The Somerset reporter., 1893-03-09


mortally wounded himself in San Fran
cisco Saturday He had quarrelled with
his wife.
of the objections of Gov Penoyer. us.d the
State cannon to fire salutes in honor If the
inauguration of Mr. Cleveland.
Mrs. Clara jenkins, who was shot
last week Monday by her husband,
Frank H. Jenkins. who subsequently killed
himself, died Sunday at the hospital Il
Boston.
Oliver johnson colord aged l. ia In
custody at Columbus Ohio, charged with
having killed Stanley Holt, white, aged !.
with hatchet and throwing the body into
the river.
Joe Goddard the Barrier champion.
notwithstanding his defeat AT New Orleans
by Ed Smith Of Denver. rrasSarts his teliei
in his ability TO whip either Corbett or
Jackson.
DR.. Oi~on + Cobb of West Troy. \ y.
died from blood poisoning Sunday lie
had charge of the Fairyiew Home. II
forinatory for children He WIS aboiit ~
years old.
Chalmers O. briggs, Chief OF Polio #
Middleburgh. y Y, has been received At
the Albany penitentiary, having been ~''u
fenced to sixty days imprisonment Tor in
toXicaton.
The axe Bonaparte House at Lake
Bonaparte, 20 miles from Carthage, y y ,
was burned 10 the ground Sunday The
insurance of 5000 will only partially
cover the loss.
The sale of the plant of the Auburn
Water Works Company to the city of
Auburn for S425, 900 was ratified at a
meeting of stockholders.
The traffic receipts of the Grand
Trunk railway for the week of Feb. %
show IA decrease OF $50 800 compared
with the same period of last year.
The Grand Lodge A. q. u. W. will
convene in its twentieth annual session
ut Syracuse on March It'll, and will con-
tinue over the four succeeding days.
An order was filed in the United States
Court ut Charleston, 5. C., last week in
definitely post poung the sale of the Car
Dina, Knoxville * Western railroad.
sur erintendent Of State Banks Press
ton, has chartered the Union Bank Of
Brooklyn, y. Y, new discount mud de
posit bank with capital Of 800 900.
Mrs Mary Frenski, Polish woman,
who lived in Yonkers, y. Y, died last
week. She claimed to be 1OS years
old She came to Ionkers Is years ago
To date. 81 600 has been subscribed for
the families of the Cuttyhunk Volunteers
who lost their lives in endeav
oring to rescue the crew of the brig
Aquatic.
The Macmurray Judge Architectural Iron
company of st. Louis has made an assign
ment in favor of the Mississippi Valley
Trust company. Liabilities, 81 10 600: as
sets not known.
The residence Of George Arnold, at
Passaic, n. j., was totally DESTROYED
by fire March /. The loss was $4,000;
partly covered By insurance. A defective
ilue caused the fire.
-Senor Don Mathis Romero, Mexican
Minister to the United States, has re-
turned to Washington after an absence
of some months He is accompanied by
son OF President DiaZ
Checks for s210, 600 have been sent out
the lehigh Valley Railroad Company to
the holders of the $4,000, 900 seven per
cent. second mortgage bonds, as the
semi-annual interest due thereon,
-siegfried Wertheim, doing business
under the style OF A. Wertheim a. Co,
importer of sulphite pulp and paper
stock, Times building, New York, has
made an assignment Liabilities, 5000,
900.
The mills at Happy Hollow, oper-
ated by Joseph Mckachine, were
closed by the Sheriff Wednesday,
"A number of attachments hav-
ing been placed on the property by cred
itors.
Princess Victoria kaiulani. niece of the
recently deposed Queen Liliuokalani of
Hawaii has arrived in this country to
protest in person against the proposed
annexation of the Islands by the United
States.
Henry Kruger, so years old and
farmer who has lived all his life on
the side of the Orange, N. j., noun
tans committed suicide by hanging We'd
nesday He had been of unsound mind
for some time.
The stockholders of the Old Col
ony Railroad Company voted 81, 092
shares in favor to $50 against upon
the question of leasing the road, its fran
chises, etc, to the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Co,
The practice vessel Bancroft, built by
Moore & Sons. of Brooklyn, has been
accepted by the Navy Department, sub
Jet to compliance with the usual condi'
tions. The Bancroft won premium for
speed of StS, 900.
The Loyahanna Coal company, near
Latrobe, Pa, sustained big loss caused
by the caving in of about 100 acres of
their coal lands. 1t is feared that niim-
Der Of the miners may be entombed, but
there is no certainty of this
The marble polshers, bel rubbers and
savers of the Pick Marble x Granite
company and of the Bradbury Marble
company of st. Louis have struck. The
men demanded a reduction of hours from
ten to nine with ten hours pay
Nine hundred union carriage and
wagon makers of Chicago are On
strike. They demand nine hours
sor II days work instead of ten, with
the same pay and that piece workers be
given an increase of 10 per cent.
The Ryan Dawson glove contest, at
New Orleans. for the championship OF