The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-04-08
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Grafton or executive business.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
THE annual report of the Freeman's
journal, published in Dublin. shows
losses in the last year of e16,o00,
whereas before the split in the Irish
party the annual profit was sls,0OO.
| EX-SECRETARy BAYARD's nomination
as ambassador to Great Britain was
promptly confirmed by the Senate in
executive session. on the 30th, without
the formality of a reference to COM
mittee.
THE fishing schooner Ada X. Damon
arrived at Provincetown, Mass, on the
3oth, with her flag at half-mast Capt.
Vera reports that on the 2sth he had
four dories with travis set 10 miles
southeast of Highland light, when a
snowstorm set in. One dory succeeded
in finding the vessel. but the other
three, containing six men, were lost.
Ten THOUSAND people thronged the
streets of Anderson, Ind, on the night
Of the S0th, and viewed the destruc-
ton of the Doxey opera house. 1t
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IA few minutes the whole building was
in flames. The building was erected
in 1885 at cost of $50, 900, and was one
of the finest theaters in the state.
THERE is not much doubt that the
national guard of Pennsylvania will
encamp at Chicago during the Worlds
fair, the usual summer encampment at
Mount Gretna being abandoned and
the trip to Chicago taken instead.
IT is said that the steamer Haytien
Republic has smuggled ten tons of
opium through the port of Tacoma,
Wash, during the past few months,
under the eyes and by the collision of
custom house officials
A CERTIFICATE of incorporation of the
American Stave and Cooperage Co. has
been filed with the secretary of state
of New Jersey with capital of 81, OOO,-
| 000
Mr. F. X. HOOPER, of Baltimore, Nd,
has invented rotary printing press
which prints two colors at once from
Princeton curved stereotype plates.
ADMIRAL GHERARDI, with the Phila-
de.phia, Baltimore, Yorktown, Vesu-
vius and Cushing, arrived at Fort Mon
roe. Va, on the 3lst
COMPLAINTS of very dry weather are
reported from all parts of Cuba and
many animals are dying from the
scarcity of water.
Mrs. MCKENZIE, widow of the late
Alexander Mckenzie, ex-premier of
Canada, died in Toronto Ont, on the
3lst.
The steamer Newport, from Colon,
which arrived at New York on the 1st,
brought as passengers eighteen Boliv-
ian Indians for the Worlds fair at Chi
cago, under the charge of Senior Sirocco,
of La Paz, Bolivia. These natives of
South America are the first of their
kind who have visited the United
States. Among them is Jose Santos
Manani who is 0 feet 10 inches in
height 25 years of age, and weighs AIS
pounds
Miss EFFIE CLARK, of Spokane,
Wash, member of the Northwest uni
versity freshmen class at Evanston,
H., was shot and instantly killed, on
the 1st, by +. Ross Smith, who then ia
tally shot himself. The cause of the
tragedy was Miss Clarl's rejection of
Smith as a suitor.
THERE were l, lao deaths in New York
city for the week ended on the list,
against 1,lS5 for the previous week.
There were 273 deaths from pneumonia
and IA from la grippe.
KoozAIsKI, the piano prodigy, has
given series Of recitals in Berlin. His
performances We're largely attended.
Next winter he will make a tour of the
United States.
CoBsoN PEACOCK, editor-in-chief and
principal owner of the Printing Bulle-
tin, of Philadelphia, died suddenly, on
the LIST, of heart failure.
DUKES tobacco factory, corner
Thirty-ninth street and Second avenue,
New York. was burned on the I'd.
Loss, 100000.
IT is now reported that William
Bradford Miller and Miss Alma Nunne-
machcr, of Milwaukee, were married
about six months previous to the Pass
Christian Miss tragedy. 1t is said
that the marriage certificate was found
among Milers effects.
Miss NELLIE Villas, eldest daughter
of Senator Villas. died at her home in
Madison, Wis, on the Sd. She was a
great favorite, both at her home and in
Washington. Senator Villas was fish
ing in Florida at the time, and the
family had not been able to reach him
by telegraph for several days.
Two MEN were drowned by the sud
den flooding Of the Laurel Hill mine,
on the outskirts of Hazleton, Pa, on
the Sd. Although 800 men worked in
the mine, but ten We're present at the
time The water burst in from an
abandoned chamber of the Sugar Loaf
mine adjoining.
CITY TREASURER JOHN w. West Of
Grand Island, Neb., confessed 10 his
bondsmen, on the Sd. that he was s13..
900 short, and offered to turn over his
property. He stated to friends that the
money was lost Sin private enterprises