Evening journal., 1889-06-21
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News Notes Of Interest Carefully Con-
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densed.
The Iehigh university at Bethlehem, Pa,
held It's twenty third annual commencement
meeting. Sixty young men graduated with
degrees and eight post gradua tes had degrees
conferred upon them
Lawrence Lottier, a plug tobacco manu-
facturer, Of Richmond, Va, has made an as
signment with liabilities of $47, 900 aud no as
sets stated.
Professor +. Benjamin Andrews, Of Cor
nell university, formerly Of Brown and
Brown alumnus, has been unanimously
elected president OF Brown university, vice
Dr. f. G. Robinson, resigned.
The tugboht Isabella Il Wilbur, owned by
the Lehigh Valley railroad, was damaged to
the extent Of $1,000 by fire while lying at
her dock in Weehawken Monday.
The race for the St James palace stakes Of
100 sovereigns each with 500 added was won
by Pioneer, with Ben Strome second and
Swift third.
Kent a. Co. 5 woolen min at Janesville,
Mass, was damaged TO the extent of SO, 900
by fire Thursday. Insurance, slT,000
The twenty-seventh commencement Of tho
Pennsylvania Military academy took place
Thursday at Chester, Pa A large number
Of distinguished guests wero' present The
military exercises were very finely conducted.
Dominick McCaffrey has been appointed
special agent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company to book tourists for the Sullivan
Kilrain fight near New Orleans, July S, at
special rates.
The Baptist church at Stelton, n j., the
third oldest in the United States, celebrated
its 200th anniversary Thursday, visitors being
present from all parts of the state and from
other states
Jim Poole the ex-convict who shot and
wounded Tom Burns and attempted TO shoot
policeman on June at New York, was
found guilty Thursday OF assault in the sec
ond degree. Burns refused 70 testify against
Poole, so that the verdict had TO be hight
one Burns motive was to keep Poole out of
prison so that he could s'do him up himself,
but the attempt failed
Alvin Clark, Of West Mystic, Conn shot
and killed l4-year- old girl named Little
field. Clark was 40 and loved the girl, but
had been jilted by her.
The green midge, an insect, is doing great
damage TO the wheat in Indiana.
John r. Warriner, president OF thu Agri-
cultural National and the Berkshire County
Savings banks, of Pittsheld Mass, and d.
rector in several financial institutions, is
dead, aged g.
Max Schamberg, the Austrian consul, of
Pittsburg, has been knighted by Emperor
Francis Joseph Of Austria. The consul has
also received 10000 gulden from Emperor
Joseph, with instructions to expend it in aid
Of the suffering Hungarians and other Aus
trian subjects who suffered by the Johnstown
food There was colony OF 800 Huns at
Johnstown, and about 100 Of them persisted.
The German Austrian society at Johnstown
was almost completely wiped out
Andrew Grimes, the murderer of Mate
John Martin, has been hanged at Mays
Landing, N ]. AM
Daniel Foley, Patrick Digens and two
other men were pushing car on the Buffalo
Greek railroad tracks at Buffalo up 70 Z
grain elevator. On the same track in, Their
rear was a string Of twenty cars beiDg
| pushed the same way. The four men triec
to get out * the way, but Foley and Digen
were caught and crushed to death
A Belfast n y, special states that th'
body Of Martin A. Laux, the attorney VIII,
was drowned at that place last Tuesday
while bathing in the river with Sullivan anC
Muldoon, has been recovered. The Fri,
County Bar association will attend the fu
neral in body.
The president has recognized Marie Engen'
Flandin as consul in charge Of the vice con
sulate of France at Boston.
The navy department has been informed
that the cruiser Baltimore will be ready fol
her official trial trip about July 9 at Phila
delphia
The comptroller Of the currency has au
thorized the Sehuster- Hax National bank, d
st. Joseph, Mo-, to commence business witt
capital OF $4,000,