- NEWS OF THE WEEK -~l'ornagoes swept over Springs and Papillian, Nebraska. on the evening of the 13th In Blue Springs the school-house was demol- ished and its jamtor fatally injured, Half an hour later a girl lying on a lounge near a window was lightning, At Papillion several build- ings were moved from their founda- tions. A. J. Potter, & hotel keeper, was killed by lightning at Oreill. ile of Arizona, distinct shocks guake were felt in Tucson, on the afternoon of the 15th, stone was also shaken. —The boiler of the Richmond Paper Manufacturing Company's mill in Richmond, Virginia, burst on 13th, Killing two men, -Three —A passenger train collided with a “wild” engine on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, near Waynesboro, Missis- sippi. on the afternoon of the 13th, Robert Shenault, and Willian Tew, engineer, severely injured » ] ce nan, ‘contiden in swindled a lady in When arrested for Green, a arrested 151 0 { ¥ 58 2] > 2 charg naving Balti re out of Wis $60. he about to leave with a young lady had engaged as a ing himself to be a San maire. He bad induced her vance 2150 to pay her expenses Lo San I stating that when he amount would be 1d 18CO, Fant rived there the ré- funded to her. Martin Prendergast and Donnelly were drowned in the St. Lawrence river, at Montreal, on the 3 the capsizing of a boat at the 3th, August on bth, Ferdinand were Bush drowned, —Policeman Julian Arnold was shot dead, and Ernest I. Padgett, a compan 1on. was wounded in Alexandria, Vi ginia, about 1 o’clock on the morning of the 15th, while trying to arrest two men whom they overheard planning a robbery. When they called on the men to surrender both drew revolvers and fired. The who shot An the other, who had a struggl adgett, was captured, and as John Curran, of Washi: +} ¢ ne one Ol ©8 an Oo Ie, — William A. B8Sanfor killed In 16-year-old Washi i f th In resg a steamer gether early on the aftern the city of V where “‘a reported as t an immense t belo to the Boston and Maine Railroad Company.” A telegram from Marquette, Michigan, says that smoke forest fires is making navigation perilous on Lake Superior, On the 15th, ti propel] Jay Gould, trom Chicago to Duluth, with merchand lost her bearings on account and ran ashore off White F The propeller Peerless heard nals of distress, and after three succeeded in releasing her, Fores are visible yn Duluth, Minnes Ww eel ins hreatenin v number of railroad 1e ine We, of smoke fre of Lake Superior. At evening of the Lacrosse, Wisconsin, 15th, Miss l.etzke John Beyer went boating with two other friends, Jever, to frighien Miss Letzke, rocked the boat;it capsized und he and she were drowned, Two col ored men were drowned at Richmond, Virgicia, on the morning of the 16tl by the upsetting of a boat. —At Waterbury, Connecticut the 16th, Alexander Broomfield, aged 55 years, stot and wounded Warren =. Frost and then committed Frost one of the foremen of t Waterbury Brass Company. Several years ago from the mill for drunkenness, and had aways, in consequence, grudge against Frost, The latter's in- juries are not coasidered dangerous, -A telegram {rom Dodge Kansas, says that A. F. Soule, lochester, New York, “who bullt, at his own expense, a canal, nine miles long, for irrigating purposes, at an ex pense of one million dollars, has an- nounced Lis intention of extending it go that one million acres of land herea- bouts will always yield a full crop. He has donated $50,000 to the Presby- terian College located here, and has bought the First National Bank for $75 000, and also the Dodge City Water Works.” ~{(1eorge KE. Reed, for two years City Treasurer of Bismarck, Dakota, has ' on 16 suicide, ia he ! disappeared, leaving a ( $0000 in his accounts, lieved to be in Canada. | «~The Of { foundation of the celebrated on the The Sun building was with evergreens thousands of people visited it, hosts of friends congratulated A. S. Abell, the founder, Among the “ghortage’’ of and he i3 lx tieth anniversary of the Baltimore Sun was 17th in Baltimore, beautifully dec. and flowars, and The 17th also marked Mr. Abell from