Daily Republican., 1879-11-13
Ews SUMMARY.

NEWS sUNAARY.
Large Dry Gseds Yailars-Aoci.
dest II . feG-AnothoF Kentucky
Crtme-Eleeslen Aeturns-Isci.
aests, Accidents, Crimes and
Casualties. "...
l.. II. Dsvebsr 4 Sons, dry goods and
grocery merchants Of 81. Johns, N. B.,
have suspended payment. They are
large owners Of chipping, real estate
and railway stock not st present con-
vertible, except At q great sacrifice. into
cash. The liabilities, direct and indi-
rect, are stated at s4OO, 600, including
e96, 900 due in England. There is hope
Of . settlement being made.
Yesterday morning, In thick fog, a
freight train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad ran into the rear Of another
freight train, near Princeton junction,
IN. J. Two cars were wrecked and q
locomotive was damaged, and the OBJ.
struction delayed travel for sew
sral hours. A Aagman named Davis
ana . fireman named MulrheAd we're
dangerously injured by tho collision.
The blacksmith shop Of Wilson 4
Dougherty, at Frankfort. Ky, was
burned yesterday, and the body Of q
child named Jones was found in the
ruins. II Is believed that the body Of
Hezskiah Gardner, who disappeared
last Saturday, Is also in the debris.
Wilson, who Is an ex-convict, is sus-
pectsd Of having murdered the child
and fired the place, and the people
threaten to lynch him.
The Treasury Department yesterday
ordered 551, 900 ounces OF gold bullion,
being q portion Of that received from
Europe, from the assay Office at New
York to the Mint in Philadelphia for
coinage. The value Of the bullion is
about ~lO, $50, 900. Until further orders
the coinage Of gold by the Mint will bs
confined to eagles and half eagles.
Official returns from sixty counties in
Minnesota indicate that the majority
for the Republican State ticket will
range from Is, 900 for Governor Pills
bury, to 20, 900 for the other candidates.
The Constitu tional amendment, limiting
the Issue Of bonds by municipalities to
5 per cent Of their taxable pro-
perty, has been adopted by a large
majority.
The necessary per centage of the sub
scription to the stock Of the proposed
Southwestern Railway Of Manitoba was
deposited in bank at Winnipeg on Tues
day, and the Company will now b.
permanently organized.
Edward C. Palmer, ex.President Of
the Louisiana Sayings Bank, in New
Orleans, was released nom prison yes
tsrday, his bail being reduced to $780,
600. 1t is believed other bank officers
and directors in that city will be arrest
ed.
A libel was fled in the U. s. District
Court at Baltimore, yesterday, by the
owners of the steamship Falcon, claim
ing &40, 900 from the owners Of the
schooner s. C. Tryon, for sinking tho
Falcon on the night Of the Sth inst.
The New wburyport (Mass.) Shoe and
Leather Association yesterday passed
resolutions denouncing the repeal Of
the National Bankrupt Act, and asking
Congress 10 pass a judicious bankrupt
law.
A ball Of iron, weighing nearly ton,
used for breaking metal, fell upon and
killed Anthony Dsery, in the Lacka'
wanna Company's iron mill at scran-
ton yesterday.
1t is said that OK Governor Bagley
will probably bs appointed by the Gov
ernor of Michigan to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Senator Chan
dler.
Full returns from all the. counties In
Pennsylvania give Butler, Republican,
2sO, 1853 votes; Barr, Democrat, 22l, 7l5;
Sutton, Greenbacker, q, 2O7; and Rich
ardson, Prohibitionist, 32l9.
The Grand Commandsry of Knights
Templar Of Virginia met in Richmond
yesterday. There will be parade Of
the Communicates to day.
Buell., who is to be hanged at Coop
erstown, N. Y, tomorrow, for the mur-
der of Catharine Richards, has con-
fessed his guilt.
Captain Patrick Collins, of Company
A, Twenty-frst Infantry, was killed
at Fort Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday, by
runaway accident. He was about 45
years Of age.
Henry Z. Doud, proprietor of the
Turin flour mills, at Turin, N. Y, was
killed yesterday by being caught in the
machinery Of the mill.
Haulan left Toronto yesterday after
noon for Roshester, N. Y, to meet
Courtney and arrange for another race.
Mrs. Lawyer Lockwood snubbed.
At meeting Of the School Trustees
for the District Of Columbia, last even
ing, the application Of Mrs. Belva A.
Lock wood and six other women for the
placing of o woman on the School
Board was rejected. The application
was originally sent to President Hayes,
who referred 1t to the Attorney General,
who referred 1t to the District Commits
sioners, who referred 1t to the School
Board. The report adopted by the
latter, admitted that there were no
legal objections to having women on the
Board, but asserted that there were
"grave objections as matter Of policy"
Mrs. Lockwood, who was present, ex-
pressed herself very tartly, in regard
to- the decision.