THE NEWS, The residence of Milton Mayers, a farmer wl Millersville, Tenn, was burned, and three children perished in the flame. ——Fire in Behell City, Mo., destroyed property to the value of $80,000, Three hotels, including the Duck House, und the Missouri, Kansas and Texas depot, three large warehouses, an implement bouse, half a dozon shops, two livery stables, a number of dwelling-houses «in all, twenty-nine buildings were burned, — Patrick Kehoe, one of Paterson's oldest shoe manufacturers, while on his way to his stables, was *‘held up" by four masked men, who, at the point of a revolver, commanded him to hand over his money,——The con- vention of postoffice clerks completad its labors in Chicago by selecting Benj. Park- hurst, of Washington, president; W, E. Crumbacker, of Chicago, seer<tary, and 7T. A. Lewis, of Boston, treasurer, The conveution will be held ut Boston, —— rants have been bsued for the arrest of nine collectors of the Prudential Insurance Com- pany, of spiring to defraud the company, Only two have been arrested as yet, ris has requisition Worts, for the in Jersey City, on a charge con- made a Governor of New Jersey, on surrender of wanted in Connecticut for mitted at Danbury July 13, under arrest at Newark, N. J.- Boyle, aged twenty-two up in an unconscious condition tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading road, a few miles west of Trenton He was taken to Bt Trenton, where he soon expired, burglary Both are Alfred W, was pleked 1898. YORIS, beside Rail. Junction, Francis Hespital, A fresh outbreak of the yellow fever ported at Brunswick, Ga.——Catholie bishops, in conference in Chicago, dec) to secure a site for a residence for bishop Satolli in Washington, ~ outlaws killed a Texan rancher, who mear Del Rio, and his boy, alter brutally mutilating the father, — Ludlow Darremore, a well-known of the New York bar, and for more twenty years a judge of the Court of mon Pleas, Is dead.—-The new city building, in Spokane, was destroyed by fire, At the time three tinpers were at work on the roof, and are reported to burned to death, Loss, $75,000; losurance, £50,000. C. P. Mills the defaultin of Tecumsah, Mich. , was arrested in Adrian, ~The jury iu the trial of W. H. Shattuck, for the id of his child-wife, in Altany, returned a verdiet of murder in the secona degree. Bhattuck twenty-two of age.——The George RH pavy, In New York, iostituted p for voluntary dissolution, T. Strong was appointed temporary receiver. A re was appointed by Chancellor McGill, in Jer- sey City, for the snd Edgewater Electrie Light Company. W. Daniels, of the Burlington Electric Was ap pointed receiver, Robert G. H. Huntington, seeretary of the House Building and Chicago, is missing, tington is a defaulter, and that the sum will aggregate 10,000, ——Arthur H. Wiseman, managar of the Western Grain and Stock Exchange at St. Louis, closed his doors. Wiseman is one of the best known the local bucketshop men. His liabilities are £15,000, Sophie Tenney, of Syracuse, N, Y., says she was enticed from home t ¥ Hoary Marshall, a colored waiter in Cleveland £x-Lieutenant Governor Crosby, gan, is dead, member than Com- have been g banker in Years Bidwell Cycle Com- roceedings G wiver Beverly 3 Light Company, Loan Association of of of Deconsed was state senator from 1870 to 1872 and lieutenant governor from 1831 to 1883, -A telegram from Borell, general manager of th Gen. @ Ocean Sleats ship Company, to Reosiver Comer, announce that the wreok of the steamship City Savannah has been abandoned by the Merritt Wreeking Company, of who seat out to juspect panies, She was insured for 150,00. The remains of ex-Secretary Hamilton Fish were buried in the cemetery of 8t. Philip's Church, of the Highlands in New York Forty-five hundred coal miners struck in the raflroad mines near Pittsburg, ——W hile quarry laborers wore shaking dice at a saloon in Bt. Louis, a quarrel arose between Danijel Bird and Jack Dowling over a bed of ten cents, Thomas Tierney acted as peace-maker when Bird stabbed him through the left side, Tierney died on his way to