Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-12-27

Miscellaneous: Sedan day, twenty.lfth ami.
versary Of the French surrender celebrat-
ed throughout Germany. Earthquake
shock in the eastern states
2. Disaster: A runaway locomotive dashed
into a crowded train on the Coney Island
railroad 20 people injured.
0. Fire. Phoenix Flour mills burned in Evans
vile, Ind. loss, $ilO,OOO
T. Fire: Boston and Albany wharf and freight
sheds in Boston destroyed by fire; loss,
$500 600.
Obituary: Sven I,oven, distinguished swed.
ish naturalist, aged 81. William Henry
Hurlbert, the American journalist, at Ca
denabbia, Italy; aged 6S. Gen. A. V. Kautz,
U. S. A., retired, in Seattle, Wash. aged ca.
g. Obtuary Peter styers, locomotive engi-
neer who had been ON the rail 80 years, at
Bethlehem, Pa. aged 20.
T. Obituary Henry Bentley, "father of the
local telegraph" near Rhinebeck N. Y;
aged 6l
Disaster: IS miners entombed by fire in the
Osceola mine at Houghton, Mich: 30
deaths.
Sporting: The American yacht Defender won
the first race against Valkyrie III by 8
minutes and 10 seconds.
8. Fire: Bowler's brewery burned at Amster
dam, N. Y. loss, $2OO,OOO.
Q. The G.. A. r. met in annual cncampment
at Louisville.
10. Obituary: Harrison Millnrd, popular song
writer, in New York city; aged 65.
sporting Valkyrie III fouled the American
yacht Defender and won by a seconds.
II. Obituary: Henry Lindenmyer, well known
paper dealer Of New York, in that city;
aged GO.
Disaster: killed and many injured in a
head end collision ON the Great Northern
near Melby, Mimi.
l2. Obituary: Rev Dr. Charles H. Hall, prom
inent Episcopal divine, in Brooklyn; aged
rs.
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lish yacht Valkyrie III, giving the race for
the Americas cup TO the Defender.
| IL. Obituary Prof. Sigismund Lasar, promi
nent instructor and composer in Brook
| lyn; aged 49,
The Mora indemnity of sl,4le,OOO paid by
Spain.
/ II. Fire: The business portion Of Dodge, Neh,
destroyed by fire loss, $3.50, 600,
| IS. Fire: A s75OO0O blaze In the business por.
] tion OF indianapolis. l death and prop.
erty loss Of S375,0O0 in a fire at Oshkosh,
Wis.
| Obituary; Marian Sefton one Of the oldest
actresses in America, died at Navesink
Highlands, N. J. born in England in 1910
/ Miscellaneous: A storm destroyed several
lives and sl5O0OO worth of property in
Michigan. The Atlanta exhibition formally
| opened
| 10. Fire: lumber dry kilns burned at Wash
ington, N. G. loss, $4,000,
/ Obituary Charles le Clercq, well known
actor in New York city; aged ~. Alex H.
Ritchie, formerly well known as an artist
and engraver in New Haven; aged 73.
! Disaster: The Spanish cruiser Sanchez Bar.
caiztegui run down and sunk in the har-
Dor Of Havana; 3 officers and 33 sailors
drowned.
co. Fire. At Green Bay, Wis, sl25OO lost by
fire.
2l. Obituary: Prof. Abraham Victor Rydbera,
Swedish author, at Stockholm.
22 Fire Lumber yards and mills burned Mt
Fon du Lac, Wis. loss, $25O0OO.
49, Fire. Paper mill and dwelling burned at
Newburg, N. Y. loss, $l25,0OO.
| a. Convention; The Catholic Young Men s Ma
tional Ueiion league began it's twenty. first
annual convention in st. Louis.
&c. Obituary. Hon. f. W. Bull, a prominent
aRriculturist originator of the Concord
grape, in Concord, Mass. aged 50.
%. Obituary: Prof. Louis Pallens Of Dart
mouth, noted scholar in French and Ger.
man. at Hanover; aged 81.
