The southern argus., 1891-07-30

| HE dairy cows in Sussex county. NJ
j., are dying from disease which ha.
puzzled every one.
| IHE boiler at Lees Sawmill at Min.
evek Junction, near Binghamton, n. Y.
exploded recently. Three men, James
Shaw. Fred Wheeling and NJ MARKHAM,
were instantly killed.
CHARLES OZBURN, a wholesale com.
mission merchant, was hanged at At
lanta, Ga, for the murder of a man
named Bradley. Great efforts were
made to save Ozburn from the gallows
without effect.
SEVEN children of French-Canadian
parents were drowned the other day in
the lower st. Lawrence
D A. kEAN. the bankrupt banker of
Chicago, will pay 50 cents on the dollar.
A DRUNKEN soldier, armed with a
sword, recently ran amuck in the
streets of Posen (Prussian Poland).
killing a Catholic priest and physician
before he could be overpowered.
HE troubles at Briceville and Coal
Creek, Tenn, ended amicably on the
24th, the miners agreeing not to modest
the convicts and to await relief through
a special session of the legislature.
THERE was an anti-Jewish riot re-
Gently at Jaffa, which was crowded
with exiled Jews from Russia. Several
of the Jews were killed by the Turks.
HE immense wooden mill of Camp
bell & Elliott, Philadelphia, was re-
Gently destroyed by fire The loss was
about 500, 900.
ALBERT HAMIsToN, son of Rev. + A
Hamiston, and William Ewing. both
young married men, of Greenville, Ill.
sought shelter under a tree from a
storm, where they were struck by
and killed
The tower of a church in course of
erection at Szalatina, Hungary, fell the
other day, killing sixteen of the work.
men.
The first heavy ordnance twelve-inch
rifle gun designed for coast defense and
made in New York state, was fred at
Sandy Hook for the first time with sat-
isfactory results. With $50 pounds of
powder it hurled 1900 pound shot
five miles. The gun will use 44O pounds
Of powder and throw 1900 pound shot
twelve miles.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE RUsK
denies that he has issued any uuaran-
tine laws discriminating against Ten
nessee, as was alleged
THE master plum bers of Boston have
decided not to increase the wages of
and a strike is expected.
The strike at the Allegheny Besse-
been declared off, the men giving up
the fight.
LARGE credits have been assigned to
the district of Zemstvos, Russia, with the
object of meeting distress arising from
5he failure of the harvest. To further
aid the impoverished people the time
Tor the payment of taxes has been ex-
ended and public subscriptions for !
heir relief have been opened.
THE Russian government, it has been !
earned, has made large purchases of
,orn and is storing the grain for future
supplies The rise in the prices for
'orn in Germany, it is alleged, is partly |
lue to the wholesale buying of this
cereal by the Russian authorities.
ALEXANDER CHAMBERS and wife, of !
4arimer, Pa, were struck by train
While walking on the Pennsylvania
racks and were thrown down an
Mrs. Chambers was
filled, but her husband was only
lightly hurt.
AT Morehead, KY, Deputy United
'tates Marshal George Armstrong was
hot and killed by Constable Simms, of
hat place. Armstrong was passing
trough Morehead with a party of
1oonshine prisoners, and while stop
ing over night became involved in a
uarrel with Simms.