Daily Republican., 1881-07-28
TELEGRAPHIC FLAsHES.
Resignation OF James ". Efmon.
tan, Western Agent OF the Asso.
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70 James w. Simonton, for fourte
/. years General Agent OF the New Yo
@ Associated Press, resigned that positi,
G yesterday, and James G. Hueston.
g present London agent of the Associ
o tion, was appointed his successor. N
e Simonton's resignation is mainly due
j, desire TO attend to his private bus
f ness, and, in accepting it, the Ey
l cutive Committee of New York ASS
, ciated Press express their appreciate
of his services.
Three detecvties from Wilkesbarr
who, on Tuesday, arrested three c;rc,
men in Harrisburg on a charge Of hon
icide.. at PittstOn, went on to Carli]
with one of the prisoners and arrested
man giving the name of Vancorn, VIII
confessed that he fred the fatal sho
hill and Long, arrested on Tuesda
evening, were discharged, and Vancor
with two others, named jackson an
oponS the latter held as witnesses
were taken 10 WilkesbArre
A whirlwind passed through Cumbc,
land Centre and Yarmouth FOresde. i
Maine, on Tuesday night, moving
path a quarter Of 4 mile wide tbroup
fields and orchards, destroying fence
and crops and snapr'ug Off tree xix in
ches in diameter. There were no build
| ings in the path OF the wind, hut tn,
glass in many houses was smashed b,
an accompanying fall of hail. Abon
fifty farms lost $500 to $500 each b,
damage TO their crops.
A fire or Coney Island, about thre,
O'Clock yesterday mor"ing. DESTROYED
the hotel and depot Of the New York
and Brighton Beach Railroad Corupa1v,
with several cars and loromotiye.
causing a loss estimated ar ST., 900 Fif
teen buildings in Carlington, Ohio,
We're burned on Monday night. Loss
S6O,OOO. Five stores in Ouconta, New
York, were burned yesterday morning.
Loss S27 200.
The Kansas City Commercial Indica-
tor publishes reports from more than
100 coun ties in Western Missouri, Kan
sas, Southwestern Iowa and Nebraska
which show largely increased acreage
OF corn, only six counties having y
smaller acreage than last ear. Should
the weather continue favorable, u large
ly Increased yield is an icipated. A ma
terlal decrease in the supply of hogs in
the same territory is indicated.
The Republican State COMMITTEES of
Massachusetts, met Yesterday in Boston,
and decided to hold the State Conven.
tlon AT Worcester, on September 2l,t
Mrs. blackwell and Miss Leavitt were
before the Committee, and argued for
the appointment of a chairman Of the
committee on Resolutions who is in
favor OF woman suffrage: the former
urging it on political, the latter on
.emperance grounds.
f. A. G. Pew, managing director of
he Southwestern Railway, left Winn.-
Deg, yesterday, for New York, to NJ
'ange for the erection of machine shops
or manufacturing locomotives and
'pllipg = Ock for the road. The labor
rS on the road struck, on Tuesday, for
higher wages, aud their demands were
granted, some getting S2.2J and others
$50 per day.
A largely attended meeting of the
W Nestern Nail Association was held yes
erday in Pittsburg After u general
discussion, showing that the stocks cv-
'rywhere are unusually light, resolu-
ion was adopted re affirming the rate
dopted at the meeting of June IL,
amely a selling rate Of 81 %, subject |
. no discount except per cent. for
ash.
kwong Hi Chin, the Chinese Eluca-
onal omhissouer ~ Hartford, does
OF credit the dispatch from Cheyenne
tattng that the Chinese students re.
tlled from this country are to be sent
Europe. He says the official vt
Hartford have had no such instructions
ut are simply ordered home with the
,udents under their care.
The potteries in Trenton, New Jersey,
those 'or decorating purposes
one, are 30 in number, and they EN-
oy nearly 1000 persons. They have
l aggregate capital OF 81, ,9o2. 400, and
'e annual va!ne Of their products is
,out u 900, ,OUO-said to be a little more
ian half the value Of all pottery pro-
iced in the United states.
Charles Parker, a guide in the AAir-
'dackS, while taking Mrs. George Bull !,
an Forkod Lake to Long Lake, on 4,
iesday, to be the guest # ex-senator ,
att, mad" ai"lonious Assam upon the .
iy and nearly y ,tranglel her All the :
her guides in tho AdirOndac ks are re-. ;,
rted to be hunting the villain, whom =
ey have sworn TO take, dead or alive !
1t is reported from San Laricia, New {
eHico, that % rancho near that place, |
which were two men and several I
,men and children, had been sur- I
lnded by lndians. A detachment Of Il
diers left on Monday for the scene, a
d volunteer party followed on Tues Il
y. tt
The ,nmbermen's Exchange of Chica- c'
at its meeting yesterday, decided to t,
vance the price of thick clears and
e-inch finishing 81 per thousand A
lilar advance was made on severa. n
ldes The demaud for lumber is at IL
'sent greater than the supply. r
he body of Harry Fisher, resident
Philadelphia, who was drowned near
,erton, New Jersey, last Monday
Int by the capsizing Of sail boat, :,
) found yesterday near Raucocas oi
TX. He leaves ii wife and three |,
ldrsn. 1
he , +lantir Highland Camp Meet "a a
grvunds, on the New Jersey coast, cI,
g dedicated yesterday. Bishop Har-
delivered the dedicatory address, =,
Rev J. E. Lake, President of the tn
,ociation, assisted in the cereinon- '"
Iiss Minnie Reeve, telegraph orpera-
and railroad agent at Hopkins, fer
'nesota, was killed OH Tuesday by a yo
isiOn between an empty train and a he
'Motive, on which she was riding. pei
lillian T. Phillips, q we'll known in WI
ance agent, at one time an officer Of gu
defunct Globe Life Insurance Com hu
y, was arrested in brooklyn yes on
ay, on tho charge Of passing me-
f.,sx l.