Daily Republican., 1881-04-30

| tucky, has begun several mits against
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
toy violating u law Of Kentucky by
running Sunday trains. He claims
that the company has become liable to
fines aggregating $3.50 and costs, name
~, one tine of$50 for running train,
and six other fines of $50 for the empoy-
ment Of persons engaged in work and
! labor,
Postmaster George II Shook, DR.. w.
Decker, Morris AXtell and Charles
| wood, Of Mount Clemens, Michigan,
went to Lake St. Clair, last "Wednesday
morning, Oh IL fishing excursion. Tie
lake was full Of floating ice, which
made navigation dangerous for sail
boats, and the last seen Of the part y was
on Wednesday afternoon, Just before
their disappearance in sunLlI 1t is
feared that all per shed
Rev. A. II. Smith, Superintendent
of the Missions Of the MotAodist Church
| in British ColuInhia has with
drawn from that denomination be-
cause Of his disbelief in the doc
trinc Of eternal punishment. It is
believed many OF his congregation will
follow him and he will establish an
independent church al Victoria.
Mayor Mclean, OF East St Louis, re-
crlyed load Of shot in his face ytStrr-
day from "a man NAMED Maucherdlt
and returned the fire with a revolver
infiicting II wound in Maucheraut's
neck which will probabl! prove fatal.
| Iht NDynr NSri- !, "a S,il,,I ,.t ,,nIt,.,
| protecting the erection OF a fence around
II lot, tn" title Of which was disputed
, uy Mauchcraut.
The total loss of property by tn" floods
on the Missouri river and its tributaries
between Sioux City, Iowa, and Bis
marck, Dakota, is estimated at s., ,5OO,-
600. Below Sioux City, including the
damage at Otuaha, Council Bluffs, Kun
SaS City, and thence to st. Louis the
loss is estimated At. 81 600, 900, making
the aggregate 100000.
Miss Maria StinS0n Dlman, daughter
OF the late Professor Diman, of Brown
| nlversity, was killed in Providence,
last evening, while riding. EltI horse
became unnanageable, and dashed her
against tree, causing conclusion Of
the brain. She was 20 years Of age.
Captain Myers, Of the tuy boat Frank
| E.. Fowler, ~ Galveston, reports that
three vessels, loaded with railroad ma
terial, which left New York fifteen davs
| before he did, bad not arrived at Key
| West up to the time Of his sailing from
that port. Ii is feared they were lost
! during the recent StnrTDG
a telegram TO the Cheyenne Lead
er from Eawlins, Wyoming, says that
ColoTow, II Ute chief, with - lodges
has caluped within three miles Of the
military post on White river, and order
! Ell Colonel Moore, Of the Sixth Infantry
''to leave with all his troops within five
days"
Tie Crescent Regiment at New
| Orleans is making great preparations
for the Interstate competitive drill,
which Is to take place on the 10Th and
10Th Of May. The first prize will be
$1,000, the second $500, fer the best drill
OmpaIieS, the entries to close on May
! 10TH
A family named Weaver, eight in
number, living on an iSlet in the centre
Of Il marsh at CrGsCo, Michig gan, was
| found few days ago destitute, with
nearly all Of the members sick Of mAlig-
nAnt scarlet fever. Three Of the chill
dren died within twenty-tuur hours.
The wife Of Christian Koch Of st.
Paul, Minnesota, yesterday morning,
murdered her three children, thr eldest
four years old, the younge>tsiA muuths,
and then committed suicide. She left
a piece of paper with the words "GVod
bye, written upon it,
p. j. Mcguire, labor agitator in st.
Louis, arrested on account of th" recent
strike troubles, and released on $500
bail, WIS charged Yesterday by driver
on one of the street railways with as
Sanlt with intent TO Kill.
Daniel Shannon WAS arrested in Nor
ri,toWn yesterday on the charg" of SET
ting fire to his house ou Wednesday
night Two CauS of coal oil and bar
rel of blazing ,haviugs wrre found in
the hoHSe, but the flames were soon eA-
tinguishcd.
The nomination, esut by III" pr'si-
dent TO the Senate, which have not yet
been acted upon. number 2l1, of which
arr Judicial. II Consular and Diplo-
matte, of t. :. District Attorneys, I
of L. 5. Marshals, aad Il Of Collectors
of Customs.
Secretary Blaine returned to Wash
ington on Thursday evening He was
accompanied lry William Waiter Phelps
recently nominated as Minister to
-If, n-ill Ia his a
few days.
The Mayor, Comptroller and Corpora
ton Counsel of New York yesterday
sent a communication to the President
of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Company refusing to exempt that com
pany from taxation for the years lS19H0.
Andrew Parteck, Adam Urichs and
john Martin We're killed yesterday by
Il fall Of rock in "a tunnel Of the Susque-
hanna Coal Company, st Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania,
A heavy rain, yesterday morning,
checked the forest fires in Pike county,
penua., and extinguishetl them in many
places. The fires in Sussex county, New
Jersey, are all quenched.
Exposure will induce colds throat dis
eases, consumption, etc, all Of which
give warning by troublesome cough.
Use DR.. Bulls Cough Syrupin time, and
avoid all trouble.
Lewis Cassard, wcl-kLown pork
er of Baltimore died yesterday in that
city He had been held in high reputc
for nearly fifty years.
One hundred and twenty-three deaths
from small poS were reported i'll Homo
lulu during March.
The greater portion Of the village OF
Mount Morris, Michigan, was destroyed
yesterday morning by fire.
A State Telephone Exchange, wit
capital of $250,000, has been organized
in Detroit.
John Frank, saloon keeper, about
fifty years of age, committed suicide
yesterday in Baltimore