The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-27
NEWS oE The DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Cora A. Matson has been appointed a
fourth-class postmaster at Floredaville
N. Y.
---1he International Peace Congress has
voted to hold its next meeting in Chicago
in 1898.
1t is announced that large distillery
will soon be established in Chicago as q
rival of the Whiskey Trust.
The corporate existence of the Lehigh
National Bank of Bethlehem, Pa, has
been extended to Sept. 8, 1912
Gen. John Bidwell, Prohibition candi-
date for President, has written letter
in which he accepts the nomination.
George Withers, a noted horseman Of
Columbus, Ind, had his skull crushed
in a drunken brawl at Greensbury, Ind.
The people of Ogden, Utah, are exer-
cised over report that City Treasurer
Helfrch is defaulter to the amount Of
$4,000.
Constantine S. Erdman has been nomi-
mated for Congress by the Democrats in
the Ninth Congressional district of Penn
sylvania.
Richard Babcock is under arrest at Pat
erson, N. j., charged with abducting Liz
zie and Mary Cliffe daughter of Pater-
son silk manufacturer.
Berry Turner, the desperate and noun
tain killer, has been sentenced at Pine
vile, KY, to 20 years in the penitentiary
at hard labor
Three fishing schooners, Lizzie NJ Stan
wood, Mascot and NJ. A. Barton dragged
their anchors and went ashore at Rocky
Neck, near Gloucester, Mass, during the
night.
The Mississippi State Farmers Alliance
at Starkville, Miss, denounced the 40
cents mileage received by Senators, and
demanded that reduction be made to s
cents a mile.
The Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
has announced the selection of the United
States steamer Enterprise as the nautical
training ship for the Commonwealth oi
Massachusetts,.
"A syndicate of New York and Phila.
delphia capitalists are trying to secure
the passage of bill which will give
them the right to build an elevated rail
road in Boston.
"A dispatch from Rome saws that the
Congregation of the Propaganda has
asked the French government to protest
to Great Britain against the closing Of
the Catholic schools in Manitoba.
Thursday night in the Northwest Leg
islature at Winnipeg, a want of conf
| dence vote was carried against the Gov
eminent by one vote Premier Paultair
will thus be compelled to retire and a new
' Government formed.
The smuggling schooner Halcyon hal
left Victoria with a cargo of opium val
ued at 100000. 1t is supposed her deJti
nation is some place on the Californis
coast The authorities are looking fol
| her.
Michael F. Dwyer of New York has solc
Potomac, the noted son of st. Blase anS
Susquehanna, winner of the Futurity
Stakes of 1890 and other valuable races
to S. Sanford & Sons, the well-knowI
breeders of thoroughbreds.
George Hoey, an actor in "My Jack
| Company, and son of ex-President Hoe
of the Adams Express Company, was al
rested yesterday in Albany by Troy de
tective for swindling the American Hous
in Troy out of small sum of money.
William K Vanderbilt has given cor
tracts to the Herreshoffs's, of Bristol, +
l., for two new yachts, to be ready fo
next season. A large steam yacht whic
is to be the finest in the world for spec
and comfort, it is said, will be one c
them.
Thieves operated successfully at tI
New Grand Hotel, near Pine Hill, N. Y
in the Catskills, early yesterday morl
ing. They secured from 81, 800 to So, 0(
and escaped. The rooms of sever
guests were entered and their valuable
taken.
. Five prisoners escaped from the coun
Jail at Lima, o., Thursday night
knocking down Turnkey Fink. Fran
Taylor jumped down the embankment
!, front of the sheriff's house and broke b
leg and was captured. The others {
capped.
Charles L. Hoyt, prominent figure
o sporting circles in Findlay, o., has le
a for parts unknown, leaving behind hiI
! it is alleged, between $1,000 and $50
worth of forged mortgages, etc. Mi
, years ago through marriage he came in
an estate valued at 500, 600, of whi
, only about $25, 900 remains, the 9th
: $780, 900 having been spent in extravaga
| living