Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1894-09-29

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a sensational alteration with James
Livingston at Lexington, Ky. LlV-
ingston struck DeSha with his fist and
Desha struck at him with knife.
The knife went between the fingers or
Livingston's hand. Bystanders rushed
and separated them.
IMMENSE deposits of mineral paint
have been discovered near Guthrie,
Ok, at one place fully thousand tons
being in sight. and company was
being organized to put in large paint
mill and fully develop the find.
THERE were 2l3 failures reported by
Bradstreet throughout the United
States for the week ended September
n, against 346 a year ago
THREE attempts were made in thirty
six hours to set fire to the oil store
house of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road CO. at Beach and West Taylor
streets, Chicago, and at night fourteen
watchmen guarded the Chicago Sugar
Refining Co.. whose oil warehouse adj
Joins that of the railroad company,
| while hose was laid in readiness to
again suppress any blaze and the EN-
ployes who form the fire brigade OF the
esta blishment We're on fire duty.
| CLEARING house returns for the prln'
cipal cities of the United States for the
| week ended September 81 showed an
corresponding week last year of 12.0;
in New York the increase WINS Ill; out
side New York the increase was 1875.
BRADsTREET's review of trade for the
week ended the 21st said that it was an
improvement over the week previous.
Great activity was shown in dry goods,
clothing millinery and shoes. Heavy
exports of wheat were made from New
York and San Francisco. The price of
cotton was downward. Cattle and
hogs declined at western markets on
account of heavy shipments.
THE British ship Senegal went down
in the Pacific ocean during a severe
storm with all hands on board. The
tidings We're brought to San Francisco
by a sailor on board the schooner Mary
c. Russ. who saw her go down.
THE report of the formation of a new
baseball league has been confirmed.
ExManager Buckenberger, of the
Pittsburgh club. and A. X. Scandrett,
ex-secretary of the same organization,
stated the new league had already been
organized. The circuit is to be made
up of Pittsburgh. Philadelphia. Boston,
New York, Brooklyn. Detroit. Provi-
dence and Chicago or Buffalo. and that
the new organization is to be known as
the National association.
In Boston on the Goth. acting upon
the instructions of the Clothing Trades
council No. 2, the garment makers of
that city to the number of ? 900 struck.
JOHN POINTER was hanged in the
United States Jail yard at Fort Smith,
Ark, on the Goth fer double murder
committed on Christmas eve, 1891.
MONROE SALIsBURY's wonderful 2
year-old PAGER. Directly, sent the q
year-old record down from 2:09 to 2:07A :,
and at the same time reduced his own
record "a seconds at Galesburg, ILL.,, on
the Goth.
THE secretary of the treasury denies
that there is any discrimination made
against women in reducing the force
of clerks in his department.
THE war between the sheep and cat
tie men in Garfield county, Col. has
been ended by the sheep men shipping
all their stoe1f to eastern markets,
leaving the country free to tie cattle
men. The commissioners of Garfield
county have offered reward of $500
for the arrest and conviction of the
men who slaughtered the sheep re-
Gently and Gov. Waite. will be re-
quested to add 81. 900 to the amount.
THE great trotting mare, Alix,
clipped quarter second off the record
of Nancy Hanks by trotting mile in
2:oSal at Galesburg, ILL.,, on the 10th.