The Globe-republican., 1895-06-28
Fire destroyed the entire business
section of Pa.oka, Ind, Thursday.

Fire destroyed the entire business
section of Pa.oka, Ind, Thursday.
referee has been appointed in the
Corbett divorce suit TO determine the
issues and ascertain the amount OF III
lmony. If any, the plaintiff, Mrs. Ollie
Lake Corbett, is entitled to-
The boiler of one of the steam
launches of the United States cruiser
Colum bia in the canal ut KEEL, Ger
many, exploded Friday. The cylinder
head was blown off and carried over
board with it the Smokestack and 9th
er portions of the launch. Four per
sons vc-e injured by the explosion.
aud were taken to the naval hospital
Mrs r H. Babcock, q blood neice
of the muitimillionairess, Hetty Green
of New York. is dangerously i'll at her
home in Fort Worth, Tex. Her hus-
band is also seriously i'll They are in
destitute circumstances, aud their rel.
atiyes have been apprised of the facts.
Mrs. Babcoclz's condition has excited
much comment. and the Green family
are being ccnsured on all sides.
j. u. Hale, farmer in Nebraska,
coup ted 700 times that trains had fail.
ed 10 whistle at certain highway
crossing, the penalty for which, as fix
ed by statute, is $50. He secured .
judgment in the lower court against
the Omaha and Republican Valley, a
par. of the Union Pacific. for So, 500
The railroad appealed the case to the
supreme court, and the law was de-
clared unconstitutional.
A big snake escaped from box en-
route to New York Friday, in the vi.
cinity of Bridgeport, Conn. It millsed
several cows. killed one, and robbed 9
strawberry patch. Enraged farmers
pursued him to the river, where he
dived. II is thought he will either &c
to Norwich and rob hen roosts OF
swim down to New Haven and be
come sea serpent. In either event
he will keep things lively in that sec
ton.
W. c. Sever, q widower, and q pros.
porous farmer of Garrard county, Ken
lucky. has instituted proceedings for
damages for breach of promise agains,
Katherine West. He averrcd that he
had proposed and had been accepted,
and that the wedding day had beer
set, when she refused 20 marry him.
Judge NJ. c. Sanfiey. who is to try the
case. says he will try it before jury
composed of woman. Under the new
constitution they are eligible.
The safeguards of marriage are
treated of by Dr. Parkhurs; in the
July Ladies' Home Journal in a way
that will strike many as particularly
direct and to the point Never. per.
haps, has the marriage question beer
so we'll dealt with. The romantic life
of the widow Of Octave Feuillet is
charmingly treated by Madame Blanc,
under her pseudonym of 9Th. Bent.
zon," while Hezekiah Butterworth tells
The Story of the Brook Farm" that
unique New England experiment
which is unknown to a large part OF
the present generation. The illustra.
lions show Brook Farm" as 1t is to-
day. The musical features of this lie.
sue are many; the most yeellgga BILE prob.
ably being an article on 1.-THE Voice
of Highest Range" by Frederic Pcakes,
one OF the best known authorities on
voice culture, and Mrs. Garrett Web
ster's carefully prepared article on
''The Pay of Women Musicians" In.
strumehtnlists are remeIn bered in .
set of very melodious waltzes called
the American Girl Waltzes," by Mr.
Richard Stahl. the we'll known con-
poser. Ella McKenna Friend writes
of the home life and personality of
Rosa Bonheur, the celebrated animal
painter, and a recent portrait is given
of The Recluse of Fontainebleau."
Caroline Leslie Fields short story,
Miss Teele, of Gilbury Green" is q
simple bit of delightful New England
fiction. The editor discusses The
Blot on Our American Life" which he
claims is the disrespect shown every
where for persons in authority both in
political and civil life. Robert ].
Burdettc furnishes an inimitable arti-
Gle entitled "a Woman in Raspberry
Patch," and John Kendrick Bangs is
funny in his report of the
eighth meeting of the paradise Club
Dainty housekeepers will be charmed
with Mrs. Barnes-Gruce's "A Violet
Table Set" Mrs Mallon's illustrated
page tells of ''Undervear for the Sum-
mer" Amusing Children in Summer
is the title Of page devoted to out
door and indoor summer parties for
children, and serves 10 add attractive
ness to an issue which goes out to its
hundreds of thousands of readers in Q |
dainty cover exquisitely illustrated
by w. l. Taylor. The Ladies' Home
Journal is published by The Curtis
Company, of Philadelphia.
The three days fete ccle brating tho
opening of the canal connecting the
Baltic sea and the German ocean be-
gan Wednesday at Kiel, Germany.
After the labor of eight years and An