any the managemont of the dent Cleveland, ? LE) been admit- their father, upon the followed i hip with publication ch has been for fifty years. —The residence of John A. Cheever, {ong Island, was robbed over 33 worth of silverware on the morning of the 17th —13. J. Waters, a deputy constable at Kansas City, Missouri, found a bstance on the pump chal H) white sub 16th, 1 +} powder nougl neighborhod here Was LS whole Goodspeed attempted to Cincinnati, early the 17th, and, beliey himself up the 11 recover. He is re on Lo ‘omptroller of the Cuarrency authorized the Equitable Bank, of Cincinnati, to begin business with a capital of $350,000, and the 1 National Bank Kansas City a capital of $100,000, irst ol y, with in New Haven on the morning of 18th while Mrs, Martin Fenney, aged 35 years, while entering a factory where she worked her husband drew and stabbed her nflicting a wound tal, She the X, pocket \ \ Knife breast, 1 likely to prove f sbhand a few week jealous, Near Tahlequah, in the In- dian Territory, a few days ago, John ir, James and 1 ristie, being i1 James ( wounded Dlai antagonist French Francis Stoke wan ever Known ina, prevailed eral buildings damaged Lore were Cody, an of counterfeit monev, was arres Painted Post, New York, ing of the 17th, He is 72 5 train Inter- onal and Great Northern Railroad was stopped at MeNei a few miles from Austin, Texas, on the even ing of the 18th, by about twenty rob- bers, who rifled the express car. A number shots were (ired, res was #lightly wounded , and another that two i I'he wails were not passengers bad te valnables, Fifty armed men have gone experi passer ted near A ©" CArS of Age, even A passenger the on nat 1 Stats 1 Station, of ne port say 3 8 IDK in the ha and b it their and the surre mounted ~At San Fraucisco on the 19th, aud killed Mary Fessler, aged 23, and then shot and killed himself, The cause is believed to be the woman's Morris John. son, being drunk and jealous, tried to kill his wife in Indianapolls on the afternoon of the 18th, He was pre. vented by a neighbor, whereupon he ran up stairs and committed suicide, -At Savaunab, on the 10th, Wil. liam Fuller, a colored artilleryman, was Llown to pleces during the firing of a salute in honor of the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, ~A sleeping car on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was thrown from the track near Salida, Colorado, at § wrwsarIsaAN leading lady of the Castleton troupe, was killed, and Dr. George Cox and Conductor Aubrey were severely injured, - A passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ran into some cattle near 'ueble, Colorado, on the morning of the 18th, The engine and mall and express cars were ditched. Three tramps were stealing a ride on the train, and one of them was killed, the other two being slightly injured. The wife and mother of Melvin Hunt- ress, of Portsmouth, New Hamsphire, were killed on the afternoon of the 10th, by an engine while driving over a railroad crossing in a wagon. Two men employed on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks were killed by a train at Dean's Station, near New Druns- wick, New Jersey, on the afternoon of the 10h, I'he Secretary the 10th vy ol nterior maae a requisi 38 Secretary of the Treasu O00, be 1 s ON on the £0.00 used du ayment of 1 Wi in i i I. tHe WAS His wife was out t $17.000 in and Kein an explosion « shellac in were varnishing, ng of the 19 Hil they il. -~A despatch from Newln York, forest lires are devastation the Shawangunk Mountains. Thou sands of dollars’ worth of timber have already teen destroyed, and the dam- ace to young timber is incalculable, There are forest fires on the east fork of Dlack river, in isconsin, N. DB. Holway had 5,000,000 feet of logs destroyed, and the Messrs, Altces also lost considerable, Forest fires are raging thrcughout Marquette, Alger, Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw counties in Michigan, Large forces of men are fighting the fires in Hough ton county. The weather continues dry and hot, and the whole country for many miles along the lake