THE NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Telegraphic Notes of Interest
Briefly Told.
HERE, THERE ASD ETERYWHERE.
Small bnt Kntrttlona Tit fttwn of tha
World From Pole to Tola artfully
Culleil and tlollrd Down for limy
Reader Throaa-hont tha Country.
Wedneid', .Tun. St,
Tfce Colonial Bnnk has beea incor
porated in New York city with a cn.pl
tal of $1,000,000, which may be in
creased to 5,000,000.
The consolidation of the Bonwood,
JtiversiJo and Top Mills or heeling,
W. Vo., wns perfected Monday. The
capital will bo $10,000,000.
Over 600 persons wero mado homo
less by n devastating lire at Bovorly.
W. Vft., yesterday. Tho Court Ilouse
ana records were also destroyed.
Miss Sarah Clark of Exeter, N. II.,
was elected troasurer of the Union
Five Cents Havings Bank for the
tenth consecutive time on Monday.
A building owned by Oscar Marsh
of Trovldenco, li. I., valued at $12,000,
was gutted by lire Monday. Mollle
Tutnara, with iifty boarders, escaped
in tneir nignt clothes.
The Childs-Drexel Union Winter'!
Home, nt Colorado Springs, will be
dedicated May 12, Mr. Chllds' birth
day. Amos J. Cnmmlngs, of New
Xork, will deliver the address.
Ernslus Thompson & Co., boot and
shoe manufacturers, with a large fac
tory at llopklnton, Mass., nnd an
ofllco In Boston, have assigned. It la
understood that tho liabilities are
very large. ,
Some one placed a dynamite cart
ridge with exploding hammer against
the door of A. W. Trillipo's barn, nt
Noblesvillo, Ind. When Mr. Trillipo
openod tho door Monday there was an
explosion and the barn was partially
destroyed. Mr. Trillipo escaped with
a few scratches.
E. S. Stokes, of the Hoffman House,
New York, was given a verdict of $8S,
875 in his suit against John V.
Mackay in tho Supremo Court Circuit
jtjsterday. The action was brought
to recover $75,000, which Stokos
claimed Mackay owed him In a tele
graph denl, with interest from De
cember 20, 188S. ......
'Pang Yun, a wealthy Chinaman of
Indianapolis, and Ida Norton, also of
Indianapolis, and daughter of
wealthy parents, wero married in Chi
cago Monday. Pang Yun has . the
distinction of being the richest China
man between New York nnd San
Francisco. Ida Norton Is but nine
teen and only rocently graduated
from a high school. ..
Thursday, Jan. 88.
Police Officer Strauss, of Philadol
phia, distinguished himself yesterday
by a herolo rescue of six boys from
drowning. . .
At the Palo Alto stud sale In New
York yesterday " Worth," a two year
old brother to Sunol, was sold to Al
bert H. Moore for $14,500.'
Tho Lindell Hotel, at St. Louis, one
of tho finest buildings of its character
In the West, was sold yesterday to
Chicago parties for $000,000.
1 The Louisiana Waterways Conven
tion, held at New Orleans yesterday,
passed a resolution asking Congress
for generous aid in the Improvement
of Southern streams.
. The Chamber of Deputies will be
asked to grant 3,500,000 francs in order
to make the representation of Franco
at the Chicago. Fair worthy of the
great European republic
The express companies have com
bined with a view of crushing in its
Infancy the new labor organization
going under the name of the Express
Messenger's Brotherhood.
The residence of Addison Hindman,
at Galley Junction, Pa., was destroyed
by ffre yesterday morning, and both
Mrs. Hindman and her . youngest
daughter perished in the flames.
The French Church of the Assump
tion, at Albany, N. Y., together with
the pastor's residence and several
fine houses adjoining, was totally de
stroyed by Are yesterday afternoon.
The total Iobs is about $30,000.
The Long Island Railway Company
is suing Station Agent O. H. Tuthill
of Rockvllle Centre for $3,000 dam
ages, they holding him responsible
for the wrecking of three bridges at
Jamaica, L. I., ou December 29.
