Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-04-02
NEWS SUMMARY,

l NE :" - SUbAM a u hIs
Verdict Against n Life Tnsuvanee
COmpany-PoIitfeians Pardonsd-
Increased IsDports--Gtber mfseeI-
laneOus News Hnctdenss. Accidents
Crimes, CasuaIifes, Ac.
AT Trenton, N. j., yesterday the jury
In the suit Of Mrs. Alvina Waters
against the Connecticut Mutual life In
surance Company fer the recovery Of
the amount of q policy On her b. usband' .
life. returned verdict for thas plaintiff
ofS239s. The Company resisted payment
because Waters committed suicide, aud
policy contained proviso that risks
should not be paid in such cases.
William 8. Golson, a prominent pol
itician Of Chicago, sentenced nine
months ago to imprisonment In Jail and
the payment of a fus Of $1,000, for bor-
rewing money from the cashier of the
Post-ofics money order department,
was pardoned yesterday, by the Presi-
dent. His accomplice, John W. Gregg.
was also pardoned on condition Of pay
ing Sl205 into the Post-ofioe Depart
ment.
The total value Of the merchandise
imported by the United States during
the seven months ending January 2lst,
1880, was $34l, 7S9, ,32O, against $685.
las, l47 for the seven months ending
January 3lst, 1879. The value Of our
domestic exports during the seven
months ending January 31st, 1880, was
S4s3, 1861 692, and during the seven
months ending January 3lst, 1879, s42l.
406,44
The New York "Journal of Com
merce" announces that, in consequence
of the rise in the price Of paper and the
increased cost of every department of
news gathering and publication, 1t
will return to its former rate OF sub
scription, $l5 per annum, an advance
of $3.
The Democratic Convention OF Ne
braska met on Wednesday and elected
Tilden delegates to the Cincinnati Con-
vention, but gave them no instructions.
The resolutions adopted favor hard
money and low tariff, and denounce
the Electoral frauds Of 1878. =.
Robert Butler, who shot his brother
in drunken quarrel in October last,
was convicted at Bradford, Pa, yester-
day, Of murder in the second degree,
and sentenced to eight years in ths
Western Pcnitentiary.
The surplus of Government receipts
over expenditures during the nine
months ending March 81, 1880, was
Sl12, ,342, 947, against s94, 4,3l4, 1872 dur
ing the nine months ending March 81,
1879.
William Il. Ksmble, the fugitive Blot
bill bribery convict, was still in Allan
lie City yesterday. Several newspaper
reporters called upon him, but he re-
fused to say anything to them.
A Whitworth rife gun, with shot,
shell and ammunition, was shipped by
the authorities Of Virginia to the mouth
Of the Rappahannock river yesterday,
to protect the oyster fisheries.
The Postmaster General refuses to
rescind his order against the Common
wealth Lottery Company Of Kentucky,
until an appeal has been taken from
the decree Of the U. s. Circuit Court at
G5
The monitor Miantonmah, now in
course of construction in Roaoh's ship
yard at Chester, is nearly finished, and
will leave Boston in short time.
Gen. Sherman left Washington last
night for Chicago to consult wita Gen.
eral Sheridan about the removal OF the
Utes from their reservation in Color
ado.
Fred. Grill, sentenced to be hanged
1t Newton, N. j., tomorrow, for the
murder of his daughter, has been ro-
orieved for three weeks.
J. s. Stevenson, Treasurer Of the
Corn Exchange of Toronto, has been.
missing for week. He had lost mon--
~ in grain speculations.
Senator Thurman, was at the Capitol
looking we'll, but he did not
AXE his place in the Senate.