The French army entered the capital of Mad
agascar.
q. Fires: At Superior, Mimi, the elevator Of
the Daisy Flour mill burned. A S135, ,0Ot
factory fire at Woonsocket, R. I.
OCTOBER.
1. Fire: 8fres in Philadelphia; losses, $500, 900
Obituary Charles f. Brown, the first male
schoolteacher in Chicago, died at Glenese
Ills.
2. Fire: At Cambridge, o., fire destroyed Lin
den hotel, Taylor block,
Obituary; Gen, Orlando M. Poe, U, s. engi
neers, at Detroit; aged 62,
Personal; Mai Gen. Miles ordered to com
mand the army in place Of Lieut. Gen
Schoheld. retired.
s. Obituary Harry Wright, veteran baseball
manager, died at Atlantic City.
4. Obituary: Prof. Hialmar Hjorth Boyesen o.
Columbia college, well known as an author
and critic, in New York city aged a.
s. Obituary: Prof. Henry Maurice Wllkorn
distinguished German botanIst.
Sporting: Yale athletes defeated Cambridg,
at Manhattan field winning 8 out Of Il
events and the international collegiat,
championship.
7. Obituary; George !, Tysen, president o
the Ameri >an News company, at Riverside
Conn. Miss Ada Cavendish, the actress
died in London. William Wetmore Story
distinguished American sculptor and poet
at Vallambrosa Italy aged 76
8. Obituary Gen. William Malone, a promi
nent Confederate veteran and ex-U. S. sen
ator from Virginia, at Washington; aged 60
Q, Disaster 90 people injured in wreck OF
the Pennsylvania railroad near Pittsburg
10. Obituary DR.. Albert +. Foote, distinguish
ed mineralogist, expired suddenly whils a
the Atlanta exposition.
| IL. Fire: Holland Radiator works in Bremen
Ind, destroyed by fire; loss, $l50,OOO.
~. Prof. Thomas Coates, leader of the trs
circus band in America died at Easton
ia,
lS Fire: Gampbells, N. Y, a hamlet in steuber
county, destroyed by fire.
Obituary; Gen. William j. Landrum, veter
an of the Mexican and civil wars, at Ian
CASTER KY. aged 81. +. l.. Pope, note,
electrical engineer, killed by a shock in hi
cellar at Great harrington, Mass.
Disaster: killed and l2 injured by a runs
way trolley at Pittsburg.
! IA Obituary. Gen Eragmua II Kavas n nrorn
inent Union general in 1862. at Nice
France; aged IS. Clara Doty Bates, tn
Buthoress, in Chicago Andrew ]. Mould
er, pioneer educator Of San Francisco, 4
that city; aged 6S,
Is, Obituary Franklin Davis, a well lInow
and most successful nurseryman, al WaI
erly, Md. aged &C.
10 Personals Gen. John Gibbon elected CON
mander in chief Military Order of the 10y
al legion.
II. Fire: At Champaign, Ills, Empire Cordag
mill destroyed by fire: loss. 100000.
IS. Fires; At Banchester o., 90 stores
dwellings, 2 churches, banks and Masoni
hall burned loss, $4,000. A $4,000 fir
in New Orleans. Fire swept blocks !
Crede, Colo, and destroyed property Walt
. ed at Sl50OO0.
The national ". C. T. U. convened in Bait
more.
; 10. Fire; Atlanta suffered loss of s1OO.O 900 b
fire.
! Obituary: John W. Mackay, Jr., killed Will
{ racing in France.
10. Fire; 8 squares burned in New Orleans
1000 people homeless; loss nearly $500 90
! Obituary; Henry Augustus Loop, well know
artist, at Lake GEORGE aged 81. Rachal
o Elan, the first woman settler in Chicagi
died in that city.
. q. Fire. Town Of Bagwell, Tex, destroyed b
fire loss. 10000.
Obituary Gen. Thomas G. Pitcher, U. s. A
2 retired. at Fort BaVard. N NJ AGED z
q Ashael Clark Kendrick, d. D., LII. D., no
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