Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-01-21

mans economic resolutions were
adopted by large majorities, The
report OF the committee on accounts
for the employment Of committee
clerk was adopted after a debate,
in which polite figured conspicu-
onsly.
Allnutt, Nixon & Goldsborough.
wholesale boot and shoe dealers,
made an assignment yesterday for
the benefit Of creditors, and a re-
celver was applied for to wind up
the affairs Of the Baltimore Pub
ilsiling Company, both as a result
OF the failure of j. J. Nicholson &
Sons. The trustees of the boot and
shoe firm filed . bond for $50, 600.
1t Is said that the failure Of Mich
olson & Sons was largely due to
money advanced to the other con-
Germs. The examination of their
books has not been finished.
Monday, January IS, 1892.
Mrs. Fannie Plaster died in Lou
doun county, aged over one hun
dred years.
The chapel Of the Church of the
Covenant, the church which Presi-
dent Harrison attends, was damag-
ed by fire to the extent of SIS, 900.
There were "a deaths in WASH
ington durinaaast "A hours.
Henry G.. Dowd, alias Jack the
Slasher, was arrested in New York,
charged with the murder of John
Carson, OF Baltimore.
Nineteen buildings in the bust
ness centre of Au Sable, Mich,
were destroyed by fire last Friday
night. Loss s75, 900.
Senators German and Hill are
the most sought after democrats in
Washington. Both are reticent
about the presidency.
Influenza of malignant type has
appeared in the western part of
Cork county, Ireland. Nine deaths
from the disease have occurred in
the Skibbereen workhouse within
a week.
Four Representatives appeared
before the House committee on
elections and urged the election of
United States Senators by the peo-
pie.
The Palmetto brewery, Charles
ton, S. c., was destroyed by fire
yesterday. The insurance is s4S,-
900. The plant originally cost
100000. One fireman was slight
ly injured by falling walls.
Mrs, John Gill, of Baltimore.
has been appointed to represent
Maryland at the dedicatory cere-
monies of the Chicago Fair in
October, 1892.
NJ. Z. Thompson, democrat, was
elected mayor of Knoxville, Tenn. =,
Saturday, by a plurality of 4o3 over
Klein, democrat, and Borches, re-
publican. The board of aldermen
stands nine democrats and one re-
publican, but there was no politics
in the race.
The grip is prevalent in Mexico
and in the northern parts of the
republic, it is spreading rapidly.
There were three hundred deaths
in the city of Mexico within the
past three weeks. The fatality a.
mong Chinese laborers in the State
of Oaxaco is alarming.
DIR. Graves, who was sentenced
to be hanged at Denver, Col, for
the murder of Mrs. Barnby, to
whom he sent by mail bottle of
whisky in which there was arsenic,
has applied to the Governor of
Colorado for a reprieve for sixty
days.
In court at York, Pa, Saturday
morning, Judges Latimer and Bit
tcnger refused VIM. Henry Painton
a new trial and sentenced him to be
hanged. Painton was convicted at
the last term of the murder of Mrs.
Strominger, at Lewisberry, York
county, Pa. The case may go to
the Supreme Court of Pennsylva-
MIA.
Thomas Quinn, hackman,
walked into the County Court at
Elizabeth, n. j., Saturday, and
boldly declared he had murdered a
woman. On investigation it was
found he had killed Mrs. Charles
Snyder, the mother of two children,
with whom he had been drinking
beer and against whom he said he
had grudge.
Four boys were coasting on a
hillside, Saturday afternoon, at
New Castle, Pa, when their bob
sled ran into q sleigh, frightening
the horses. Walter johnson, aged
fourteen years, was knocked on the
head by one of the horses, and Mrs.
Buchanan, the occupant of the
sleigh, was thrown out. Both were
fatally injured.
Tuesday, January 10, 1892.
Governor Brown began his week
of official duties at the executive
chamber early yesterday morning.