Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-12-19
NEWS SUMMARY. b
Odds ana Ends Of News From Ale
Quarters. Culled From tho M0rn-
ing Exchanges.

Quarters. Culled Frem the Mer.-
Ing Exehanges.
The 50th anniversary Of the found
ing Of the Lane Theological Seminary,
in Cincinnati, was celebrated yester-
day by the dedication of an addition to-
the building costing go, 900. The ad-
dition contains chapel, a museum and
lecture rooms.
*Ata meeting Of Irish citizens in
Washington, D. c., last night, COM
mittee was appoiated to prepare an ad.
dress reciting the suffering Of the poor
in Ireland, and arrange for mass
meeting after the holidays to consider
measures Of relief. f...
Geo. Irish, aged % years, school
teacher, committed suicide by hanging
at North Gay, near Ausable Forks, N.
Y, on Wednesday night. He had
previously made several attempts at
suis;de. Ill health is supposed to
have been the cause. rrt
James Millsdge Flagg, aged "a years,
committed suicide in Providence, R. l.,
yesterday morning. He had invented
a loom, which was to be built at Man
chester, N. H., but the negotiations
for its construction failed. f.
Owing to some Generalization among
the Rsadjuster majority in the Virginia
Legislature, yesterday, the election Of
County judges was postponed until
to-day. A caucus was held last night
to reconcile differences.
Jacob Boyer was killed and Peter
Steinhauer and George Race was in
jured by fall Of top coal in one of the
Delaware and Hudson Company's mines
at Pittston, Pa, on Wednesday.
Mrs. John Kramer and Miss Julia
Young were killed by train while
crossing the Lehigh Valley Railroad
track at Redington, near Allentown,
yesterday.
Michael Jenkins was killed in the
Kohinoor Colliery and Adam Martin in
the Philadelphia Coal Company's Col
liery at Pottsville, yesterday, by falls
of coal.
In Chicago, Fowler Brothers have dis
charged the 1000 employees in their
packing house who refused to work with
non-union men. Very few men are at
work in the other packing houses, and
the whole number now idle is estimated
at more than 5000.
The weather in the Ottawa Valley,
Canada, was intensely cold yesterday,
the Thermometer marking Is to 81 de-
grees below zero. In Ottawa the tenn
perature vas l8below zero.
At Carlisle, Pa, yesterday, Judge
Herman refused new trial to Mrs.
Catharine Zsll, convicted of the mur-
der of Mrs. Mary Kiehl, and sentenced
her to be hanged.
The Schooner Excelsior, with cargo
Of coal, sank near Faulkner's Island,
in Long Island Sound, on Wednesday
morning. Her crew escaped with what
clothes they had on.
Drew, the total abstinence worker,
left Atlanta last night for Savannah.
1t is said more than 1000 Atlantas
signed the pledge in consequences of his
appeals.
The Bank of Virginia City, Nevada,
has suspended payment, owing to the
decline in mining stocks, of which it
carried large amount.
tits understood that General Sheri-
dan, whose health is not good at pre-
sent, will accompany General Grant
on his trip to Mexico and Cuba.
Bishop Gilbert Haven of the Metho-
dist church, was reported in dying
condition last night.
An investigation OF the books of the
ex-Mayor Johnson, of Cincinnati, has
revealed deficiency" Of over $12, 900.
A ire at Bismarck, Dakota, yester-
day, destroyed twelve buildings, most
ly stores, causing loss of $50, 900.
The Baptist Colored Seminary at
Atlanta, Ca, was dedicated yesterday.