The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-11-13
Wednesday. Nov. II.

and adjourned until December z.
The new United States cruiser New
York is to be launched ut Cramps
ship yard, Philadelphia, December 1.
Stuart Robson, the comedian, and
Miss May Waldron, his leading lady,
we're married in New York on Tues
day.
The cotton returns Of tho Depart
ment OF Agriculture for November
are not favorable for high rate of
yield.
The General Assembly Of the
Knights OF Labor opened at Toledo
on Tuesday, Mr.. Powderly being
present.
The twenty-third annual convention
OF the New York State Woman Suff-
rage Association opened at Auburn on
Tuesday.
Lippincott. Johnson IL Co., dealers
In woolens, Market street, Philadel-
phia, lost $780, by fire early Tuesday
morning.
The will Of f. II. Schemerhorn was
admitted to probate at Newport, II.
l., Tuesday. The estate is said to be
worth $4,000. 900.
Discharged soldiers are accused OF
robbing Postmaster Sniffen Of Fort
Clark, Tex, Of $4,000 with pole and
hook. One of the men has been
arrested.
The body Of Mrs. Sophia Weld
Fowler Of North Guilford, Conn, was
found in pasture near her home
Monday evening. She was eighty
seven years old.
II. Sibert and John Brinkman we're
drowned while duck hunting near
Vermillion, S. Oak, Monday, and a
third member Of the party, Fred Lar
son, was rescued.
Henry Custis, coored, who killed
an old man name Waller near Tan.
ner's Creek on September 5, 1889, was
hanged In the Portsmouth, Va, Jail
yard on Tuesday.
General Scott Shipp, Superintendent
OF the Virginia Military Institute, has
raised $4,000 for the purpose of build
ing memorial hall to Stonewall Jack
son at Lexington, Va.
Arion, United States Senator STAN
ford's great two-year-old stallion.
driven by Marvin, trotted against
his record Of 2.121 on Tuesday. and
made the mile in 2.1O3.
The Directors Of the New York and
Boston Transit Company have been
authorized to mortgage the COM
pany's property to secure an issue
OF $5OO,O00 in six per cent. five-year
bonds.
Miss Helen G. Downer OF Jersey
City made sensational attempt at sui.
eide by drowning at Asbury Park early
Tuesday evening She was rescued
by Eugene F. Smith, New York
broker.
James Donohue, twenty years old,
was sentenced to ten years in States
prison in New York Tuesday, for rob-
bing Captain w. H. Dougherty Of the
schooner Sallie Hastings, in saloon
October 21.
Fred Nelson, John Lavalle and a
boy named Jean Davis were mortally
hurt and three others injured by an
explosion OF dynamite in warehouse
at Hayward, Wis, early Tuesday
morning.
Herbert Dorman, mailing clerk In
the Post Office at Willimantic, Conn.,,
has been arrested, charged with steal
Ing letters from the mails, and Frank
f. Bishop, a lettercarrier in New
Haven. has been arrested on the same
charge.
John Blocher, one Of Buffalo's
wealthiest citizens, has bequeathed
his mansion to be used as charitable
home for aged men and has provided
Tor the endowment OF the institution
with almost his entire fortune, esti-
mated at $4,000, 900.
Dr. Charles N. Palmer, a prominent
physician Of Racine, Wis, has con-
fessed to robbing the store and post
office at Raymond Centre, near there,
last August. Mr.. Palmer, it is claimed,
Is victim OF the opium habit, and
not responsible for his actions.
Latest advices from Brazil show
that the revolt is spreading. Two
provinces have declared their inde-
pendence, and will resist President
Fonseca. Other provinces will follow
suit. Severe fighting has taken place
in the province OF Rio Grande du Sui.
Mrs. Henry Perrin Of Cranbury, N.
j., while lighting lamp Monday
night, upset the vessel, and the burn
ing oil spread over her person, setting
her in flame. A neighbor found her
with her clothing and hair burned
off. The women died in great agony
half an hour later.
A fearful accident is reported from
Castellamare, Italy. A temporary
circus stand, erected on the occasion
of bull fight, suddenly collapsed
while crowded with people. Five
hundred persons were buried in the
debris. One hundred were injured,
twenty seriously, the remainder be-
ing rescued unhurt.
Gov. Hill has appointed County
Clerk Leonard A. Giegerich, of New
York County, Judge Of the Court Of
Common Pleas, to succeed the late
Henry Wilder Allen, and has APP
pointed Chief Clerk William j. Nc
Kenna, of tho District Attorneys