Fair play., 1891-10-10
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Tor robbery and train wreckinG. over
powered Deputy Sheriff X. NJ. Melton
on the 2sth, put rope about his meek
and were hanging him when police
man appeared ard fired on the prison
crs. They fled back to their cells
Two were wounded. The rope was
taken from Melton's neck and he was
found to be still alive. lie will re-
cover
THE Chilan situation is not regarded
in Washington as alarming.
WILLIAM GOULD, Jr., of Albany, y.
v, who was found guilty of aiding and
abctting Book-keepcr Whitney in ta>i-
flying the accounts of the Albany City
national bank, by means of which he
WIS enabled to overdraw his account
many thousands of dollars, was sen
fenced, on the 10Th. to six years i'm
prisonment in the Albany county pen
itentiary.
Mrs. THOMAS BoMBERGER, OF Lcba-
non, Pa, while endeavoring to save her
4-year-old son who had strayed on the
track of the electric railroad. was
struck by a car and instantly killed.
The child was fatally injured.
GOLD in Euenos Ayres was quoted at
3l5 per cent. premium on the 10Th.
AGENTS for the French government
have been quietly buying up an enor-
nous amount of grain and meats,
mostly in the American markets.
The Hawaiian Gazette denies that
there has been an expression of desire
on the part Of the Hawaiian papers for
annexation to the United States.
THE largest oil well struck in the
Pennsylvania oil fields was opened, on
the 29th, in the McCurdy field, IS miles
west of Pittsburgh. Tha0vell started
off at the rate of 800 Els an hour
and is estimated to - binS 10000 bar
rels per day. An et measurement
can not be taken. a.more than half the
product is going to waste on account of
insufficient tankage.
AT the Colorado state fair in Pueblo.
on the a?th, during the progress of the
':2ao trotting race, just after passing un-
der the wire in the third heat. the horse
Tramp s., suddenly stopped. staggered
up against the fence and fell dead. lie
was owned by Mr.. Leonard, of Denver.
who had recently refused $4,000 fo.
him, holding his price at $4,000. Tramp
$. record was 2:2l.
THE settlers in Calispel valley, in
northern Idaho, are alarmed over the
menacing attitude of the Indians in
that section. Marsela. the chief of the
Calispels. it is reported. has ordered all
white settlers out of the country. and
the Indians are running off the set
tiers stock and otherwise annoying the
whites.
The cornner's inquest on the sup
posed suicide of William Adams. VIII,
WAS found hanging in his barn nca,
Columbus. Ind, has developed tha,
Adams had received white cap anony.
nous letters threatening his life. The
grand jury will investigate.
DR.. JOSEPH JENCKEs, rector of st
Paul's Episcopal church in lndianap
oils, Ind. has resigned on request oi
his congregation. which objected to his
conviction that the end of the world is
near at hand.
Hon. THOMAS MC,;REERY. NJ. T.. was
expelled from the Canadian house OF
commons. on the 2?th. by unanimous
vote. His Offcnsc was boodlinG
FREIGHT train No. 81 on the Erie road
collidcd with section 6 of passenger
train No =, near kent. O.. on the 0th.
Four persons were killed. including
the engineer and fireman of the pas
scngcr train, and thirty person, in
jured.
AN attempt to wreck the train OF
which Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus,
tria was travelling to Hcichenburg was
frustrated. on the night of the 3lst, by
the discovery of bomb which was in
tended to blow mp the bridge at Rosen-
thai. over which the emperor's train was
to pass.
A SPECIAL cable from La Lihcrtad
San Salvador. says that the command
ant of that port denies the rumor about
revolt in Guatemala.
THE Dixon County bank. at Ponca.
Ncb., was entered by five masked bur
glars. on the night of the a9th, the
watchman being overpowerrd. Their
efforts to break into the vault We're in
tcrrup.cd hy citizen, and the robbers
hurried to the railroad. where they had
a hand-car in waiting. and amid a fu>il-
lade os bullets escaped. One of the rob
hers was shot, but the others carried
him away with them.
AssEMRI yMAN FRANK i. DEMuRESr.
of Rockland county. y. V. who is I'M
der various indictments for forgery.
etc. was married at Nyack. on the
Goth. to lantha Shakespeare, daughter
of a well-known jewelcr of that place.
MME EntLANGER. widow of Gen.
sailles, on being informed of her hu>-
bands suicide at Brussels, tainted.
Since then She has been in state q!
deepest detection, and is apparently
overcome with grief.
PROF. RENFRu. Il white teacher of 4
colorcd normal school at Huntsville.
Ala. attempted. on the lSt. 10 cl,asti>e
Ehenczcr Kahn. a cnlorcd pJ.pil. Kahn
seized a threc-inch steel chisei and I'M
hedded it in Ecnfro's brain. killing
HIM
THE comptroller of the currency IS
sued statement on the lst. showing
that on that date, the total amount O!
national bank notes outstanding ag-re-
gated Sl.l,Sl..Sl decrease for the
month of September of S".9i.. ..l3?.
\ SOLDIERS monument was unveiled
at Pottsville, Pa. on the lSt. in the
presence of vast aSse;nhlaCe.
CAPT. CHARLES II. WAREENs. Four
,eenth infantry. has been placed on the
retired list of the army.
The strike of miners in the Pitts
burgh Pa dis,ric. IS more general
than was expected Ten thousand
miners are idle and work at all the
railroad mines has ceased.
THE adhesion Of the Aus.ralasial
colonies 10 the universal postal union,
:pi, has Z. ,-aa-s !,