the eity dispen. sary. ——The Spokane exhibition building was destroyed by fire. Loss £100,000, Dr, F. M. Bozinch, a young physician, who has been practicing in Bridgeport, Ct., for several months past, was arrested, charged with eriminally assaulting the young wile of Joseph H. Kerochiuski, in whose family the doctor lived, ~The body of Tillie Boehm, the adopted daughter of Prof. William Boehm was found in Washington Park Lake, near Albany. . The woman's hat on the shore led to the discovery of the body, She was twenty-four years old. No motive ean be as- signed, The elevator of the W, C. Fubrer Mining Company in Mount Vernon, Indians, was burned, Loss $100,000, to defraud insurance companies, John Clark, who swore to the circumstances of Gregg's death by drowning, was also ar. rested. ——Charles O, Rowe, superintendant of the eight district, Western Union Tele. graph Company, died very unexpeot. edly at Titusville, Pa. It Is supposed that death resulted from heart trouble,—In a drunken row among a number of Italians at a hotel in Brighton, near Rochester, sev. eral Italians were killed and the hotel burned. Two more Colomdo banks opened their doors to business, after several week's suspension. They are the Western Kational, at Pueblo, and the Bank of Flor. etge, ——The large gin house and cotton sheds belonging to E. D. Jones, st Carlisle, fa Clayborne county, Miss., on the branch of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Raliroad, were burned by a mob of whiteeaps. The gin house was posted about three weeks ago by whitecaps, who threatened its de struction it any cotton should be pinned there before the price of {he staple went to fen conta per pound. TRAIN ROBBERY. One of the Boldest Hold-Ups On Record Near Chicago. nn. ——— ——— EXPRESS CAR BLOWN UP. A well-organized Band Makes a Rich Haul on the Lake Shore Road - The Passenger Coaches Not Entered Brave Engin- eor-Fireman Escapes. Twenty masked men held up a Lake Shore train 140 miles from near mid- night, and, after wounding the engineer, blew open the safe in the express car and stole its coutents, The train was the which drew out of the Twelfth street depot of the Hipols Central road at 7 AS PF. M. It reached Kendallville, a small station in Indi- little shoit of four hours went past the town, and had hardly mile through a stretch of timber and, Chicago ong nun, gone a when As the the engineer the engineer slowed up near a curve, engine rattled round the turn, | saw a red light ahead, to a stop a dozen men, nod levelled rifles at sprang the } ns | eer and firemen. he into livads of the the engin- two raflroad rifle barrels and the r cab, men od as the in the flickering light, “Throw up your hands,” The fireman { stood stupefl gleamed bors sald : was peaceful But He paid men nor to their arms, and, enough, and the Bo heed Hited his arms at once, was not so timid. to the ery of the 8 Wore quUiokiy with =a bis Hps, turned toward A dozen rif the dozen shots startled the warniog on senger coaches turned toward and a Oo had of Piel) y leilow, asEen ers, wi the sudden | been awakened by ing | 510} i i the cars, How many of the shots struck the pv gineer was not determined, but he the blood gushing from an imo As the train came terrible exp losion. The i dynamite under the train, ness of the lone or en with nd. was pu still fall iid hss Wou there robbers hb LO a4 pause, ad and, ho iy place was press ear cracked and huge gash in its side, faa t broken, the ex. split, and sh The cond to the pint only chesters in the hands of would shoot so kill fam railroad men becams the brakeman hurried Win. thoy uetor and forms e covered by men who s Ove Was mm otionless and A guard was put at the ead of mol Lhe express ear was attacked, ger behind his barricaded d¢ obey the commands of the rot the express car entrance, Shot or refus bers to alter was fired at the car, but the robbers saw that they would fim Baio no entrances ware prep Mr open. 3 por was knocked to the floor then joo twnd taend they dation, They wred for sistance, and blew the Beng Hall a dozen of the twenty men the