Daily Republican., 1879-10-23
NEWS SUM MARY.


rary Railroad Accidents - Ton
Much Raim-The Rowing Ffzzle
Tennessee Templsr-Osher Acct
dents, Incidents, etc.
In the Circuit Court at Townsontown,
Nd, yesterday, the case Of Denwood
H. Kinds, as principal, and his brother
Henry, as accessory, in the murder OF
Isaac James, in Baltimore, on the 10Th
of April last, was called for trial. AZ
ter examination of a number of witness
es the State Attorney abandoned the
prosecution, the plea OF self defence was
accepted, and the prisoners were dis
charged.
The library of the late Caleb Cushing,
composed largely OF works upon inter
national law in various languages, was
sold at auction yesterday in Boston.
The bidding was spirited, and good
prices we're realized. A large collec-
tion of books in Chinese was purchased
for the Library of Commerce, and many
of the books on international law for
the Massachusetts State Library.
A freight train on the Pittsburg Di-
vision of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road was wrecked by the. breaking of
an axle near Connellsville yesterday
morning. Six men riding in gondola
car were buried in the ruins. One OF
them-Cheston Lynn, of Cumberland,
Md. killed; the others were
severely injured.
A freight train on the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie road was wrecked near Bridge
water Station, on Tuesday night, by
being thrown from the track. G. G..
Lennon, a brakeman, was killed, and
two other train hands were injured.
STEADY rains in Alabama for the last
ten days have done considerable injury
to cotton and other crops in the field.
Congressman Williams, in the Fifth
District, has lost on his plantation
about 100 bales of cotton and large
quantity of corn.
In reply to a suggestion by referee
Blaikie that lIanlan should propose to
Courtney that the pair yet row for the
$4,000 prize, Hanlan says he is willing
providing Courtney gives a guarantee
that he will appear at the starting
point when the race is called"
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
Of Tennessee yesterday adopted reso-
luton asking the Legislature to pass a
law making it criminal offence to buy
or sell Intoxicating liquor for a bever-
age.
James G. Naylor, prominent build
er and contractor, of Washington, D. c.,
failed yesterday. He had undertaken
contracts at low figures before the ad-
vance in prices of building material.
Hon. Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, has
accepted the invitation to deliver the
address before the society of the Army
of the Cum berland, at the unveiling OF
the Thomas statute in Washington.
The Jury in the trial of Joseph A.
Blair for the murder ofJohn Armstrong,
at Newark, N. j., appeared in Court
Yesterday morning, with a verdict OF
"not guilty" The jury had been out
90 hours, and, it is said, stood 10 to
2 for acquittal until their last vote.
The stove moulders in Cincinnati
abandoned their strike and resumed
work yesterday morning. All but fouf
of the employing butchers in Cincinna
ii have granted the demands of theil
men. Those employed by the four
"bosses" who refuse will strike.
The Treasury of Greene coNnty, Ala
bama, was robbed in the beginning Of
September last, of $1,000 in cash. W.
IL. Cockerill, of Eutaw, has been ar
rested for the crime, and large portion
of the money recovered.
The members of the St. Louis Coal
Exchange, in secret session Yesterday,
decided to pay the advance demanded
by the miners of the Bellville (lll.)
district. This ends the strike.
The contract for the Dorchester Bay
Tunnel, to carry off the sewerage into
Boston Harbor, was awarded yesterday
to R. A. Malone, of Lancaster, Pa, for
$396, ,450.
i Gotlieb Muller was murdered and
his wife and one son wounded, the
wife fatally, near Berea, Ohio, on last
Tuesday night. Muller's eldest son is
suspected of the crime.
Milton Benner, ex-cashier of the
Citizens Savings Bank OF New Or
leans, indicted for criminality as CASH
ier, was surrendered yesterday by his
bondsmen aud lodged in jail.
The Montauk Steam Cotton Mills, at
Sag Ilarbor, L. l., were destroyed by
FIRE yesterday morning. Loss $500, 600.
They gave employment to two hundred
operatives.
An unknown schooner was wrecked
on Cariboo Island, N. S., during vlo-
lent storm on Monday. Three dead
bodies were washed ashore yesterday,
and it is feared three other men were
drowned.
-Four additional cases of yellow fever
were reported at Memphis yesterday.
Eight members of family, named Bed
ford, are sick of the fever at Bailey Sta
tion.
The case of Mary 4. Lounsbury, who
killed her husband, the Rev. Dexter L..
Lounsbury, at Stratford, Conn, last
month, was laid before the Grand Jury
yesterday.
Gen. Grant left San Francisco yester-
day morning for Sacramento, where he
will remain until tomorrow.
baltimore Still Mayor