The Ely miner., 1896-12-23

An order has 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
IF retiring from the prize ring. A
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. i.,ssI agfl
The old established firm of Quigley
& Mullen, wholesale grocers in Whining
ton, Del, failed for 100000. Specula-
tion was the cause.
The old mining town of jamestown,
famous in California literature as"Jim-
town." was almost destroyed by fire..
Attorney-General Dawes in his bien-
mel report says the Kansas prohibitory
law is a dead letter.
James j. Corbett signed articles OF
agreement in Jersey City. N. j.. to fight
Bob Fitzsimmons to 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
$5OO,OOO.
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 a
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 a 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 hignwaymen 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 q cage.
Mrs. Mary j. Holmes, the authoress,
has been granted at New Haven, Conn.,,
an absolute divorce and 5000 alimony
from William Holmes, her husband.
Capt. George E. Lemon, aged 55, 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.
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 ii practically
unanimous vote ordered favora BILE 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 25
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.
OS5, ,921 ,223, against $1.065, 5,63S,S61 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was ST..
Three brothers, Arch, Dink and Bill
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 &c
Trust company. one of the Oldest of
Boston's banks, is said to be do
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.