Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-01-10
NEWS SUMMARY.

verse kepOrt On the FhbheFl
QuestiOn--A COI0red Legislator
Easu5tea--Utber Ineiaents, Acct
dents, &c.
In the Greenback- Labor Conference
at Washington, yesterday, addresse
were made by Congressman Weave
and Dennis Kearnsy. The Committe'
on Call and Address made report
which was adopted, setting forth that
crisis has been reached in public at
fairs, and calling a National Conven
tion, to meet in Chicago, on the 9th o
June next. The Conference then ad
journed "sine die"
The House Committee on Commerce
decided yesterday to report adverse!,
all the bills before 1t In relation to th'
menh aden fisheries, on the ground tina
each State should have the privilege o
regulating the shore fisheries aloni
Its coasts. The Committee, however
agreed to report resolution asking al
appropriation of $4,000 for the purpos'
OF obtaining full information on tht
subject.
George W. Williams, q colored mem
bsr Of the Ohio Legislature, was refused
dinner at a restaurant in Columbus
yesterday, on account Of his color, and
says he will sue the proprietors undei
the Civil Rights Act. The Ohio House
yesterday adopted resolution, direct
ing a committee to inquire " whethe,
Its dignity had been iniringed upon "
in Mr.. Williams case
The special committee Of the Senate
TO investigate the causes Of the colored
exodus from the South, met and organ
lied yesterday. 1t consists Of Messrs
Voorhees,, Vance and Psndleton, Demo
Gratis, and Window and Blair, Repub'
licans. 1t will begin the taking o
testimony next week, and will summon
witnesses from North Carolina and In
diana.
In the Senate Committee on Pensions
yesterday, it was agreed TO Recommend
the passage Of the bill extending tn,
provisions OF the law Of last year
granting pension Of S72 per month t.
soldiers who lost both arms or legs, oi
incurred total blindness in the service
to soldiers totally disabled in the ser
vice otherwise.
A force of special revenue officers
were recently fired on by illicit distil.
lers in Wilkes county, N. G. The rev.
enue officers, being reinforced, made q
thorough raid through the district, and
captured ten distilleries and two men.
The prisoners were taken in Wilkes
boro' and held In $1,000 each for trial.
The striking miners in the Kanawha
Valley Of West Virginia boarded trains
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
on Thursday evening and yesterday
and riding to the Austedt
mines, near Hawksnest, compelled the
PEELED the working miners there to quit
work.
The Democratic State Committee OF
Indiana met on Thursday night and
liked upon the 9th of June as the day
ior the meeting of the State Convention.
Ex-Governor Hendricks and Governor
Williams were present.
A carriage was demolished by rail
Dad train at crossing in Stamford,
Conn.,, yesterday morning, and Mr.. J.
3. Richards, father Of Professor Rich.
Irds, Of Yale, was fatally injured
The coachnan was seriously cut in the
ace.
A trust deed executed by the late
leonard Case, of Cleveland, Ohio, was
published yesterday, conveying to his
attorney as trustee about $3.50, 900
worth of property, the income Of which
8 to be used for the establishment OF
he Cease School of Applied Science"
The wood department of Mitchell,
lewis & Co. 8 wagon manufactory, at
sacine, Wis, was destroyed yesterday
by fire caused by the ex.
'losion of a dust fan. The loss is es-
imated at upwards of $50, 900.
A heavy rain in Cintinnati on Thurs
ay caused an overflow of sewer on
)enham street, near Brighton, and
CODED the upper end Of Freeman
venue. The damaged is estimated at
rom $50, 900 to 100000.
The number of immigrants who ar
ived at New York during December
'ss S20l, against 1917 during the cor
month Of 1878. The num-
er who arrived during the year 1879
as l3S,945, against sl,504 during
$40.
Mary Council, daughter of q promi-
ent farmer of Surrey county, Va, was
urned to death few days age by her
othes igniting at an open fire place.
The Prosperity of France. Il