The evening times., 1896-09-19
Briefs byWire

Abram g. Hewitt declined the gold Demo.
| Gratis nomination for Congress.
A nying-machne, tested at Milers, Ind,
flew gracefully in the air for more than 100
feet.
Chicago's school children are being af-
fected by sewage contamination In the
water supply.
At Lexington, Va. Miss Bette E. NIL
ton committed suicide by taking dose
OF Paris green.
Howard Shannon killed his divorced
wife as She was boarding train i n kock-
ford, Ill.,, yesterday.
8. j. Keller. ranchnfan from Iowa.
found his runaway wife in st. Joseph, No.,
yesterday. He shot her dead and then killed
himself.
In New York the theory is started that
Patrick doggins, who killed little Mamie
Bryan, was suffering under mania pro-
duced by inhallng Illuminating gas.
young man who had become engaged to
girl at Belmont, Cal, under pretense OF
being German baron, committed sulc Ide
when 1t was found out that he was an i'm
postor.
The Democratic Congressional! con-
ferees for the Fourteenth Pennsylvania
district met here last evening. aud have
nominated ]. F. Klugh. of Dauphin, for
Congress.
While on his way home Thursday eight
William II. Frey, Jr., a fa rner, OF Miil-
town, N. j., was stopped by two .ngh-
wayn'en, and. at the point OF n pistol,
compelled TO surrender his watch and
money.
Arthur j. Hubbard. manager Of the
Standard on Company. at Toledo, Ohio,
fell off a Lake Shore fast mail train near
Blissfield. Mich, Thursday night, and
was So Terribly injured that death resulted
yesterday
Pratt, Simmons & Krausnick wholesale
dealers in millinery at st. Louis. made
general assignment yesterday Mortgages
for $4,000 were first given to preferred
creditors. The liabl tiles are SlSO,OU0,
and assets 100000.
Arthur A Blaine. Of Erambleton, near
Norfolk, Va, while in a field on Wednesday
found some Jamestown weed and ate the
seeds from the pod. On his way hom,. he
was seized with violent pains In the strIi-
'Nu 'Ai'h
With his breast pierced by wagon
shaft. fifteen year old EIsJon Fclter les
AT his hGnieiD New Bruins wick. " ] :. suffer
ing from internal injuries. lie is Hor *
pectcd 10 live. He had tccp ''scorching"
and ran directly into d buggy.
The banking house OF S. II. Watson &
sons. at Nmton. Ia, established for forty
years, made general a ssignment yesterday
20 Mat GaascII for the benefit Of their
creditors. Liabil tiles. $3.50 600: assets,
S350.Oo0 pepositors and creditors will
be paid in full.
a heavy charge of dynamite was ex-
ploded under the saloon or Mrs. Matty wcis-
brodt, at Sardinia, Ohio, yesterday, the
building BENG totally wrecked. Several
persons were injured. Anti-saioon workers
are suspected, having failed to secure pass
age OF local option ordinance.
Myrtle Adams, Of Enc. Pa, shot herself
fatally last evening. The young woman
was engaged 10 he married 20 L. {. Perkins,
an insurance Collector, who is now in New
York. or late Perkins has not answered
the girls letters and reniorse and brood
ing over her affairs drove her To distrac-
tioD.
The executive committee Of the United
singers OF Philadelphia has ssred invita-
tioDs 10 $50 societies to attend TIE Sacn-
serfest to be held next June under the
auspices of the Northeastern Saengerbund
or America in a mammoth build ing that
Is to be erected on Fotteran Square
at Eleventh and York streets.
Ogden. Utah. and vicinity were visited
by terrific wind storm yesterday, the
gale blowing at about sixty miles an hour.
~ large building belonging to Kiescl 6 Co,
wholesale grocers, was blown down aud
the contents fired by eiectric wires. aud
many smaller buildings were completely
destroyed with it. The damage ani loss
viii exceed 500, 900.
John Spobr, OF Newtown, Pa, Thlrs-
Jay night stabbed Miller Bush In snis-
lake for another man. Spohr whipp,I a
small boy OF Newtown. In return the toys
father whipped Spohr. The latter armed
Iimself with a knife and waited 10y the
roadside for the boys father. He rIis-
took Bush for the man. and the victim
Is lying at his home In a critical condi-
ton. Spohr is in jail.
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