The monitor Wyandotte, on her
way from Richmond to the Norfolk
Navy-Yard in tow of the steam tug
Mayflower, ran aground Tuesday
near Powhatan, on the James River.
At last accounts she had not been
floated.
Warden Brown of Sing Sing prison
lias been notified by Oov. Flower that
unless further action be taken by the
State Department at Washington in
the case of Trezza, the murderer, he
would be executed with Mullvalno
luring the week beginning Feb
ruary 8.
Friday, Jan, 99.
J. E. Money, a Boyortown, Pa.,
'allor was arrested in Philadelphia
vestcrday charged with defrauding
his creditors of $3,000.
The Helena, Mont., City Council
have unanimously passed a resolu
tion calling upon Congress to pass a
Total Chinese Exclusion bill.
Tho first white enamel factory in
the United States will be located at
Dubuque, Iowa, and the plans for it
have Just been received from Ger
many. Joseph F. Donoghue, the champion
skater, skated a half Thlle straight
away at Newburg, N. Y. yesterday in
lm. 6 2-5s., beating tho world's prev
ious record. , . ,
Tho Committee of Ways and Means
has decided that wines, spirituous nn
malt liquors may bo sold with menli
only in tho main restaurant at th
woricri rair.
Lee Gibson, a colored man sorentj
roars of ixao. wns taken out of In 1 1 n
Owentown, Ky., Wednesday night bj
a moo ana nnngoa ror the murder o:
rranx j-ieggcrus last i-ruiay.
Col. George Garfield, cousin ol
Prcsldont Garfield And n veteran ol
the civil war. d ed of errln At Cohim,
bus, O., yesterday, aged sixty-one
years. Ho was once loft for dead on
a battlc-ileld.
The three-year-old son of Robcri
Miller, foroman nt Trice's stove fac
tory, Rockford, III., chowed the corb
of an empty strychnlno bottle Wedncs
day and died shortly afterwards Id
great agony.
The body of John Coffrey, who had
been missing from his homo in Scran
ton, Ta., for three years, was found
Thursday In the Lackawanna River.
The head was covered with woundi
and foul play Is suspected.
The first heat of steel was turnod
out by the West Superior Iron and
steel Company Wednesday. Th
manufacture of steel rails will bo be
gun at once. The mills are the larg
est in the West, outsldo of Chicago.
The widow of Isadore Myer, the
urummor wno was killed by John B,
Oraeter, a passengor on an Iron
Mountain nnd Arkansas train on Feb
ruary 17 last, has begun suit against
mo rnnroaa company ana tho rull
man company for $50,000 damages. Sht
claims that her husband was not
given tho recossary protection as a
passenger.
Ratnrtlny, Jan. 30.
Deputy Sheriff Tantolon Turn wat
shot nnd killed at Walde, Tex.,
Thursday, while attempting to arrest
two burglars.
Much excitement was caused nt
Crcede, Col, yesterday, by tho Undine
in tho Jack Pot claim of ore bearing
220 ounces of 6ilvcr to tho ton. .
Chicago objects to tall buildings.
A committoo of tho city council re
commends that permits bo rrrnnted
only for buildings not exceeding 15C
feet in height.
Patrick McCarthy of Now Ilamburcr.
Ind., who It wns supposed had died of
tho grip, regained consciousness in
hiscoflln just as tho funeral services
were to begin.
Inflammation of the brain, duo to
his swnllowlnff a nail n year nco. has
resulted in the death of Freddio, the
seven-year-old son of Michael Wal
decker, of Landsdnle, Pa.
Dr. T. Thatcher Graves, sentenced
to death nt Denver. Col., for tho mur
der of Mrs. J. B. Barnaby, has been
granted a writ of error and will get a
new trial.
Fire destroyed the residence ol
George Metz at Tylorsport, Pa.,
Thursday. Mrs. Metz was tho only
person In tho house at tho time. Her
body was taken from the ruins burned
to a crisp.
Brndstreet's reports 249 failures In
the United States during the week,
against 405 In the previous week, and
271, 280, 294 and 280 in the correspond
ing weeks of 1891, 1890, 1889 and 1888
respectively.
