Saint Mary's beacon., 1892-04-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.


The bill for the erection Of o
public building at Cumberland,
Nd, to cost 81, 900, has been favor
ably reported by House committee
on public buildings.
An epidemic Of cholerine prevails
in the Nanterre [ (France) penitentia-
ry. Fifty-two deaths have occurred
within . week, and as many as
twenty in single day.
John jackson, Of Annapolis, who
saved feet from torpedoes in
Charleston harbor in 1862, and re-
ceived a vote of thanks and q gold
medal from Congress, has received
a pension.
Hubert +. Gorringe, brother of
Lieutenant Gorringe, under whose
charge the obelisk was removed
from Egypt to New York city.
died recently in Chicago and was
buried in the pptter's field.
An epidemic Of black smallpox
is raging in Poland, especially on
the Galician frontier. The disease
is very fatal, most Of those who are
attacked dying on the third day.
United States Senator VIM. b.
Allison, of Iowa, says he is not q
candidate for the presidency, and
regards the denomination of
President Harrison % foregone
conclusion.
A violent wind-storm, accom-
panied by rain and hail, passed over
Southside Virginia. Houses, trees
and fencing were blown down, aud
in Dinwiddie county the wife of
Milton II. Rose was killed.
The Platt and Miller factions in
New York, it is said, viii combine
against President Harrison's re-
nomination.
The newspapers Of Rome yester-
day morning contained editorials
On the settlement Of the New
Orleans difficulty. They are unani-
nous in expressing satisfaction with
the terms oAered by the govern
ment and the acceptance Of the
same By Italy.
The loss by fire at the CLARK
University, Atlanta, Ca, Thursday
night is estimated at $50, 900, and
4 is believed it is fully covered by
insurance. The building destroyed
was known as Christmas Hall, in
honor of Mrs. Christmas, of Kansas
City, the principal donor.
A schooner on which were Father
Paul, o. s. B., of Minnesota, and
Father Schreiyer, of Nassau, N. p,
Catholic missionaries, was wrecked
upon reefs near conception island,
The priests, with the crew of six
men, took to u small boat in which
they remained all night, and next
day reached an uninhabited island
where they remainded "a hours
when they were rescued by a sponge
vessel. -
Monday, April Is, 1892.
Blake Tyler, of the firm of Tyler
& Co., at Hague, Westmoreland
county, Va, and a great nephew of
President John Tyler, died last
week.
A steamer arriving at New York
reports battle in Venezuela be-
tween the government and reyo-
lutionary forces, in which the
former won.
Republican primaries were held
in several counties Saturday, and
in some of them there were bitter
contests between rival factions.
W. .B. Humebright's large saw
mill and lumber yards at LeWisburg,
Pa, were totally destroyed by fire
Saturday, causing aloss Of s3S, 900 +;
partial insurance.
So far in the elec:son of delegates
to the Georgia Democratic State
Convention seven counties have
instructed for Cleveland. But one
county has instructed for Hill, and
that county also indorsed the Ocala
platform.
Henry Stronk, aged ffty-four
years, . well-known citizen Of
Reading, Pa, procured an electric
battery and tried it for rheumatism.
Not securing relief he became de-
spondent, and on Saturday night
drank the acid solution Of the
battery, dying in horrible agony.
The Woolner dissillery, Peoria,
H., has successfully tested the
process invented By Jokichi
Takamine, of Toxic, Japan, of
making alcohol from corn without
the use of malt or other grain.
The friends Of Governor Pattison.
} of Pennsylvania, claim that he
stands an excellent chance for the
democratic nomination for the
presidency in case the speit in the
New York democracy is not healed.
They assert that the Governors .
record il without q flaw and that
he j. the greatest ssvote-getter'' in
America.