Daily Republican., 1877-10-09
NEWS SUMMARY.

Sterrett's livery stable in Erie, "a,
was destroyed by fire yesterday, with ID
horses. fl
The Pavilion Ho.el, at Glencove, i.
l., was burned yesterday. The loss is
unknown.
There have been two nsw cases Ct yell
low fever and one death at Port Royal
since Saturday. E
The street car works of ]. M. Jones q
Co., in West Troy, N. Y .,were damaged
by fire last night to the extent Of $780,.
A supposed incendlary fire DESTROYED
the barn Of William NJ. Watts, near Me-
chanicsburg, Pa, on Sunday night, with
some live stock. Loss $4,000.
The u, s. steamer Essex arrived at
Funchal, Madeira, ou the 18th ofSep'
tember, after run of twenty.nina days
from Hampton Roads. She encountered
severe wssah1I - .a5
Warren G. Wheeler, a prominent resi-
dent of West Roxbury, Mass, has disap-
peared with nearly $4,000 raised by for
geries, He has been for many years "a
church member in good standing"
Nine new cases OF yellow fever and
three deaths were reported In Fernando
ma on Saturday, three deaths on Sunday,
AMI five new cases and one death yester'
day. DR.. Wexford, one of the physicians
from Jacksonville, was reported dying
Of the fever yesterday.
A telegram from Mesilla, New Mexico,
received In San Francisco; says that one
hundred Of the rioters in El Paso county
Texas, are from the Mexican side Of the
Rio Grapie. A small detachment Of the
Ninth U. s. Cavalry has gone to the
scene OF trouble. 't ,-T ,g-.
At Columbia, s. c., yesterday, Con-
gressman Smalls had preliminary hear
ing, and Woodruff testified that be paid
Smalls $1,000 to vote for a measure be.
fore the Legislature Of 1873. Smalls
was held to answer before the circuit
Court, which will meet oa the fourth
Monday of this month. Maxwell, State
Senator from Marlborough county, was
committed in default of bail on the
same charge. The bribery was in fur
therance Of what are known as "the
printing swindles,' BY the Republican
Printing Company.
The steamer Belglc, with advices from
Shanyhai TO September 11th, and. Yoke.
hama to September Goth, arrived at San
q Francisco yesterday: In China the chos
lera was abating in the coast towns, but
still prevalent In tie interior. Famine
everywhere, and foods in the southern
provinces, were causing great distress.
In Japan the cholera had appeared in
Yokohama and Naaasaki; but not in a
yiruIent form. Foreigners had not been
attacked by the disease so far. The for
eign war vessels had left the harbors to
avoid the disease. A small band OF reb.
els still held out in Kageshima.
Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, pub
fishes an address justify ing his PROPOSE
tion to pair off with Senator Morton, in
the event of the lat.er's inability to at
tend the extra session Of Congress-. He
said: sin 10 expressing myself did no
more than propose the usual courtesies
that bave been practiced in the Senate
from the foundation of the Government,
and which had been extended time and
again by Governor Morton at the late
extra session of the Sen ito when l was
called homs by the sickness OF my
daughter. To my political friends who
may feel solicitous as Is my future course
| will say that have entered into no OBJ
legation and taken no pledge that IN the
hest degree interferes with the full and
q siithful discharge of my duties as a
J., "rratic SENATOR