Warren sheaf., 1896-12-24

Felix IL. BrunOt. OF Pittsburgh, Ia.
An order hns been issued by the post
master-general providing for the sale
Of postage and special delivery stamps
by letter carriers while making their
rounds.
Jack McAuliffc, the ex-lightweight
champion. has announced his intention
cf retiring from the prize ring.
The soft, swelling strains of the
violin awakened Mamie Steinhaus. CT
Philadelphia, from sleep in which she
had been for 10 days.
A storm along the New England coast
prostrated wires, knocked over chin
peys, blockaded railroads and wrecked
many vessels.
The old established firm Of Quigley
& Mullen. wholesale grocers in Whining
ton, Del, failed for 100000. Specula-
ton was the cause.
The old mining town of Jamestown,
famous in California literature as "Ji,u-
town." was almost destroyed by fire.
Acknowledgement Dawes in his bien-
MEL report says the Kansas prohibitory
law is dead letter.
James j. Corbett signed articles OF
agreement in Jersey City, N. j., to fight
Bob Fitzsimmons to a finish on March
II, 1897. for purse of $4,000.
The Casino skating rink and summer
theater, a magnificent pleasure resort
in Schenley park. near Pittsburgh. Pa.
was destroyed by fire, the loss being
$50o,OO0.
Alexander Hermann. aged So, the
worlds greatest exponent of legerde-
main, having no peer in the realm of
Prestidigitateurs, died suddenly in his
private car at Great Valley, near Sala-
manca, N. Y. Heart trouble is ascribed
as the cause of death.
Mrs. Martha McGill, widow, and her
19-year-old daughter Esther, were
killed by the cars while walking on
railroad trestle west of Ladoga, Ind.
John j. Thornton, editor of the Clay
County Advance at Ashland, Ala, was
murdered while sitting with his family,
the assassins firing through window.
Two married women, named Moon
and Shell, quarreled at Bethel, Pa, over
trivial matter, and the Shell woman
threw bucket Of strong lye water into
the face of Mrs. Moon and her infant
daughter, iniuring both fatally.
Two highwaymen held up Southern
railway passenger train near Bryant
Station, Ala, and escaped with large
amount of money.
Gabriel Russ, John Antras, Charles
Swanson, Charles Anderson and Louis
Jackson were instantly killed in mine
at Ouray, COL, by the fall of cage.
Mrs. Mary j. Holmes, the authoress,
has been granted at New Haven, Conn.,,
an absolute divorce and $20C alimony
from William Holmes, her husband.
Capt. George E. Lemon, aged IS, the
best-known pension attorney in the
country, and publisher of the National
Tribune at Washington, died at Cor
onado Beach, CAL, where he had gone
for his health.
A fire that broke out in the Ryan
hotel annex in St. Paul caused loss of
100000 to Connheim's furniture store.
The United States senate committee
on foreign relations by practically
unanimous vote ordered favorable re-
port to be made to the senate on the
21st on the Cameron resolution recog
nizing the independence of the repub-
lie of Cuba.
At Upper Marlboro, Nd, James
Smith (colored) was hanged for the
murder of Margaret Brown on July Is
last.
There were 367 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against $50 the week
previous and 377 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
Justice Russell, in the New York su-
preme court, decided that divorces Sc
cured in North Dakota do not hold good
in the Empire state.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
0s5, ,921, ,223, against $1,o65,63s,s61 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was 81.
Three brothers, Arch, Dink and Bill
Proctor, were lynched by mob near
Russellville, KY, for killing Aaron and
Doc Grafton (brothers) at Adairville.
Frank C. Miles, for more than 20 years
treasurer. of the Boston Safe Deposit &,
Trust company, one of the Oldest of
Boston's banks, is said to be de-
fuulter for 100000.
The American Federation of Labor IN
session in Cincinnati reelected Samuel
Gompers president and selected Nash
vile, Tenn, as the next place of meet
ing. A resolution favoring free silver
was adopted and one condemning the
supreme court of the United States was
defeated.
! A gale at Chatham, Mass, wrecked