Daily Republican., 1879-09-03
SECOND EDITION.
NE Wg SUMMARY,

Tho Texas Qnavantine Breakers
Fatal Glycerino Explosion- Cali
fOrnta Election-A Mysterious
Murder-Other Accidents and In
elAents. ANA. .n..,
The Quarantine breakers" at Hous-
ton, Texas, had hearing on Monday
morning before Judge Jones on writ
of habeas corpus, and were released on
the ground that the Board OF Health
had no power to declare quarantine
under the city charter, this power be
ing vested in the Board of Aldermen
alone. The Mayor and health officials
of Houston will now be arrested for OBJ
structing the .. s. mails.
Lewis Gray, aged q, and Charles
Jones, aged 81, were killed early yes
.erday morning by the explosion Of 60
pounds OF nitroglycerine with which
they were about to ''torpsdo" an oil
we'll, at Bells Camp, eight miles from
Bradford, Pa. The men, together with
a team Of horses, were blown into un-
recognizable fragments. The explosion
was distinctly heard in Bradford.
The State election in California takes
place to-day In San Francisco the,
Republicans and Working Men both
express themselves confident OF victory,
in the city and State. 1t will PROBABLY
be several days before the result 10
known. The ballots in San Francisco
alone contain 81 names, and much
"scratching's is expected. '''''-'
The bodies of two women and little
girl, supposed to be those Of Mrs Hat
tie, her sister and sisters child, were
found in house at Waynesvills, Ohio,
yesterday afternoon. They were COW
cred with bed clothing and spripkled
with lime, and were in an advanced
stage Of decomposition. All were evi,
IDENTIFY murdered. ., ..s srftS.,.
The miners of the Berdon shaft near
Frostburg, Nd, 200 in number, went
to work yesterday morning 1t so cents
per ton, whereupon the drivers immsdi-
ately struck for increased pay. Ex-
cepting three shafts at Barton, where
the men are working for 40 cents, alI
the mines in the Cumberland district
are idle. ''~ '.if.' .'.' T
The Republican Convention of Min.
nesots, met yesterday in St. Paul, and
renominated Governor Pillsbury. The
resolutions adopted commend the Pres
idential vetoes, favor the establishment
Of civil service reform by legislation,
and demands q reduction in the tariff.
Frederick Sussik, his wife and four
children, residing at Linden, N. j.,
were poisoned on Sunday night by eat
ing toad stools, in mistake for mush-
rooms. Two of the children died ON
Monday morning, and one Of the others
is not expected to recover. ..
General Reese T. Bowen died In Taze-
we'll county, Va, last Friday, in the
list year Of his age. He had repre-
sented his county in the State Lsgisls-
ture, and was also Representative in
the Forty-third Congress, from the
Ninth Virginia district.
The City Council of Lawrence, Kan .
sss, has passed resolution declaring
that the city cannot pay more than fif-
ty cents on the dollar of its indebted
ness, and has refused to levy bond
tax ordered by the U. S. District Court.
Thirty cnlo,rd boys made "dsmon-
stration" yesterday at the Lincoln,
ILL.,, High School, demanding admis-
sion. They were ordered off, and they
threaten to take legal measures to
secure the same privileges as the
whites.
George Schwartz, "well known po-
litical manipulation" in San Francisco,
was shot dead yesterday morning by
Dudley Haskell, young man whom
he had insulted at political meeting
on Monday night. The quarrel was q
personal, not political one.
Governor Hartranft has issued war
rants for the execution, on November
IA, of Drews, Stechler, Hummel and
Brandt, convicted of the murder Of
Rabsr, in Lebanon county. Wise, an
other of the murderers, has been re-
manded for sentence and Zechman has
been granted new trial.
A stage coach from Eureka, CAL, was
stopped near Nevada City on Monday
by two masked robbers, who plund"red
the express bag and made the passed.
gers give their personal property. Wm.
F. Cummins, broker of Moore's Flat,
refused to give up gold bar, and was
shot dead.
DR.. Balls Baltimore Pills are the
sovereign remedy for Dyspepsia and all
J;sor1nrn