Daily Republican., 1881-02-16

A UellecslsR Of lBsidents, Acsi'
dents. Ssimes and Oasasisies
FfoR the M0RntRg Exchanges.


dents. ssimes and Casualties
FrssA the hornisE Exchanges.
George Willard had his skall fras
tured by his sou In a quarrel, neal
Shelbyvllls, Indiana, on iday
morning, and is not expected TO re,ov-
er. Carl Pnugradt was shot by Hart
Reeve, in Lesdville, Colorado, on San
day. John Stultenpohl died In Gin
oinnati, ON Monday night. from the
effects OF . stab, inflicted by a fellow
workman, named Wupderlich, in q
ssddlery, several days before. Wnn-
derlich Is III jail.
The Post Of St. Louis publishes re-
turns OF the present condition and
prospects OF the winter wheat crop in
the districts tributary to that city.
The average is much larger than last
year, and the reports thus far show
that very slight damage hes been done
by the severe weather, The refOrts
from Illinois are especially favorable,
and indicate large yield Of excellent
quality.
Judge Gardner, in Chicago, yester.
day, decided In partition case, that
the illsgitimate daughter OF deceased
was entitled to one third other fathers
estate, valusd at 100000, on the
ground that prior to her birth he had
made an agreement with the mother
that the child should be cared for by
him precisely as If born in lawful wed
lock.
Mrs. r. Beardmore, % years Of age,
committed suicide in Farmingtsn, Wis,
oonsin, on Monday. She leaves has
band and three children. James 4.
Leigh, aged rs Years, a wsllto-do-
farmer, hanged himself yesterday at
his residence, near Princeton, New
Jersey, because he had cancer la the
mouth:
BY order OF the Supreme Court of
Kings County, Nsw York, in general
term, Peter N. Baum, Dutchess
County lawyer, has been dsbarred for
one year. from praOticing in any city
in that State, on account Of certain
proceedings growing out OF divorce
case In which he was counsel.
The Ice in the Passaio river, New
Jersey, broke above the falls, on Mon
day night, and carried OF the dams,
Of the Society Of the Bstablis hment O
Useiul Manufacturers and Of the Pas
saio Water Company; also two mains
ofthe latter Company at Paterson.
rhe loss is heavy.
General Mcdowell telegrAphs TO the
War Department that the reports OF
Indiana atrocities on the San Francis.
70 river, in New Mexico, and Of the in
Ictivity Of the military in Sontheas.
ern Arixona are sensational" and
Alse.
1t Ia reported that eight Indians
we're drowned by a sudden rise in the
river at Poplar Creek Agency, Montana
\ few days ago, and it is feared that
Iome OF the whits settlers in the val
ey have also persisted. The Indians
oSt Eve hundred ponies IN the feod.
Two children we're fatally burned at
D )anielsonvills, Connecticut, yesterday
Gtternoon, by pouring coal oil on nre.
Another child was badly burned, and
he mother WAS seriously injured in
rying to save them.
Schedules in the assignment Of John
Maxwell, the suspended stove dealer,
rave been filed at Rondout, New York
rhe actual value Of the assets Is $197,
100, tse nominal value OF tha came bs. |
ng 1851, ,0o8. The liabilities amount to
100000.
In the Senate Of Maine, yel 10, day, |
he report Of the Committee to whom
he Woman Suffrage Constitutional
Amsndment was referred, that "it
'ught not to pass" was unanimously
Idopted.
A petition, signed by o,4O0 of the
'eople Of California, asking for the par
Ion Of the Musssl = cugh settlers, has
'een sent to President Hayes. Copies
# the Petition ass receiving additional
ignatures.
The Illinois Board OF Agrioulture,
'estsrday, adopted resolutions recon.
nending Rmery Cobb for Commiss ousr
I Agriculture in the next Administra-
ion.
Harry Hunter, 8 we'll known actor,
rho played the lone Fisherman in the
:ice Bvangeline Company, died in Gin
innsti, yesterday, Of typhoid fever.
The U. 8. ship Alliance and Kear-
arge will soon arrive at New Orleans,
nd will visit some of the ports on the
above that city.
Gsrsids & Bsrdan's jewe!gy store, III
'aterson, New Jersey, was robbed Of
8, 200 worth Of valuables on Monday
light.
senator-elect Fair left Virginia City,
Ievada, yesterday, for Washington.
History Of Belts.
Ths history Of bells is one OF the
lOst interesting in the record OF inven-
ions. They we're first heard about the
ear 400, before " which da.s rattlel were
sed. In the year 6lO We hear OF bells