Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Milford Woodruff was elected President of the Mormon church yesterday. Fire has destroyed the business portion and most of the residences of Clarlxyille. Miss.
 The Oakland, Cal, high school, valued at SIC, 900 was destroyed by fire Saturday night.
 Rev. Gilbert Raym ond, at one time Vicar General of the Diocese of New Orleans, is dead, aged 80.
 The First National bank of Anoka, Minn., has closed it's doors. The cashier is in Canada with most of the banks funds.
 train ran into a washout on the Rich- mond & Danville railroad, near West Point, Va, Saturday night, and two men were killed.
 Many vessels were wrecked by a gale which blew across Chesapeake bay Saturday night. The storm was the worst In many years.
 It is announced in Washington that Pro- lessor A. B. Gould, of Harvard College, will be appointed Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, vice Frank M. Thorn.
 Two passenger trains drawn by two en- zines each, collided on the Santa Fe road, near Trinidad, on Saturday. All four en- glnes were wrecked, and an unknown man was killed.
 The death of Mrs. Doris, housekeeper for Edward Corry, wealthy farmer of Cherry Creek, N. Y., has aroused suspicion of foul play, and Is to be investigated by a cor oner's jury.
 John Harty, bookheeper for the Speer New Jersey Wine company, was found dead in a hovel near Passaic, N J., yesterday. He had committed suicide by taking arsenic.
 The barns aud outhouses belonging to Dennis Creeden of North Clinton street, East Orange, N. J., were totally destroyed by lire last night, together with a horse and three cows, causing loss of &, GOO.
 The schooner Carrie 'Dingle came into collision with the steamship Noordland off Beachyhead and was sunk. The Noord- lands bow was stove and she discharged part of her cargo in order to make neces- sary repairs.
 In race at San Francisco, Satur- day, the colt Al Farrow made a milo in 1:40, equalling Stuyvesants record for the distance, which is only quarter of second slower than Ten Brooks mile against time.
 The Wayfarer's Lodge, a Newark institu- ton at which tramps are fed and given nights lodging in return for chopping half cord of wood, has been complained against to the Essex County Grand Jury, and Edward Zachert, the proprietor, has been arrested.
 and Dan Gallagher, of Fort Worth, Texas, fought six rounds near Peoria, Ill. In the sixth round Gallagher struck Hennessy 8 powerful blow on the nose while the latter was down. The referee called the fight a draw and was chased to the cabin of a boat
 Joseph J. zimmerma-n of Clinton ave- nue, Newark, las been missing since last Tuesday. He was married seven months ago, and lived very happily. Ear trouble is thought to have rendered him temporarily insane, andN his disappearance is thought to be due to an impulse for which he Is not responsible.
 G. A. R. circles in Tarrytown, N. Y., arc still agitated over the ''tin soldier" as the statue Is called which has been placed in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery. It is now certain that tho statue will not be unveiled on Dec oration Day, and 1t is even said that it will be taken from tho cemetery some dark night
 Tho Town board of Carlstadt, N. J., is trying to make Charles Mothe lately the town treasurer, make good check for s. 049.70 which he gave to Adolph Kreuger, ~AAS SoSSSSsSA AAA SAAiSS3 co1AAO oAhA0 uSOs oAo which was returned to Mir. Kreuger by the bank officials with the indorsement, "No funds"
 Mrs. Mary CliDe, wife of the German shoemaker, David Cline, of Bordentown, N. J., who was arrested on Saturday on charge of having attempted to poison her husband, had private hearing before Jus tice of the Peace Rockhlll and was held to await the action of the grand jury Mr. Cline will recover.