The national leader., 1889-02-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Rev Father Cornyn. of strathro,

Rev. Father Cornyn, of Stratbroy,
Ontario, was found deaf In his study,
on the 1st, with bullet hole in his
head. 1t is not known whether the
shooting was the result of an accident
or suicide. John Rhodes and William
Boyd were dangerously. if not fatally,
burned by an explosion OF benzne in
New York on the 1st.
People have been attacked by a
strange and fatal disease in Webster
county, Kentucky. The doctors have
been unable to do anything for the
afflicted, and have not agreed among
themselves as to what the disease is.
1t first made its appearance in the
neighborhood of Yates saw-mill, be-
tween two creeks, into which, for a
number of years. slabs and Other refuse
have been cast and allowed to decay,
thus poisoning the atmosphere for a
considerable distance around. The
diseaae has spread to the adjoining
| neighborhOods. Only one pers0 On has
recovered, or thought TO be reco Yerlng,
and he is said to be blind. The rest
have all died, death usually occ rrring
from six to IL hours after the attack,
and In many cases before a ply slcian
could be procured. Physicians first
pronounced 1t cerebro spinal menin-
gifts, but later on they called it spotted
fever. The victims rapidly turned
black after death.
The Spanish smack Lola has ar
rived at Havana with the captain and
fourteen of the crew of the Austrian
bark Cavalier IAanlsevich, from PEN
sacola for Italy, which fOundered off
he Tortugas Islands.
I'm the bobbing races IN Albany,
New York, on the 2d, Charles O'Hare.
aged IA years, was killed. He was one
of crew on bob that became uncon-
trollable and dashed into a crowd.
Several persons were injured. Walter
Ivers, aged 10 years, fell from the top
of a nlne-story building IN Denver,
Colorado, on the I'd. He first struck
the telephone wires, then rebounded to
horses back in the middle of the
street, and then fell to the pavement.
Both his legs were broken, but he will
recover.
MASKED burglars chloroformed a
vicious bulldog, in Johu Forshner's
iewelry store, in Wllkesbarre, Penna.,
on the evening of the I'd, and took
clocks and jewelry valued at $500.
Burglars entered the post. office at
Warren, Ohio, on the evening of the
ist, and stole 5000 worth OF stamps.
"A drunken policeman named Far
ley fired five shots from his revolver
into crowd who were watching fire.
men at work In New York, on the I'd.
One shot grazed fireman's wrist and
another entered the side of bystand-
er. The policeman was arrested.
George W. Clark, cOlored, butler for
Z. F. Munger, in Chicago, shot and
killed Tillie Hy1ander. Swedish girl,
about % years of age. Oh the morning
of the I'd, and then committed suicide.
They had been lovers. but quarreled.
"A car of the Berkeley Motor Line,
in Denver, Colorado, became unman-
ageable on the afternoon Of the Sd,
while go ng down long and steep hill,
and dashed to the bottom of the hill.
When ne 4r the bottom the car ran off
the track and was smashed to pieces.
The car was filled with people, all of
whom were injured, several danger.
ousy. John Berry, a passenger. and
William Greenman, conductor, are not
expected to recover.
"A large section of the wall Of Max
Meyers's brick building IN Omaha, Ne
braska, which was recently burned,
was blown down by the wind on the
afternoon of the 4th. Two buildings
on the east side were wrecked. and
Edward Oleson, Mrs. Hincher. Michael
Martin, Thomas Houston. Peter Boyer,
Thomas Lombard and Rudolph
Mitchell were killed, and seven others
were injured.
The safe in the post-ofice in Ed
wardsyIlle, Illinois, was blown open by
burglars on the night of the 4th and
robbed of $500 in money and the con-
tents OF registered packages, amount
unknown.
In the Mohawk Valley, In New
York, on the 5th, the thermometer reg
istered from 18 to "a degrees below zero.
The thermometer at the Signal Service
Station at Saranac Lake, New York,
registered 80 degrees below zero On the
morning of the 4th. A temperature of
81 degrees below zero was reached In
Rome, New York. on the evening OF
the I'd. Reports from various parts of
New England show that the thermom-
eter registered from 80 to 40 degrees
below zero on the morning of the 4th.
In the district surrounding Ottawa.
Ontario, on the 4th, the thermometer
ranged from "a to 81 degrees below
zero. The first day Of the carnival
festivities in Montreal was ushered In
by the coolest weather experienced in
three years. In the morning the mer-
curry touched 30 degrees below zero.
The American visitors, many OF whom
came completely unprepared for such
temperature, suffered terribly, and
noses, ears and hands have In many
cases been badly frost bitten. Owing
to the recent mild weather, the Ice pal
ace is not so picturesque as In former
years.
"A heavy wind storm prevailed
throughout Nebraska on the morning
of the 4th. doing much damage in the
western part of tho State. Buildings
were unroofed and trees leveled At
Hastings school house was wrecked
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