Daily Republican., 1881-06-20
TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES.
Preparing for Grant I'm Mexico
An iowa Railroad Man Arrested
for Murdev-Othc Items,

fer MurdeF-Othcr Items.
A telegram from the City Of Me.icc
says General Grant will engage 6otel
and party The hotels are enlarging
in anticipation OF an American influx
in the fall. A trust deed, executed in
New York by the Mexican National
Railway and Construction Companies,
| for 81 800 600, with Lewis II. Meyer
and Andrew A. Green as trustees, has
been registered in the City of Mexico.
1t is the first time such was even regis
tered there.
Patrick Igor, a " reputed railroad
man, of Iowa., has been arrested in
Anoka, Minnesota, on the charge of
robbing two brothers named Hayes.
The brothers were found dead in their
room, it is supposed from suttocation
caused by the explosion OF n lamp. aud
Lyon first entered their room after the
explosion. The Hayes had $500 when
they went into the room, and only s.
was found ON them.
4 number of dead bodies have. re
Gently been found in the Missouri river
at Kansas City, and the existence ct an
organized gang of murderers is sts-
pected. The latest CHASTITY discoveries
were the nude body Of young woman
found few days ago, the headlesS body
OF a man. found on Friday, aud the
body of man with the throat cut,
found on Saturday.
Charles Nilsson, Lewis Perkins, and
Jaar,- Walls natnrinuS hi ipl way rnp.
berS, for whose arrests rewards aggre-
eating 81 100 were offered, were cap
tured at Albuquerque, New Mexico, on
Friday, by being enticed into q livery
stable, where they were immediately
covered by the revolvers ut twenty
men, concealed therein.
About 1000 men, representing the dit
ferent trades unions, under the auspices
of the Knights of Labor, paraded the
principal streets of Pittsburg and Allie
gheny City, on Saturday night, carry
ing banners and transparentie>. The
object of the parade is TO show the
strength of the organizations.
The hotels af PoughkeepSie are filing
with visitors to attend the graduating
exercises OF Eessar College President
Caldwell, of the College, preached the
baccalaurcate sermon yesterday morn
ing. Tomorrow will be class day,
and Wednesday commencement day
proper.
A severe storm passed over Northern
Ohio on Friday night. In various
places trees were uprootel, bridges
swept awav, houses or barns demolished
or unroOied, and horses and cattle killed
and injured. The storm lasted an hour
but its path averaged only half u mile
in width.
A freight train was wrecked on Sat
ur,lav morning at Bowling Green, Ken
tuckv, by the displacement of switch
and +. Tucker, fireman, was killed. 1t
is believed the switch wits changed for
the purpose of wrecking a passenger
Urain due about the same time.
Paul Boyton, who left St. Paul, on
the 3Oth of last month for a swim Il
Cairo, Illinois, arrived at st. Louis last
evening, and was received by a large
crowd on the shores and the bridge. He
will remain three days in st. Louis Il
reCuperate.
A yonng Office boy named La L0ud,
has been arrested in Montreal by detec
tives on nineteen charges of robbery
principally Of stamps from insurance
offices. His brother used to "let hiir
down ropes from high windows to room
he wished to enter"
The suspension bridge across the Al
legheny river at PittSburg was dam
aged by fire yesterday afternoon to the
extent of 100000 The bridge wa
erected in 1859, at a cost of $500, ,OO0
The origin Of the fire is unknown.
At noon yesterday John GriSCon
weighed l67 pounds-a loss of - pounds
in twenty-four hours, and 1924 pounds
since the beginning of his fast. Last
night his pulse was 6S, respiration Is
and temperature 9S19.
The extension of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad was completed to its intersec
ton with the Texas and Pacific road
at Mineola, on Saturday evening. Trains
can now go from St. Louis to san An
tonic, Texas, without change.
A freight train and construction
train on the Texas and Pacific Railroad
collided near Baird, Texas, on Saturday
I. II. Burns, engineer, and o. Fl. Rich.
ardson, fireman, were killed. Burns
was a Pennsylvania.
A sensation has been created in Mont
gomery, Ala, by the removal of }. W.
Roberts, postmaster of that city, and
IAN immense petition" signed 10y bust
ness men and others, will be sent tC
President Garfield, to urge his reten'
| ton.
Two children Of George German, neal
Houston, Texas, were fatally burned on
Thursday last by the explosion Of a can
of coal oil which they overturned into
the fire while playing near it.
At 3.35 a. m. yesterday, the people OF
Newburyport, Massachusetts, were
startled by rumbiing and shaking as
of an earthquake, which lasted some
seconds. during which the bindings
shook with sensible vibrations, "
If you want nicely made and good
fitting suit, the place to get 1t is at NOD
East Third street, J.. HeiSs, Merchant
Tailor, he has good assortment of the
latest styles of goods
A young man, named Noble, was shot
dead while lying in bed, at Chimville,
Arkansas, last Friday night The muir
derer is unknown, 1t is thought his in
tention was to kill Mobiles father.
The trial for Gerhardt, at Monticello,
New YORK, resulted, on Saturday, IL a
verdict of murder in the second degree,
and he was sentenced to imprisonment
for life.
Two boats were capsized by squall
on Lower Saranac Lake, in the Adron-
dacks, last Wednesday night, and
young lady and guide in one of them
were drowned.
President Garfield and family arrived
at Long Branch on Saturday evening,
and took possession of one of the Elber-
ton cottages.
Theodore Ahrens, aged 81 years COM
mitted suicide, in Baltimore, yesterday
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