CXProas Car, pening the i their own time thought wor:h at the doors of | ealled off, a ad + Dynamite was and taking again {in « sale, he thieves in sversiaing The ger coaches wore Carrying away. guards the passen few parting shots were fired perhaps in the air, to warn those on the irain that pursuit meant death-—and the band ! robbers disappeared in the wooded streteb of land that skirts the railroad, As fast us logs could earry them, messen. gers ran to Kendallville to spread the alarm, The sheriff enlled of the county, aroused frot bee | on all near him for help, and soon a posse of residen’s o ing along the highway hold-up. They scoured through the bush, and traveled miles through { the woods, but they could flad nothing, | Guessing that the robbers had come i Chicago, the sheriff routed out operator, and wired to the | the story of the f Kendallville were sproad- to the scene o the vicinity, {the bent from a ‘telegraph Chicago police cobbery, THE EXPRESS CAR LOOTED, The tralia held up was the New York esx. | press on the Lake Shore road, which reaches Kendallville about midaight. It was made } ap of ten coaches, two express oars and one | baggage car. The dynamite having wrecked | only the express oar, the robbers contented themselves with looting this alone, and made | Bo effort to foroe an entrance to the second, It was 3.50 A. M, when the special officer {at the Lake Shore depot rushed into the | Harrison Street Station and told the lieuten- { ant in charge that No. 14 had been held up i and robbed while rolling over the Indiana marshes, Lieutenant Shepard at once sent half a dozen officers to intercept the bandits { i they came toward Chieago. The officers | were given orders to go to Bouth Chicago and wait there until daybreak. The sheriff of the county In which the i train was held up telegraphed Sheriff Gil. i bert, of Cook county, to be on the lookout for the robbers as they were coming this way. A tramp who was stealing a ride on the | express car of the train, said there must have been twenty or twenty-five men in the gang. He says that as soon as the train came to a standstill, the men ran along the train to the rear end, and when the train. men came out on the platform to see what was the matter they were confronted hy Winchesters. it Is said that none of the passengers wore robbed, BRAVERY OF THE ENGINEER. Engineer Knapp and his fireman were or dered to throw up their hands by the men who climbed on the engine. Knapp bad one hand on the throttel, and he attempted to start the train, One of the desperados pushed a big revolver agaivst his, shoulder and fired. The bullet passed through, tear. ing & hole in which a lead pencil could be nid, The noise caused by the crashing of the express door when the dynamite bomb was hurled against it, was the first intima tion that the passengers had that the train waa in the hands of robbers, There was a lively scramble among the passengers to crawl under seats and secrete what valuables they had in sight, such as watches and other jewelry. The expres train robbed was one used by the United States Express Company, and is supposed to have contained a large sum of money. One of the Lake Bhore officiuls hastened to the home of Manager Wygunt, who started at once for the train despateher's office, whore a special train was made up for the officials of the raliroad, At ve o'clock this train loft the Twellth street depot (0 make a quick trip to Kendallville, The United States Express safe is believed to have contained nearly £300,000, including £450,000 from Chicago (oo a New York bank, The expres officials are making every effort to conceal the facts in regard to the robbery and manifest the most profound fgnorance. E. B. Hamlin, the ns sistant of Messenger Wulsse, returned to the city and report Crosby, of the company, said ho did not know anything al case, a shipment of made but to reporters he out the Louisiana, killed two A tornado at Lockport, five includiog charity No news has been received of the missing steamer Alvo, of the Atlas line, and it is bo- lieved that sho