Daily Republican., 1881-05-04
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
WHAT THE EXCHANGES BRJ N6
FROM FAR AND NEAR,
Murdered on Account Of Politics.
Sherman, Sheridan and tho
President-Grant i'm Mex
icO-Canada and the
Yorktown Centen.
niaI, &c.

Walter Bullock, a lawyer and old
citizen Of FL Paso, Illinois. was shot
dead IN that city on Monday night by
| 7. {. Ransom, who had been "badly
defeated in the recent election for
Mayor. 1t appears that Bullock was
talking to friend on the street and
male some reference to the election,
winch Ransom, who was passing at the
time, overheard. Bullock refusing to
/ rclrAct th"rcmark AT Ransom 5 bidding,
| the latter drew n pistol aud shot the
I former dead. The murderer was arrest
ed ami followed TO the Jail by an infu-
rated crowd, who threatened to IyncA
him.
Generals Sherman and sheridan and
the Secretary of War had "A conference
yesterday morning with the President
relative to the rearraugem"ut OF the
Military Departments. 1t is believed
all the departments will hr merged in
to tn" Departments Of the East and the
West, t" bc commanded w Generals
Sheridan and Hancorh. with til" other
Generals TO be assigned 10 duty whprn-
ever mo,tavailahle General Sheridan
returns to Chicago to-day.
General Grant was "utrrt;tned at a
dinner in the City OF Mexico Uv tue pro
luotrr~ Of the TopolovHnpo RatlrUad. on
Monday night. ON" hundred and City
persons were present, among thrm Cab
met Officers, Senators and Deputies, and
great friendship was expressed for til"
guest ct the evening INr Minister Of
/ Foreign Affairs gave asa toast Nirn-
"raI Grant, til" great, the good and welt
/ trirl friend Of MrNirO"
! Alta dinner given tr thr dominion
/ Minister If Militia by thr Montreal
/ Volunteers in Montreal, on Monday
evening, Mr.. CourSolI member Uf Par
. Lament referred in q speech to Lafay-
ettc, and expressed til" opinion that
/ "the aluicahle relations of III" Unitrd
| States and Great Britain would not be
I complete unless Canada sent regiment
/ to Yorktown to honor the erection of Il
statue to the great French General. ~
The Secretary Of the Treasury, in
view of the action OF the t. :. Supreme
Court on Monday in the case Of Victor
| Us. Collector Arthur, Of New York. yes
| ter,lay issued an order rcyokiug Order
/ No. -, OF the Department. The rcvo-
cation restores the rates OF duty ON knit
woollrn good, enforced prior to March
! 29Ih
/ The strike oftho switchnrna ChiHago
| began yesterday morning. add was gen
! eral on all the roads. Clerks, varllmaS.
terS, and old men who long ago served
an apprenticeship ut tn" business, were
taken in place Of the strikers, but after
all efforts only two freight trains have
| been able to leave Chicago in the last
twenty-tOur hours.
| Many leading citizens Of Fargo, Da-
kota, have united in despatch to the
| Western Associated Press denying that
there hav" been any floods in Northern
! Dakota this spring. The weather in
that section "haS been most favorable,
and already the greatest confidence en-
lists aS to the forthcoming crops. ~
Tie Duke Of Sutherland and party
arrived in Bichmond, Virginia, ycStrr
day. Rey. Henry Ward Be~chcr called
at the White House yesterday and was
received by the President Right Rev
Francis JanSScnS, the newly ronSrcra-
ed Bishop Of Natchez, will leave Rich
mOnd to-day for his see.
A heavy rain storm, accompanied by
vivid lightning, did great damage at
Dallas, Texas, on Monday. Several
buildings in course of erection were
damaged by the wind and rain, and
two persons were injured by the light
ming,
At the annual Convention Of the Sun
day School Association Of Illinois, in
session in Chicago, the Secretary yes
terday reported that there are 63lJ Sun
day schools in tre State, with II total
membership of 5J3,39O, and a regular
attendance OF lSI 40.
There was a SlnaSL-up on the Troy and
Boston Railroad, near Eagle Bridge, New
York, yesterday morning, by which
several passenger cars were thrown
down Hn cmbankmeut, and travel was
interrupted for several hours. No per-
son was fatally injured.
At II meeting Of delegates from the
Hooking and adjoining coal valleys in
Ohio, held yesterday, il W.lS resolved
not to resume work until they received
the usual pay Of 80 ceuts instead Of 10,
Us the operators propose.
The brakemen on the Grand Trunk
Railway, in Canada, have been advised
by their "Ilomc Committee - in loren
to, to hold themselves ready for u strike
ut midnight tonight, but to avoid any
act Of violence.
The schooner Mary Ellen of Rockport,
Massachusetts, arrived at Gloucester
yesterday, and reported that she had
lost two of her crew on the Western
Banks, who were tending travis, i'll
fog.
The report of the committee of seven
was adopted by the Republican caucus
in Washington yesterday, and eXecu- |
tive sessions will be held for the dis
poSal of accumulated business, begin |
ming this afternoon.
The local election in indianapolis,
Yesterday, resulted in the success of the
Republican ticket. ID. W. GrubbS, the
Republican candidate for Mayor, re-
ceived about 2j00 majority.
Col. &. S. Marsh was convicted at
Annapolis yesterday, after Fifteen min
utes deiberation of the jury, of having
burned his own house in Anne Arundel
county, Maryland, about two weeks
ago.
Abner Mcconnell and Samuel Ringer
were arrested yesterday in Westmore-
land county, in this State, OH a charge
Of counterfeiting. They will have a
hearing in Pittsburg tomorrow.
The syndicate officers have assumed
the management ofthe Canadian Pacific
Railway. All the officers and work
men have been retained in the service.
All the Trades Union in Milwau kee
met in secret convention last evening.
It's understood the Unions will demand
an increase Of wages.
A matter of choice-whether to suffer
uninterruptedly with cough or to IN
vest 25 cents for DR.. Bulls Cough syrup
and cure it.
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