The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-08-09
GENERAL NEWS.

ouIce at NO. New street, new Ork
city, west out on strike because of
reduction in wages, and attacked boys
employed to take their places. They
claim all the messengers in the city,
1000 in number, will strike unless the
matter is settled.
DIR. G.. III. Preston, a dentist at Ell
mira, N. Y, at whose office Mrs.
Amelia Sebast died while having two
teeth extracted with gas, is wanted in
that city for manslaughter in the first
degree. A coroner's jury has decided
that he administered nitrous oxidegas
mixed with chloroform, which is
dangerous.
Affairs at Coal Creek, Tenn, the
scene of last winters miners troubles,
are not by any means in an encour-
aging condition. 1t seems the miners
are growing restless under tho con-
tinued presence of troops and their
enforced subsection, and find many
sympathizers among the mountain
GERS.
Officers Shepard and Sanford, of
Carrolton, Ky, have arrived at HUI
ron, S. D., and identified Robert
Bartlett as the man wanted in Carroll
ton, KY, for the murder of the wife OF
DIR. Curtis, on Easter Sunday, 1881.
Bartlett was arrested in Hitchcock
last week.
Annie Carol, an 18-year-old girl,
just returned from boarding school
at Nashville, Tenn, committed suicide
by taking strychnine. Her only req
son for the act being that her father
did not pay his grocery bills, and she,
being soul honor, did not care to
live with such parent. ...
A movement has been set on foot TO
secure for Louisville the next meeting
of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights
Of Pythias of the world after that
which assemblies at Kansas City, Aug.
%. 1t is thought that the number of
visitors will approximate 100000.
Theodre Pennypacker was blown to
pieces Monday at Baltimore, Nd, and
Joseph Hughes seriously injured by
the explosion of piece of dynamite,
which Pennypacker was in the act of
throwing into Worten Creek for the
purpose of killing fish. ..
The men employed by the saw mills
of Stevens Point. Wis, are on as trike.
Bosworth ~ Reilley's mill started
Monday morning the men refused to
60 to work, and formed in line and
marched to the other mills, calling out
every employee,
Joe Lane a well-known white tough
of Knoxville, Tenn, was put in Jail
there Monday, charged with raping
10.year-old colored girl. He was re-
fused bail, and is the object of much
wrath among moi only the blacks, but
white people.
AT Lake Providence, La, three
children of Robert Dorsey, colored, the
eldest seven years, being locked up in
their cabin while their parents went
to church, set the place onfire and were
burned to death.
County Commissioner Amos Far
mer, of Wichita, Kansas, whose alb
duction caused such commotion, has
re-appeared. He says he was alb
Quoted and held prisoner twenty
four hours.
The Democratic Congressional cam
paign Committee has ordered 100000
buttons, representing an American
shield, on which arc the words No
Force Bill" for distribution in the
South.
The Excellent villa near Atlantic
Highlands, N. j., occupied by A.
Blohm, as boarding house, was de-
stroyed by fire Monday morning. Loss
$4,000; insured. ......
The bill making railroad companies
liable for injury to their trainmen,
caused by the negligence of fellow
trainmen, was passed by the house
at Frankfort.
Portland, Ore, had a half-million
dollar fire. Whittier, Fuller & Co.'S.
paint and oil store, Wadhams & Co.,
Grocers, Frank Brothers, Ladd & Co.,
and others were burned out.
1t is estimated that over fifty thous-
and persons died in Russian Caucasus