Daily Republican., 1881-05-25
FROM ALL AROUND.
NEWS FRVMNORTH, EAST, SOUTH
AND WEST.
A Saloon Blown up-ResfgnatiOn
OF Commissioner William
sOn-Other News.

OF Commissioner William
son-Other News.
a building in St. Joseph, Missouri,
occupied as II saloon and billiard room,
was demolished on Sunday night by an
explosion of fifteen barrels of "Dan-
Lorths tiuid, stored in the cellar. A
number OF colored men were in the
building at the time. Two men were
caught in the ruins and burned to
death, the body Of another was found
yesterday morning, and man and a
hoy are missing. Twelve persons were
injured, two or three perhaps fatally,
Colonel Thomas NJ. King, ,Superniten,
lent OF tn" Allegheny Valley Railroad
mas resigned to take charge of the Pitts
burg division of the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Railroad with headquarters in Pitts
burg. Colonel Kings resignation will
take effect on the first of June. He
win be succeeded by G. b. Price, now
private secretary to Genera Superiu-
tend ent McGargo.
Comm >sioner Williamson, OF the
General Land Office, has res! gned, his
resignation to take effect on the first Of
june and his resignation has been ac.
cepted in very complimentary letter
by Secretary kirkwood. The reason
assigned by Mr.. Williamson for his res
ignation is that he has Secured en-
| ployment at a salary much greater than
that paid him as Commissioner.
General sheridan has forwarded to
the War Department a despatch from
| Poplar Creek, Montana, dated the 18th
| inst, reporting that war parties Of
Ianktonnais, numbering in all from $50
70 200, We're ut that place during the
night, and some had gone north, others
toward the Yellowstone, "ostensibly to
fight the CreeS and Crows"
Yesterday afternoon, while workmen
We're hosting large jOist al the new
round house of the Philadelphia, vii
mington and Baltimore Railroad, at
Bayview junction, near Baltimore, the
root fell in, injuring five men. One,
naIncu Cherries jackson, Of Baltimore,
is not expected to recover.
The President has appointed the fol-
lowing Consuls: Jesse H. Moore, of
llIinolS, at Callao; John NJ. Bailey, Of
New York, at Hamburg: Selah Merrill,
Of Massachusetts,, at Jerusalem, and
George W. Roosevelt, of ennsylvania,
at Bordeaux.
A passenger train on the Hudson
branch of the Boston and Albany Rail-
road collided yesterday morning with
an engine near Ghrut Station. Both
engines We're wrecked, and the engineer
and fireman Of the passenger train were
killed,
A writ was served yesterday on the
State Controller at Nashville, enioining
Kim and members Of the Funding
Board from funding the Tennessee debt
1T par aud ) per cent. interest.
The American bark Cremona ran
ashore yesterday morning, during a
thick fog, between Point Pleasant and
SqUam Beach, New Jersey. Her prov
is high upon the beach.
| Seven students Of Phillips Academy,
ut Exeter, New Hampshire, have been
expelled, and three suspended, for in
eulting the Professors last Wednesday
evening.
The Kalmia breaker of Phillips q
Shaefcr, near fremont, Schuylkill
county, was burned last night. The
loss is estimated at $50, 900. Two hun
dred men are thrown out Of employ
ment by its destruction.
The schooner ID. +. Keeling, from
Charleston t'r Baltimore, with lumber,
is ashore at Cape Henry, and in dam
gerOuS position. WreckerS have gone
to her assistance.
The owner Of the steamer Ganos and |
her cargo have libelled the steamer
Pembroke for $40, O3S for the sinking
of the GanoS in Massachusetts Bay,
last Friday evening.
The Mexican Congress, on Monday,
tract with States and parties for the
construction Of railways for the next
eight months.
The winter wheat in Central Illinois
is reported to be suffering from the
chinch bug and HeSSian fly. Thous.
ands Of acres have been ploughcd mp to
plant corn.
1t is announced that Secretary Win
dom will appoint committee to inveS-
NEhLe certain cnafEeS aSalnSt IHe sup
Of the San Francisco Mini.
Anthony l.. Knapp, Of the law firm
Of Robinson, Knapp Il Smith, Of Spring |
field, Illinois, died on Monday evening, $
in the sd year OF his age.
Secretary kirkwood will leave Wash |
ington to-day for Iowa to attend TO /
private business. He expects to be alb o.
sent two weeks. il
The temperature at Quebec on Mon
lay was 73 degrees in the shade. 1t ?
was the first warm day Of the season N
here. =
Secretary Hunt having gone TO New st
York, Commodore LETTERS is acting as
secretary Of the Navy. h
Mrs. Garfield continues to improve, c'
md her physician says her recovery is Ia Ia