Daily Republican., 1881-05-10
GENERAL NEWS.
A Chapter Of Casualties-Other er
Items of News.

David Lewis, colored, died on Sunday
near Memphis, from the effects of u
beating received the night before from
man named Cogaretta. S. n. b. John
son, County Attorney, was shot dead
by A. j. Shumate, Deputy Sheriff, AZ
Cimarron, Kansas, yeste rdayssln an en-
counter growing out of an old feud.
Shumate was arrested. Lyman Cody,
young farmer, Of Lamont, Michigan,
was shot dead yesterday morning by
his hired man, German, with whom he
had dispute. Cody leaves wife and
one child.
Another caucus of the Republican
Senators was held yesterday to deter
mine the course to be pursued in regard
to the class of executive business left
unprovided for in the programme of
last week. After u long debate, which
wound up with two hours speech by
Senator Conkling against confirming
Judge Robertson to be Collector at New
York, the caucus, having taken no vote
on any proposition, adjourned until to-
day.
The last of the long pending land
suits in the L. S. District Court for
Western Virginia was decided yester.
day. 1t was the suit of Emily Hollings-
worth, of Philadelphia, against Jonas
and Jacob Blosser, and was decided for
plaintiff, excepting the title to 80 acres
Of land claimed under warrant of 1893,
by Mrs. Peter Paul.
The Senate Judiciary Committee yes
terday decided to report favorably the
Morgan concurrent resolution declaring
that the consent of the United States is
n necessary condition precedent to the
construction of ship canal across the
ISthmuS of Panama.
Edward Frill, a wealthy farmer re-.
siding near Reading, committed suicide
by shooting himself, yesterday after
noon. He was 60 years of age. Grief
for the death of his wife is assigned as
the cause of his suicide,
The temperature reached s. degrees
in the shade at Chicago on Sunday at-
ternOon, and case of SunStrOke was re-
ported. The sudden heat, following so
closely upon the cold weather, caused
much discomfort in that city.
The L. S. Grand jury at Denver, C)l-
orado, has indicted Messrs. Berry, Mca-
cham and Cline, as accessories, and five
UteS as principals, in the murder Of A..
ID. Jackson.
The President yesterday Withdrew the
nomination Of W. "A. NJ. Grier, of Penn
Sylvania, to bethird Assistant PostmaS-
ter General, Mr.. Grier having declined
the Office.
All tho journeymen carpenters Of
Flushing, Long Island, struck yester-
day for an advance of 80 cents per day.
Some of the employers granted the adj
vance.
Four colored men at work on an Ala
bama and Great Southern Railroad con-
struction train We're killed yesterday by
a landslide at Maxwell Station, Ala
balna.
Jennie Jewel, aged IS years, died in
Oakdale, Massachusetts, on Saturday
night, from the effects of bed-bug poi
son, which she drank by a mistake.
J. c. Barton, young Lawyer, was
sentenced in Atlanta, Ga, yesterday
morning, to four years Imprisonment in
the penitentary, for perjury.
Matthew V, d. Fowler, President of
the Commercial Fire Insurance Com
pany of New York, died suddenly, yes
terday, in the 9th year of his age.
Gilbert Vanderpool and Edward f.
Jones have been arrested in Ioro ITO for
forgery committed in Hamilton. Ohio.
The Fort Meigs paper mill at South
Toledo, Ohio, was burned yesterday
morning. Loss 1000.
Mrs. Garfield is reported to be serious
ly i'll ola nervous prostratiOn and threat
ened with nalarial fever.
The Democratic State Convention of
Mississippi has been called to meet on
AnruSL 3D.