The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-22
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clal club, and were shown the "sights OF the
city. The visiting party consisted of Senators
Gordon, OF Georgia; Morgan, of Alabama and
Jones, OF Florida; Representatives Carlisle of
Kentucky; Ellis, OF Georgia. Yestes, of North
Carolina; Whitthorne and Young of Tepnes-
seei Goode, Of Virginia; Hooker and Mooney.
OF Mississippi and Clark, Of Missouri.
An aged couple named August and Hannah
Grisher, who lived near Youngsville, N. Y,
were found horribly mutilated and dead in
their house. They had lived apart for some
time, and IL is thought he killed her by cutting
her throat and then shot himself
The creditors of Nathan Matthews, OF Bos-
ton, who in 1870 was worth from S6, 000, 900 to
$1,000 900, have petitioned him into bankrupt
oy. His failure is principally due to the enor.
nous shrinkage in value of real estate in which
he had invested heavily
Thomas Hughes was instantly killed and
William Davis seriously wounded by the pre-
mature explosion of a blast in the East Mines,
near st. Clair, Pa.
Among recent heavy bankruptstiu New York
are Hon. Benz Wood, publisher of the
Evening Netos, with liabilities amounting to
S2S9, 600 and assets placed at about one-half
that sum ex-State Senator Michael Norton,
with liabilities Of about $4,000 and hardly any
assets, and David j. Kennedy, builder, whose
liabilities are $540, 900 with small assets.
Considerable conjecture was aroused by the
mysterious movements of the steamship Cim-
bria, which arrived in Southwest Harbor, Me-,
from Russia The vessel had been chartered
by the Russian government, and proceeding
to Baltic Port, Russia, she took on board
nearly zoo men, starting to cruise ostensibly on
the Chinese and Japanese coasts. After her
arrival on the Maine coast it was discovered
that she had on board q regularly organized
ships company Of sixty officers and 600 seamen
OF the Russian imperial navy, as well as a large
amount Of stores, although no arms or arnmu.
milton Haro n
long dispatch in cipher to Admiral Lessorsky
at st. Petersburg, and the officers were very re-
tcent about the object of their visit, which,
however, was believed to have some connection
With an anticipated war between England and
Russia.
Rapid transit in New York is an accomplished
TACT. The first train on the Gilbert Elevated
Railroad, the building Of which was begun last
winter, made trip from the downtown ter
minus over the completed portion of the road
70 Fifty ninth street. AS the train of cars sped
tnrough the busy streets it attracted much at
tention and many of the houses were gaily
decorated with flags in honor Of the event.
The trip was made in exactly sixteen minutes,
about one-third the time in which the same
distance is made by the horse cars. The New
York Elevated Railroad, on the east side of the
city, is also being pushed rapidly forward to
completion.
+. s. PAUL., wealthy and hitherto respected
citizen OF Scranton, Pa, convicted in January
last OF forgery, was sentenced to two years
imprisonment in the county Jail. The alleged
forgery consisted of an interlineation Of a
lease, whereby Paul. was enabled to remove
the porches from building.
John Morrissey. New York State Senator.
died at Saratoga, N. Y, on the 1st, after long
sickness. He had recently returned from trip
TO Florida, where he had gone for the benefit
OF MS health, but without gaining any relief
Mr. MorTIssey was born in Ireland in 1884, and
came to this country three years later In his
early days he was prize-fghter and gambler
he became member of Congress from New
tork district 10 1866, and was re elected in
1868, In 1875 he was elected to the State Sem
ate, and at the election last fall he ran agai
Tor senator in the strongest district and against
one OF the best known candidates of his politi-
cal opponents. The canvass was one of the
hveliest and most exciting ever known in the
history of New York politics, and Morrissey
although successful, was 80 prostrated by his
enorts for victory that his strong constitution
was undermined, and he never took the seat
to which he had been elected.
w. 8. O'Brien, one Of the California bonanza
kings is dead. He leaves fortune variously
estimated at from fifteen to twenty millions
western and Southern States.
The two four-story brick buildings occupied
by the Free Press, in Detroit, Mich, were de.
stroyed by fire which originated in an ex-
ploslon OF gas main. The Free Press had
Just purchased several thousand dollars worth
OF type, for new dress, which was DESTROYED
The damage is estimated at $50, 900, besides a
considerable loss Of personal property to the
editors.
. Along with the many heavy business failures
throughout the West recently come reports of
heavy defalcaticns by bank officials who were
trusted and unsuspected. James Baynes
cashier OF the Salem (Ind. National Bank, fed
from home and relatives after stealing $50 900
OF the banks funds, but the loss was made
good by his bondsman and the bank which
had temporarily suspended, resumed business.
matthew Weaver, cashier of the Citizens Ma
tlonal BANK at Urbana, Ohio, speculated in
gram at Chicago. and losing heavily he covered
bus losses by taking the funds of the bank
The deficiency was discovered when he re-
signed his place and went to Chicago The
bank loses SAC, 900 by his knavery, while other
parties who had trusted him have also been
vic imized to an extent that will increase the
defalcation to $125, 900.
At Kansas City, NO., Theodore Hattenbach
and wife were found murdered in their home,
which had been set on fire, while their little
firl was discovered out of doors with fatal iu-
Juries. No clue to the murderer was found.
Matthew Weaver, the defaulting cashier of
the Urbana (Ohio) bank has been arrested in
Chicago.
There were 265 petitions in bankruptcy filed
over $4,000, ,0Oo.
Three men were killed and twelve others
more or less seriously injured by an explosion
Of the boiler in the towboat Warner on the
Mississippi river, at Memphio.
AT seven o'clock P. NJ, as the night hands
N the immense Washbum Touring mill at
minneapolis, Mimi, were about to relieve the
Day hands sudden and appalling explosion
took place which shook the city as by an earth
quake and crumbled the mill like an egg-shell.
The Washburn mill is the largest Of its class in
America and employed from forty to sixty
men. The first crash was followed by other
explosions in surrounding mills, eight of which
we're destroyed by the roaring flames From
niteen to twenty men in the Washburn mill
net terrible death in the falling ruins, while
ne pecuniary damage is estimated at over
q, 900, 600: The explosion is attributed to gas
generated in the patent middling purifier.