Daily Republican., 1880-11-29
WS sUMMARY.

NEWS Sun NAhn.
Cold Medsis for q Brave Man-Los'
at Soa-BagEaxe Car Burned-A
Little Hsro-0thsr Acciaents, In.
cadents, Grimes and Casualties.
The Treasury Department has sent
to Captain Charles Valentine, Of Life
Saving Station No. 4, at Monmouth
Beach, New Jersey, six gold medals, fol
presentation to the msmbers OF his
crew, as q reward for their heroism in
swing the crew Of the Spanish bark
Augustine, wrecked on the Sd of Feb.
ruary last. Each medal is three times
heavier than q double eagle.
A boats crew Of the ship Johanna
Heinrich, from Hamburg for San Fran
cisco, arrived at San Diego, California,
on Saturday. The party consists OF
Captain Elasen, Second Officer Wage
and FIVE ssamep. The ship was aban,
donsd In q sinking condition on the
18th inst. The other boat, containing
the mate and the rest Of the crew, the
captain believes 10 be lost.
A baggage car on the Texas Pacific
Railroad was burned near Sulphur,
Texas, on Friday night, with ninety,
three pieces of baggage and fifty sacks
of mail. The loss is estimated at near
lily $20, 1000. Two hundred bales Of cot
ton belonging to the British steamer
SAndringhan, stored upon wharf in
Norfolk, Virginia, were almost entirely
destroyed by FIRE yesterday morning.
Mary and Annie Arts, aged respeo'
lively 7 and 5 years, broke through the
ice, on Morris Canal, Jersey City, yes
terday afternoon. John Barton, aged
IL years, succeeded in getting both
girls out Of the water, but the younger
died in his arms before he reached the
shore.
The steam propeller Simsoe, Of Col
lingwooi, ontaris, is now given up for
tst. Dol tions Of wreck stuff and q life
preserver, marked "Simcos," having
been found on Lake huron. The Simcoe
had crew OF eleven persons, and was
valued at $4,000.
Isaac Littlefeld and his twelve.yesr
OLD son Albert, were taken violently i'll
with symptoms of poisoning, in East
St0ughton, Massaoh usettS, on Saturday
and the boy died that night, 1t is be,
lieveo that Mr.. Littlefeld adminiSte ed
the poison, and Is insane.
Byron Gilmore Pierce, a cadet mid
shipmap at Annapolis, died there yes
terday from the effect of cold contract
Cd Thanksgiving Day. He was from
Illinois and aged about 20. He is the
third cadet who had died in Annapolis
within three weeks.
The recent earthquake along the
North Pacific coast was very violent
along the Nasse river, bstween the
British territory and Alaska. Glaciers
we're tent from their bases to the sum-
mits, and great masses were cast into
the cTSsks and valleys, filling them up.
Important discoveries OF gold and
silver quartz are reported on the Nasse
River, at or near the boundary line be-
tween Alaska and British Columbia.
TIE prospectOrs think the mines are in
British territory, bat very near the
boundary.
The Irish Land League, Of Monroe
county, New York, has begun series Of
ward meetings in Rochester. At the
frat of these meetings, held. on Sstur-
day night, number OF new members
joined the League.
Taylor Gordon, clerk In the Chesa-
peske and Ohio Railroad freight office
in Richmond, Va, committed suicide
on Saturday by shooting himself in the
head. His health was bad.
Three men were killed, and four 9TH
sr5 injured, one perhaps fatally, by
boiler explo. ion in foundry in st.
Michigan, on Saturday after
noon,
Five members of an Italian family
named Palinghi are seriously sick in
Chicago from trich inous ham sausage.
Inc iather anu mOthef are not expect
ID to recover.
Miss Jetfrsys, aged II years, was at
.acksd by large dog and severely bit
ecu, at Long Branch, on Thursday last.
der condition is now pronounced crit.
cal.
The intention of producing the "Pas-
ion Play" in Booths Theatre, New
fork, has bssn abandoned in coase-
Iuence Of adverse public opinion.
Carrie Haines, aged 20 years, being
disappointed in love, committed suicide
~ throwing herself in front of rail
cad train at Paramount, Illinois, on
aturday.
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