was lost in the cyclone, their parents at & four children ol by eating persons, sisters Dunixno the absence of eolebration at Logansville, Wm. Bageser killed poison, Ax open switch ou the Was a Ports Rardin, men Cincinnati, ut in whieh three and Virginia Railroad caused a wreck M. Masspx:, who ato toadstools in mistake oms, at Newark, N. J., disd and Three mem. nedphiv ito live, family, n Lhe same i8 not expect Navarch died fro: 1 went Indinna, bers of the rH CHUB, mine, ag to resume works after an BEVERAL uot into a coal urn, { ONION Bevoral woeks, y, and at badly iujured, Bot exper ver. A Friant train and Big Fo ilision near Batesville, A gas expl wore are wrecked the eleven men mine four of whom sed 10 reco a south-ix mad Chil eago express on the ur Raliroad were in oO Indinua, owing i ’ misunderstanding of orders. One man, Oo soveral OAT who was stealing a ride, supposed be was killed, and ymmodat ain broke nd Two wore Zliled and ten passen. A raxionr and ace ion tr ridge near Streator, 1llinois, the wreck from a stove wan tram ons of them being se- urned. A sieved to wived fatal injuries, varely | brakeman is ix have re Coxmissionen Fuaxx Norax, of Brooklyn, rk, whileon his way te Cl riends, with a party of iri near Eri was fatally injured g off the an bour e, Pa., by train in He was iis night clothes, friends mies him waikin found slill inter in breathing, did not until they reachad Cleveland, GOYER NS: Bonth ¢ fesned an sppeal to the pople « fihe States for for the suffer late hu ple of his state that aring He says that 1) are doing what they can, and rvation or pestilence will claim 4 3 sf s+ the URRLG eid in t supp winter § lands was | YIvOrs (hore is a serious grant f« en — TRAMPS STEA \L A TRAIN. demic of malig Car: KN. J. cossntion 10 the deg Away from Medford, There is no mitted Ly the hordes ford, ase-breaking Alter old ho ad other 6 suard their =t- PRO tention in andcther direction, About fifty tough-looking boarded an empty train, which was standing on a siding waiting for the use of the rail r:n it on the main track, detaching the engine, ened dowa the grade, this point extends for several customers and oo the whieh at wiles, They then took full possession of the cars ground near by, One Car. The tralnmen Dancing was carcied on in wore notified after some de. sucosedad In routing the snemy and secur. ing the train, The tramps wers so bold and belligerent that no ma je toward their arrest, state of excitement and four, what the tramps will do next, A citizens patrol the town at night, The cranberry industry, which many of these mon, is bigger this year than People are in a not Knowing band attention to acts of law breaking than work, There is now about 600 in the town- ship. sso A CARLISLE'S ATT FLICTION. S——_ He Will Be Operated On to Ralieve Him of a Baperflons Lump. Within a day or two Sseretary Carlisle will submit to an operation, says the New York Pross, A large lump bas developed on his right arm above the elbow. This has resisted all treatment looking to a reduction, and Dr, Bryant and Dr. J. Ford Thompson, of Washington, have decided that it must be removed by the surgeon's knife, Mr. Carlisle has suffored much agony from the enlargement, The lump has grown on the muscles and nerve of the arm, and has #0 firmly taken hold of them that the Secre- tary Is virtually deprived of the use of his right arm. Mr. Carlisle presented himself to Dr. Thompson to have the operation performed several days ago. The surgeon, however, refused to undertake it until softening ap- plications had been applied to the nocuons growth for a day or two. The fact of the approaching operation has been carefully guarded by the Secretary and members of hin family, . “ It 18 reported that a hundred persons have boon arrested in Moscow on suspicion of SHELLING R Warships Keep Up a Firing Upon the Town for Six Hours, Woman Reported Killed In United States Minister Thomp- son's Report-~-Both Ships and Forts .scaped uninjured Poor Marksmanship. of the bombardment of Rio Advices received Admiral Mello, com- fleat, Accounts in London show