Daily Republican., 1879-12-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

New.York hoard Of Caavasssrs--
Help for Irsland-Pubiic schools
closed -POstmaster Tyler yindI-
eatsd.-Other Incidents, Accidents
Grimes, &c.
The Board OF State Canvassers o.
Eew-York met yesterday in Albany land
canvassed the returns Of the late cleo.
tion. 1t was found, as already pub
lished, that all ths Republican candi.
dates, except for State Engineer and
Surveyor, were elected, Horatio sey.
mour, Jr.. Democrat, being elected to
the latter Office.
Representative Ksnna, Of West Viz
giniA, has secured subscriptions from
Congressman in aid Of the suffering
poor in Ireland to the amount of oven
$500, and he expects the sum to reach
$1,000. There is 10 political signiii'
canoe In the contributions; they are acts
of purely personal charity.
All the public schools in Petersburg
Va, were closed yesterday for 'ne
month, The State failed to contribute
It's full quota to carry them on, and
rather than reduce the salaries Of the
teachers, the Board of Education deoi
ded upon q winter vacation.
It's understood that after examin-
ing the Evidence against Postmaste,
Ty Ter, of Baltimore, and his rejoinder
the President Is satisfied there is NJ
cause for removal, either on persona
or official grounds.
While "Father Quinn" an ex-priest
was lecturing in Methodist church il
Norwich, Conn, last night, stones
We're thrown through the window fron
without. A girl was cut in the face by
broken glass, but the meeting was NO
broken up.
A Chinaman and womsn were recent
ly chopped to pieces by another China
man, at Victoria, Is. G. The murderer
set fire to the house, but the fire ex'
tinguished and the crime discovered
Three graves at Oxford, Mich, were
robbed of their dead on Thursday
night. Two men, having the bodies In
their possession, were arrested at
railway station near Oxford, yesterday
morning.
Robert Il. Day was yerterday ap'
pointed receiver of the Dims Savings
bank, of Hartford, Conn. The bank,
which has been under an injunction
for eighteen months, has 1000 deposi,
tors, and owes them $500 coo.
The Virginia Legislature yesterday
elected Captain Asa Rogers, Jr., Read
iuster, to bs Railroad Commissioner
The term OF Col. Carter, the present
Commissioner, does not expire until
April, 1881.
: The Secretary of War informed the
House of Representatives yesterday
that don atoms Of condemned cannon
for monumental purposes have ex.
hausted the supply of such cannon OF
hand.
The whaling schooner Arizona, which
sailed from Providence, X. l., IL Apri
last, has not teen heard of since, ans
Il given up for lost. She had sixteei
persons on board.
General William Malone was unani
mously nominated for U. 8. Senate bj
the Read justers' caucus OF the Virgins
7 laaf n;0ht
Amos Tuck, ex-member OF Congress
from New Hampshire, died OF apoplexy
at Exeter, in that State, Oh THURSDAY
night. He was a native of Maine.
The House Committee on Post Offices
has agreed to report adversely on tn
bills allowing circulars to be carried II
tie mails at newspaper rates.
Frederick Hay, John Rickler and
boy named james. were killed by
fall of slate in the Forest Colliery, nea
Fremont, Pa, yesterday morning.
Three men were killed and seven Ill
'ured by the caving in of an embank
ment in Plattsmouth, Neb., yesterday
The Truth Con,ng Out.
The Carroll (La.) Conservative
Democratic organ, says that on the Sun
day night before the election, DaVic
Armstrong, a colored man living on
plantation near Milliken's Bend, IL
Madison Parish, was taken from hi
house by mob of twenty or thirty
armed men. After his abduction, thu
people In the neighborhood heard NOR