Daily Republican., 1881-06-16
WIRE FLASHES.
WHAT THE WIRES SEND FROM
ALL QUARTERS.
A Deserrnined Suieide-GrfscOm
The Chicago Faster-Other
Incidents, Accidents,
Casualties &c.

| Clue NJ chicago, on tuesday evening, |
| by jumping from the top of the water |
works tower. He had been i'll this |
country for two years and was employ
ed by IA shipping firm Of Chicago. No
cause for the suicide is known, unless
it was % quarrel with a fellow board
eE on Monday, and failure to receive an
expected remittance from Germany.
The tower he Jumped from is l60 feet
high, ami he is the second person who
has jumped from it.
AT noon, yesterday, John GriscOm, |
the Chicago faster, weighed l72l4 |
pounds Il gain Of 4 of II pound in "A
hours, during which hedrank 81 ounces
Of water. His respiration Ii, pulse 81, !
and temperature @S 81. \ microScop-
| ic examination Of his blood "showcd it !
TO be i'll an almost perfectly neaIrIy
condition. 1t Is also stated that "hG
pressed tha drEdinHmeter TO its utmost
limit, and with dead weight lifted 800
pounds.
In the L $. Court. at Windsor, N"r-
mont, yesterday, Silas VI. Waite, EX-
President of the First National Bank
Of Brattlcboro pleaded guilty to two
counts Of the first Indictment against
him, charging him with making false
returns IT, the Government officials un
der the National Banking act. He was
sentenced to six years priSonment IN
the House OF Correction.
The particulars Of the loss of the
steamer Tararla, on the New Zealand
coast, have been received in San Fran
cisco. When Sh" struck on the rocks the
sea was calm, but n heavy swell set in
and the Passengers and crew were
washed one by one of the wreck. Be
tween 90 and 20 bodies had been wash
ed ashore ut last accounts.
The body of y dead man, washed
ashore at Gaze Henry, has been identi-
hed an that Of Il, l.. Hubbard, master
! of the sooner David +. Wolf, which
was run into and sunk by a British
steamer in the Chesapeake Bay, on the
IA crew Of five men, only one of whom
was saved.
| A Greenbacll state Convention met
yesterday in pottSville Pa.nominated K.
w. jackson Of Mercer county, for State
Treasurer, and reelected 5. Watson
Chairman Of the State Central Commit
tee. Among the resolutions adopted
was one Sympathizing with the Irish
Land League.
The Legislature of New Hampshire
| in joint convention Yesterday, elected
| the following State officers: Secretary
of State, A. L. Thompson, of Concord;
Treasurer, SolOn A. Garter, Of kcene
State Printer, Parsons Il, Cogswell, Of
Concord; CommiSSi0uary General, Geo.
| c. Lane, of Exeter.
The annual meeting of the Spinners'
| Union of Fall River, Massachusetts,
was held on Tuesday evening. Officers
were elected for the ensuing year, and
| the condition of the market and wages
was discussed. The proceedings were
kept Us secret as possible.
Yesterdays ballotting for L. S. Sena-
tors in the New York Legislature, re-
suited rs follows: For the short term
Jacobs, 40; Conkiing. 81: Wheeler, % F.;
Rogers, Is; Cornell, 10; Lapham, 10;
scattering, 8. For the long tefm-De-
pew, II; Kcruan, 30; P.att, p; Cornell,
TO- scattering, 10.
Alta caucus Of the Administration
Republican members OF the New York
| Legislature, at Albany, last evening,
an Executive Committee was appointed,
consisting Of MesSrS. WOOdin, Lynde,
Lord, Chickering, Turck, G. H. Russell,
| Potter, Low, Rains and Hickman.
At Harrisburg yesterday afternoon,
Judge Pearson granted writ OF manda-
/ mus on the State Treasurer, in the mat
ter of the $500 extra compensation to-
members of the Legislature. The writ
is returnable on the Legislature.
A delegation of white and colored
Republicans, headed by General w. {.
Wickhan, is TO leave Harrisonhirg,
Virginia, for Washington, to-day, to
protest against President Garfield TAX
ing sides with the Malone Republican
coalition.
1t is officially slated that, by the fire
in Quebec on the light OF the Sth instant,
G42 houses were destroyed, and l2ll
families, consisting ut 602S individuals,
rendered homeless. Two-thirdS OF the
homeless have lost all they possessed
w. II. Williams and w. Il. Brown,
wealthy cattle raiserS, have been lndlct-
ed by the United States Grand jury at
Dallas, Texas, for robbiug the mai near
GAINESVILLE on the :rd instant, and their
bail has been fixed ut $40, 600 each.
Mrs. Charlotte Goddard, a lady OF
large wealth and liberality, died, last
evening, in Providence h. l., aged SS
wears. She was the daughter OF Tho |
mas p. Ives, and widow OF Prof. VIM
G. Goddard.
The South Carolina Board Of Health
has decided to discontinue the quar-
ontinn of vessels from New York at
Charleston, as unnecessary for the pun
lie health and injurious to commerce |
and travel
General and Mrs Grant were to leave
CHICAGO last evening for New York. !
They will remain IN New York for Il few
DAYS, aud 90 TO Long Branch next
week for the summer.
Dwight KiIder, Jv., the boy who shot |
and killed his half brother, {. d. Kidd
er, was held in $4,000 bail AT Springfield,
Massachusetts, yesterday, TO a";nt the
action Of the Grand Jury.
The contest .'or Auditor, in Boston, was /
settled Yesterday Dy TIE withdrawal OF
Alderman C'Brien as Il candidate, and
the nomination of James II. Dodge, who
is Chief Clerk in the Auditors office.
Hugh f. Mullen, clerk in. the distrib-
uting department OF the Chicago Post
office, has been held in 5000 bail on the
charge of stealing money from letters
Malsoln's S large rolling mill in Montre'
al, which has been Idle for several years
has been purchased by capitalists, and
will resume operations.
John Middleton and his vile were
drownded by falling out Of a boat, AZ To-
gers Mills, Georgia, on Wednesday eve
ming.
The golden circle Mines, on the Sal
mon river, in Lemhi county, Idaho, nave
been bought by English capitalists Tor
$250,O0O.
Robert Frey, horse thief, was found