that Brazilian onrried The rebel warships, including the crufsers Republica and Trajano, took up before 9 the the forts shortly and a little after that hour wig The first gun was fired from of the fleet snd its dete the the 1 igship uation had scarcely died away before shot was answered The of from the fort nt which It was direct firing then Leo d general the bombardment was de the advice Sppears that ilie 4d {0 the ton Lreech-los iid of thelr balls From all forts or to the warst sding guns well h Agquidasian not appear to be andied, and many went wide f their m disp Aris, Equal Ly ¥ poor marksmanship was inyed the gunners in the forts Considerable axeltement prevailed in the sw of M.. iusled 8ix ho ug the contis the actual niter the LAL city dari hostilities L nlx bombardment had urs the sig- "erg fiat la vod be Bao CHANG displayed ou the fiag- Was " Least nal firing’ the relel and few on ship, withdrew Were a uaitios among the Gover troops. The los } Deeds « tothe abips . Aside [re bomtardment, at Bio de the situation “hanged A GOVERNMENT GUN Brexos Avex Only ol the Br z lian revolt has been juenos Ayres, President Peizot aegranhi it t fio spol in strgent squad wm reported to barded sau arseoal town pear Rio iM impore tie as insargentis captured shout Alagoas i arrendere § witt Govery. r Para the fleet return Tiradentes, M wr snilevide attacked rt Itsiea, raciion , 2 ONE WOMAN Secretary Greshass has seve fan Minist Tho » 3 foun ug cable Wmpeson, at volutionary ran oapter of ¢ arded ing en BRisO Gretna few abolis were cy. woman was Killed lence in her ros meroial bidden, DE3TRUC OTIVE FO FOREST } FIRES bare agaio been telog: ams Wisconsin Towns and Villages De stroyed— Many Perscns Missing. Marshfield, Win, is in a panic on account of forest fires, Many families in the sur. rounding districts have been burned out and ehiidren are reported missing, but nbd loss of department was out till late at night fighting inside the limit. Farmers from the surrounding county came in wagon loads for refuge in the city, out + om pletely, FIFTY-THIRD ( CONGRESS, Extra Session. SE NATE. 20rn Dav.—The bill to repeal the purchas. ing clause of the Bherman act was taken up and Mr. Teller spoke in opposition to repeal, During his speech hie warmly resented what in “11 there is any uitimatum the President of the United myself nor to any However much we may none of us shall conclusion that messages to United Btates control thelr action” Mr. Teller characterized as a “mendacious statement what ‘purported to be s telegraph from the President of the United States fo a Congress, congratulating him from of my associates, will send a sefore he had concluded his speech Mr, 1 el- ler yielded to a motion for an executive sos- sion. At 4.50 the Benste adjourned, 301rr Dav, ~~ Mr. Blewart, of Nevada, fered a resolution for an inquiry into fact of Benastors being stockholders in tional banks, The resolution went over, The bill for the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman Jaw was taken up, and Mr. Pugh (Dem. ), of Alabama, 8 mem ber of the Finance Committee, made a two- and-a-half hour speech against it, declaring at the ¢ that it was the de ermined and unalterable purpose of the opponents ro. peal to oppose it until the physical strength was exhausted, and their power of speech gone, The remainder of I WHS OC- ed In a continuance ‘Hh against the hill distr Dav. In Bennte spoke for three hours ju an nt against the bill to repos ing « of the Bheraas through, there sprung Teller, « and cut, quite a spirited which Snaliy Mr, 5 ewart, « tore 1 hie fi, #8 the hour was tors were weary of the day's d tion to proceed ta we on all exeoulive soesior of. na lose of Lhe sesai cup of Mr. Tellers the Mit hell ie no act {ter he g ip between hw nalors Hawiey Lon. aise 3 f Nevada, inte, the se ehinte lnuse f Colorado, business ar n ulive Wis and, © Xe siden, 4 + " £398 nd 3, the Renate it i An effort in rip on nag 0 Soned short $2xp Dav. the Renate, after the nid fore it, to haven losing gen ern debate, but the result of fn fort ni yery encouraging t who