Democratic messenger., 1889-06-29
News Items.


ferers continue to pour in to The treasury.
Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes, wife Of ex-
President Ru'hford Is. Hayes. died on
Tuesday
President Harrison spent Sunday at
Cape May with his wife. They were the
guests OF Pos,maste General Wanamaker.
J. Adae Houck. teller in the Trader,
Naional Bank of Baltimore committed
suicide nj his mothers residence In Balii.
more county on Saturday.
Rev. VIM Henry Bccchcr, a brother Of
Henry Ward Bcecher, died on Monday.
Nr. Bcechcr was one Of seven brothers all
Of whom were noted preachers.
WASHINGTON, June 2G.--The President
to-day appointed William Walter Phelps,
Of New Jersey. to bc envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipoten,iary ofihe United
States to Germany.
John Dehany. aged IL: William casner,
aged is; Mary 4. Young and l.osalinc Et
tock. aged u aud IL respectfully. were
drowned while boating on the Schoolkill,
Philadelphia, last Sunday.
Dominick McCaiFrcy. the puglisi has
been appointed special agent for the Pen.
nsylvauia railroad and will have charge
of tourist who wish 10 see the sullivan.
Kilrain battle near New Orleans ON July
Sth.
Twenty five thousand people in Johns.
town are still being fed daily BY the state.
Colonel Spanglcr recommends that the
relief money he turned over to the citizens
and that the necessary supplies be pur-
chase from the sixteen general stores and
three bakeries now running.
A combination Of farmers in the vicin.
iiy of Evansville, H., by which they
agree to purchase from but one store In
town, the owner agreeing III turn to sell
at net profit Of of 10 per cent, is said TO
have seriously embarrassed u number of
merchants and destroyed competition.
A hand Of White Caps. so.called. took
Eyoc Byrd. blacksmith, Of Onancock.
Va. from his house several nights ago and
whipped him so severely that he has not
been able To leave his room since. Byrd
it is alleged. gave his wife an unmcrciful
beating some time ago hence the vista
iion. lie was once before whipped by
White Caps.
JouNsrowS, PA. June aa.-All the lo-
cal physicians at the Bedford Street Hos
pital met in consultation last night aud
gave their united opinion thst not less
than 10000 lives were lost in the flood
On account OF the general knowledge Of
the people which the physicians claim Ia
possess. this estimate Is looked upon rs
reliable.
WAsiIiNGToN, June 2O-Thc contract
for the repair of the Gcorciown level of
the Chesapeake Il Ohio Canal was signed
this afternoon and the work of repair will
be- begun nj an early day, certainly IN the
next week and will he pushed rs rapidly
as possible along the entire line of work.
so as To have il completed within the next
80 days il possible.
LANCASTER. Pa. June 2j.-Gcncral
Simon Cameron, "the Gar of Pcnnsylva.
vania politics. who in his ninety years Of
life has been printer. editor. banker. rail
road consi iructor, ,a,liutant general ofPcnE-
sylvania, Secretary of War. minister To
Russia and four times United States Scna.
tor, died at his country home. Donegal
Springs. twenty miles from tins city nj y
o'clock this c2ening
Mrs. Sarah Jane Whicling was hanged
in Philadelphia on Tuesday. She is the
first woman that has ever been hanged
in Philadelphia county Her crime was
the poisoning al her husband aud two
children for The purpose Of securing the
small insurance she carried on their lives
All the circumstances pointed io her being
murdcrcsses ever executed. Every effort
was made To save her from the gallows by
her counsel hut to no effect
II is current gossip in the American
colony in London that the poet Robcr,
browning and Mrs Bloomfield Moore. the
wealthy Philadelphia lady. contemplate G
ma,rimony. Browning is - years old and
Mrs. Moore is said ,o he On the sunset
side Of 10. People who have had the
pleasure &C meeting the poet and Mrs
Moore together declare that their dcvo.
tion Is touching II is said that Mrs.
MoOre's son, who is with her in London.
has consented to the marriage
MEMPHIS. TENS. June 2l.-Alf Griz-
zard diids Hawkins, was banged by n mob,
supposed to he composed Of negro gam.
blcrs. at Tiponvillc, last Wednesday. II
seems that he had won all the money the
negroes hal, and they, enraged at their
loss. carried him forcibly oil boat, iirs,
throwing a sack over his head 10 prevent
his outcries from attracting attention.
They then carried him into the woods
and drew him up To- a limb. demanding
that hc should return their money. lie
refused To comply with their wishes. and
they jerkcd him up for good. lie lived
here and was noted gambler. Ills
corpse was brought here Yesterday.