Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-08-29

conference a. Buffalo, n. Y, On the New
York Central strike
HENRY c. FARRISGroS, q photographer,
in g fit Of mental depression committed sui
eide by jumping from the Washington
Bridge at New York city. He fell q distancs
OF 100 feet.
FIRE at Augusta, Kan, destroyed one OF
theb best business blocks in the city with ar
| estimated loss Of so, COO
SAMUEL JACOBSON, a prominent business
man, was shot through the breast and fatally
wounded by footpads at San Francisco, Cal
He was ordered TO throw mp his hands, but
before he could obey the order one of the
en- fired They then ran away. Mr.. ia
cobson died.
Mrs. della McCABE shot and killed Judge
Max Stein, Of Hidalgo County, Texas.
THE Jefferson Iron Works at Steubeuville,
Ohio, were destroyed by fire. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000, and large number Of
men are thrown out Of employment.
ELEVEN houses and stores were destroyed
by fire at Winona, Ill. Loss, $780, co
EDWARD HAKE, of st. Louis, No, who,
about three weeks ago, took $1,000 out of his
fathers safe and left the city with it. shot his
wife and then fired bullet into his own
breast, indicting mortal wound. The wo-
man was fatally injured
THE bill granting leave of absence to per
diem employees in the customs service has
been passed by both Houses Of Congress.
THE Senate passed the General Deficiency
bill, with all the amendments agreed upon in
committee of the whole, including those APP
propriating 81, 239,6ss for the payment of the
French spoliation claims.
THE British Parliament was prorogued by
commission The Queens speech contained
no feature Of special Importance.
PEACE has been arranged between Guate-
nala and Salvador on terms favorable to the
latter.
DAVIS DALTON. an American, swan the
English Channel on his back in twenty-three
and a half hours
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, presented
the Gar and Czarina with carriage at the
Narva meeting.
The Rev. John H. A. Bomberger, D. D.,
LII. D.. President of Ursinus College, Col
legeville, Penn, died at that place after an
illness of ten days. He was born in Ian
caster, Penn, January ID, 1917.
An explosion of gas occurred in the South
Wilkesbarre penny shaft fatally burning
two miners named Benjamin Price and Ben
jamin Collett.
The channel span of the Ohio River con-
Meeting bridge was swung into place at Pitts
burg, Penn, and one of the greatest engi-
neering feats Of century was accomplished.
fell at Denver, Col.
WILLIAM DINEEN and Lum Maggard were
instantly killed at Lincoln, Neb., by the ex-
plosion of a boiler at the new gas works.
The boiler was Old and rotten.
FIVE THOUSAND people assembled at Law
| renceburg, Tenn, and witnessed the ceremo-
nies connected with the laying of the corner
stone Of a monument to the memory of Davy
| Crockett one of the oldest of TennesSees
| sons.
THE mountain regions along the Big Sandy
River, in Kentucky, are swept by bux. Wa
ter, impregnated with alkah, and the ex-
cessive heat are the supposed causes. There
| have been many fatal cases.
MARGAREr SoLOMAN, the last survivor of
the Wyandotte tribe of Indians died at her
home, near Sandusky, Ohio.
A TERRIBLE storm struck Senecaville,
Ohio, causing the death Of three men.
| SECRETARY WINDOW issued circular no
tifying holders Of four and half per cent.
bonds that s15, 900, 900 worth Of them will be
redeemed, with interest, upon presentation
at the Treasury Department
THE records of the Pension Office show
that up to a recent date there had been
received 80, 931 applications for pension
under the Department Pension Act Of June
q, 1890.
THE Gar and Emperor William, Of Ger
many. attended the Russian army manoeu
| vres.
| A CASE of Asiatic cholera has appeared in
London, England.
THE Mount Athos Monastery, near Bel
grade, was partially destroyed by fire, and
twelve monks lost their lives in trying to
| save the sacred vessels and relics in the chap
| els and churches. The property destroyed
| includes four churches ten houses and Two
graneries-
THE situation in Armenia IS daily becom-
ing more deplorable. There has been
wholesale massacre of Christians at Moosh.
| BR1eANDs attacked the Speco Monastery