Daily Republican., 1881-07-27
NEWS FLAsMRu.
The Reason OF the W1sA wal Of
the Chinese Seu0vnti From
American schsOlss>R< ,.ndi.g
sh. Star Reuts Contracts The
spraguePrOperty'- -Incidents-Ae-
cidents-Crimes and Casualties.

The Cheyenne Leader publishes a re
port of an interview with Tsu S0ol
kee, au attache of the Chinese Legation
at Washington, who says that the Chi
nese students withdrawn from Americ;
will be sent to England, France an,
Germany, and hereafter the Chimes
Governrnent twill educate students il
Europe and also in Ctina, where" mill
tary and naval schools are being estab
lished
The Postmaster General yesterday is
sued an order resembling the special as
signment of the mail service on tn
Missi 4sipri river, 8Jlth Of the Missouri
State liue, and upon all rivers west o
the Mississippi and south of the Mis-
sour State line. The charge of tn,
mail service upon these rivers will rs
vert to the superintenlentS of the re
spective divisions to which they be
long.
The Butler syndicate has made two o
three more unsatisfactory offers for the
Spraguu prJperties. The Committee o
Creditors yesterday informed the repre-
SentativeS of the syndicate that eff ;
clear offer of four million dollars hat
been made for the entire property tn,
committee wonld recommend its accept
ance.'
John Kutz and James Patton, young
men, were killed, and Peter Mccormick
was dangerously, if not fatally injured
by blast III the Jones ore mine, neal
Reading, yesterday morning. Michael
Crogan was killed by fall Of coal i,
Hartford mine, near Wllkcsbarrc, OF
Monday night.
A ten mile horseback race took place
ut Leatlville, ColOrado ,, ON Monday, be
tween Miss Minnie Pinno, OF Greeley,
Colorado, and Miss Curtis of Topeka
aud wa easily won by the former. Or
IT," eighth mile, Miss Ftnno being Il
mile and a half ahead. Miss Cultis dis,
mounted and tainted.
Simon sullivan, aged 30 years, and
Oscar Iolkman aged 40, died yesterday
morning, in New York, from the effects
OF poison taken with suicidal intent the
previous night. Sullivan WAS d Chrou-
lr invalid, and unable to get work
iolkman was d hard drinker.
Alexander Jackson, AaroA Hill and
Albert Long, circus attaches, were
arrested in Harrisburg, last evening as
accessories to homicide committed
during ID fight at pittstOn, a few days
ago. They will be taken to rittston 20,
day.
Ihe engine and five cars CT con,
StructiOn train on the Rlchmond and
Allegheny Railroad ran oil the track
near B,nt Creek, about twenty mics
from Lyuahburg, Virginia, on Monday
evening. Seven men were injured, Two
of them fatally.
In the matter Of the extra $500 com.
pensatiOn Of the members of the Legis-
larure, Judge Pearson yesterday filed
an opinion at Harrisburg, refusing the
mandamus asked for, and sustaining
the position taken by the Attorney
General.
Vice President Arthur remained in
New York yesterday. A friend of Mr..
Arthur said the latter had not beel
r qutste to go TO Washington, and
that it was his opinior That th'
President would recover.
A telegram from Long Branch report!
much damage to the farm lands ant
suffering among cattle caused by tht
prolonged drought. "The army worins
thrive ON the parched grain and clover
fields"
A pleasure boat, containing four per,
sonI. capslze,l on the Susquehanua
River, at Nanney was drowned. Mag,
gie McClain was drowned by falling
out Of a row boat at PiLtston on Mon.
day afternoon.
The second concert of the Saeuger-
fest at Wilk, sharre took place last
nigh. To-day there will be Il parade,
picnic aud distribution of pl ICES, and Is
lrplay Of fireworks in the evening.
A passenger train and D freight en-
ginc colIided near Caddo, in the Indian
Territory, ON Monday morning. h. til
engines were wrecked, and both fire
men and brakrmen injured.
Yesterday g az appropriately Celebra-
ted III Cn'cagO US tne 3Sth ahnl ,crSAry
OF the iustltutiou of CUIore'i Odd Eel-
10" ">hip.
At Chicago Yesterday, "Littla Rrown
lax" attempted TO beat >. i2'l for u
special purse, but oAly succeudcd in
making :. Is.
Two children Of Mr.. White, of Sandy
Hil, Ontario, were fatally Injured by
light ing, l,st Friday, and died ON
Monday night.
a telegram from Omaha says that T.
II. libbIrs, the advocate of ,hc PoncaS,
has married the Indian maiden bright
Eyes
Vnire children at Alouzo Dornich per-
iShcd by he burning of mis- dwelling at
Mu,r, Michigan, early yesterday morn
ing
Charles and George Hunter have
been arrested ut Montpelier Ind, Tor
passlug counterfeit silver coins.
BcsuYuciiVe Con
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