The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04


in which the great Chicago fire COM
menced is about to be built upon,
and the historical Society will place
a memorial tablet en- the front wall,
with suitable inscription. The
northern terminus of the fire is also
to be marked by the erection OF a
monument or tablet.
James Lindsky, an Irish immi.
grant who had been in New York be-
fore, went ashorein spite of the warn
ings of police officer, complained at
the station next morning that he had
been robbed of $500. He took a sim
gle glass of beer in saloon, fell
asleep, and became an easy prey to
the sharper who had drugged the
beer.
In Helyoke, Mass, there are seven
thousand French Canadian mill Op-
eratives, and the children have be-
come Americanized so that they
speak English instead of French.
The parents petition for a French
school, and are strict in requiring
that they shall be addressed by their
French names, discarding the chan
ges that have been made by the Yam
KEGS.
The Virginia State Agricultural
Society are making arrangements Os
holding big fair on the company's
grounds at Richmond during the
Yorktown Centennial. An offer
from the City Council to loan the So
ciety SIC, 900 for the erection of per-
manent buildings has been declined,
and the manufacturers of agricnltu-
raj implements and other machinery
are invited to erect suitable build
ings for the display of their exhibits.
A cruel blunder was recently made
in announcing the verdict in st.
Louis murder case. The foreman
handed several slips of paper to the
clerk of the court, who, opening one.
read, 1--WE find the prisoner not
guilty, on the ground of insanity"
While the culprlt and his counsel
were shaking hands over the verdict
the foreman said, "Yeu'v, read the
wrong slip. The one signed is our
verdict-guilty of murder in the first
degree"
A deed from the Richmond and
Allegheny Railroad Company to Sc
cure second mortgage bonds amount
ing to 81 COO, 900 has been recorded in
Richmond, Va. The deed was ordered
several months age, pending negotia-
tions with the Pittsburg Southern
Railroad, to enable the Richmond
and Allegheny Road to build their
road to the junction at the West Vr-
gina state line. These negotiations
are still pending, and it is not pre-
posed to use the bonds unless the
| Pittsburg connection is ordered. bit
it was necessary to record the deeA
| before the consolidation became abb
solute on the 23d of June.
The Paramount Manufacturing
Company has put a cotton mill in OPP
Grafton near Williston, S. c., for maxi
ing yarns direct from the seed cotton
by means of the Clement attachment.
The machinery is driven by water
power, Though the pond is fifty feet
below the elevation of the mill and
433 feet from the water course. The
turbine wheel supplying the power
is close to the water course, and the
power is transmitted by means or
wire rope running over grooved
sheaves, one near the turbine and the
other in the factory building. Much
of the yarn produced will be consum-
ed in the manufacture of hose and
underwear, the machinery for which
is placed on the third floor.
Henri Rochetort s sensational news
paper, the, Paris H,transigea,t. gives
publicity to startling story from st.
Petersburg, that on the 10th inst,
just four days after the birth of her
baby, Hesse ]Ielfman, who was i'm
plicated in the murder Of the late
Car, was hanged in prison. 1t is
said that she was daily tortured in
the most flendish manner to wiring
confessions from her. Night after
night she was wakened to be told
that her hour was near. Fer several
days she was strung up, and cut down
just in time to prevent her expiring.
On the 10th the hanging process was
continued too long, and she was
strangled to death. The Latransigednt
adds that the excitement and indig-
nation in the city are intense. The
troops are not suffered to leave their
barracks on any pretence, and rev.
dictionary movement is anticipated.
AbsalDm Brown, a widow, living
near Statesville, N. c., went away