The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-12-28
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GENEVA, n Y-Fire early this morn
ing dcs .royed the Linden Opera house
and the stock Of thr. e stores underneath
Total loss Is about Sl00, 0G0; covered by |
insurance.
ROANOKE, Va-Hanes hotel at Mont
vale station near here, was DESTROYED by
fire this morning. The fire caught from
a defective fac. Loss $40, 600; insur
ance 81 500
New YORK. Lewis Dessar, q clothing
merchant, who assigned yesterday, filed
schedules 10 day sho wing liabilities $685.
$40, pomioal assets $l34, ,661 and actual
assets Sl13 OBI.
PARIS Kv-The business portion of
headquarters, Nicholas county, was
burned this morning Communication
l. cut off and particulars canuot be had.
SNowHLL, Ala-Fire broke out here
last nlgnt and destroyed every business
honse IN tie town except one. Total
loss SIS 900, insurance about one half.
ATLANTA Ga-C r. Watts was uLur-
d"rcd near Fairburn yesterday evening,
1t is supposed, by negro named Wood,
AZ inst whom Watts had testified in
law SUIT. Wood has fed.
CHICAGO John D. Rockefell as has
made another b,g donation to the Uni
veristy of Chicago The sum is under
stood to be over 81 600 600, but the exact
II cures are not g ven out
RoCKAwAY BEACH, L Mrs. Mary
Ann my Braudeth, wife of Dr. Geo
Brandeth, of pill fame, was found dead
III bed this morning. from heart disease
She WAS about 80 years of age.
LONDON The british ship Minister
Of Manne, Captain Smith, from Liver
pool foI Rio Jeneiro was towed into Bel
fast Lnugh with her cargo Of coal and
petroleum on fire and has Deen scuttied
The ship was burned to the waters edge.
HAMBURG Four more cases Of cholera
ana t"o deaths were reported to the
/ health authorities In the city to day Be
| sides these seven persona suspected Of
having the disease were sent to the hos
/ pital.
CHARLESTON, S C-The city council
at Its meeting to night, gave first read
ing to license ordinance. Licenses for
selling liquor for one year will be granted
in spl.e uf the law passed at the recent
sessiol Of the legislature limiting the sale
Of l'quor TO the state agents after July
l, 1898.
BRINKLEY, Ark James Keorns, 8
raitroad man, was sitting in the coach
Of 3 train yesterday, when G orge E.
Moody, son Of Judge E. NJ 'ody, ol
Tuscunba Ala entered and shot him
III the face killing him instantly. Keorn'
vas seated by the side of his bride u
TWO weeks Moody was captured
WASHINGTON Surgeon Samuel Fl
Dickson Of the navy was to day granted
divorce from Mary Dickson. October
last, Surgeon Dickson accompanied
by two friends broke into a room at th'
National hotel in this city where he dis
covered his wife in the company Of al
Englishman named Carter.
CAMDEN, S CA fire, which des
t troyed property to the value af 500 o0D
broke out in this town at l2 80 last night
II is supposed TO have originated iron
the explosion of u lamp in the groce
I store Of II C. Elliott s Company, Fiv
t stores were destroyed aud the bank build
ing was damaged. The losses excee
th- insurance.
SAN FRANCIsCo, Cal-The officis
statement of the California vote at tn
last election was given out to day b
r Secretary of State Waite. Ii shows lhs
one Harrison and eight Cleveland elet
tons were chosen. The vote in favor {
the direct election of UnHtd States SEM
tors by the pes pie was emo nous, 1877, 81
# voting for and only 13 342 against.
{ LEXINGTON. Va.-The Shaw Bro
large general mercharise store, locate
I at Il Jck bridge baths, III this county. W.
i destroy ed by f-e last night, loss SIS, 00(
e insurance s., 900 The proprietors na
y rowly escaped with their lives, as all II
doors had been fastened with wire an
chains from the outside by iucend .arie
whose purpose seemed to be to burn Il
y property and the occupants as we'll.
HAMILTON, Ont-Jost tph Best, Il
evangelist was arrested and brought b
{ fore a police magistrate to day on
$ charge of assauting his wife 1t appea
|. that Best demonstrated with his wife +
ie allowing a servant 10 wash potatoes {
% sunday. Mrs Best claims that her hu
u band struck her and showed her into
ls an $40, and in default Of payment, col
= mitted him to prison for two month";
> NEW ORLEANS, La Frederick Frise
rs who stood well in local cotton circle
3 vas to day convicted of embezzItmer
II, He WAS sent here in September, 1891,
he local manager of the cotton firm
Ga,sner & Co of Liverpool, EnglaD
He had speculated on both his own n
= he firms account and had lost abp
: s37 900 in all OF this account, $l6, 0
), had been taken for his own use.
ne NEW RK.-Constantinus Papayal
Il a Greek Catholic priest arrived here
d. day on the steamship LaNormandi.
IN has WIFE and four children in this ci
to II will take charge of the congreg
Is ton If the Greek Catholic church
ar New York Father Papayani is abe
1g the only example IN America OF
d Catho ic priesty with a wife and fami
d, HIS attire consists of the REGULATE
in Dack wn of the Greek denominatl
and clover leaf hat.
ST. PETERSBURG Numerous ARE
continue to be made at kl,H of perst
OF su> prcted of Nlhilism. Nine more {
ne GERS are among those imprisoned eitf
9 under suspicion or direct charges of CO
ne nection with a conspiracy against
n Car The Russian authorities bel
F3 that they have unearthed wldesprt
ne plot in which a number, not only of
ne lower officials but also three OF hlg
ne rank are involved.
h' NEW YORK The corner stone OF
dS Ca hedral Church of St. John the DIV
WAS Aid this afternoon by the HI
Rev. Henry c. Potter, D. D., D G:
Of the Episcopal diocese OF New 70
re The site of the Cathedral is at W
ne l1O,h street, on what is known as
70 Leuke and Watts orphan asylum pr
ON erty, overlooking the Hudson river
Ihe many miles of city and country surrou
OF ing. The estimated cost of the struct
e's is SIC, 600, 900.
ely How to Reach Raleigh.