National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-14

SUMMARY or me MEMS.


Ludwig III, Grand Duke Of IIcsSe. Is dead.
Dom Pedro aud wife have arrived in loudon.
The United States steamer Ranger has arrived nj
Port Said, on her way to join the Asiatc station.
NJ. J. steinhergeis S'"gs, large millinery goods
house in Now York. have failed. Liabilities,
FLOOD
! Ex-Governor Hendricks and wife sailed from
New York for Europe yesterday OH the steamer
scythia.
A Berlin dispatch says the Ecclesiastical Court
has sentenced hc Dishopo Of Limbnps 10 removal
from Office.
Con Grant was present yesterday at the annual
commemoration services at Oxfrri and was re-.
ce!Ved with great applause on his entrance.
The Millcrs annual convent Ion met IN Buffalo,
New York Yesterday, to consider tho general
interest Of micrs throughout the United states
At Ascot Heath yesterday the second Of tie
mcrting. the nec Tor the Royal Hunt cup was wan
by Cradle, with Sutton second and Prince George
third.
Two hundred thousand tons Of rittstnn coal were
sold al auction in Ncw.York yesterday. The prices
showed u general reduction compared with those
obtained last month.
The shook mill Of Berger 4 Co. and n large
quantity Of shocks. heading aud dFr>,'l slaves
were burned al Ovid. Mrh., yesterday morning
loss, between s3l0O0 aud sj0OJn.
BY the breaking Of tho walking beam and piston
head Of the engine in tho EcRrsngc null, 81 Ports
IN uitl, ". H. ltStcTuiy thVce huidfcu operatives
are thrown out Of employment
An extraordinary meeting Of the direct United
States Cable Company will bc held in London on
Tuesday the 1Gth Of June. when resolutions wind
Ing up the company, Sc, will I've presented.
Partial returns from inrtyeighl counties in Cic0r-
tia give ZOO majority IN favor Of calling COusti.
tutional convention, and the indications are that
the question will be decided in the affirmative
William II. Carr one Of the RccomlliceS Of Bar.
boz In no .,I ~
May ~, was sentenced by Judge Bliss yesterday
" twenty years At hard labor In the Auburn prison.
4 dispatch from Berlin says gentleman calling
himself Baron Krant, Hcs>lan mohlcmHn. was ar
rested few days ago at Poicsu by the Rus,Ian,,
and 1t is stated that amer short trial the prisoner
was shot,
The twcnty.hnh Anniversary of the shields
Guard Of Auburn. " V, will lie held on the Sth
instant Gen. Shields. Gov. Wade Hampton Hon.
Francis Herman and other distinguished persons
will be present.
The rains have been very general in Alabama
and have been of great good To the Crop, Oats are
comparatively a failure. The wheat is the Jc,r
crop ever made. The corn and cotton are clean
and doing well
Base ball yesterday At Bnghamp,ou. y. Y
CricketS . DelnwarCs I. At Elmira-IndianapDli
10 Syracuse Stars. Al wnkc>barrc, Pa.-wnkcs
barrcs 7. Fries /. Al London, Ont.-C'hicnsoS 1
Tccumsehs ). Al Lowell Mas -lnwrIls L. Map!,
Leafs ..
The Odd Fellows monument a. Mount Hop,
cemetery Boston, erected by lodges pr hat city at
cost Of slhO0O wns dedicated yesterday. Over tive
thousand Old Fellows were In the procession
which embraced visiting lodges Gov. Price and
other officials.
The reported acceptance OF a challenge by III,
British team to contest in the International mattel
al CrcedmInT, is confirmed by letter from SCI
rotary MidrIay NJ the National Rife Association o
London. No sCpauTc teams from Ireland o.
Scotland will compete.
For snuIc days lHst an impression IA, been grow
ing in Russian circles that the Mpu,rnrs ms Or,
not able to continue Ia resist the overwhelming y
superior forces Of the Turks and the Austrian Coy
eminent was sounded As 10 how FAR II n sh' b. dis
posed to do something to prevent their bcia,
crushed
Capt Lee Of the 10th cavalry has forwarded Il
Cen Sheridan from 81. Ga III Texas nm arcouu
Of ais engagement with a band Of COmanchc In
dians neT Lake QucmadO. The skiTmish occurred
OIL the All If May Four Indians were killed anC
six Squaws and hfty six head of mules aud hor,c
captured, aud fifteen lodges with large supply o
powder, lead dried meats &c destroyed Frs
Sergeant Charles Butler was killed
The negotiations which have Teen pending 70
some time in regard to The release Of Tweed from
custody and " the disCOulInuance or CompIOmls
OF the cases against him have beCu rejected by n
Attorney General. aud Tweed will Therefore remat
for some time longer prisoner in the Ludlow stIct
iail Neither Connolly Genet nrT Yields have 4
yet made any oYcrtures to the AlGIUey Genera
for q compromise. II Is FumUreu mat = mnvcmcn
~ oil foot to have Connolly extfSdIIcd Oh the chaIs
nj January