shore, as wel as the lake itself, is involved in clouds of smoke. Lt AMIN The first virtue Is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to per. fection who knows how to be silent, even though he Is in the right, An egotist will aiways speak of him. self either in praise or censure: but a modest man ever shuns nuaking himself the subject of kis conversation. Nev SAVES or 3] Kg 11 i" STATE LEGISLATURE. SENATE, resolution giving the thanks of the for his patriotic services in behalf of Orphans’ Schools was concurred 3ills were passed [i tion of German and streams, of homeopathic pharmacy, and in, extend - peace, Dills were passed finally *'pro- viding civil rights for all people regard- of race or color;” regulating the of attorney 1 churches to abandon less admission thoriz grounds; amending the game and fish, Several bills were pas:-ed, a Ig for the celebration tional Centennial, MATS relati appropi them { act increasing the ag Adjourned, the were Senate were ng the bill taxing all orders, che i p88 books ! wages redeemed In thirty days; Marriage License Act, and for the condemnat the Frank Ad) other {1 : the ¥ 100 OF rnpikes, yurned. _--— 2 2 old-fashioned or two on r has come idea of teeth at using CA Sage the up again. he teeth, and | for a —. MARMKIV X whiten t YA Ve 4 tooth THE FIOUR West, and Pa. sup Pa. Family Minn Clear... .. Pat. Wai Wht. Rye Flour. 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Fi utes they will remain in h other’s fi i. i e and got srformance merchants brawling :h they -— A Small Blunder, (nn Lhe 10oKoul | to take charg ren entered a servants’ her eyes fell { looked * wdame, ‘but your fo rom pict yur appearance,”’’ woman : 1:4 he very Ie ike said situa- rmet sll me why you left tion.” “A simpie One day as I was nursing oversight, ma'am, ‘ry Mrs, Jise—'g a window to lis. the Mrs, | gave me down to him, but alas! ine steal of the money 1 dropped the child twopeuce . t of the window!’ -— -— The Latest Folly. Ol We have had pink teas snd yellow lunches, but the latest fad has been a (ireek dinner. The table was decora- ted with garlands of roses, and the center ornament was a Greek lyre with golden strings. The walls were hung with rugs and festooned with roses, The guests reclined on couches, and each wore a laurel wreath tied with purple ribbon. The menu was written in Greek, among the dishes being wild boar, roast kid and hare. An inter mission of about half an hour took place in the middle of dinner, when burning Oriental drinks were served in silver tankarde, [ FOOD FOR THOUGHT A hero, whether he a hero, is Cheerfulness Is heart. You get the tri equals only, We stand in our own than others do, Do not stop to tell all 3 you are in a great hurry Tears sprinkled ac: e¢ttie in the dust of sor: SOINe persons are able | only when golog backward. If yOu are no y Ji penses exceed 1 vila hs oO rob others 3 r «ti 38 DONIesLY OOr Han who rises a rom his in 16 most personal imself ¢ i! h It is better to m walt for it. Ie shore and foresees a out to sea, and en avoid a shipwreck. Do not harrow 1 with nation sucl 3 \ with hardened severe denu AS YOU Ar wir nner friend the g Lop supplies has nearly a monopoly « society its position will be us The classes who frequent do not, as classes théy drink becanse Lhey having gone there for tew perance problem is how the gin-shop, and thal pr 5 means how to supply a social substi. tute. The English coffee-bouse system i® the Dest substitute yet invented. In the present form the movement seeks to establish “cocoa-houses,’’ and a pam- phlet before us mentions that in Liver. pool twenty-mine houses capable of seating at once an ageregate of 3.500 men have been opened and are financially successful. Their success, the fact that they pay, means that they meet the social want and atiract men {rom the ginshops, The association having the enterprise in charge, declared this year a dividend of ten per cent, and carried a considerable sum besides over into the new year as a surplus for con. tingencies, oa thera t y RO LIIeTe § SOC
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