ook forward to a not fthe bi Mr. Vou but Mr. Dubols sat f ~ } iurtber efi as Was bee was LL Onn di at ant Boal dis. position o Ortiers made Lhe propo Mion, upon it, and Lid $8 10 press it Ort wa vain «fort i Was Printing bi op Day. In tt BOCUre oor of the nasa y Hig A reeds] Mr fi i Michi ontest against Mr The House $ iting men Stu Day y it riel The colored Carolina, ) sideration Ung 2200, 04 ferers ber. 2 ERAS ferred House Mr. Mor Sier Day in the ree, Massachus-{is, expressed his Bewspapor men that regard fed by a portion of the Hepturn, of Iowa, vainly cure the passage of a resolution, effected its reference, onlli for relative to the transportation of goods tween United Rigtes poris over Cansdian territory, and Mr, Richardson, of Tennessee, reported, for resommiital uly. a bill having for its p rp ose & reduction of expenditure in A publie printing ‘and binding. 82xp Day. No business of interest was transacted in the House, S33xp Dav.—In the House the republicans bill regard having guest ross legvored to se. though information basse Mu Day.--For two bours in the House Bill eantinued. The time up to two o'clock was monopolized by the reading” clerks, who monotonously ealled the roll of the members biinding everyone, trains are abandoned, and north of Marsh. are running over the Omaha road who wore burned out. Fires are burning, but the wind has gone down. A later despateh states there is no truth in the that people have been death in the surrounding country. The was a yoke of oxen, COAL FAMINE FEARED. Colcrado Will Not Be Able to Fill the Orders Which Must Come In. A conl famine is predicted for the coming winter which will add to the misery of the poorer classes in the present period of busi. tiene depression, The county that will be most affected by a coal famine includes a great sweep from Nebraska on the north to Texas in the soutlt which district is sup. plied by Colorado coal. Owing to the panic few stocking orders have been given and with the first cold snap thousands of tons will be wanted and the coal companies will be called upon to meet a sudden demand coming from an hundred stations at ones, which it will bs an utter impossibility to meet. To add to the diffi. culty, it is predicted that the coal companies to indemnity themselves from the loss of the early Fall trade, will advance the price of coal 81 or more a ton and exact cash pay- ments. The people will be at the mercy of the companies, i sn II sss. A third edition of the Pope's Latin poems is soon to be published. A portrait of the Pope, carved in stone and set in a frame of functory one. The House paid tribute of C bipmas, . of Michigan, and then adjourned. - I TELEPHONING AT SEA. Problem Buecc:s:fully. Kansas State University, has the East where he had been for invention for communicating between ves sole at son, the const of Maine, Professor Blake and his wesistants have been working on a scheme 10 connect by telephone the light ship at Pollock's Rip in that incoming vess sls may establish communica tions for reporting ships bound for this country from European points, Last wook the official test was made and Professor Blake's method accepted. The ex periment will prove untold value to com. meres, inasmuch as incoming vessels will be reported at New York twenty-four hours earlier than is now possible, arms ns IIIc THE WHITE HOUSE BABY. Ba b's Bister Is Well, Mrs, Perrine to Remain with Mrs. Cl veland. The White House baby is dolag well and #6 is Mra, Cleveland. Mrs, Perrine is now with ber daughter and will remain until she is able to be up and about, The President pursues his regular routine in his offion. Telegrams and letters are still being deliverad at the White House from people in all parts of tue country eongratu- jating the President and Mrs, Cleveland on the accession to their family, No mosiages from foreign governments have yet come to hand, but several are ex- pected by mail in course of time. Bunches of flowers from {ntimate frisndsofthe Clave. Jand family have been received at the White PENNSYLY A NIA ITEMS, Epitome of News Gleanad from