Omaha daily bee., 1880-06-27
ELECTRIC BRIEFS.

Willie, aged Is, and James, aged 6
years, sons Of Joseph Patton, an en-
queer of the Nova Scotia steamer
Brsche, were drowned Saturday of
thu Lazeretto light house. They were
in . yawl with their father snd the boat
was run down by the steamer Allizen,
which was towing a string of canal
boats into Baltimore.
There was a general democrat rati'
fcation meeting and rally at Lowell,
Mas, Saturday evening. The hall
was beautifully decorated, and the fol.
lowing among other notices we're al
the back of the stage: "When peace
is restored the military must yield tc
civil power" General Hancock, al.
ways a democrat, = hundred battles
attest his devotion" There was a
large portrait of Gen. Hancock, draped
In %colors, in front of the speakers
platform.
The democrats of Chicego turned
out Saturday and held an open ali
meeting in the base ball park for the
purpose of ratifying the nomination of
Hancock and English. Five to fifteen
thousand people were present. Sew.
eSal newly oaganized clubs appeared
IL the line with torches and trans
parencies.
Mrs. DR.. M. NJ. Gardner, an esti'
mable lady highly esteemed in social
circles in Utica, N. Y, suicided Sat
urdsy by hanging. The cause was
temporary insanity brought about by
the the fact that her husband is on
his deathbed. She leaves two chill,
dren.
Among the oongratu'atnry message:
received by Gen. Hanc * are a large
number from his con radss Of the Sc
cond army corps, republicans as wei
a. democrats.
At noon to-day D. Tanner, Of
Minneapolis, Mimi, will begin an at.
tempt In New York to fast forty
consecutive days.
President Hayes passed throughNev
New Saturday evening en- route to New
Haven. He wss accompanied by Mr.,
Hayes.
The democrats of Dayton, O., t.
to the number of 10000 assembled a
the court house Saturday evening t.
ratify the Cincinnati nominations.
A frame stable on Eleventh street
Philadelphia, burned last evening, 81,
horses and mules ERE burned to
gether with 20 sets of harness. Los
10000.
The Merchants and Mechanic,
bank, of St. Paul, Mimi, has sue
cumbed.
The census returns of Springfield
Ill , are all complete, and indicate tina
| the population will not be over 20, 000
There is much dissatisfaction at tn
| result.
D. P. Newell, a we'll known rea
estate dealer, of Chicago, is suppcse'
to have committed suicide under pc
culiar circumstances. His mind ha
been discrdered lately and he had be
come impressed with the notion tina
he had invented a life preserver CON
posed of lead. He took passage on
day this week on the steame
Sheboygan for Grand Haven, acres
the lake, he quietly undressed Will
half way to the other shore, and bind
| ing the lead which he carried with hir
about his body, slipped unobserve'
into the water. His body has not beel
seen eince, and probably never vii
be recovered.
The directors Of the Lake Shore
| Michigan Southern and the Mich
| ipan Central have declared q dividen
| OF 4 per cent upon the capital stock
payable August I'd, next.
Two young women of West Fab
view village, opposite Harrisburg, Pa.
we're struck by a train while walkin
over the railroad bridge. They wer
knocked below fifty fest. They wer
:%sriSu.ly injured eas it is suppose