Daily Republican., 1879-11-25
NEWS SUN n AIRY.

A Decision In FavsP 81 tho AmsPl
ean UsiOa Telegraph Company
Fatal Punishment I'm School
Graham Geis twenty Years II
ths Penltssslsvy - Othss Inel
dents, Aocidents, Grimes ans
Casualties.
The Vice Chancsllor at Newark, N
j., yesterday, decided the suit OF tn
American Union Telegraph Compan,
Sgainst the town of Harrison in favor 0
the Company, enjoining the muuicipa
authorities from interfering with tn
telegraph wires and fixtures on privst
property or across streets. The town 0
Harrison, after granting the telegraph
company the right Of way, ETC., had re
scinded its ordinance.
While little girl named Pierce wa
being punished by her teacher, IN Z,
public school at Norwich. Conn.,, q fort
night ago, she attempted to run home
The teacher caught her at tho door
and, in shutting 1t, jarnmed her heat
between the edge Of the door and th,
post. The girl died last week, and
post t-mortsm examination showed clot
Of blood on the brain, believed to hav,
been produced by the accident.
Rev. Dr.. Usher, of the Reformed Epis
copal Church, in Montreal, in l. sermon
on Sudday night, referred "to the an
nouncemsnt In two Of the most reliable
English journals that a princess of thu
blood royal will shortly become con
vert to the church OF Rome, and thai
the gathering into the fold Of this dis
tinguished parsonage will be publicly
announced within short tims."
A meeting Of representatives Of the
5000 miners employed by Charles Par
rish & Co., was held in Wilkesbarre Oh
Saturday night, ond Mr.. Parlish's prop
osition to grant an advance OF 10 pei
cent, dating from November lst, was
accepted. The Company agrees to pay
a further advance of ten per cent,
should the price of coal rise above 81
per ton at tidewater.
The trials of members Of the State
Legislature and others charged with
corruption with the Pittsburg Riot
Damages bill, began yesterday, in
Harrisburg. The case of Charles B.
Salter was the first called. His coun.
sci moved to quash the panel Of jurors
on technicality, and argument fol-.
lowed, pending which the Court ad-
jourued until this morning.
The case of Thomas Graham, the ac-
complice Of Hunter in the murder OF
Armstrong, in Camden N. j., was dis
posed Of before Supreme Court at Tren-
ton yesterday, Graham pleading guilty
of murder in the second degree; his
plea was accepted and he was senten-
csd to twenty years imprisonment at
hard labor in the penitentiary.
Secretary Evarts yesterday, received
a telegram from our Consul General at
HAVANA, announcing the release Of
the wife and brother of Mr.. German
Munoz, arrested by the Spanish au.
thorities at Santiago de Cuba. The
Consul General has been instructed by
MIR. Evarts to procure their release.
Chief Justice Waite yesterday grant
ed writ Of error in the case of John
c. Tinsley, colored, now in the Vir-
ginis Penitentary, for marrying a
white woman in the district Of Colum-
bia, and returning to Virginia to live
with her in that State.
Jacob and Albert Huntzinger, who
were rearrested on their release from
the Berks county jail, were taken to
Pot.sville yesterday and there held
in $40, 900 bail on charges Of perjury
and misdemeanor. Huntzinner's sons
became the sureties.
Arthur Deets, of Castleton, N. Y,
was killed by train while walking
on the railroad track at Poughkeepsie,
on Sunday morning. He leaves a
wife and eight children.
A number of boats were passing
East in the Erie Canal at Syracuse, N.
Y, yesterday. From Rome to Ori5k-
any the ice in the canal was two inches
thick. Last evening the obstruction
was removed.
A telegram from Toronto says Mr..
Soule from Rochester, was In consulta.
ton with Hanlan yesterday. A de-
spatch to the New York "World" says
Courtney is sick in bed of lumbago,
near Trumansburg, N. Y.
The regular pensions being due this
month, it is not expected at the Treas
Try Department that the public debt
statement for November will show a
'eduction gilmore than So, 900, 900.
Albert Bryan was stabbed to death
~ Frederick Stanley in Geneva, Ind,
N Saturday night. Stanley was drunk
md Bryan and other young men were
easing him.
A dangerous ledge has been discover
ID Off Sakonnst Point, l.. |. 1t lies in
he way of vessels bound from the vicin-
ty of Newport into Buzzard's Bay.
/ will be known as Sohuyler's Ledge.
The miners of the Hooking Valley, in
)hio, refuse to work at 25cpnts reduc-
ion made by the operators in Saturday
nd general strike is threatened.
The Election Canvassers of Norfolk,
a., yesterday gave certificate of elec-
ion as State Senator to Jonathan Il.
ousch, Republican and Debt Payer.
The wife OF ex-U. S. Senator Wad-
,igh, of New Hampshire died suddenly
l Boston ou Sunday night.
Asa Williams, of Dayville, Conn,
arged himself on Saturday night b.
auss of pecuniary troubles. |,
The river at Fredericton, N. b., Is {
ozsn over and people are crossing on i