Daily Republican., 1878-12-30
FIRST EDITION.
NEWS sum MARY.


ted Ssiciae-aheeainE Anray-sn'
,ercsding fer Huntsr-Shot BY IN
I.saue aau.-T -Taaluse-Fsund dead
-elycerins Bxplosisn other In
.,Aeuts and Accidents. RI
Mrs. Stoksr, supposed to be resi-
,sut Of Detroit, bought q ticket there
br Osw.zo. N. Y, and got on Canada
suthern train. She jumped Of the
,,in while 1t was going ~ sspsed Of
/, miles IN .honr, near Kings Mills,
mt, but WAS apparently unhurt, and
an tow ards the tram when It was
lacked up. When approached she
sught desperately, but got on and con.
auusd her journey. She was supposed
% bs insane.
Maggie Lahre, a girl, Of Peoria, ILL.,,
,eports that, on Thursday last, she
vas kidnapped by two unknown mask
a men, who took her into the country,
lied her to a tree, and, after admins
t.ring chloroform to her, set fire to her
dothrs. The flames burned the cords
and restored her TO consciousness. She
,as then found by farmer and taken
"a her home in Peoria, where she re-
.psed into Inconsistencies. .
Rsy, James A. Dickson. a clergyman
Al New Albany, Ind, attempted to com.
nit suicide at q hotel In Memphis,
Irnn., on Friday night, by taking
r,,chnine. Letters wrrs found In his
,on, assigning Is cause for the deed,
q. ''indiscrstion' with young lady
4 New Albany. and the scandal arising
A.refrOm.
Two men being refused admission in.
ya house of i'll repute in Bangor.
Maine, on Saturday morning, began
,nashing the windows. An inmate
1smed Cray ton fired at them, putting a
tulet through, the body of one Of them
r,,ned McAlvery, infiicting u wonnd
rhich may prove fatal. Crayton was
rrssttd.
John c. Hunter. brother Of BENJAMIN
Hunter, made a formal appeal to Gov
amor Mcclellan on Saturday to con
y.ue IN. Board OF Pardons, in order to
ava III. death sentence OF Benjamin
Hup .er commuted on the ground that
be- is insane. The Governor held the
latter under advisement.
In Stanislaus county, CAL. on Tues,
!ay, John Reynolds, aged about 81
Years, and "slihgtly unsonnd' in mind
10, and killed a young man named
t,okout. In trying to escape, Reynolds
,ls in turn shot by William Gam, ard
aOrtally wounded.
The liabilities of Wheeler Il Co.,
York dealers, of Cincinnati, are now es
mated at about $45, 900. Charles p.
Torbus or Fortune, the company OF
he firm, arrested on Friday, was re-
easpd, and subsequently re arrested ou
charge Of embezzlsment.
Mrs Ann Hogan was found dead In
lei bed, in Dayton Ohio, on Friday
nth marks of strangulation on her
Aoe and neck. Her husband, will
whom she quarrslled continually, wa'
arrested on Friday evening, helplessly
dunk.
Peter Mcnamara, a well-known res
dent Of Washington, died in that city
Yesterday of blood, poisoning, the result
Of bite on the finger, inflicted by
nan with whom he had q quarrel two
months ago. The finger was amputa
I'D, bat too late to save the patient.
The Rend Rock dynamite works, al
Oak Ridge, near Patterson, N. j., were
partially demolished by an explosion
on Saturday morning, supposed tt
have been caused by the over heating
II nitro slycerine. Three men were
killed.
The contents of the pocket book los
W the Importers and Traders Banl
4 Messenger, in New York, on Friday
s-r- received back, through the mails
ga Saturday morning, less the cash
n-arIy $1,000, and 81, 900 worth of gol'
ertifcates.
The cocheco Print Works, at Dover
\ H., were damaged by fire on satur
lay morning, to the extent OF abou
rs 900. The Emerson Piano Company
hctory, in Boston. was burned on Sat
rlay evening. Loss $500
The State taxes Of the Chicago an
Like Huron Railroad, amounting b
&s ,o"o, were paid on Friday, to pre-
yrnt tn. sale Of the road on an execu
d3s by the Auditor General of Mich
gan.
A private watchman named saxton
5oyears of age, perished by the burnin
Of small building attached to tn
Irving House, at New London, Conn
On Saturday morning.
Charles L. Otto, of Peoria, H., VIII
rported that his jewelry store had bee
nbbpd, has since confessed himself tn
hhF, and the property has been recoy
ere! and attached by his creditors
The bodies of Allen Reynolds and hi
Vile were found in their house at Sa'
'amrnto OH Saturday. They had die
Of poison. 1t is supposed Reynold
murdered his wife and then committp
;llrIGa.
The Haverstraw Savings Bank, q
4 taverstraw, N. Y, was closed by a
y Injunction on Saturday, and taken i
charge by a clerk Of the State Bunk DE-
X artment.
young man namen Scott was sh'
lead by another young man name
MADDEN at Il Christmas festival nea
4piucy, Ill. The murderer escaped.
The trial of J. H. Batchelder for fol
cry at Middleburg, VT, resulted o
Saturday, in the disagreement Of tn
# Jury.
Two young men named Thatcher lei
Nned by the burning of stable an
0vellng. at East Orange, N. j., OH Sal
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