The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-19

er'S boats. The spring meeting oI
the South Carolina Jockey CLUB
commenced at Charleston. The
winners were Gold Bug, Helen
Wallace and Mintzer. Edward
Kennedy was sentenced to imprls-
onment for life in the Kings County
IN. W Court for the murder OF Mrs.
Nellie Stokes. Stock books OF Inc
new Merchants Telegram Company |
were opened at Buffalo, and the stock
was largely sought after. "A slight
fire occurred in the Philadelphia
smallpox hospital, causing consider
able excitement among the patti
ents. Official returns of the out
put of coal in the British Columbia
mines during 1880 give the total as
27S,000 tons. According to official
figures, the yield of the British Col.
umbia gold mines in 1880 was 81 ,0l3,-
1927. Governor Hamilton has ap-
pointed Hon. Daniel r. Magruder
Judge of the Circuit Court of Calvert
county, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge Brent, of the
Court of Appeals. Hon. r. B, B.
Chew, of Calvert, has been appointed
to succeed Judge Magruder. Mr..
Blair, leader of the opposition in the
House of Assembly of New Bruins
inlz hns lni1 hn fol irfs
as the platform of the opposition:
Abolition of the legislative council
reduction of the number of executive
offices; no further increase of the
public debt curtailment Of the par
aphernalia of the government house,
and more economic internal adminis-
tration of the departments. Mrs.
Ellen Edward Corse, wife of Major
General John NJ. Corse and daughter
of James Z. Edwards. founder of the
Burlington Ha,0keye, died at Bur-
lingtonf la. Mrs. Corse was widely
known in New York and Boston,
being a member of the Woman's
Club in the latter city. Charles
Rowel and Henry Vaughn, the
pedestrians, land two attendants, with
Bryan McSwyny, arrived in New
York. Rowell appears TO be in good
condition. He said he would at once
go into training for the match on the
9Th of March. AT general meet
ing of the United Weavers' Associa-
ton at Fall River, it was resolved to
strike at a certain number of mills to
be designated at meeting of the
trades unions on Sunday, at which
meeting the time of strike will also
be voted. The commissioners who
have been engaged in the United
States Mint in Philadelphia FIR three
days past in testing the coinage of
the various minis of the country
finished their labers. The report of
the test will be made to the Presi-
dent. William Barry, aged thirty
years, sailmaker by trade, while
engaged Thursday encasing with felt
the boiler at Peters brewery, at
Union Hill, New Jersey, was in
stantly crushed to death by the boiler
falling. from its supports while he was
under it. Elk Governor Stephen
A. Miller, of Minnesota, has been
stricken with apoplexy at his home
at Worthington and cannot recover.
He was born in Pennsylvania in 1916,
came to Minnesota in 1858, and was
governor from 1864 to 1866. oliver
Butterwick, aged 10, son of promi-
nent citizen of Allentown, Pa, fell
into Jordan creek and was drowned.
His body was carried off by the swift
current and has not been recover
ed. Thursday night the storehouse
of the Stark Paper Company, at State |
Line, near Bennington, VT, was
burned. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
Most of the contents was finished pa.
per ready for shipment. Henry |
McMakin and Samuel Langner, in
mates of the soldiers Home, near
Milwaukee, Wis. were found in their
room suffocated by coal gas from an
ordinary heating stove. Miss Ann
Reed, lady medical student of Ann
Arbor University, committed suicide
on Thursday night by drawing her.
self in an inlet OF Orion Lake. No
causes assigned. "A verdict efS5, 900
against the New York Daily Ne,Os in
favor Of James Ayrd was rendered
in the Court of Common Pleas at
New York for an alleged libel. "A
telegram was received by Joseph r.
Wood, of New York, stating that his
father, Hon. Fernando Wood, was
very sick at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
The nature of his sickness could not
be learned. The brigantine Velox
got ashore one mile south of SWAN
river, N. j., the fog being dense.
There is little hope of saving her. All
the crew were landed. -Mapleson's
Opera Company concluded a two