Daily Republican., 1881-06-10
Third EDITION.
FLASHES FROM THE WIRES.
Liberal BeSuests a. Wholesale
Lynching-Mail Pouch Stolen
Other Items of News of Interest.

Other Items of News of Interest.
The will of the late E. j. Hale, of Ha
verhill, Massachusetts, contains the fol
lowing public bequests ; 100000 to tn
Public Library; the estate on Ken
street and $50, 900 to the City Hospital
$4,000 to the Old Ladies' Home AssoCia
tion; $4,000 to another benevolen
society; 800, 900 to the American Bib
Society; $1,000 annually to the Soutl
Groveland Episcopal Society, the churcl
and parsonage, with $4,000 more wher
the estate of Mr.. Hale is finally close,
up; $500 year to the South Grovelan,
Library.
An old man named Hall was robbed
and murdered by three negroes in Sevie,
county, Arkansas, a few day ago. The
murderers were captured, and, after con
| Tossing their guilt, Were iynched neal
| the scene of the crime. A colored man
accused of teloniously aSSaultinga a littl,
girl near Eutala, Alabama, was caught
on the Georgia side of the river yester
day and HANGED by rNb.
A mail pouch from Grafton, Virginia
which arrived at Chicago on Wednesday
at the depot, disappeared on the way tc
the poSt-otice, the back door of the
wagon being unlocked. ''Some sensa.
tional development" are expected in
connection with the robbery.
Secretary Lincoln and General Sher-
man, accompanied by Generals Horace
! Porter, Mcmahon, Miles and other prom
incnt members Of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac, and by Governor
BigelOw, Connecticut, and eX-Gover-
nors Jewell and Hubbard, left Hartford
yesterday for West Point.
The heavy rains in the interior of the
State have caused great floods, especial
ly in the Susquehanna river and its
tributaries. The lower sections of Har-
riSburg We're flooded last night, and the
water was still rising. a lumber boom
at Williamsport has broken and thous-
ands Of logs are floating down the
river.
Commissioner Russell telegraphs
from Los Pinos Agency, under date Of
the 9th inst, that the Ute Indians have
appointed five Of their number to go
with the Commissioners to Grand River
to select lands. The Commissioners
were to start as soon as an escort was
ready.
1t is reported from Lake City, Colora
do, that on Monday last, 4 fight took
place between n company of 100 settlers
and band Of hostile ties, near the Big
Bend Of the Dolores river, and that the
Utes were driven oft, leaving Two of
their number dead on the field.
The steamer CircasSian, which left
New York last Saturday, put in ut Hal
flax with the steamer Victoria, from
London for New York, in tow. The
Victoria broke her shaft on the 9th
inst, and was taken i'll tow by the Cir
cassian next uay, when $50 miles east OF
Halifax.
Diptheria is epidemic in Ludington
Michigan, 12O children have died there
recently Of that disease, ont of total
Of 1000. The schools are
closed, and all the infected houses quar-
by special policemen.
At noon yesterday John Griscom, the
Chicago faster. weighed 17724 pounds, IA
loss of l pound in twenty-tour hours,
during which he had swallowed 80
ounces of water. His pulse was 64,
respiration 10 and temperature 9S 40.
In Covington, Georgia, yesterday, the
clothes of a little girl named Stanton
caught fire. Adeline Davis, colored,
eXtinguished the flames, but in doing so
her own clothes caught fire and she was
burned to death.
The majority OF the judiciary Commit
tee Of the New Hampshire House of
Representatives, yesterday reported
resolution poStponing the election Of L.
5. Senator until the next session Of the
Legislature,
II. De Marcel, editor of the New York
Messenger Franco-Americaine, called
upon President Garfield, yesterday
to consult regarding the eStab-
lishment Of a large agricultural colony
in Texas.
The committee Of the creditors of A.
Il w. Sprague held its first meeting in
Providence yesterday, and agreed to
sell the property Sat such easy terms
and parcels as will best promotcthe in
1erestS Of the creditors.
The garden and field crops throughout
the Province Of Quebec are reported to
have been seriously damaged by the
recent heavy rains.
The Reformed Church Synod of Amer
lea, i'll session at Hudson, New York,
adjourned y@st rday, TO meet in Schc-
nectady on the 1st of June, 1852.
The UniverSalist State Convention at
Reading adjourned finally yesterday
afternoon, 1t will meet in Athens next
year.
Mrs. Garfield is rapidly gaining
She is able to sit up for two
hours or more at a time, and has good
appetite.
President Garfield and Admiral Por-
ter will leave Washington this morning
for Annapolis.
The Legislature of Michigan adjourn
ed finally on Wednesday night, after
session of over five months.