Daily Republican., 1881-12-28
NEWS SUMMARY,
BOSTON ADOPTING THE UNDER.
GROUND TELEPHONY SYyrEn.

eROUND TELEPHONY sYyrEn
- The Gniteau sase to bs Extende
Indinuetely5-.Dr. hacon's fa.
r. neral-snAall.pox Spreading
II -bursttnE sf q steain pipe
-ColOred Emigration.
Tho Board of Aldermen Of Bosto
last hight passed an order authorizin
the construction by private parties {
continuous lines Of pipes through
, large number Of streets, through whic
TO conduct telegraph and telepilon
wires, it being provided that all com
panies be granted reasonable accom-
modations' in the pipes at rental no
exceeding the cost Of maintaining tn
wires overhead. The order previousI
adopted providing for the lighting o
the streets by electricity, was modified
NO AZ to liAtt the number Of lamps t,
one hundred.
District Attorney Corkhill said las,
night that the Government had expect
ed 10 submit the Guiteau case to thu
Jury this week, "but the defence having
concluded to bring in additional expert
witnesses he coul predict no limit tol
the trial" The prosecution will nov
| put more expert witnesses on the stand
to strengthen their case. Colonel Cork:
hill thinks the Government can deliver
its closing argument in one day, bat
that the defence will require several
days.
The funeral of Rev. DR.. Leonard Ba-
Con took place yesterday at New Haven
and WAS largely attended. There WAS
a short service of prayer at the house,
led by ex-Pre.ideut Woo!sey, of Yale.
Tho sermon was by Professor Timothy
Dwight. The pail bearers, all sons of
deceased, were DR.. L. w. Bacon, Rev.
l.. W. Bacon, Eev. T.. W. Bacon, Ecv.
I. H. Bacon, and Theodore and Alfred
Bacon, lawyers.
Surgeon Woodwork, of the Marine
Hospital service, has ordered all his
subordinates at Cincinnati, louisville,
Cairo and ST. Louis to vaccinate, free
of charge, all steamboat men on the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers who may
apply for vaccination, and this without
regard to the usual requirement. Of n
certain length OF service.
The Naval Board of Survey, in the
matter of the collision of the flagship
Tennessee with the steamer Western
Texas, in New York harbor, find that
all the blame for the collision lies with
the Western Texas. 1t will require
five or six weeks and cost about $1,000
to repair the Tennessee, !, damages.
Nearly 600 persons from Edgetield
county, south Carolina yesterday pass
ed through Augusta, Georgia, on their
way to Arkansas. They were led by
a colored preacher named Hammond.
1t is believed that they will be follow
cd by several hundred other colored
persons from this county.
The steamer West Point, carrying a
miscellaneous freight, including sever
al hundred barrels Of oil and gasoline,
was destroyed by An explosion and fire
at West Point, Virginia, on Monday.
| Nineteen men perished by the explo-
sion and four others were badl injured,
one of whom is not likely to recover
The steam pipe of y steamboat bound
from New Orleans to Cincinnati burst
on Monday morning near Catfish Bend
on tho Mississippi. Twelve of the crew
were scalded, and three colored rousta'
bouts jumped overheard and have rot
been heard of since.
The freight steamship Henry Elye
from Antwerp for Boston, is now 81
days out, but ner owners say that they
have not yet < ven up hope. The crew
numbered Is men. The vessel was
valued 1T yl5O,000 and her cargo at
$3.50, 600.
1t was reported in Petersburg, Vir.
ginia yesterday, that two men charged
with the murder of Murrell and Glover,
in store in Southampton county, last
Friday night, had been captured and
lynched by mob ut the scene of the
tragedy.
A despatch was received by the In
dian Bureau yesterday from the Nava-
Joe Agency in New Mexico, asking for
the immediate shipment OF enough vac
cine points to vaccinate 800 persons, as
the small pox is spreading there.
A boiler in . shade cloth factory at
Oswsgo, New York, exploded yesterday
morning, damaging the building to the
extent Of $15, 900, and probably killing
the fireman and night watchman, who
are LII ssing.
Funds have been deposited at Mobile
and New York to meet the January in
terest on the Alabama bonds. 1t il
said that more than half the bonde'
debt of Alabama is now held by citi
zens of that State.
A heavy flood was expected in tn
West branch of the Susquehanna rive
last night. The river at Williamsporl
was ten feet above low water mark last
evening, and still rising.
Two horses and a wagon loaded will
Illicit tobacco were captured by re-enu
officers last Saturday, near Hamlet, II
Richland county, North Carolina.
It is impossible to diminish psvert.
by multiplication of effects; but tn
best thing TO diminish the effects OF
! heavy cold is DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
The streams in southwetern Indians
r are reported to be greatly swollen
r flooding the low lands and seriousl'
t damaging the wheat crop.
: At last accounts, the outbreak 0
small pox in Sydney, Now South Wales
Z was assuming alarming proportions
Wilson's n i'll at Gordon, Arkansas
t was blown up on Monday evening. On
man was killed and four injured, on
t fatally.
There is great anxiety in Montre'
regarding the supply Of ice, not on
pound having been cut so far this sci
7 son.
The Cotton Exhibition At Atlanta wi
: close on Saturday.
Woupded While Prot eetlnE No