Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-12-22
THIRD EDITION.
HEWs sUmMARY.

HAW nnGlana Liberty FESTIVAL
Man anO wife senteeeea % bs
HnsE-Chieako Perk ssspensios
0iheF InsideBts, Accidents,
Grimes and Casualties.
The frat annual festival Of the Nev
England eooiety In Brooklyn was held
at the Academy OF Music last night.
Hon. B. D. Sillimen presided, and q
distinguished gathering was present,
Including president Hayes, General
Grant, General Sherman and Secretary
Rvarts. Addresses we're made by Mr..
Silliman. President Hayes, General
Grant, Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher, Pro.
lessor Porter, Of Yale, Secretary Bvarts,
General Sherman and others.
Gardner, Stone & Co., and J. 8, Tay.
lor, produce dealers, Of Chicago, sus-
pended yesterday, owisg to the heavy
decline In the stock market. Y.ster-
days quotations showed decline Of
cent on corn, 2 cents on wheat, 3 cents
on barley, s to 10 cents on lard, and Is
TO 20 cents on pork, following . sharp
fall the previous day and steady de-
cline for two weeks.
Archer Paul Davis, Q notorious
practitioner, and his wife were cen.
tsncsd 10 be hanged in Toronto several
years ago for causing tie death Of
Jennie Gilmour by malpractice. The
sentence, however, was oommuted to
imprisonment for life, and now Mrs
Davis has been pardonsd and set at
liberty.
Al . special meeting Of the Western
Nail Association, held yesterday, In
Pittsburg, q o.. IS card was unanimous
ly adopted. This is the same nominally
as the present rate, but the action Of
the Association really involves an ad-
vance, which. l: is thought, can be
maintained.
The nomisation Of Judge Woods TO
be Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court OF tie United States was con
nrmsd by the Senate executive session
yesterday, with only eight dissenting
votes. A motion to reconsider was en-
tered, however, and remained pending
when the Senate adjourned.
The Trustees Of Cornell University,
a. recent meeting, appropriated
600, 900 TO increase the facilities for
in various departments,
and appointed J. Burkett Webb, who
is now In Europe, to be Professor Of
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical !
Mechanics.
In the dominion Parliament on Mon |
day, Sir John A. Macdonald sal d there
was q necessity for reliable statistics
the annual production Of the
fisheries, in view Of the Government
being " shortly called upon TO negt-
tiate new fishery arrangements"
The directors OF the Mechanics Mutual
Insurance Company Of Boston, At
special meeting yesterday decided to
recommend the stockholders TO wind
up TIE compaDy's business and rein
sure its outstanding policies.
Judge French, Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury, will leave Washington
10. day for Charleston, Savannah and
New Orleans. He will visit the custom
houses at these places, and will also
investigate the sugar question.
In the City Council at Montreal yeg-
tsrday, q motion was made TO prevent
Sara BerDhardt from playing On Christ
mas day. The matter being referred
to the City Attorney, he said there
was no law TO prevent her playing Oh
that day.
Mr. Conger denies that he has with
drawn from the candidacy for the U. b
SenstorShip from Michigan, and says |
his friends are "making such honor
able efforts as they can" 20 secure his |
success.
At caucus OF the Republican mem.
bers Of the Legislature from Alleg hepy
county, held in Pittsburg last night, it
was uusnimously resolved to present
Harry W. OllVer for United states Fen
ltor,
The failure OF Manson, Barthalow 4
Co., commission merOhs ants, Of St. Louis
WAS reported yesterday, as CdnSe
luenoe Of the decline in wheat.
Diptheria prevails in Buffalo, New
York, and the public schools in one OF
The sections have been closed in oonse-
luenoe.
DR.. W. L. Csthey was killed by
Iaborer In a cotton field at Alma, Ar
kpaaas, last Saturday. The murderer
A recount Of the vote of Boston for
Mayor gives Prince, Democrat, $50 plu
rality, instead of5l2, as first reported.
K. L. Adams, Of St. Johnsbury, w.,
suicide in New Orleans