The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-10

WHILE maSons were tearing down
the New Hartford house at Winstead,
Conn.,, the oldestlandmark in that part
of the state, on the 31st, they un-
earthed a bottle of wine which was
placed there when the hotel was built,
135 years ago.
THE state department declared, on
the 31st, hat Consul-General Lee had
not been granted a leave of absence to
take effect on the 18th, as published, or
! on any other date. Gen. Lee had not
asked for leave.
STEPHEN ]. FIELD, associate justice
of the United States supreme court,
has decided to retire from the bench in
July.
JACOB Y. SAMPSON, the assistant pros
ecuting attorney of Lenawee county,
Mich. who was indicted for conniving
at the escape of Anton n. Christensen,
arrested in New York city on a charge
of emhezzlement, was arraigned be-
fore Justice Mcmahon, in general ses-
sions, onSthe 1st, and released on $500
bail.
NOAH RABY, on the 1st, celebrated
his one hundred and tw~enty-fifth birth
day anniversary in the Piscataway
N. j. poorhouse.
II is said that Hetty Green is about
to begin foreclosures of mortgages
upon about 81, 900, 600 worth of Chicago
property.
THE nomination of benjamin But
terworth, of Ohio, as commissioner OF
patents, was sent to the senate by the
president on the 1st.
Col. FRED GRANT decided, on the I'd,
to decline President Mckinley's offer
of the position of first assistant secre-
tary of war.
A NEW Atlantic cable is being manu-
featured at Calais, France, and will
shortly be laid.
MALTBY breaker. an immense Struc-
ture operated by the Lehigh Valley
Coal Co. at Maltby. five miles from
Wilkesbarre, Pa, was destroyed by
fire on the I'd. 1t was one of the best
equipped coal breakers in the Wyoming
region, containing all the modern ma
chinery. 1t employed nearly 500 men,
and had a capacity of 1, 600 tons per day.
An explosion, On the night of the 1st,
wrecked the dryhouse of the Shame
kin PowderC Co.. four miles west of Sha-
mokin, Pa. The shock wa felt for
many miles. The barn of David Ham,
a farmer, living near the scene of the
explosion, in some manner caught fire
and was entirely destroyed.
\ SERIOUS riot occurred, on the d. at
Antequcra, 2S miles from Malaga, in the
province of Andalusia, Spain, caused by
a popular uprising against the impoSi-
ton of the octroi tax. Several people
were injured before the police were
able to suppress the disorder.
On the 2d Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter-General Bristow made his first APP
pointments of fourth-class postmasters.
His predecessor, Mr.. Maxwell. did not
appoint anyone for his last month,
which left Mr.. Bristow about $500
places to fill, caused by deaths. resig-
nations and removals.
THE four members of the Button
gang, Frank and Antonio Borrcgo,
Lauriano Alarid and Patricio Valencia,
were hanged in the Jail yard at Santa
Fe, ". NJ. on the I'd, forthe aSsaSSina-
ton of eX-Shcriff Frank Chavez. on the
night of May 20, 1892.
PUBLIC PRINTER PALMER. on the I'd,
resumed charge of the government
printing office after an absence Of three
years. He found a handsome bouquet
of roses on his desk from the employees,
all of whom were glad to see him back.
CORNELIUS O'DoNNELL and John Baird,
two oil men of Pennsylvania, were
blown to atoms near Celina. o., on the
I'd, by an accidental explosion of nitro
.glycerine.