Various Parts of the Btate Arseny KB. Borive, chisf of the Depart. Industri} Btatistios comprehensive will give a his forthcoming annus report of the petroleam Industry in Ponunsyivania, It Is estimated that $30,000, 00 1 is invest 4d In producing, manufacturing, and transporting the commodity, bucks Couvsry Ropublicans held Bn, nominated a county ticket, and adopted resoluti ns denouncing the National Administration, Husrisopon Democrats nominated a com. ticket, electric ment of review in & bar monjous conventi plete county A nt other car NAWAY car crashed Maunch Chunk. with passengers, and two of them were The wrecked, nominated a Fauncott for into nt Both were (lled injured, CATS Were wxry Democra headed by C. P. Cuesren 4 i= county ticket, Prothonotary Vease P. Hooas Alleghauy priso ouths lor alleged ri recently released frog County 6 after serving ting at Duquesne, Winging suit against Carnegie Home. 000 to give cup regis} ¥ was gusranle , i 3 4 He alleges that during the ils he yf WHE « srendh nace and is ed by res, ¥ of Pittsburg, GIrRey Lins ad- 10 Washing fa nis prous JOHN SMEDLEY held in #1000 BErous properties i properti new extension « ns & Wilkes-Barre is to be opened for eoal ny guenan Western traie the latter part of this mon it bas ntractors 10 1 eit Or passed the workmen fr half, The Busquehanna lieries near Ber anlon and al Mir : a mw 1 ers a month $42.15 female teachers a mot male feachers, *achers, 17.375 Beary Melle, ag gentleman's he forever He “1 ve Pitts urge ols blowe sre mus got en iii pay the cosls, ited bave been ex Belgians ors & ( ompany’s 3 the sountry. 3 Yeleran Legion bas ondemning nm policy of § Administration National Commander Tu demands the passage by Congress oYer a report imported to work in ¢ ham pant, the Ww prow pens largest of the kind ling sport's Unio uigated an ad irons the It is ker, of a endorsed i by and dien eo act, At Pittsburg tweniy4wo strikers were arrested and beld in $10.0 ball for inciting to riot, The new State Normal School, Biroudshburg eponed suspiciously About two hundred students being present. John Seller. 65 years old, of Easton, em- ployed at the lime quarries, fell twenty feet from a railroad track and was killed, Richard Fink, one of the Mechanicsburg firebueg. wak given a hearing by Judge Sad ler and remanded to jail to await trial The Coroner has discharged Joseph No- wack, who fatally shot Adam Smith, the jury dociding that the shooting was accidental According to the returns of the assessors the total number of qualified voters in Potis- town at the coming election will be 3602. i Pension servio of Internal strikes in Pennsylvania for Homestead sirikes and “irike ooR. the Riate $440. - The report oi the Becretary on the #irike, there were The taenty-six Howestoad and 256.81. Tax Pononsyivania Society for ths protec tion of Children from Crusity has taken the case of Willie Brunner, of Glasgow, near Pottstown, in hand, the boy having been confined in a garret for three months by his parents, Mary Lilly, of Elwyn, Dlaware county, whose lover, Thomas MeQaillian, banged bilaself, tried to kill herself by drowning. George B. Kegarise, a prominent Dunkard preacher, committed suicide by hanging st his home pear Salemviile. Mr. Kegarise was 60 yours of age. He held services and was in particularly good spirits. Io the morning he arose at 8 o'clock and went to the barn and fed his horses as was his usual costom- Two hours Inter his family found him bang- ing to a cherry tree close by the house, Hannah DBarager, aged 16, daughter of C. B. Barager, of West Hazleton, lost her lite on aswing. With a companion she boarded a pole swing, and while in mid-air became dizzy, released ber bold, and was thrown forty feet away. Her neck was broken by the fail and she died shortly after, Mecklenburg's now school building, which bas been under construction for the past fourteen months, will be ‘niormally dedion- tod this week. It cost §30,0.0 and will socommodate eight schools, With an average i sitendance of 40 pupils daily,
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