Benjamin Landls of Lttltz. Pa..
drank aqua ammonia In mistake for a
solution of alcohol. It burned the
skin from his mouth and throat, and
he will have to refrain from eating
and drinking till the skin heals.
Lawrence & Brown, operator of
Lawrence Colliery, at Mahanoy Plane,
Pa., have made an assignment of their
coal mining plant, leases, etc.. to
Kouert rotter, cashier of the First
National Bank of Mlnersvllle, Pa.
Smallpox Is spreading rocidlv
among 500 Chinese in quarantine on
Angel Island at San Francisco. .They
were landed from the steamer Rio
Janeiro January 20, when there were
two cases on. board. Now there are
eleven.
Miss Clara Barton. President of the
Red Cross, has issued an appeal to the
people of the United States for $75.-
000 with which to ship four cargoes
of the breadstuffs contributed,, by
American millers to the starving
peasants of Russia.
It is stated at Rome that the Italian
government has sent to Washington
a list of the families that, according
to the Italian claim, are entitled to
compensation for the loss of relatives
by lynching at New Orleans, and that
Secretary Blaine has promised to sub
mit tno matter to congress, with tho
expectation of favorable action.
General Henry A. Barnum. Tort
Warden of New York, died yesterday
morning, irora pneumonia, ueneral
Barnum was born at Jaraesvllle.
Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1833. He
served throughout the rebellion with
great gallantry. He commanded a
brigade during Sherman's famous
march to the sea and was the first
officer to enter Savannah.
Monday, Feb. 1.
George Cramer's house near Brain
erd, Minn., was burned and his wife
and three children perished In the
flames.
John Hoey, ex-presldent of the
Adams Express Company, is to start
an opposition company with the back
ing of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Rev. Georgo A. Andrews, of Essex,
Mass., for burning his store in that
town to obtain the insurance, has
been sentenced to four years in the
State prison.
Tho Essex county (Mass.) Grand
Jury has reported an indictment
against Guy R. Brown, of Newbury
port, for the murder of David B. San
born, of Salisbury, on January 14.
John II. Murphy of Mount Vernon,
N. Y., has been made defendant In a
suit for breach of promise brought by
Miss Elizabeth J. Standtord of New
Haven, Conn., who sues for $25,000
damages.
Mme. De Mora, a French raualo
teacher of No. 221 Griffith street, Jer
sey City Heights, saw Arthur Ktocker
murder his wife on Thursday, and
she died Saturday from tho shock the
sight gave her.
Arthur B. Johnson, a lineman of the
Edison General Electrlo Company ol
Lynn, Mass., who wns thrown from a
trolley wagon by a breaking wire to
tho ground nn l permanently hurt,
nas settled ror rn.GOO.
Abdallah Menlloaf, nged forty, nnd
nis nenhsw, ngoa eighteen, two red
dlers from Chicago, wero found dead
In their room at n hotel In Ottawa.
111., from tho effect of gas which
escaped, from a dofoctivo fixture.
Howard J. Schneider, an electrician,
nna crotner or Architect Schneider, a
prominent business man of Washing
ton, shot his wife and her brother while
on their way to church Sunday even
ing. Mrs. Schneider was shot sovernl
times and cannot live. Her brother
was Instantly killed.
A mortgago for $1,000,010 mnde by
the United States Book Company, to
the Manhattan Trust Company of
New York, which covers property In
publishing houses in Now York, Bos
ton, Cambridge and Chicago, Included
in what is known as tho "Book
Trust," was recorded at Boston Sat
urday.
Tnemlay, Feb. a.
Ex-Tresident Clcvolntid was tend
ered a publio reception in Now Or
leans on Monday.
The greater part of tho business
portion of Bondhend, Ont., was wiped
out by fire yesterday.
A largo portion of the business
part of Woodstock, III., was destroyed
by n fire which originated In the
Wnvcrly House.
The Board of Arbitration at Indian
npolls has decided in favor of the
strikers in the street car dispute, nnd
tho trouble Is considered at an end.
Frederick W. Martin, a Toronto,
Ont, electrician, received a shock
whilo working nt a dvnamo. which
destroyed his eyesight and affected
ms brain.
