Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-19
LATER NEWS.

ONE man was blown TO pieces and four
others were badly burned by an explosion Of
gunpowder in a stone quarry at Braddock,
Penn.
IMPRESSIVE exercises In commemoration
of the late John Boyle OReilly, the poet
editor of Boston, were held in the Metropoli-
tan Opera House. New York. Governors
Hin, of New York, and Albeit, of New Jer-
sew, were among tie speakers, and letters OF
regret were rea1 from President Harrison
and others.
THE Maine State election has resulted in
the reelection of Governor Edwin c. Bur.
leigh by about 16, 900 majority and the four
Republican Congressman-Reed, Boutelle,
Dingley and Milliken. Speaker Reeds ma
iority is about $500, the largest he ever re-
ceived Both branches of the Legislature
are heavily Republican.
ANOTHER attempt has been made to wreck
a New York Central train. A steel rail
was wedged in a cattle guard near New
Hamburg, but the obstruction was dis
covered and removed just before the arrival
of fast express train from New York city
Two trains on the New York Central road
collided near Lockport, n. Y, making
bad wreck. Baggageman Frank Fidler was
killed. and Engineer Bradley had both legs
broken.
4 COLLISION between two trains near Lit
Teton. w. Va, resulted in the death OF three
railroad men and severe injuries to five
more.
HENRY NERsMAN, a life prisoner in tho
Ohio State Penitentiary, committed suicide
by making a tube of newspapers and. sucking
gas throughit.
V1cE-PREs1DENT BRYAN, Of the Chicago
Worlds Fair Directory. has resigned.
ISAAC P. CHR1sr1ANCY, ex-United States
Senator, died at Lansing, Mich, aged seY-
enty-eight years.
GEORGE E. LEMON, the well-known Wash
ington pension agent, was witness before
the Special House Committee investigating
the charges against Pension Commissioner
Raum.
SECRETARY WINDOW left Washington for
a ten days vacation, to be spent with hls
family at Williamstown, Mass.
HERR KAFFsAFCK, a sculptor, and Herr
Weimar, a painter, were drowned while sail
ing near Berlin
A HURRICANE in the north Of Italy did
much damage at Bellerno and destroyed
bridges and houses in the Zolda Valley
Twenty-Five bodies was recovered from de-
hris of ruined houses.
FIRE destroyed large grain elevator at
Ogdensburg N. Y, causing an estimated
loss of $3.50, 900.
MINNESOTA Democrats have put a State
ticket in the field with Thomas Wilson for
Governor at the head
A REMUNERATION of Portland, Oregons
| capital, by the Genus bureau, shows popu-
latlon of 75,257, gain of 1890 over the
enumeration last June
A DOUBLE site has been selected for the
Worlds Fair at Chicago, one on the lake
| front and the other on jackson Park. Both
sites are on Lake Michigan.
| The Senate confirmed the nominations of
the following appointments as United States
consuls: James J. Peterson, West Virginia.
at Tegucigalpa; j. B. Richardson, Kansas,
Metamoras; j. F. Healey, Minnesota, Fun
chal; Alonzo Spencer, New York, at Guade-
loupe; 81. L. Rand, Illinois, at Ponane, Car
oline Islands.
IHE House Committe on Commerce is in
favor of the bill for bridge across the Hud-
son River at New York.
STRIKE OF lockers, sailors and fremen
at Southampton, England, resulted in riot.
| Troops that were called out were stoned,
when they charged upon the crowd, and
many of the rioters fell pierced by bayonets
The mob then fed In Wild disorder.
THE New York Board of ii ,alth CLAIM
that the population of the city wa
rot counted correctly by the Gems us enumer
ators, and that the returns from Wash
ington, as corrected by the Census Bureau
are at least 100, 900 short Of the correc
! figures.
The Delaware Republicans at their Stat.
Convention in Dover, nominated 81. A
Richardson for Governor and II. P. Cannon
for Congress.
! PRESIDENT HARRISON sent telegram Of
congratulations from Cresson Springs, Penn
to Speaker Reed upon the result af the Maine
| election.
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