The Irish standard., 1893-05-20
D THE| IRIsH sTANDARD! sATUR DAY, May 20
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For tho Week Ending May II.
| The Ontario Coal company at Toronto
failed for $500, 600.
| Erastus Wiman, d New York specu-
lator, failed for $500, 600.
Idiot immigrants will hereafter not
be allowed to land in this country.
| w. II. A. Bisse1l, bishop of the Epis-
copai diocese of Vermont, died at Bur
lington.
Lorenz Dennis, Of Quincy, Ill, aged
| IS, had both legs cut off by a train and
died soon afterward.
| An extensive tin-ore mine was found
near Kenova, w. Va, the analysis show
ing 70 per cent. pure tin.
O. F Day, Son s. Co.'s harness and
trunk factory at Baltimore was burned.
causing loss of s150,000
The annual meeting Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers was
opened at Schenectady, N. Y.
A crevasse gave way at Brooks mill
in Arkansas, causing the destruction o.
l
| Four thousand chickens and several
hundred dozen eggs were burned at
Hammond's hatchery in Lima, 0.
| Fields Bros, extensive importers OF
horses at Cedar Falls, Ia, made an as
signment with liabilities of 100000.
Gen. Edward D. Townsend, for q
number of years adjutant general of
| the army, died at his residence in Wash
| ington.
The levee near Lakeport, Ark, gave
way, flooding thousands of acres of cot
! ton land and causing heavy losses to
planters.
A young negro who attempted to as
sault daughter of Capt. James Wham
! at Chestnut Ridge, S. c., was lynched
+; by mob. e
The Spanish government will send
three torpedo boats to Cuba to assist in
patroling the coast against filibuster-
ing expeditions.
In Australia the Bank of North
! Queensland and the Queensland ma
tional bank suspended with total liza
bilities of $40, 1900, 900.
The lake steamer Pelican, loaded
| with ore, sprang a leak and foundered
! near Ashtabula: o., and the mate and
two sailors were drowned.
BY the capsizing of sailboat in the
river at Louisville, KY, Warner Brisco
and Frederick Stein, wealthy young
| whisky dealers, were drowned.
BY request of Secretary Gresham the
! resigna ton of William E. Curtis as
chief of the bureau of the American re-
publics was sent to the president.
Eighteen men engaged in a walking
! match from Omaha to Fremont, Neb.,
a distance of so miles, Henry Lester
winning in z hours and 10 minutes.
Adam Miller, collector for the Iron
City Brewing company of Pittsburgh,
Pa, was robbed of $1,000 in cash and
$500 in checks while boarding a street
car.
Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong,
founder and principal of the Hampton
institute for negroes and Indians near
Fort Monroe, Va, died at Hampton
aged 81 years.
Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong,
founder and principal of the Hampton
institute for negroes and Indians near
aged 81 years.
John Weiss, grand treasurer of the
Order Germania, relief fund, sick and
benefit association, departed from his
! home in New York with 500, ZOO be-
longing to the order.
The central part of the Episcopal pal
ace at Bishops court, near Douglas,
| and documents of priceless value were
consumed in the flames
Patrick Ryan was fined $50 in st
| Louis for disturbing the peace of Miss
| Clara Amack. He said he was predes-
tined to marry Miss Amack and had re-
ceived such command from God.
Floods in the Rio Grande caused
heavy losses on both sides of the river.
| Several persons were reported drowned,
| among the victims being a Mexican
! fami]y-father, mother and three chill
dren.
The greatest seizure of 'green goods"
| ever made in this country occurred at
Bridgeport. Conn, officers securing a.
| 900 circulars, three in each envelope adj
| dressed to 5000 individuals all over the
| country,
p. A. Marcellius, well-known resi-
dent of Socorro, n. NJ, entered plea
of guilty to twenty-seven indictments
for violation of the United States pen
sion laws and was sentenced to seven
years imprisonment.
Heavy Rains in Texas.
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