Daily Republican., 1880-01-19
EWS MMARY.

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Faith er and Son Drew wned-COlOred
Emigration From Texas-ParnelI
and DiIion-Inctdents, Accidents,
Grimes. etc.
James Ellis and his son John were
drowned in the St. Lawrence river, at
Morristown, N. Y, on Saturday night.
Ellis had been to Rrockville and bought
goods, which were sent across in row
boat and left on the edge of the iue.
Ellis son put on skates and pushed his
father forward on sled, until they
reached the waters edge, when both fell
in and perished.
Colorsd emigrants from Texas con-
tinue to arrive in Kansas in large num-
bers, both by railroad and teams across
the Indian Territory. Some ofthe emil
grants are living in tents and wagons
in the woods, and several CT them have
died from the effects Of destitution and
exposure.
Msssrs. Parnell and Dillon addressed
large meeting in Providence, R, l.,
on Saturday night. The Irish Relief
Committee of San Francisco will remit
$500 to Dublin to-day. Stockton, Call,
has contributed $1,000 to the Irish Re.
lief Fuud, and Los Angeles 5000.
Charles Adams, a colored waiter, died
in Chicago on Saturday morning, from
the etf.cts of arsenic administered by
Sarah Smith, colored widow. Jeal-
ously was the cause. She had pre-.
viously attempted to kill him with
laudanum. George Brown, colored,
has been arrested as her accomplice.
OF twenty-six deaths at Deadwood,
Dakota, during the last two weeks, "a
were from disease resembling dipthe-
ria. Nine Of the victims were children
under ten years of age. The popula-
tiou of Deadwood and adjacent camp is
less than 1000.
The ub-committee of the Senate
Military Committee, appointed to con-
slider the case of General Fitz John
Porter, held meeting on Saturday
night, and agreed upon bill similar to
that adopted by the Military Committee
of the House.
John McKsrnan, Of Rock Point, per-
ished in the recent snow storm in Prince
Eiward's Island. II is supposed he
fell from his wagon while drunk, as his
team returned home without him. His
body was found next day.
Frederick N. Spalding, City Clerk
of Lsavenworth, Kansas, convicted of
smbezzlemeut in Office, was sentenced,
on Saturday, to Imprisonment in the
psnitentiary for four years and six
months.
Lotta Robinson was shot dead, and
James FanniAg was wounded, by man
named Stratton, in Chicago, on Satur-
day. ALI the parties to the crime were
disreputable characters. Stratton was
arrested.
Mrs. Maria L. Crew, aged % years,
was fsloniouslY assaulted and murder
ed, during her husbands absence, in
their farm house, at Groton Ridges,
Mass, on Saturday afternoon. A tramp
is suspected Of the crime.
Lee Lyman, a policeman, was shot
dead by John Francis, in Dayton, Ohio,
ON Friday night. Lyman had arrested
Francis earli4r in the day, and the lat
ter had been released.
Mrs. Jane R. Smith was struck and
killed by an express train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, at Newport,
Perry county, Pa, on Saturday after
noon.
As the steamer Carrier was crossing
the river at st. Louis, on Saturday
evening, James McDonough, one Of her
los tell dead at the wheel.
Mrs. Margaret Tumy died in Cincin-
natl, yeste .1ay, after haying, as is al
legged, su u,sistel since the 10Th of
December, on emo food excepting two
beaus."
Francis Lewis was fatally shot by d.
Q. Garvey, his cousin, in family quar-
rel growing out Of law suit, in Owen
county, Ky, on Saturday.
Frank Smith was stabbed in the
neck by John Stoffel, and died in if
teen minutes, in Cincinnati, last night.
They had quarrelled over a game of
pool.
John Dyer has been convicted, at
Albion, Ind, of the murder of his
wife, and his sentence has been fixed
at Imprisonment for life.
Thejury in the Hayden murder case,
at New Haven, remained out yester-
dav, and there are no indications of
their coming to an agreement.
General Grant and party have en-
gagged passage on the steamship City Of
Alexandria, which is to leave Havana
for Mexico, on the 18th of February.
The Treas urer of North Carolina has
funded over s., 900 of the old bonds of
that State in new four per cents, bear
ing interest from July, 1850.
Nathaniel NTH, colorei, accused of
an attempt to commit felony, was
taken from the Jones boro, Ga, Jail, ON
Friday, by mob, and lynched.
Jacob Miller, a saloon keeper, of
Chicago, was shot dead on Friday morn
ing, by one OF two unknown young men,
whom he refused admission to his sa-
loon.
Richard Sullivan "a well known Jour-
nalist, and brother Of T. D. Sullivan,
editor Of the Dablin "Nation," died in
San Francisco on Saturday.
Some western capitalists, headed by
Colonel D. P. Dyer, have purchased
three of the principal mines at Leadville,
Colorado, for 100000.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mckinney was burned
to death at Scranton, Pa, yesterday,
BY her clothing catching fire from a