Daily Republican., 1881-06-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.
A ACLERlCAL CRIMINAL COMMITS
SUICIDE.
KILLED by his NeighbOrs for Land .
ABig Newark Strike---A Car.
risge Struck by ~ Train,

The body of a man found in the river
at Kansas City, Missouri, last Friday,
has been identified as that of Rev. Sid
, ney NJ. Stray, who was recently expell.
8 ed from the ministry by the Presbytery
: at Glen's Falls, New York, for shooting
his wife and other immoral acts. He
round position in Leavenworth as q
oookkeepa, but, learning that his
, Drother-ln-law was about to go West
: Tor the purpose OF shooting him, he
changed his name and left Leavenworth.
II is supposed that he took to drink and
: drowned himself at Kansas City.
James Anderson, farmer, of Clark
township, Pike county, Arkansas. was
murdered while ploughing in field a
few days ago. Richard johnson, James
johnson and Robert Esters, neiehborS
of the murdered man, have been ar.
rested on suspicion. The motive for
the deed is said to have been revenge
Anderson having "homesteaded" some
land wanted by the Supposed assassins.
Nearly 400 mOullers and other iron
workers in the shops of Hughes ~ Phil
| lips, Currier ~ Co., and other firms in
Newark, New Jersey, quilted work on
saturday noon becauSe the EMPLOYERS
refused to grant them half q holiday on
saturdays without u reduction of wages,
| Yesterday morning the strike became
general. Some of the strikers places
have been filled
John Griscom, at neon yesterday,
weighed l63 pounds, a loss of a of a
pound since Sunday at noon. During
the "A hours he drank iS ounces of water,
His total loss of weight in the thirty
days since he began his fast has been
"a a pounds. His pulse ut noon yester-
day was jS, respiration IA, and tempera-
ture 90.
Yesterday was students Dav" lat
Lafayette College. The examination of
under c,aSsmen was concluded in the
morning. In the afternoon there were
atheletic sports by freshmen, and in the
evening there was promenade concert.
To-day will be "Almnni Day."
The train which left Bordentown at
five minutes past three O'Clock yester-
day afternoon for Camden, struck and
killed man and boy in u carriage at
BurlintOn County junction. The boy
was not identified. The man is sup
posed to have been Charles S. Taber.
John Gvumber, "the sleeping Hun. |
garian, at the Allentown poor house,
spoke several times during Sunday |
night, after having been silent l3IdayS. |
His mind still wanderS, but his general
condition is reported to be slowly i'm
proving.
L. A. T0mlinSon, chairman of the
Executive Committee Of the National
Monopoly League, was at Albany YES
terday, and reported that he had eStah-
liShed branch Of the League in every
Assembly district of New York State.
A law passed by the Legislature Of
Missouri last winter, making the keep
ing of a gambling.house a felony, went
into effect on Saturday ;ight. 1t has
resulted in the closing Of every gamb-
ling.house i'll st. Louis.
President Garfield, Secretary Hunt.
Postmaster General James and Attor-
ney General McNeagh returned to
last evening. The Presi-
lent will rejon Mrs. Garfield, at Long
Branch, next Friday.
Director of the Mints Burchard was
o leave Washington last evening for
New York and Philadelphia, to visit
he assay office in the former, and the
Mint in the latter city.
The steamer Newport, which crossed
sandy Hook bar on the 23d inst, at 5lj
}. M, arrived at the Bay of Havana
'eStCrday at 6.30a. m, having made the
I'm in 3 days, T. hours and II minutes.
Senator Clement +. Cornwall has been h
ppointed Lieutenant GOvenJr of British
Columbia from July 10th, TO succeed Il
|. n. Richards, whose term of office
Xpires on that day. n
The saloon. keepers in New York are ~
rganizing a company to manufacture
leir own beer. The,,sum of 81, 900 has A.
READY been subscribed tor the pur-
OSe. o,
Commodore LETTERS, lately Chief of v
le Ordinance Bureau in the Navy De- ,
will sail from New York for =
urope tomorrow. Nv
William Bradley, Chief of the Fire FRI
apartment of Mendoza, yesterday, had 81
fit, and fell forward with his head
lder water so long that he was drown to
The wife of Rev. Ephraim Anthony, ma
Shelbyville, Tennessee, while trying a6
shoot u hawk, yesterday morning,
ot and killed herself be
The total receipts to date at the III
easury of Five Per Cents, for conver- u
III into three-and-a- half per cents, have W, ~,
en- S82, 100000. 4
The U. s. Steamer Wyoming, which a V
5 been undergoing repairs at Norfolk ha
IVY yard, is now ready for sea. I
Colonel j. w. Davidson of the Second sur sur
valry, and Breyet Major General U. :
A., died in st, Paul, Mimi, on SUM- mo
y. Sol
An official trial fthe Lay-Haight tor sur
10 will take place at Newport to-mor- w
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