Daily Republican., 1880-11-24
MEwB SUMMARY.

mere Railreaa CsrsIessness--Op'
pesing the Passion Flay-Tws
Murasrea Bodies FOund-atheS
Grimes, Inetdenta, Accidents AND
Cassailsass.
Two engines and nine freight cars
we're wrecked by q collision on the New
York and New England Railroad, near
Andovsr, yesterday. Several train
hands were injured, enc, 3 brakeman,
named Peter Aplebet, so badly that he
died last night. The damage to prop
srty is estimated at 100000. The dis
aster 10 attributed to the sarslsssness
Of an engineer named Gillette, who has
disappeared.
The Boat OF Aldermen in New York
yesterday. with bat one dissenting
voice, adopted resolutions condemRing
the proposed production Of q "Psssion
Play" at . theatre In that city, and
asking the Corporation Attorney II
existing laws are insufficient to proven,
the scandal and the Common Council
tas power In the premises to prepare
al ordinance covering the case.
The murdered bodies Of two nen
namsl Brown and Hack were found,
on Monday morning, in marble Hall, "
Hawkins county, Tenn. TIE building
had been unsuocsssfully fred to cover
the crime. The motive was robbsry,
Brown having had several hundred
dollars in his possession.
At the annual neeting Of the stock
holders Of the Old Colony Railroad, il
! Middlsboro', Mass.. yesterday, q reso
luton was adopted declaring many
railroad accidents due to the use Of in
toxicating liquors, and instructing th
oticsYs of the road to employ 20 per
sons hereafter who use such liquors a
beverages.
A telegram from Knoxville report
that at wedding reception rear Kings
ton, Tenn, twenty-seven persons were
poisoned by eating cakes in which ar
senie had been used in mistake fol
/ soda. Six OF those poisoned have died
and three others are no. expected &c
recover.
Epkraim, the Esquimaux, who mur'
de,sl his stepson Philip, and escar &C
from custody while being taken to St
Johns, N. F., was captured last Wed
nesday after a six days. chase. Th'
murderer has confessed his guilt.
TIE printing departmental of Hoststter +
i Smiths Bittsrs factory, in PittsburR
Pa, was burned yesterday morning
The loss is about $40, 900. The Irvipf
FIGURING Mills at Hastings, Mich, wer'
burned on Monday night. Logs $25,
ono.
Benjamin Hasselman, one OF the in
mates Of the insane asy lum at St.
Peters, Mimi, has confessed that h
set fire to the building. He was one
of the milder patients, and allowed the
freedom Of the place.
General Garfield and wife and Con,
gresham Townsend, of Ohio, stopped
for few hours in Harrisburg yester
day, TO dine with Senator Cameron
They arrived in Washington last night
Galusha Maranvilla, inventor and
patentes Of a calendar clock and other
articles, was killed in Rutlsnd, VT,
yesterday by falling into fly wheel
in the engine room Of q factory.
The South Carolina Legislature mel
yesterday. J. D. Witherspoon wal
chosen Prs1ident OF the Senate and J
c. Sheppard re elected Speaker Of thu
House.
Mrs. Chateau and Mrs. George, while
crossing the river at Dubuque on tht
ise last evening, missed the tracks anG
falling into an air hole, We're bOtl
drowned.
Rev. Father Hert was recently frozer
to death near BAttleford, Manitoba
while out on q hunting exbition
He straysd from the party and so
lost.
Jefferson Gser, colorsd, was, truck OF
the head with piece of wood by Hsw
ard Diggs, colored, in Memphis, OF
Monday afternoon, and died Of his in
juries foA few hours. Diggs is in jail
Edward Shelton, colorsd, was dan.
gerously, ifnot fatally injured by tbs
premature discharge of a cannon at a
political jubilation in Boston, Texas,
last Saturday night.
I'M. Houek was drawn among the
cos wheels at the Reading Iron Works
in Reading yesterday morning, and
ground to pieces.
Four men were killed aud two injur.
ed by 8 disaster to q construction train
on the Hastings and Dakato Railroad
in Minnesota, on Monday.
John Conk, aged so years, of diSao-
lutte habits, was found frozen to death,
at Long Branch, yesterday morning.
DR.. Miller killed himself with dose
of chloroform while drunk, in Lindsay,
Ont, yesterday.
Strike OF fCOnpOSitors.
READING, Pa, Nov. ga strike
occurred hero to-day among the com
positors employed on the Reading Dai-
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