Daily Republican., 1881-12-31
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PRESIDENT ARTHUR LEAVE
new YORK FOE wAsHIHG10l
senator Hoar's EuloYy On PresI
cent Card cid Tho Sentence
Of the Jury fersOnatOr in
Philadelphia - A small.
PsX Sensation IN Jer.
ssy C1ty-Various
Items.
Gottlieb Engel, a prominent youns
lawyer OF waukee, is reported +
bave absconded, after forging and en-
bezzlinl considerable amounts. 4
warrant has been issued tor his arrest
1t is alleged that he has swindle,
clients out of estates, sold properly no
his, commi tied furgeries and embez
zled funds Of societies of which he VIA,
Treasurer Engle returned yesterday
and gave himself up. Herman Wis
ling, ex-Treasurer of Lee County, Iowa
has been indicted for the em bezzlemenl
of $l0, 600 while he was in Office Hor.
ace Quimby, an express messenger OF
Salem, Massachusetts, disappeared last
Monday, with money and valuables es
timated at $4,000.
Another smallpox sensation ou,
doors alarmed the citizens Of Newark
avenue, Jersey City, yesterday morn
ing. A man residing at 249 Newark
avenue, leisurely walked into the
Second Precinct Station House, and
requested to he sent to Snake Hill
II spital, as he was suffering from the
disease in question. The officer at the
desk was panic stricken, and told his
visitor to go back home, when al am
bulance would be sent for him. Act.
ing on this ADVICE he re.entered the
street, causing a general stamp de. The
authorities over there appear To permit
smallpox patients to perambulate at
pleasure.
Senator Hoar delivered last evening,
by invitation, an eulogy on President t
Garfield before the City Council at Wor
cester, Massachus etls. He began by
saying: 81 shoald indulgein strange
delusion if | hoped to Say anything of
President Garfield which is not al
ready will known to his countrymen,
or to add further honor to a name to
which the judgment Of rhe world. with
unAaimisy, has already as
signed its place" The Senator then
proceeded to review at myth, the life,
character and public services of the late
President, in a speech that would ill
over three columns in our type.
The Philadelphia Grand Jury in its
inal presentmeDt yesterday recon-
nendel that the A Inns. honse buildings
aud lots be sold, and new structure
erected Oh the House of Correction
that elevated railroads be
"but not to the detrinent
If the Public Buildings" They de-
nonnce cobble stone pavements recon-
mend the building of bridge over the
at Ma;ket street that the
wires be placed out OF sight,
aud that q bridge over the Delaware is
. desideratum in connection with rapid
.ransit.
On Thursday afternoon George Home,
at No. 226 Main street, Cam
len, in a fit OF insanity, threatened to
kilhis wife and children with
an axe, but was p eventel by the
neighbors. He had been sDarmaker
Vt CoOper's Point for some twenty-five
jears, and was highly esteemed by his
associates: but within the past few
weeks lie has shown indications of in.
anity. He was taken to Kirkbrlde's
Asylum for the insane.
In the Burlington county, New Jer-
icy Court, yesterday, decision was
'endered IN favor OF the Mount Holly
Bank, for S33, 900 against Edward l.
3ourue, one OF the bondsmen of Fred
rick w. Kelly, who, when cashier Of
he bank several years ago, detrauded
t out of several thousand dollars. kel.
y is now serving term in the peniten-
iary.
While trying to arrest an escaped
hief from Lebanon, named Ruth, in
yesterday, Constable
singler had four shots fired at him, but
10 was saved by the bullets lodging in
! bundle Of papers in his breast pocket.
Ruth was shot several times and
eriously fnot fatally wounded by
unstable who was assisting Ringer.
The recent rains have caused heavy
ise in the tributaries Of the Drla ware
bove Trenton, amt freshct threatens
amages from Bordentown uorthward
1t high tides yesterday the waters had
isen about three feet in Camden and
we're on the rise. At Bordentown the
iers and wharves are submerged.
The standing Committee of the Epis-
opal Church in Maryland has declin-
Il to recommend for ordination g.
bishop, of Baltimore, the first colored
raduatc OF the General Theological
eminary, in New York. The reason
Jr this action is unknown.
George Ward, alias Miller, who per-
)nated Frederick Schultz on the Mout
lry in Philadelphia, yesterday plead
4 guilty to the charge of perjury and
rnbracery. He was sentenced to five
ears and ten months on the perjury
barge, and one year for embracery.
During the past week 173 failures
,ere reported throughout the United
tates and Canada, being an increase of
| over the week proceeding The
otable increase was in the Southern
tates. In the trades, the grocers lead
10 list with "a.
All thu army and navy officers In
1ashington will meet in full unifor
! the War and Navy Departments at
alf past eleven o'clock on Monday
'orning, and proceed to the White
[ouse to pay their respects to the Presi-
ent.
The business OF the Money Order Di-
ision Of the Postal Service has in
'eased SO much that it has been i'm
Ds sible to grant the employees in that
ivision the holiday allowed the other
apartments during Christmas week.
President Arthur will leave New
ork for Washington this morning on
10 limited express. train. 1t is thought
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