Daily Republican., 1880-09-18
NEWS SUMMARY.

Ehs Handy PlstoI-A Wfdor rur.
dered - Brig Wrecked Bnnia-
player kiIied-Other Incidents.
Accidents. Crimes and Casuai-
ties.
In Pocahontas, Ark, yesterday,
lawyer named William Means went iu,o
tho store Of Charles Nichols and bought
pistol. He then approached Nichols.
who was sitting on stool, and saving
prepare YOURSELF" shot him dead.
The murderer surrendered himself.
saying he "should have shot Nichols
q year ago."
Elizabeth Roy, aged 60 years, q
widow, who lived alone in Mauch
Chunk, was found murdered in her
house yesterday morning. Thomas
Dowdell, a railroad laborer, was arrest
I'd on suspicion. He was seen a. her
house on Tuesday night, and there
we're blood stains 0s his clothes,
The British brig Tiber, at Baltimore.
from lnagua, brought three ssamen Of
the British brig Kate McDougall, wreck
I'D in the Gulf Stream on August 1st.
rhe crew of the MeDougall were taken
of by the brig Eviva and landed at
Inagua.
William CTestman, banjo player,
while standing in a saloon in China.
Ohio, on Thursday night, was suddenly
seized by an unknown man, dragged
quickly outside the door and killed by
blow on the head with a club The
murderer escaped.
The Conservative and Readiuster
Committees, in session at Richmond.
Va. adjourned yesterday, having
failed to agree upon a compromise Of
their differences. So there will remain
two Democratic Electoral tickets in the
Virginia field. a.
A new town called "Dillon City,"
has just been founded on the line of
the Utah Northern Railroad. 1t is $50
miles from Ogden, and near the juno
ton OF Beaver Head and Big Hole Riv-
er.
James Kennedy, a young man, was
killed while trying to jump on coal
train at Elizabeth, N. j., on Thursday
evening. Ninety cars passed over his
body, crushing it into fragments.
Four barns at Myerstown, Pa, two
Of them on the Rosslsr farm, the third
belonging to 2. Christman, and the
fourth to Charles Himmelburger, were
destroyed by gre yesterday afternoon.
Loss, $40, 900.
julius L. Brown and DR.. J. G. West
moreland were arrested ia Atlanta, Ca,
yesterday and held to keep the peace,
it being feared " from certain cores
pondence in newspapers that they in
tended to fight.
The annual reunion Of the Veteran
Soldiers of Northeastern Pennsylvania
was celebrated at Scranton Yesterday.
There was fine street parade previous
to the reunion, which was held in the
grove near the city.
Senator Conkling addressed a crowd
ed audience at the New York Academy
of Music last evening, on the political
issues of the day.
F. A. Campbell was shot dead by
James A. Pi,kel, near Jacksonville,
Fla, yesterday. They had difficulty
about some land.
Riley and Wslsbsrger have made
their deposits of $1,000 each with the
Stockholders for their coming race
Saratoga.
James Jones, aged S4 years, on his
way from Kansas city, Mo-, to New York,
was killed by train at Deans station,
N. J., on Thursday night.
DR.. Washington R. Smith, has been
nominated for Congress by the Repub-
licans Of the First Marylsnd District.
F. Il. Threat, colored, was nominated
for Congress yesterday by the Republi-
cans Of the First District Of Alabama.
Henry Stsrck, Of Port Jervis, N. Y,
was thrown from a carriage and killed
by a runaway accident, on Thursday
night.