Tho Seeretnrv of Wr rcnnrtu tn
the Senate that tlin militia tnrm nt
tho United States is 111,918 officers
ana eniistea men. The number of
men in the countrv available for mill.
tary duty is 8,507,238.
Tho new rrcsbvterinn Churoh nt
Beaver, To., was dedicated Sunday.
It cost $50,000, of which Senator Quay
contributed $2,500. The Nnnntnr'p
father was for two years pastor of the
oia i resDytonan cnurch.
Charles E. Benton hn hin nn.
pointed recelvor of tho Belt Line
iecino street nanrona Company of
Utica. Tho company's liabilities in
clude $500,000 first mortirniro honda
$180,500 second mortgago bonds, and
$70,000 due to creditors. Tho actual
value of its assets Is $155,400.
Humnhrev Dunninc's fnmllr rf
eight persons celebrated Now Year's
logcmer in Horneiisviiie, N. r. Since
then the father, two sons and a
daughter have died from the grip.
Another son is not expected to live,
the fourth is ill and the mother nnd
daughter are slowly recovering.
Gov. Pattison of Fennsvlvnnl.a line
issued a proclamation calling atten
tion to the vast proportions of the
famine In Russia. TnrnlllnrrthA
of the world sent to the Johnstown
flood sufferers, and advising the
citizens of the State to send contribu
tions to the relief of the Russian peas
ants.
GARZA ON THE WAR PATH.
Bald to be Heading for Las Vegas With
5,000 Men.
San Antonio. Tex.. Jan. 9a A Hia.
catch was received here last, avaninn
from Del Rio, Tex., stating that Cata
rlno Garza Is now on the Mexican side
of the river, near that place, and that
he Is at the bead of an army of from
4,500 to 5,000 well armed and mounted
Mexican revolutionists. Bands of
from twenty-five to 100 nre Journey
ing here every day.
It is further stated in the dispatch
that Garza means tight, and that the
most desperate war Mexico has ever
known will be opened about Februa
ry 1, by an attack by the Garza men
on the town of Las Vegas, located just
across the river from Del Rio.
FIVE BLOWN TO DEATH.
A Fatal Eiploalon on the Philadelphia
and Reading Road.
Reading, Pa., Jan. 29. At Newcas
tle, near St, Cjair, Schuylkill county,
forty miles from here, an engine on
the Philadelphia and Reading Road
blew up and five men were instantly
killed.
Their names are: David Zleglcr,
the engineer; Napoleon Paul, fireman,
and Jacob Turner, Jack Wintergreen
and Henry Sands, brakemen. Theli
bodies were all terribly mangled.
DUaatroue Oil Fire.
Emzabethport, N. J., 27. Borno,
Scrymser & Co.'s lubricatlngoll works
were destroyed by fire last evening.
The flames communicated to and de
stroyed a wharf fronting 450 feet on
the Staten Island Sound.
Forty tanks containing filtered oil
nnd 6,000 barrels of manufactured oil
were burned. The loss to the company
will aggregate $300,000.
The blazing oil floated out on Staten
Island Sound, driving away the fire
boats, setting fire to the meadows and
spreading to the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad bridge, damaging the trestle
work.
The Erie Road Muet Fay tlO.OOO.
Washington, Feb. 2. The United
States Supreme Court affirmed yes
terday a verdict of $10,000 granted
against the Erie Railroad to David
T. Winter, of Peabody, Mass. Win
ter was traveling from Boston to Chi
cago on an unlimited ticket. He
stopped over at Olean, N. Y., without
a stop-over ticket and was ejected
from a train when he continued his
Journey because he refused to pay
fare.
"A woman
best understands
a woman's ills."
Thousands of women have been
benefited by Mrs. Pinkham's ad
vice, and cured by her remedies
after all other treatment had failed.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable
Compound
has been more successful in cur
ing Female Con knits than any
remedy t'-.c world !,,.:; ever k-ewn.
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A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
Our Spring line of
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See our values in
PARLOR SUITS
from $40 to $200.
CHAMBER SUITS
. from $25 to $2",0.
We pay the freight.
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Dealer in Builder's Siijipk
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