Daily Republican., 1881-09-02
NEWS SUMMARY.
HEAVY RAIND FALLING ALL.
AROUND.
The Drought In New Jersey
Osher Incidents and Happen.
inEs sll over the Country.

1nED 0ll over Gh0 COUNTY,
Heavy rains fell during Wednesday
night all over the Northwest and ii
southern Illinois, bsnetitting the corr
crop wherever it had not bsen destroyet
by the drought. AT Springfield, Hi
nois, over three inches Of rain fell il
one hour. At Dss Moines there was q
fall OF a little over 70 inches in thl 81
hours. Reports from scattering local.
ties in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri indi
cate that the wheat crop will be the
greatest sufferer from the drought, corr
turning out better than was antici
pated.
Reports from the interior counties OF
Penna., aud from New Jersey say
that the crops and cattle are suffering
greatly from the drought. Az Scranton
there has been no rain for thirty-thret
days, and the Lackawanna river i.
nearly dried up. The Delaware a
Easton is also very low. Forest fires
are prevailing in the Blue Mountain re
gions of Penna, and New Jersey a
Milford, yesterday, the sun was entire
ly obscured by smoke, In Canada
there is also grea: suffering from drough
and forest fires are burning at various
points in Ontario.
A benzinc vat in the fat rendering es
tablishment of Jones & Cham Oers
New York, exploded last night, demol.
ishing several sheds and burying work
men in the ruins. Two men were Sc
verely inju ed, and two others missin g
are supposed 10 be killed
Governor Hamilton, of Maryland,
yesterday rendered decision acquit-
ting the Baltimore Registers of the
charge of illegally retaining names on
the registration lists. He claims, how
ever, that the Governor has the power
to remove the Registers.
The strike Of the cotton handlers al
New Orleans Involves 10000 men, and
the movement OF cotton is almost
stopped A few hundred men only
have been secured in place of the strik'
ers. Labor strikes are reported in Gal
weston and Mobile.
A telegram from Toronto says tha
Wallace Ross has not yet made goot
the deposit called for by Hanlan's &C
ceptance of his challenge for q race fol
the championship Of the world, Ros:
having withdrawn the $500.
Last month was the warmest Angus
in Washington since 1872. The mear
temper ture OF August, 1881, was 76.4
against 1916 in August, 1872 The rain
fall, last month, l.O7 inches, was less
than any August in ten years.
The new elevator Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company. at Balti
store, will be opened on Monday next
1t will add 1900, 900 bushels to the stor
age capacity of the city, and prevent
gain blockade.
Ex.Collector Merritt, of New York
the newly appointed Consel General o
the United States in London, will sal
for that city tomorrow in the steame
Britannia.
The reception which was to hav
been given General Grant at Asour
Park last evening has been poapone
until the President is entirely out {
danger.
Theodore Walker, grocer, of VIII
field, Long Island, shot himself throug
the heart yesterday morning while
bed. He has been sick OF malaria fC
about n week.
George Knoll, brakeman on tn
! Realing Railroad, tell from a trai
near Reading yesterday morning, an
was 50 badly I'M ured that he died in
few hours.
G. II. Keller, Treasurer of the 81
Louis Carbon Works, was arrested Las
evening in East St Louis, on the charg
Of having forged notes and drafts to tn
amount of $4,000.
The powder mill of Miller Brothers
near keadins, was demolished by a
explosion last evening, and Henr
Swartley, the foreman, received fata
injuries.
A convent at Manitowoc, Wisconsin
was struck by lightning, on Wedpe'
day night, and burned to the ground
Loss estimated at $4,000. No live
were lost.
A violent storm visited London, On
tario, and the surrounding country o
Wednesday night, causing damage es
timated at $40" 900.
Mary Driscoll, aged 16 years attemI
ted to kindlea fire with coal oil i
Oswego, Now York. on Wednesday
and died the same night,
A freight train broke through barn
ing bridge at Shiloh, Michigan, yester
day, wreckipg twenty cars, and kill
ing brakeman named Reeley.
James Mooney and Bernard Leavy
were drowned yesterday by TIE upset.
ting of d boat on the Yellow Mill Pond
in Bridgeport Conn.
The Republican Legislative nominees
in Des Moiuas county, Iowa, are SAID
to be "solid" for Governor Gear for U
s. Senator.
The Union National Bank of Racine
Wisconsin, was yesterday authorized tt
begin business with d capital OF $lO6,
900.
John L. Trasle, prominent citizen
of Wilkesbarre, died there yesterday
aged 40 years. He was formerly a
Philadelphian.
The planning mill, Of John A. Otto s
Son, in Wi!iamsport, Penn, was fire,
by lightning last night, and destroyed
Loss $50 900.
William NJ. Holt, counterfeiter and
fugitive from Tennessee, was captured
az White Pine, Colorado, on Wednes'
day.
Hon. William J. Turrell died ir
Montrose, Penna., on Tuesday evening
of paralysis, aged 6s years.
The Prohibitian State Convention o
Massach usetts will meet il Bostsn on
the 23th instant.
BENJAMIN Israel Butler, son of Gen
eral Benjamin F. Rutler, died yester
day in Boston, aged q years.
Plain Facts.
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