The Philipsburg mail., 1897-11-12

| Al oe'AS 'AiSS uSSh W otSPiiNh N'LitsiN
has just heen unearthed in junk pile
in the scrap iron yard of the Philadel-
phia Railroad.
Mrs. Forrest Wynne, of Hillsdale. n.
j.. has been arraigned before justice
of the peace, charged with bewitchlng
her neighbors.
Two gangs of outlaws are said to be
contemplating raid on banks in
either Arkansas, Missouri or the In
dian Territory.
A wolf was killed on one of the prin-
cipal streets of Little Rock, Ark. re-
Gently just rs it was about to attack a
party of children.
A German comic paper has been
seized in Paris for publishing cartoons
ridiculing President Faure and the
French Republic.
Tho Old Settlers Club of Oshkosh,
Wis, proposes to erect a monument to
Chief Oshkosh, from whom the city
received its name.
Andrew Carnegie announces that he
will sell his armor plate factory; if
not to the United States Government,
then to foreigners
| The report chat Andreo's balloon
was sighted by the crew of a whaling
vessel off Soitzbcrgcu is not believed
by Arctic explorers
The Georgia Legislature has adopted
a resolution protesting against the
Presidents appointment Of negroes to
Office in the South.
The guns Of the British warship Ac-
feon. which sank in Charleston harbor
in 1916 have been presented to Lafay
cite Park, st. Louis.
The Popnlst State Executive Com
mlttee Of Texas has advised its follow
era to do anything to redeem the state
from Democratic rule.
The government Of New South Wales
has appointed a veterinary inspector to
examine ali horses shipped from San
Francisco to Australia.
Two cowboys, A. j. Chapman and
! Vernon Wilkinson, fought Il duel with
rife and revolver near Curtis. Okla.
and Wilkinson was killed.
Since the death 81 their father, the
\ twin sons Of the Pullman family
! have returned TO their home @nG viii
remain with their mother.
| Ten nser reached ST. Michae8s. Alas
| lca, recently, having walked 40 miles,
as last chance of catching il steamer
returning to the United States.
A woman chatting with companions
at Altoona, Germany, spoke disrtSpect-
fully OF the Emperor, and was sen-
fenced 10 four months imprisonment.
+, The President has appointed Gen.
4 James LGn4sJreet. Of Georgia, Com
, missioner of Railroads, the position
lately occupied by Gen. Wade Eamp-
ton. -@
/ Mrs. Margaret Shelley, of Stapleton,
S. l., was severely burned by the ex-
plosion of blasting powder, which she
threw into the stove in mistake tor
seeds.
Judge Thomas, of the Indian Teri
tory, has decided that actual service
must be made ill divorce cases. and
many marriages may thereby be ses
aside.
| Mrs. Louie Hupmel, OF Chicago, III.
believes that her husband was beaten
to death in the county insane asylum
and the body stolen to conceal the
crime
Commercial Agent Hamilton at Nor
risburga, Ont. says that the merchants
! vi t1'C ~ AIOCi oNIttC, iEahC Il SIdNc
mistake in Mot sending agents into
| Canada
Senator Morgan, OF Alabama, who
has been seriously i'll with grip since
his return from Hawaii recently. is
! slowly recovering his health at San
| Diego, Cal.
A ship wrecked sailor. clinging to
spar and with his right arm broken,
, was picked up at sea by Brooklyn
fisherman, whose boat mad been driven
out by gale.
Exports Of cutlery from Shef1sed,
Epglani, to the United States de-
creased from $3.50, 900 for three months
Of 1896 to 500, 600 for the same length
of time this year.
The memory Of the late Maj. Lewis
Ginter, Of Richmond, Va. is to be per-
petuated by the endowment of me
chanics institute and school Of tech
nology in that city.
The Lorillard Beresford horses lSan-
dia and Meta II. in both cases ridden
by "Tod'' Sloan, won the Old Cam
bridgeshire and the Newmarket Free
Handicap in England.
Diamonds to the value of $4,000
were stolen from the store occupied by
the Diane ond Merchants Alliance of
Piccadilly, London, between Saturday
night and Monday morning.
The cotton operatives in the north of
England have refused to consent to the
proposed reduction in their wages.
About So 600 operatives are affected,
and the situation is most critical.
A sensation has been created in
Athens by the rumor that the torpedo |
cartridges to have been used by the |
Greek feet in the late war with Tur-
key were rot fitted with percussion
caps
1t is understood that the Russian.
japanese and American delegates to
the seal conference have agreed TO the
to prohibt pelagic killing
of seals in order to preserve their
hides.
Bamboo is grown very successfully in
California bottom lands. The seed of
some species is almost as valuable for
food as rice, which it resembles The
stock iS used for NAV buildipo ,,r