000 and $4,000 by fire
on the night of the oath. Insurance
49,, 900.
Fifty milk producers of New York
New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachu
sets met in convention at Middleton, N
Y, on the gath and resolved to recon
mend that farmers organize Milk Pro
ducers' Union branches at every shipping
point from which New York and otheI
large cities are supplied.
The three-story and basement struct
ure at the corner of Fulton and Clinton
streets, Chicago, was destroyed by fire
on the Gath. The building was occupied
by p. N. Kohlsaat, manufacturer o
tanks; Scott & Houge, iron works, ant
G. b. Flaher, pattern maker. Total los
s25, 900. about equally divided. Insur
ance, $1,000. .ia
The village of Comber, Ont, was Wis
tied by fire the other day and clever
buildings were destroyed. Loss, $4,000
partially insured. The fire is supposed
to be incendiary.
An absolute pardon has been granted
by the President to George c. Wood
convicted of polygamy in Utah, and sen
fenced to five years Imprisonment il
the penitentiary and to pay fine of $500
William w. Brockway, one of tn
largest carriage manufacturers in New
York, died recently from Bright's dis
ease, aged sixty. He was a prominen
Democrat.
At Newport, R. l., on the 25th, Georg
Sabourin, aged twenty-one years,
workman employed on the new Congre
gational church, fell distance of eight,
feet from the spire and was fatally in