The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
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Howard Scott who murdered his wife
last fall. was electrocuted in New York.
At a Queens Jubilee" celebration in
New York city, English music was
Kissed.
Archbishop Janssens. head of the
Catholic diocese of New Orleans, is
dead.
Train wreckers failed to derail
train of eleven cars which was return
ing from Coney Island.
Alfred Quick, fearing mob violence
for assaulting child, committed sui
eide al Cincinnati, o.
1t is estimated that the Irish Fair,
profit of s250,000.
Stephen Walsh, his wife and daughter
were critically burned by a lamp ex-
plosion at Pittsburg.
Henry Irving unveiled statue erect
ed to the honor of Mrs. Sarah Siddons,
the English actress at London.
To encourage fire Mrs. Fannie Bed
ncr of Braddock, Pa, poured oil into a
stove. She is dead.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy. Richard
n. Thomas, celebrated his SSth birth
day at Terre Haute, Ind.
Fourteen year-old George Mckinney
has been held for trial in New York for
setting fire to a tenement.
Ex-Presidcnt Cleveland will have the
degree of Doctor of Laws conferred up
on him by Princeton University.
Ex- Congressman Bynum, of Indiana.
has settled in New York to conduct the
Democratic sound money campaign.
Mrs. Cleveland unveiled a Class Me-
mortal window at Wells College
Amora, n. y, from which she is
graduate.
After stormy voyage and break
down in mid-ocean the Northern Pa
ciflc steamer has arrived at Tacoma,
Wash.
II took a doctor n day to unlock thu
laws of G. r. Mcdonald of Carthage,
Mo-, which he dislocated while yawn-
ing.
The dancing masters at recent
convention held in New York, COM
planned that the bicycle had injured
their business.
While inpersonatng a ghost at Ed
meston. n. Y. Mortimer Halsey fell in
to stream entangled in a sheet and
narrowly escaped drow ming.
The financial straits of Mark Twain
have prompted the New York Herald
to start n fund for the popular author.
The Herald" heads the list with ST.,
COO
The widow of Charles II. Mallory
lied at Clifton, her home in Port Ches-
/ .er. She leaves an estate valued at
81, ,0OO, 900.
The E.speranza gold mine in Mexico
has been sold to syndicate of New
York capitalists for s6,o000O0 in MeXi-
can silver.
prohibition has been defeated at the
polls in thirteen states was the report
given at the Brewers convention, held
in Buffalo.
For embczzlng several thousand dol
lars Hiram a. Waite, eX-city comptrol-
ler of Port Huron. Mich, was sentenced
to five years imprisonment.
! A new combination, the Western
! Door Company. has been formed at
| Rock Island, III. Capital stock $1,000
| 900.
Ten thousand people attended the
! centennial celebration of the founding
| of Roman Catholic mission at San
/ Jose, Cal.
The government buildings of Ellis
Island for the reception of immigrants
were destroyed by fire. No lives were
lost. Loss 100000
The Pacific Mail steamship City of
Para brought the details of the loss in
mid Pacific of the British ship Buck
hurst, having picked up part of the
crew of the Inflated vessel 200 miles of
the Nicaraguan coast and landed them
at Punta Arenas.
The Grand Jury at Minneapolis has
indicted City Treasurer Haugen. pre-
sident of the collapsed Washington
bank: Cashier Field and Directors
johnson and Searle for misuse of the
bank funds.
After having reached a height of o.
900 feet, the balloon attached to thu
airship of Prof. Barnard exploded
The machine descended gently and thu
Professor escaped with slight injuries
This occurred at the Nashville Expo
sition. ...
A domestic quarrel led to stree
fight at jamestown. n. Y, between
Populist Leaders c. NJ. Maxon and u
j. Squires, and the latter was serious
ly hurt. y
Philip Reilly. president of the Johl
Martin Lumber company and vice pre-
sident of the st. Paul National bank
committed suicide by shooting at st
Paul