Daily Republican., 1881-09-05
EVERY WHERE.
JAMES MALLEY HELD FOR TIE
MURDER OF JENNIE CRAMER.
New Jersey Fish COmmfssiono
The Sprague Estate Again
Other Incidents. Accidents
and Items OF Interest.

The coroner's jury in the case Of Jen-
ME Cramer, at New Haven, rendered a
| verdict on Saturday that she "came to
her death by poison and violence, and
that James Malley, Jr., is criminally
responsible, and Walter E. Malley and
Blanche Douglass morally respo nsible
for the same" Professor Chittenden,
who made an examination Of the un-
fortunate girls body found arsenic in
the stomach and other organs in sutfi-
cient quantity to indicate probably
fatal dose"
The work of the New Jersey Fish
Commissioners this year has been very
extensive. About 1907 young shad
were placed in the Raritan river, and
1000, 900 in the Delaware, 1900, ,00OCali-
tornia salmon Were placed in the Della
ware river and two hundred thousand
brook trout in the streams in the north
ern portion of the State. Youn & bass
were also distributed literally in the
rivers and lakes.
Near Saltillo, Indiana, on Friday,
John G. Russell, arrested on the charge
of stealing, was taken from an officer
by mob and hanged up three times to
extort n confession The last time he
was strung up blood gushed from his
nose and mouth, and he was resuscita-
ted with difficulty. He protested his
innocence all the time.
A peculiarly destructive thunder
storm passed over Andover, near Olean,
New York, on Saturday. By single
electric flash, four houses and five barns,
besides several smaller buildings, were
set on fire and destroyed and several
persons were injured by the shock.
1t is reported that Two Americans
and three Mexicans were killed by the
ApaChes early last week at Eagle
Spring, one hundred miles south of Ell
Paso, that the Indians then crossed the
Rio Grande into Mexico, and that
Mexican troops, under Col. Terraces,
were pursuing them.
Elijah Axley was murdered by Rob-
ert Tripplett, in a quarrel, near Madi-
sonville, Tennessee, on Saturday mOrn-
ing. The quarrel was provoked by
Tripplett courting AXley's daughter, in
opposition to her fathers wishes.
Nelson f. Davis lately Tax Collector
of Houston, Texas is charged with
q "disparity" of over 100000 in his
accounts. His bondsmen, one of whom
is the Mayor of Houston, will be sued
for the amount.
Our National Board of Health is ad.
vised Of the breaking out OF the cholera
at Annoy and Shanghae, in China,
and Bangkok, in Siam. At the latter
place the mortality is from 100 to 40
daily.
Captain William L. Hanscomb, re-
tired naval constructor, died at Maiden,
Massachusetts,, on Saturday, at the age
of 50 years. He WAS the builder Of the
double turretted monitor Monadnock.
Frank G. Hopkins 81 Co., Wholesale
dealers in firearms at st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,, have made an assignment. 1t is,
believed the assets will nearly satisfy
the liabilities,
A terrific hail storm visited Nicollet
county, Minnesota, on Friday evening.
Corn and grass were beaten down, and
a woman was seriously injured by the
stones.
The wheat harvest in Minnesota is
finished, and the yield is estimated at
81 4,OOU,O OOO DuSnelS, aDouG 3,oOo,oUo
bushels less than last year.
An old farmer named Meining was
burned to death while fighting fire
i'll one of his fields, about IS miles from
Detroit, last Wednesday.
The funeral of Hon. Hendrick B..
Wright will take place in Wilkesbarre
this afternoon, at five o'clock.
Guiteau was burned in efigy on
Niagara Square, Buffalo, in presence of
about 1000 people on Saturday night.
Lorenzo Delmonico, the famous cat
erer, of New York, died at Sharon
Springs on Saturday evening, aged II
years.
James Bergman, aged IS years, was
drowned in the Delaware at Chester, on
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