The daily gazette., 1880-03-16
General N,NesOs.

Robert Brouse, Judge of the County
Court Of Pleasant county, W. Va, died
suddenly, while opening Court on Sat
urfay inofning. He was 10 years of
age. y \, I.ar
The funeral of Professor Roepper took
place at Bethlehem, Pa, yesterday, and
was largely attended. The services were
held In The Old Moravian Church, and
Lehigh University was closed during
the day.
UDuring the last four days the heav lest
~alns known in Georgia tor several ears
h we fallen In that State' All the streams
are very high and Inundatiohs are re-
ported which may cause damage to the
crops. y. % '-
A promiu uent citizen of Atlanta, Ga,
has been arrested and bound over to
kesp the peace for threatening to kill
Rev.sR. G. Foule, rector of st. Philips
Church, In the pulpit, and "going to
church avowedIy for that purpose" The
vengeful citizen alleges tnat Fuale
"caased divorce between himself and
Hs wite"'
MRS. Sarah Cromley, convicted in
hapeaster, Pa, Of conspiracy to marry a
young woman to DR.. Eugene De Leon.
who had wife living in Harrisburg,
was sentenced yesterday to lndergo i3
mouths imprisonment In Jail and pay
hne Of 500.
A gang Of railroad robbers, headed by
"the notorious Tom Moore" has lust
been captured in Chicago, and quanti-
" or stolen property has been recovered
The gang is believed to have stolen near
ly $40 900 worth Of goods In the last two
months.
At the Philadelphia Annual Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, yesterday, Revs. DIR. James
Cunningham and John +. Chaplain were
elected alternate delegates to the General
Conference at Cincinnati. A resolution,
action upon which was deferred unit
this morning, was offered, declaring that
lttis highly improper for any preacher
in charge to engage in any secular EN-.
ployment or occupation, wether pro
fessional, mercantile, official or otherwise
the resolution ftIther urges upon ali
''bretbren in the pastoral office the
absolute necessity, which is upon us all
to keep entirely clear from ali such en-
gagements :" The report for the Lehigh
district stated that, with one exception,
debt-burdened churches are in an i'm.
proved condition.
In the Police at San Francisco YES
terday, Judge Rix rendered decision
in the case of Dennis Kearney charged
with ''using vulgar and threatening
language against Spreckles." Kearney
was held guilty of utterances cal
culated to provoke breach of the
peace; but on the second charge, of
threatening to kill any person who
should plot against his life," the
Judge held that sit could not be con.
sidered crime, as the circumstances
in which the killing would be justified
were recited as qualifying the threat. >
Sentence will be passed to-day.
The trial of Thomas B. Leggett
Daniel w. Leeds, and others, under
indictment for corruption. in
Elizabeth, N. j., began yesterday.
Amdavits were read showing the alb.
scnce of material witnesses for the
defence, and motions for delay and tt
quash the indictments were made
but the Judge overruled all motions
and ordered the cases to proceed to
day.
n Case for the Doctors.
hS bcNs ~. w. ID. WebS er,Of tlueDel
says that be has had supernatural vi.i
tor. He lives alone in big house, and
the ghost walks through the walls of hi,
bedroom in the plight. The reverend
gentleman is pastor OF Trinity church
an Independent Presbyterian body, and
last Sunday he told his congregation
about his strange experience. 81 awoke, ,
he said, conscious of the presence of
ghostly apparition. l saw plainly dis
cernible, figure in human form, bu
with a most angelic countehance, who's
head was surrounded by a halo OF .phos
phoric Hight of exceeding splendor, an
who stood at the foot of my bed. .
number Of other spirits we're EVIDENT
in the room, but were not discerniblt
being obscured by the eclipsing bright
ness OF the central figure, which Iemaine
standing in the same position abou
half an hour" Mr.. Webster Intimate
that the face was that of somebody whoI
he had known in life, and who gave hir
amessage of the most'appaling characte
but be does not deem it wise to give Il
particulars to the public just yet.