Daily Republican., 1879-12-12
NEWS SUMMARY.
kidnapping "a Warnan -Jastifiabie
faotnieide--r.le Viraiuia Legtsia.
tnre-Other Eaeidenta, Accidents,
Grimes. txr.


While Mrs. Desl wa5 walking iu one
of the streets Of Toronto Oh Wednesday
night, two meA threw shawl over her
head, lifted her into o buggy and drove
to the outskirts Of the city. When
they halted, Mra. Deal, after desper.
ate struggle, escaped, and at midnight
reached the house Of John Mcdonald.
Mrs. Deal is the laother Of the Two
young men who recently kidnapped q
gentleman named JaGtay.
| James Longacre was shot dead by C..
NJ, Beunstt, at Piano, HI, on WedHes-
day. Longaere, atttr breaking of an
engagement to mary Bcnnett's sister,
went TO her house with the avowed
intention to marry her anyhow" but
vas elected lie then threatened TO
kill Bennett, whereupon tho latter shot
him through the hesd. A eoroner's
Jury justified the homicide.
The Virginia l. gislature, yesterday
elected Winfield Scott, St0rskeeper OF
tine pcnitentiary, and Johu NJ. BIocken-
brough Register Of the land Office. The
election of Railroad Commissioner was
postponed until to-day. Captain Asa
Rogers, Jr., is the Rsadjusters' nominee
tor this office.
The South Carolina Legislature yes
tsrday eleetsd Associate Justice VI liver
ITO he Chief justice Of the State Supreme
Court, to succeed willard, whose term
expires in July next and fensral Me
Gowen to be Associate Justice in place
Of Haskell, resigned.
The President yesterday signed the
Commissions of George w. McCrary as
Judge of the Eighth u. S. Circuit, aud
Alexander Ramsey as Secretary OF War.
It ia expected that Mr.. Ramsey will
take charge Of tho War Department to
day.
Leading Democrats Of Richmond
county, Va, have patitoned Judge
Jones to include ia the jury list such
colored oitiz,ns Of the county as the
court shall think well qualified toBerve
80 Jurors, and the Judge has granted
the request.
Hanlan, the oa'sman, ia in New
York City, aud has signed q paper e&-
tending until December 22i The terms
OF the compact entered into ON tha lGth
Of last month. iIe says it is the last
chance he viii give Courtney to row for
the $1,000 prize.
The schooner Andrew leighton,
which sailed from Gloucester, Mass, on
October 2lst, with crew Of fourteen
men for La Have Bank, has not been
heard of since the gale OF October IS.h,
and is FINALLY given up fer lost.
Large numbers Of colored emigraats
from North Carolina continue to pass
through Petersburg, Va, on th7ir way
to Indiana. Many Of them are women,
with infants in their arms, but they
seam in good spirits.
James Veech, a prominent lawyer
and Republican, Of Allegheny county
died yesterday morning, aged II years
lie was the author Of l. history Of Ma
son and Dixon's line.
Petitions for the repeal OF the Legal
Tender Act, so far as it relates to green
backs, ara being signed By large num-
bars OF influential citizens OF Boston as
well as New York.
L. S, spaulding, hotel-keeper Of
Colorado Springs, has added smother to
themysteriou5 disappearancUs in New
York. He was in thai city on Novdm-
Der 10th, and nothing has been heard
Of him since.
The body of Henry Milton, stolen
from its grave, at Ottawa, for tnedi'
cal college in Montreal, was found at
the railway station in the latter city
yesterday by detectives, and sent back
While the Custom house clerks were
looking at the procession in Cincinnati,
yesterday, one of the safes was robbed
OF near $1,000 belonging toan employee
It is reported that one hundred Apa.
ches, under Chief Ju., fought with
Mexicans in Chihuahua, on the 5th
inst, and lost eighty killed and woun-
ded.
The Grand Jury Of Providence, R.
l., has failed to indct Corporal Nichol'
son, charged with killing private Holt,
By throwing him into a cist"rn, at Fort
Adams.
1t is said that the total dsbt Of Bos-
ton, at the end of this year, will bs
S42, ,3j9, ,3lG, D decrease Of ~, 72O, GA
since the 1st Of January last.
The trial of William Eokert aud
Francis Smith, at Wilkesbarre, for the
murder Of John Mallady, at Nanticoke,
y October last, resulted yesterday In
their acquittal.
The trial Of Francis Z. Hayden, at
Worcester, Mass, for the poisoning OF
his sister, resulted yesterday in a ver-
diet of not guilty.
Geseral Grant arrived in Cincinnati
Yesterday, aud had grand reception.
lie goes TO Columbus to-day.
Five Cinnamon, drunk from opium
smoking, were burned to death at Love
locks, Nevada, yesterday. No particu-
lars are given.
Arch bishop Henni, of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Milwaukee, ID re-
ported IN dying condition.
One man was killed and there were
injured, two fatally, by an explosion OF
dynamite, at Taugler, N. S., yesterday.
Making the Truth Known.
The Augusta (Ga)"Chronicle" says:
awe have never yet heard of baud
of colored men in Georgia bold enough
to enter a town, force a jail, and muir
der prisoner. 1t is well known that
in this State lynching is done by white