The national Republican., 1867-04-19
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The RrGHr Rev. JoHS TMoS, Bishop |
Of Buffalo, died of erysipslas /
A LARGE saw-mill and tub and pail fac
tory At Anoks, MINI, was burned on wednss-
day. Il
THE iron moulders In Cincinnati are on
. strike. -Four hundred Of them are out Of en-
ployment In consequence.
The Ohio State Senate have confirmed |
Geo. B. Wright as commissioner Of railroads and |
telegraphS.
The ship Blue Jacket, which left San |
Francisco on April lst, for Liverpool, with 1900
tons Of wheat, has returned, lsaking badly.
FIVE men we're killed at the marble
quarry at West stockbridge. Ma,s, by tn. cav.
Ing In Of portion of the rock.
OVER 100000 shad have already been
shipped from Norfolk, Va, to Northern elite,
this season.
The Chippewa chief Hole in the Day is |
announced as arriving in Minnesota with bis
white wife, which he got in Washington. .a
J.J. MIcHLY, of Philadelphia, acollector
Of old coips, was robbed Of 81 900 worth Of nu
mtemhtio Hehsurts on 6unuhy nikuN
STEAMERS DOLPHIN AND DICK FuLros
were burnt at Pittsburg on Thursday night
Loss t6s. oooi insurance ss4, 900.
MAJ. JonS A. GoopwIS, formerly q
many years Mayor Of coyingtOn, Kentucky,
committed suicide in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
The Times st. Joseph special dispatch
says the steamer Sunset ran into the Mount
.ia... .bs-. eight miivs bviV- pIV--sriii., H.-
brasks. The latter vessel sunk. "E 'H
A New YoRK dealer in stamps on Mon
day sold sl5, 900 Of stamps for bond issued BY
q Western railroad. Tho paper thus stamped
represents $40, Ooo, 900. -..l. ..
IsS'r there a strong smell Of pigs ?" said
. yachtsman at Ryde to 4 brother yachtsman
named Smith. Yes" replied Smith, that's
because tho wind Is sow-west."
FIvEthousand dollars worth Of smuggled
! liquors and spices were seized on Monday night
/ on Peaks island by the United States authori.
ties The articles were being brought from Can
ada to Maine.
The average majority for the Republican
ticket at the election in Chicago on Tuesday was
D 3,s5l-thAt for mayor being 1888. The counci
stands "a Republicans and Democrats. The
: vote cast was less than 20, 900.
+. The Augusta (Ga.) Press says there is O
= prospect that an extensive crop Of wheat will be
!, harvested in upper Georgia this season. An
! unusually large amount was sown, and the folds
. give every indication Of a large yield.
Ar TIE burning of Foote, Nash a Co.'S
: distillsry, at Cincinnati, on Friday, immense
quantities Of whisky ran into the river, near the
supply pipes Of the water.works. The result Ii
that the water from the reservoir has an unmis
taxable favor Of "grog.'
The Duke dAumale, son Of Louis Phil
: ippe, has recently published pamphlet on The
D French army, in which he frankly recognizes th,
genius Of the FIRST Emperor and the practical sa
gacity Of the third, revealed In various mill
tary improvements.
A LARGE PORTION Of the city of Des
Moines, Iowa, Is now under water, owing to an
unprecedented rise In the Des Moines river.
Great damage has been done, and still further
rise in the river is anticipated as the snow on the
mountains melts.
: TIE liquor law is now strictly enforced
: In Maine A grocer Of Augusta was arrested
yesterday morning and nned for selling one glass
d Of new cider. After the first week in June al
similar offences will be punished by imprisou
( ment.
THE death of the Earl of Brownlow is
announced In England. The deceased waI
, worth q hundred thousand q year, and used
to ask thirty or forty poor people, who were In
valids like himself to spend the winter with him
at Madeira. he paying all the bills.
The members Of the Southern press arc
holding a convention at Atlanta, Ga. About
thirty papers, daily and tr.weekly, are repre-,
sented. Erastus Brooks, Of the New York Ee.
press, Is there, as is also William NJ Barr, Esq,
Of this city, who Is connected with the New York
0 Associated Press
j. T. PARKER, Post Office News Stand
: sends US Harper's Magazine for May, an ex.
csedingly interesting number, and concludes the
34th volume THE Dodge Club" is still In
progress. Also, from the same gentleman, a
copy Of GOdsy'' Laay's Book for May, which, as
usual, will please tho ladies' containing full
fashion plates for season.
? Four PERSONS have been arrested and
lodged in Jail at Schenectady, N. Y, charged
with stealing track.iron from the New York Cen.
tral railroad. They belong to gang which has
stolen and sold many tons Of railroad iron.
Some Of the rails stolen were found In junk shops
J in Troy and Albany.
; Mrs. BErsEY Il. EASTMAN, of Salisbury,
! N. H., mother Of Hon. Joel Eastman, of Con.
8 way, will be los years old the present month,
+ the Oldest person, probably, now living in the
State. She went to Salisbury in 1907, and con.
sequontly resided in that town a century, during
which time she has enjoyed almost uninterrupted
: good health.
ACCOUNTS from the upper Missouri say
. that the high water of the Platte river ha.
i caused great damage to the Omaha branch OIL
the Pacific railroad, and no trains are running a,
10 present Forty miles of the track are undsl
water, and the bridges over the North Platte
and the South Fork are so badly damaged as tC
be unsafe for crossing
II IT has just been discovered that some o.
d the hands employed at the Cataract Mills at Min
c neapolis MINI, assisted by some outside thieves