Daily Republican., 1879-10-04
FIRST EDITION.
NEWS AUM MARY.

The Missing Desiruc.
/ tive cyclone : yellow Fever
Record Of Accidents, Incidents,
Grimes and Casualties.
Nothing has yet been heard Of the
missing aeronaus, Wise. 1t is said
"his balloon was new, and supplied
with plenty of gas" A correspondent
of the "Globe. Democrat" says the bal
loon was seen last Sunday evening be-
tween Bunker Hill and Carlinville, Ill.
The district Is a wilderness. An ex-
petition will probably be sent there in
search Of the missing men.
A cyclone passed over the Fair
grounds in Tuscola county, Mich, yes.
terday afternoon, blowing down fences
and tents and damaging the exhibits in
the main hall. A large pot of boiling
water in dining tent was upset, SO
vsrely scalding six women and an in
fant, the latter with its mother, per-
haps fatally.
John Z. Conner, aged IS, who had
been living in the family of George
Ruhl, near Carlisle, Pa, disappeared
on Thursday, leaving all his clothing,
except what he had on, and also note
bidding the family "good bye forever. y
He was unwell, and is supposed to
have committed suicide.
Eleven new cases of yellow fever and
one death were reported in Memphis
1t ia reported that the disease has ap-
peared at Deans Island, forty miles
North of Memphis. The warm weather
is favorable to thsspread Of the disease.
One hundred and sixteen Howard
nurses are on duty in Memphis.
A meeting of colored Republicans to
consider the debt question, held in Pc
ters burg, Va, last night, resulted in
such disorder that the police were call
ed in to restore, the peace. The meet
ing then divided, and the Readjusters
and Compromisers held separate meet
ings.
Charles P. Thompson, prominently
mentioned as likely to be the regular
Democratic candidate for Governor OF
Massachusetts, has written letter
positively declining nomination un-
der any circumstances.
Three men were badly burned, one
of them perhaps fatally, by an sxplo-
sion Of frs-damp in the Richardson
Colliery. near Pottsville, on Thursday.
They were carrying naked lamps
through the mine chambers.
Milton Draper, an old man, shot and
dangerously wounded a young man
named Clark, at North Attleboro' ,
Mass, on Thursday night. Clark was
drunk and annoying Draper.
Further particulars Of the disaster a,
Adrian, Mich, on Thursday afternoon,
show that sixteen deaths have occurred
and that seventy five persons are seri.
ously injured.
Kings powder mills near South Leb'
anon, Ohio, blew up yesterday, owing
to the carelessness Of an employee.
Two men were killed.
John Corlsight, aged 16, was shot
dead by his uncle James, at Waverly,
N. Y, yesterday afternoon. The uncle
"didn't know the gun was loaded
Charles Burnham, the lawyer, who
shot himself in Erie, Pa, on September
lst, died yesterday. The bullet pene-
trated his brain.
Charles B. Kcons, son of farmer Of
Centre Valley, Pa, hanged himself in
his fathers granary on Thursday
morning. No cause is assigned for the
deed.
| Paul Aubert shot and killed hismoth'
er by the accidental discharge of a gun
which hs was cleaning, in New Orleans
yesterday.
The Lehigh County Fair closed yes
terday. The attendance during the
W eek is estimated to have been 10000
Jacob Patches, aged 80 years, was
killed near Dauphin, Pa, last evening
by the 1ail OF tree'
Peter P. johnson, aged 6O years, o.
Glen Garden, N. j., was killed by a
train at Philipsburg last evening.
A driver boy named Malta was crush
ed to death by coal cars, at Leggett's
Creek Mines, near Scranton, yester'
day.
Pietro Balbo, accused of numbering
his wife in New York on Tuesday,
was arrested in Wheeling, W. Va, yes
terday.
Wesleyan College.
i Tie Saturday evening entertainments
which formed such pleasant and
profitable feature Of the Wesleyan Col,
lege last winter will be resumed this
evening, beginning at s o'clock. This
year instead of holding intellectual ex'
ercises every Saturday evening recep