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Day
8
Month
June
Year
1882
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John Brown, city treasurer of Tondon, Ont. , atteinpted suïcide, owicg to inability to effect a balance in hls accounts with the city. Putnam, Ct„ tnfftra a 176,000 fire. Tbe burned block tacludes Bigbeet store, the postoffice, etc. The rematas oí Thos. Jefferson are to be removed to Washington.. The latest erop reporta from soothweBtern Minnesota and southera DaKota indícate small gains. In southern Iowa the acreage o( wheat is 10 per cent. and of corn 60 per cent. above those of last'year. Mr.Mackeyis a member of Congress from the second district of South Carolina. The great contest waj decided in the House at a late hour Mar Sist. The shares of the Pacific Bank stock, Boston, were eold at auctlon one cent pershara. As there goeswith the stock the unavoidabl linbility of $100 per share, it is thought the stock may be boaght by some person without property that the former owners may thereby escape liability. rhere ie a lig decline ia cattle prices at ChiCagO WooleD, Webb & Co. bpnkere, Indianapolis fails for $72,000. The PitUburg strike began June lat, wilh öres out in 8tf milis, and 18,500 man out of employment in Pittsburg and vieinity. It is reported tbat Gen. Sberman is about to retire trom the army. Tbe Betlly liquor store ia Wheelin?, W. Va., burned at $(50,000 loss. Lsad ia dissoTered in payinf? quantities at ChitoD, Wisconsin. Danenhower was tendered a reception in Washington June lst. A. committw of citizeus escorted him to the hotel, where he was given a cordial welcome and presented wilh a model íp flowers of the lost Jeannette. enhower, responding to come atídrf BBes, sald he was bo overwhelmed by congratulations and Iriendly aflection, he found himselt uttorly unable to exprees bis gratelal appreeiation. After the reception Danenhower was accompanted home by the committee. The strike in the rolling milis at Springfield, I1J, put 1,000 men out of employment; at Irondale, South Chicago, 1,200 men; at Milwaukee 1,300 are out. Senator McPhetaon sets $1,000 in nis libel Buit againt the New York Herald. The Seymour Chair Company's factory West Troy, N. Y., burned at a loss oí $85,000 A. terrible wind storm was esperienced at Keokuk, Ia., June lat, whlch lastid about ten minutes. In some localities considerable damage mt done. Trees and f enees here suftered seriously. Bishop Gilmour of Cleveland, O., has written a letter to be read íq churches of his diocese, stating that he will ex-communicate any lady who will attend or joln ia the Land League societies. The Bishop denounces that branch as calculated to make brawliug politicians of women, and meinbership therein as incompatible with womanly modesty. The Malley boys' tiia! has been poBtponed until June 13, owing tothe MnesBOf a juror. President Davis of the Senate, being absent, deslgnated Senator Iagalls to act in his place, but Davis' right to so delégate his authority was disputed, as his substituto might eucceed to the presidency in cass of accident to Arthur, The Senators on both sides, after consultatlocs, decided the best thing to do would be to adjourn till Monday, Mr. Davis could have prevented the complication by going to the cbamber at 12 o'clock and there designating souie Senator to preside for the day. Iho conference ol President Arthur and ex-Senator Conkling at the Fifth Ave. Hotel New York, givea riee to the rumor that fc'ol(ter U to be made the caadidate for Goyernor, and that bis phce in the Treasury Department ia to be fllled by Mr. Conküng. An attack at Bridgeport, 11! Ffiday nlgbt, opon the Chicago & Alton train was made by angry Btrikers. Though armed with stick, clubs, piecfB of iroQ aad Btones, the number of brökenheads attest their eflactivíness. Three bad their ekulls laid bare, and hall a dozen others were crlpplcd or hurt in various de grees. Judge Pillsbury wounded severely Is in a lair way to recover. The Bteamer B. H. Springer with 260 8tudents from Nelson's Business College, struclf the pier of the Newport raihoad bridge, crushing her Btnlth-shop, boiler-shop ttjd wheel-hou8e and whesl. Driitingdown stream it struck a coal barge, and the passengere scrambled off to the coal iiset and no ore was seriously hurt. Great exc tement prevails in Kansas over the dlscovery ot an oii well at Baxter Springs. Ten thousand dollars was irnmediately oflered for the 15 acre tract arcnnd the well. Machmery will be pat ia at once to utilize the flow. Mrs. Samaels and Mrs. Fran James have held a conference witb.Gov. Crittenden, with a view of securing immunity for Frank James. The repult is not known. Isiac Wolfenberger of Hutchinson, Kansas, for violatinn of the prohibitory law has been Caed $200 and costa a gregating $500, with orders to goto jaü ontil all,waa paid. The amalgamated association of iron and steel workers held their annual picnic and reunion at Beaver. Delegates were present from many ieading towns in the vicinity. Twentyfive thousand psrsons participated. No new developments have taken place. Abnut the only person connected with the New Haven murder for whom an alibi has not yet been proved, is the unfortunate Miss Cramer. An ettort was made on Monday to slart the Cleveland rolling milis with 500 nnskilled laborers, but strange men and in a strange place made bad work. The court ea banc refuseto re-open the Guiteau case. AssíBtant Sscretary New and SuperviBing Architect Hill of Washington will risit Detroit, Micli., in a few days to decide as to location of the new postnffice building. Joel Ban? the largest man in Maina, weighing 400 pounds has jast died. There were 10 pall bearers. E. W. Olney, moderator of North Providence, was fitaüy Bhot at a towa meeting by an expoiiceman, who claimed he had lost his poeition throagh the inflaence of Olney. The Corporation Stove Foundry at Bochester Pa., burned at f25,000 loss on Monday. W. J. Hutchinson has been expeiled from the Nw Tork stock exchange for defranding John Duiï. The Hannibal fc St. Joe "cornei" sent prices booming upward at a farious rate, and Duff expresaed pleasant antiripations of almost boundless profits. But Duff waB dlsappointed. Hutchinson transferred to his own accounts the profits belonging to hisiustomer Duif, changiDg the firm's books in order to serve hls fraudulent purpotes. Daifa loases were placed at over f l,500'0ü. F. J. Mo8es, ex-Governor of South Carolina, pleading guüty to petit larceny. has been sentenced to the penitentiary for six months. The flouring mlll of Henry Bodie, Ogdensburjf, the largest ia northern New York, burned on the morning of June 7th. Loss $75,000; insurancr, f13,000. A jury in Little Rock, Ark., bas awarded Charles Gallino of Memphis, $34,000 damages against the Hot Springt railroad for putting him oS a train becausea time excursión ticket had expired. The lady land-loaguers of Cleveland propose to Bet at defiance the threat of excommunication uttered hy Bishop Gilmore snonld they contmne in their work for Irelsnd. Th breacli between the Bishop and bid flock is widening, and Miss Mary Bowland, President of the ladieb' branch of the league, has written a scathíof; open letter to the prelato. A runaway looomotive on the Coney Island elevated railway feil oS the track at West Brighton injuring nlne persona. Edwin Burkr, engineer of the exprees train on tbe Nnrtb. PonnsylfaBia R. B. loet bis head by reaching out of the cab window as it was pwsing through the doorway.

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