The Globe-republican., 1891-03-18
GEN. ISAAC P. MooR committed sui
eide recently at Baltimore, Md.

eide recently at baltimore, Md.
SUGAR has gone up one cent.
THE court at Dublin has adiudicated
Mr.. William O'Brien bankrupt on the
petition of Lord Salisbury in the latter's
suit to recover the sum of e1,7OO, the
costs in the action for libel brought
against him by Mr.. 0'Brien, and in
which the latter was noh-suited.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) TO,
the seven days ended March IL mum.
bered 273. compared with 265 the prev.
ious week and 252 the corresponding
week of last year.
EDWIN BOOTH gave bond for Actor
Charles Webster, of New York, accused
of numbering his wife's alleged para
mOur.
The Arkansas senate killed the bill
to allow iuries in murder cases to fix
the penalty at death or life imprison-
ment.
THE insane asylum at Nashville,
Tenn, burned on the night of the 18th.
Six unfortunate inmates persisted.
THERE has been a heavy snow in
northern Texas. Fruit was consider
ably damaged.
In the Malta trials at New Orleans for
the murder of Police Chief Hennessy
the jury acquitted six of the prisoners
and failed to agree on the cases of the
! other three.
THERE is great stagnation in iron and
coke and its effects are felt on Pennsyl-
vania railroads, many lines discharging
| numbers of men.
The holy synod of the Russian church
has issued an order that all converted
Jews shall attend public worship of the
orthodox faith once in every week, or
be deemed to have relapsed into Juda-
ism, when they will be punished.
THE census of the Austrian empire
showed $1,000, 900. Hungary made
three per cent. greater increase than
the rest of the country.
EAST BOsTON is having rumpus over
the recent town election, prior to which
certain merchants signed a paper advo-
eating the election of i-Catholic can
didates. Boycotts are in order.
AN earthquake shock was felt at
Newburg and Cornwall, n. Y, on the
18th.
THE heaviest snow of the year fell at
Cleveland, O. Street car traffic was al
most stopped.
MRS. WILLIAM BAKER, aged "a, was
burned to death in her house near Eos
toria, O., in trying to light the fire with
coal oil.
MICHAEL OvERMYER, wealthy farm
err who had just been married, was shot
dead by a robber at Rochester, Ind
The man got $500.
AsBURY PARK On. j. police are patrol.
ing the streets armed with rifles and
shooting all unmuzzled dogs. Twenty
dogs have been bitten by alleged mad
dogs.
HENRY HALL. decrepit old man OF
Council Bluffs, Ia, has been sentenced
to the penitentiary for life for killing
his aged wife. His daughters were
forced to testify against him.
In forty-four round glove contest
that took place at San Francisco recent
ly, Jake Kilrain. of Baltimore, knocked
out the colored pugilist of Boston:
George Godfrey.
THE women of Mt. Etna, ten miles
from Huntington, Ind, armed with
clubs and axes, beat down a saloOr
door, emptied vessels and demolished
furniture and gave notice that all dram
shops would share similar fate. Nc
one interfered with their proceedings.
CHICAGO boss plasterers are preparing
for the general strike in the trade
About $4,000 has been raised to pay
for the transportation of plasterers te
Chicago. The secretary has been author.
lied to invite journeymen everywhere
to come to Chicago, as there will be
plenty Of work.