Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-14
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Dfiddle States.

THE United States steamships Philadelphia
and Petrol of the North Atlantic squadron.
with Admiral Gherardi on board, dropped
anchor at Bar Harbor, Me.
The three story pulp mill of the Glens
Falls Company at Ticonderoga, n. Y, was
burned. Loss so, 600.
The drill of the New York Naval Reserve
came to close with a review at Fishers
Island.
JUDGE HAMILTON BARCLAY STAPLES, or
the Superior Court of Massachusetts,, died
at Worcester, after long and painful illness
of internal cancer. He was born in Mendon
Mass. February Il, 1929.
SECRETARY TRACY in the Despatch ar
rived at New London Conn, cruising to the
eastward.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED representatives of the
workmen in Pennsylvania collieries met ut
Plains, Penn, James Flynn, Of Parsons, pre-
siding, and determined to insist upon the
companies obeylng the law requiring pay
ment OF wages every two weeks.
THE naval reserves returned to New York
City from their drills at Fishers Island.
Mich cows were poisoned by some I'M
known person in Newark, Y, and the
owners saved their customers by rushing
through the town rim cling bells and shouting
to their customers not to drink of the milk.
ANDREW L. WEsTBRoOK a former resi-.
dent of Brooklyn, committed suicide in Dun
dee Lake, near the home of his son, in the
village of Clifton, NJ. de was sixGy-nine
and very wealthy.
SAMUEL HANO. real estate operator at
Allston. Mass, has assigned to his father.
Louis Hano. His liabilities are $500, 900, and
gross assets 81, 100000.
The works of the Richmond County
Light, Heat and Power Company, at St.
George, Staten Island. n. Y, were destroyed
by fire. Loss over $50, 900
WILLIAME CAssELLs OF the firm of Viii
son Cassells & Co.. of Boston, committed
suicide at Portland, Me-, and next day it was
learned that be had forged paper to the ex-
tent of between $50 900 and So, 900. He had
taken his life rather than face disgrace.
ABRAHAM BACKER, of the Dry goods com.
mission house of A. Backer & Co, New York
City, heavy dealer in commercial paper,
assigned. His liabilities are estimated at
about 81, O0O,O 900, of which s. 500, 900 are di
rect and 81, 500, 900 contingent. The princi-
pal creditors are banks.
The famous Weeks House at Palmer,
Mass. was burned, and one OF the guests,
Rev. Francis F. Williams, a Boston clergy
man, was sutfocated to death.
W. L. BUCK, Cashier of the First National
Bank of Darby, Penn, struck by 8
train at Collingdale and instantly killed.
The formal opening of the great Chautau,
qua IN. " Assembly took place, and fully
10000 people were present to participate In
the exercises.
The Squadron of Evolution, which saile1
recently in command OF Acting Rear
Admiral John 6. Walker, to put the Naval
Reserve Battalion of the State of New York
through week of man-of-warsmen drill at
Fishers Island, returned to New York Har.
Dor.
ScHUYLER's STEAM TOWING COMPANY,
of ALBANY. n. Y, the oldest and best known
of the North River lines has suspended.
The liabilities admitted foot up 1850, 900.
HENRY BARTELs, a bartender in New
York City, was ''electrocuted" by an electric
motor of ten arc lights capacity, which runs
the fans for cooling the place He was
hurled backward to the floor, and after
few spasmodic twitches of the muscles al
was over with him. He was dead within
three minutes. Hundreds saw him die.