The Republican journal., 1881-07-21
Generalitles.

This country has y la professional teachers
Millions of army worms have made their appear
ance at Long Branch
The Dry Tortugas is suggested as place of i'm
prsonment for Gniteau.
DR.. Tanner having failed as lecturer Is now
engaged a book -canvasser.
Deaths by drowning are more numerous this
year than usual at this season.
Miss Dorothy Dix, tho devoted nurse of the late
war, is slowly dying at Washington,
An annual saving of 81 200 900 mas been effected
by the raid on the star route rogues,
The Toledo Daily Telegram has nominated
President Garfield for second term.
Secretary Window is represented being an
active worker in the temperance cause.
A German, named Flohn, is reported to have
died in New York on Saturday, of Asiatic Cholera.
The Portsmouth, n. H., bridge tolls between
New Hampshire aud Maine are to be reduced one
third.
A bald eagle was recently caught at Wilmington.
Del while trying to carry of large Newtound
land dog
At the demand of the church of which he is pas
tor, Mayor kaloch says he will not be a candidate
for re election.
Gen. Jno. G. Pemberton. who surrendered
Nicksburg TO Gen. Grant, died at Penn Lyme, Pa,
July 18th, aged o.
Four survivors of the Dartmoor massacre arc
living in Marbehead, Mass all Of them being
over "a years OF age
A series OF meetings under the auspices of the
National Temperance Society was begun at Ocean
Beach, n. J Saturday
The cutter GorwIn, in search Of the missing
Jeanette in the Arctic regions reports that no
trace Of the missing vessel has been found.
The New York sugar retiners, for the purpose Of
reducing the supply and raising prices, have re
solved to run their refneries on half time.
On Thursday night there was severe tornado in
Connecticut Buildings were unroofed, cattle killed
and crops ruined. The damage will be large.
Five thousand persons, or one sixteenth of the
total population of eighty thousand, have Joined
the church at Indianapolis in the last six months.
Prof Swift of Rochester, denies that the comet
has split in two, and thinks it identical with that
discovered in Brazil and which Dom Pedro called
Europa
A fend scattered Paris green in the well and on
the food of an aged couple IN Springfield, Pa, IA
tally poisoning the man and his wife and killing
their cattle.
The Ohio Democrats have nominated J Ohm w
Bookwalter for Congress- with full ticket of State
officers The convention adopted resolution of
sympathy with the President.
More than - per cent. Of our soldiers during the
rebellion were natives OF this country. A little
more than Z per cent, were born in Ireland, and
nearly per cent i'll Germany.
Maud trotted mile at Pittsburg in lO5, beat
ing her best time of a second. One of the Judges
claimed the time as 2l0! Her driver claimed that
he could have made it III two seconds less.
In New York two pretended peders ran their
teams into Il wagon in which -, 800 belonging to
Jacob Rupert, brewer was beng conveyed and
in the confusion made off with the money
Griscom, the Chicago faster, brought his forty
five days fast to successful termination Tuesday
noon, July 18th. He weighed 40 pounds, having
lost forty eight pounds during his long fast
The Long Branch Pier company have forbidden
colored persons entering the pavilions except upon
payment of ten cents. Nothing is charged the
whites, and the colored people are indignant.
A large and vicious fox. named Roscoe Conkling.
was sold at auction, Thursday, in Baltimore and
the proceeds added to the Garfield fund The fox
was sent to Baltimore by West Virginia boy.
MIR. Charles 0. Films, of Scituate, Mass, owned
COW which gave very abundant supply of milk,
attaining to an average of Al quarts per day The
cow came i'll a few days since and died. This noted
COW was a native of Cohasset, and $40 600 had
been refused for her by the owner.
Col. Clark of the revenue marine service feels
confident, from the announcement of the discovery
of the Vigllant and Mt Wellington in deserted
condition, that the crews are safe with the Jean
nette He thinks that the crew of the Vigilant
divided, like the Poars party and some remained
on board, while others went ashore or took to the
ice foes and proceeded to Wrangle Land and were
taken on board the Jeanette
The Secretary of the Treasury has awarded a
gold life saving medal to the famous Ida Lewis,
now Mrs. Ida Lewis Wilson, in recognition of her
services in rescuing number of persons from
drowning since the passage of the act authorizing
such awards. Most of the rescues were under cir
cnmstances which called for extreme and heroic
daring and involved the risk of Mrs Wilson's life.
She has saved ID lives so far as known