Daily Republican., 1881-08-01
TWODAYS' NEWS.
CAPTURE OF A NOTORIOUS NAIL
ROBBER AND MURDERER.
severe Thunder StOrm-Sitting
Bull Afraid Of Locomotives
Pennsylvania Militia
Burglar shot, &c.

and murderer, formerly of Texas, has
Just been arrested in Colorado. In 1877
he was convicted of highway robbery
of the mails in Texas, ami sentenced to
Imprisonment for life in the West Nir-
ginia Penitentiarv. President Hayes
was induced to pardon him last spring.
Immediately after receiving his pardon
he resumed his lawless course, organic
ed a gang and robbed stages in Texas,
Arkansas, New Mexico and Colorado.
The severest Thunderstorm of the sea-
son at Lucau, Ontario, visited that place
yesterday afternoon. Great damage
was done to the standing crops, and
several barus in adjacent townships
were consumed by lightning. During
a severe thunder storm at Niagara Fails
yesterday, AL Saints Episcopal Church
was considerably damaged by lightning.
The Steamer General Sherman, with
Sitting Bull on board, arrived yester-
day at Bismarck, Dakota. Sltting Bull
was given his first view ofa locomotive.
He said he did not want TO see any
more of the iron horse, and he refused
to ride in a railroad car. After spend
| LETT III the boat for Standing Rock
A man named Richardson and his
son George were arrested and given Il
preliminary hearing at Fort Worth,
| Texas, Gu saturday, on the charge OF
having killed Deputy Sheriff Thompson
two weeks ago. Young Richards was
committed III default Of $500 hail, and
/ L.. /, hai
to answer for murder.
| On Saturday morning an explosion
occurred in the elevator that lifts the
malt to the sixth floor of George Ehert's
brewery, in New York, which blew of
the entire root of the west wing, and
damaged the building and its contents
to the extent OF 80, 900. No lives were
lost, ana no one employed IN the build.
ing were even injured.
About one O'Clock yesterday morning
an encounter took place il South wa
ham, Connecticut, between three bur
glars, whose attack was anticipated
and three watcnuen aJ Il store. One OF
the burglars was Shot and perhaps
fatally wounded the Others escaped.
The wounded burglar refused to give
his nalnt.
Edward Dalton, aged 40, and VIM
Dunn, aged ;j4 years, We're drowned
while bathing in the bay, near Jersey
city. Yesterday afternoon. Kent Nc
Mutt, private secretary of the Secre
tarv Of STATE OF Tennessee, was acci
dentally drowned, yesterday, at Nash
vile.
The first Brigade Of Pennsylvania
National Guards, Brigadier General Il
II, Snowden commanding, began ;
, weeks encalnpment near Pottstown o.
Saturday. AQout 2luO officers and me-
l are in the camp, which is named afle
= General Reno, who fell at the battle
l South Mountain.
Mrs. Maria Walrath died, near James
/ willie, Wisconsin, on Saturday, from I'll
: effects of Il blow on the head with
:, shotgun. given by Frederick Blank,
! neighbor with whom she quarreLeo
She was 42 years of age, and leaves
husband and three children.
, The man killed by train at Kin
dora, New Jersey, on the Amhoy ID
r vision OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
last Tuesday, is thought to be Thoma
II. Mllburn, of Baltimore, us an en-
yelope bearing that address was toun'
: in his pocket.
p A vigilance committee has been or
Y pauizcu in each ward of Dallas, Texas
) for the suppression Of tramps and bur
t rlar,. The city has been infested Will
D the,e pests, and it is proposed to get rl'
$ of them by hanging them TO lamp-po>tS
U A ,eIccraiu from Mendoza, Illinois
= reports great scarcity Of farm hands
y that ser;iuu. Farmers offer from So
: to s. per day, with hoard, 'ut cannt
Il get enough help, and the harvesting c
= crops will be delayed
= Two hundred men employed ut til
lumber mills OF Whitl"y X Barnes, |
Og,ieusbuug, New York, sruch on Fr
day Tor IN advance OF ID cents per daN
, Several ulen who attempted 10 "or
$ were badly hra'en by the strikers
t The ship City OF Boston, ice lader
e from Boston for New Orleans, we'
;. ashore rear Sand Key, Florida, q
II Saturday morning bur was got OF u
y wreckers, who claim $1,000 salvage. Ii
: vessel is not seriously damaged,
John McCornb and Isabella Wrigf
we're killed while walking On the trar
of tha Sroniu.ton Railroad, near Eh'
Greenwich. Rhode Island, Oh Sa'u''a
T. evening. They were engage" W y
-, married to each oLi!er'
% Frank Gilbert and M"rrick Rose1
| 7 ,nI u :. la. 4 "a N
' ado, on Friday, in presence ol anon
J. 1000 people. Rosrngran'S asserted III
Innocence, and Gilbert said he actod i
selfdcfcnce.
A freight train was thrown from til
It track near Huntsville, ONO. on Sattll
e dov l,y a holt being out of IA switcl
II Auoustus Freeman, the fireman, wa
e kilInl. anil LouiS Me!rS, the engineer
|, dangerously Injured,
l. James Mahoney, aged -, was kille
by falling from II tree and breaking III
neck. at rappan, New York. on Frida
afternoon. Just betur" falling he, leS
= inglv remarked : "I'd laugh now if
It should fall aud break my neck
u Wallace Ross has again challenge
:, Han]an to match for $1,000 side
. terms cncouditional-audS says that III
less tho challenge is accepted he WI
claim from Haulan the Ghanpl"as:.i
Of the word.
!, The resignation of Senator-e!ect e
n n bridge G. L;.pham, as Representative !
= Congress, from the Twenty
District Of New York, to take effect @
August lst, was hlel at Albany q
Saturday.
~ The money chest Of the Texas C"'
, tral bridge workmen, zen mics iF"'
. Dallas, Texas, was robbed last Frida
v uiuht of Sis. The bridge men were u
Il fer the robbers on Saturday with Sic
guns.
A telegram from Victor p, Is '.'i$
j, Columbia. reports thai tirfa iS no aba''
;, ment of tie great run OF fist. ia 1he Fr'
~ zier river. The receipts of salnon AZ
~ far beyond the capacity OF III" c"'h7'