Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04

Masked BuPxlsrs-Busin Fail.
ure-ImportaSt Drcision-Caurt.
ney ROw1ng Match-Other lndi.
dents, Accidents. Grimes and Ont.
RACES.
Three masked burglars entered the
store of Devine, Dubois & Co., AZ Mars
ton station, near Middletown, N. Y, on
Sunday night. They demanded the
CON mbination of the safe from Wilbur
Denman, the junior partner, who slept
in the store. He refused, and they
beat, bound and gagged him, but secured
nothing. He was insensible when found,
but will recover.
Stetlaur Brothers & Co., dry goods
merchants of Chicago, failed yesterday.
Tne firms statement of its condition
will probably not bs ready before the
latter part of this wsek-meantime the
liabilities are estimated at 81 900, 600 to
81, SEQ, 900. Most of the creditors are
in the East and Europe, and it 10 said
100000 are due Philadelphia mer-
Giants.
II William Tucker has recovered S35
damages from the Board of Education
of Pomeroy, Ohio, "for depriving his
daughter Of the privileges of the public
schools The Board had expelled ths
girl because her father would not all,W
her to study drawing, which was part
of the course arranged by the Board.
She trials Of Warren Leland, JL, and
others at Freahold, N. j., for violation
of the liquor law, have been indefinitely
postponed. The prosecution has agreed
to rest proceedings pending the argu-
msnt before the Supreme Court on the
writ of certiorari sued out by the de-
fence.
i Charles Courtney last night sent a
telegram to William Blaikie, accepting
the last suggestion to row for the $4,000,
and agreeing to put up $500 as forfeit
Courtney says he considers this propo'
sition fair, and hopes it will result in
race, and he denies that he has any
objection to Blaikie as referee.
Alfred N. Robinson, ex-Treasurer Of
; Clermont county, Ohio, was arrested
on Monday night, on the charge OF EN-
bezzling $34, 900 from the county treas
ury. An ex clerk under arrest for this
crime for year past was discharged
} last week.
The Boston journal" says that
Walter Hastings, recently deceased, has
b,ausathed the bulk of his fortune, al
ter his wife's DEATH to Harvard College.
His estate is estimated at 100000, and
the bequest is the largest ever made to
Harvard.
Frank Baker, colored, convicted OF
murder in the Sussex County (Va.,)
Court, on Saturday, was sentenced yes
terday to be hanged on the 18TH OF De-
cenb ber next. His mother, who was
arraigned as accessory, was acquitted.
The steamship Teutonia arrived at
New Orleans yesterday, from Liverpool,
with two hundred immigrant farmers,
who intend to. settle in Texas. 1t is said
they will invest each from 500 to $5ooo
in land.
Sterhen Zook, owner of the Green
Valley Mills, Knox county, Ohio, was
attacked by two men armed with knives
on Saturday night. He defended him
self with a pocket knife and killed one
of his assailants.
James M. Young, who killed George
Hinton, in Petersburg, Va, on Satur-
day night, was arraigned yesterday,
but at the request of his counsel, the
examination was postponed until Fri
day.
| VIM. lesser aged Is years, died in
Cairo, H., yesterday from tie effects OF
cut inflicted without provocation by a
negro named Pitman. Pltman is in
jail.
The coal miners of Nelsonville and
Straitsville, Ohio, have demanded, and
received an advance of Is cents per ton,
making 25 cents advance within a
month.
A disease known as the "Black
Tongue" but supposed to be violent
form of diptheria has appeared IN the
country around London, Ontario. 1t
battles the physicians.
James l.. Fitch, convicted OF the muir
der of his wife and little daughter at
Hadley, Mich, has been sentenced to
solitary Imprisonment at hard labor for
life.
John Donnell YVES shot dead by Dan
iel Harrington, special policeman, at
San Francisco on Sunday. Both had
been drinking too much.
The boiler of Garnett's saw mill, in
Delaware. Ont, exploded yesterday,
killing Edward johnson and injuring
four others.
A boiler in a sugar house at Faluling,
St. Charles parish, La, exploded yes
terday, killing two men and inJuring
four.
General Grant was enthusiastically
received at Council Bluffs and Red Oak,
Iowa, yesterday, on his way East.
Robert Graves and his wife were IA
tally burned by fire in dwelling in
San Francisco on Sunday night.
/, The New AppOintee.
His Honor, Mayor Almond, yester'
dav afternoon appointed Robert W..
chambers to fill the vacancy on the po-
; lies force, ,caused by the resignation OF
Nal G;hbons. All account of which We