Daily Republican., 1881-09-01
CULLINGS.
RAINS ON THE COAST OF
NEWFOUHDLAkD.
HOys Arrested fer Larceny-A
aunber eT Acct dents, Grimes
and Oasualties.


and Casualties.
Th, weather on the southern ant
western shores of Newfoundland ha,
been very unfavorabls, and it is thought
large quantities of the fish will bt
spoiled in the curing. AT Placentia
Bay the sun has not been seen tor
eighteen days, owing to continuous
fog and rain, and business is paralyzed
owing to the difficulty of navigation.
On the Banks the fisheries continue
good, and the American schooners are
obtaining large supplies.
Joseph Campbell and Joseph Neville,
aged respectively ten and eleven years,
were arraignel in Jersey.City y ,sterday
for grand larceny, in having entered u
house and stolen II watch and ,jewe!ry
valued at $i60, and also robbed the
money drawer of drug store. They
were committed to await the action Of
the Grand Jury.
Paymaster General George +. Cutter,
of the Navy, has been placed on the ra-
tired list, and will ieavo Washington
this week for his home in Massachu-
sets. His successor cannot be appoint
ed until the President is able to act In
| tie meantime Secretary Hunt will dis
charge the duties Of Paymaster General.
Inquests have been held in Savannah
| thus far on 46 bodies of victims of the
recent hurricane. Others will be held
to day on a number of bodl ~ found on
plantations near the city. The bodies
of white man, woman and child have
been washed ashore at Tybee.
Governor Sheldon, OF New York, has
returned to Santa Fe, and has issued an
address announcing his1ntention to or
ganize and arm independent comp" MES
in the exposed districts, SO as to act
with the regular troops in case Of an
Indian outbreak or raiG.
The New York Republican State
Committee met yesterday, and decided
to hold the next State Convention in
New York city on October 9th. Gener-
al Arthur resigned as chairman Of the
Committee, and ex-senator Platt was
chosen as his successor.
The two men lost from the fishing
schooner Maud Is. We'herell, off the
Grand Banks, last week, were picked
up by a passing schooner, anG landed
at Maine port. They were sixty-two
hours in an open boat without food or
water.
DR.. Harris S. Fellows disappeared
in Albany, on Monday evening, and
was found drowned, yesterday morn
ing. He was we'll known throughout
New York State, as a leader in the
Greenback party.
The insurance men in Chicago, on
Monday, notified the stock yards man
agement that they would refuse to tax @
risks unless more adequate water sup
rly could be provided. A. committee
was appointed to attend to the matter.
There is great demand in Savanna h
for ship carpenters, timers ard other
mechanics, to repair the damage done
by the late storm. There has been nc
interruption of business.
The Labrador fisheries have been
very poor this season on the northern
coast, and at some points the prospects
for the winter are gloomy. AT Esqui"
maux Bay starvation is feared.
The Sailors Union, of Kingston, On
tario. has ordered that. for the present,
seam en- $ wages shall be SD per day
on the Lakes and 81 per day on the ca
nal.
Henry Teldman, charged with alb
sconding from Chicago with $4,000 be-
longing to the Merchants Loan and
Trust Company, was arrested in Mon
treal on Tuesday night.
Elias Champlain, Supervisor of the
town Of Liberty, in Sullivan county,
New York, was burned to death yester-
day by his clothes catching fire from
some brushwood.
A vessel just arrived at Victoria
British Columbia, reports that "the sea
is alive with fur SEALS" and that it
"passed through thirty mi les of seals.
Alexander and Nancy Connors were
arrested in Indiana, Ponna. ,on Monday,
tor selling counterfeit half dollars and
trade dollars.
The picture backing factory and mill
of. G. McElwee II Co., at Big Eapi,'s,
Michigan, was burned yesterday. Loss
$4,000.
Mr.. John Frederick Elmore, the new
Minister from Peru, yesterday present
ed copies of his credentials to the Sec
retary of state.
The whole town of Sierraville, in
California, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at t$DO,OO0.
1t is said there is q stron. feeling in
Newfoundland for closer commercial
relations with the United States.
Three young men were drowned in
the Saco river at Browntield, Maine,
yesterday morning.