Evening journal., 1889-08-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Prosh Tips from the Wire CAREFUL.
Cuiled.

years OF nes. living at Taunton, Mass shot
himself with fatal effect Dependency and
illness was the cause.
Center Fielder Ed Hanlon, Of the Pitts
burg Baseball club has been appointed man.
agcr and captain Of the club Dunlap re-
signed as captain after having attempted to
buy his release from President Nimck
Hanlon will not he in supreme control Of the
team, but on and ot the field.
Thomas Hooley, adopted son Of Richard
M. Hooey, Of Hooleys theatre, Chicago, is
dead, aged % years The deceased had been
sick for several months with dropsy Of the
heart.
The hail Of j. Frank COLON, the young
Minneapolis attorney, charged with forgeries
Of the name OF J. n Blnisdell for amounts
aggregating over s2OO,0OO, which was fixed
at $4,000 in each Of the eleven cases. has
been reduced 10 5,lO0 in the aggregate
which, 1t is expected, viii be furnished by
| Collom's wealthy friends. Hon. e. NJ vii
son and Judge j. M. Shaw are defending the
forger.
The liabilities Of the New England Terra
Gotta Lumber company, OF Boston, are
about S5Q, 900, OF which $4,000 is secured.
The nominal assets for the unsecured credit
ors are about 5000
The Sons OF st George have organized
grand lodge OF the order at Bridgeport
| Conn.
The stockholders OF the Derby railroad
have voted TO rutify the lease of the road 20
the Housatonic Railroad company for ninety.
nine years
The steamship City Of Paris, which sailed
from New York ON Wednesday, has arrived
at Queenstown. Her time, days, 70 hours,
40 minutes, is 40 minutes faster than the pre-
| vious best record for steamer going east
ward across the Atlantic.
James Jones, aged n years, Of Waterford,
N. Y, was burned fatally by flames in his
room, caused by the oyerturning Of a lamp
while he was reaching for some medicine.
Three negroes, frenzed by religious excite.
ment and thinking themselves representative
OF Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, the
three lsraelites who entered the fiery furnace
OF Nebuchadnezzar Of old, deliberately en-
tered the gnte of the cupola of the Schloss
furnace at birmingham, Ala, and rushed
into the white heat OF the melting iron. They
did not come out again.
Eben s. Allen, of New York, has pleaded
guilty 70 an Indictment charging him with
the over-issne Of stock
The building and machine shops Of thl
Huntington Car Manufacturing company
together with thirty cars in various stages o.
completion, have been burned. Loss, S5Q,OOu
Insured
Edward Lehlour, colored bookkeeper fo
George Fuller, Jr, a New York stock broker
; has decamped with $1,000 Of his employer
money.
Z The senate court has found Gen Boulange
guilty of conspiracy.
Suit has been brought against Ferd Shei
wood, a rich young merchant, Ia the suprcm
court OF Orange county n ~, for 5000
f, damages for iilting Miss Rachael Frcdef
burgh after She had procured her trouSeau,
stephen Il. sherman, OF Buffalo, who's
grim irregularities caused loss of abou
$4,000, has been arrested for grand laI
. cony.
The New Haven bah club has released LET
Fielder Gallagher and Pitcher Sworhaci
The latter viii probably 60 TO Toronto
I The Pennsylvania Steel company at Han
risburg has increased the wages Of its en-
, ployes from ~ 10 10 per cent, restoring tn
wages paid several months ago.
? A package which negro boy left at tn
kentucky Leader office directed 10 ID. |
Baxter, well known newspaper correspoI
n dent, was found 10 contain an internal mi
I chine, with dynamite enough 10 have blow
2 up the whole building.
Y The New Jersey Steel and Iron company
+ of Trenton, has begun work on six larp
I dynamite guns for the United States govern
ment, the order coming through the Dyni
mite Gun company, OF New York.
o The Grand lodge Of Odd Fellows at Por
g land elected Alfred s. Kimball, Of Norwa,
r. grand master. Il is shown that the totl
J. membership in Maine is $1,000, an increa.
Of 705.
Charles Adams, Of Pottsville, Pa. has bee
arrested, charged with the murder OF Patric
u Rafferty, last fall.
The New jersey state Republican convei
e ton will be held at Trenton, Sept n.
q Department Commander Smith has issue
a circular fixing department headquarters
a Milwaukee, practically abandoning the bo.
colt OF Iowa department ON the encampmen
a The Duke OF Fife declines to permit
: wife, Princess Louise of Wales, to acceptan
: share Of the parliamentary grantto the royI
v family.