Daily Republican., 1881-02-04
NEWS SUMMARY.
NaVIKatiOn ClOsed-8en. Grants
Retirement--Epide Diseases
Incidents, Accidents, Grimes
and Casualties,

ana CasuaIties.
The resolutions favoring Senator Lo
gan's bill for the retirement of Genera
Grant were taken up yesterday in tn
Illinois House OF Representatives. Ii
accordance with an agreement alta eau
cus previously held, the Democrats op
posed the resolutions. Motions to tabl,
them, and then to refer them, wsre de-
ieated by the Republican majority,
and, the previous question being nov,
ed, the resoiu tions were finally adopt.
ed oy party vote Of 80 to 81. Some
of the Democrats did not vote.
The navigation Of Long Island Sound
is almost entirely closed by ics. Tht
Norwich line OF steamers refused las!
night TO receive any passengers, and
took only such freight as had been left
previously. Owing 10 the ice blockade,
Newport, instead OF Fall River, will be
the terminus Of the Fall River Line
until the obstruction is removed. Ra.
ritSn Bay, New Jersey, is al8o blocked
by ice again, and twenty vessels ara
frozen up in it.
At yesterdays meeting OF the House
Committee on Epidemic Diseases it was
agreed to report lavorsbly the bill au
thOrizirg the President to appoint q
commission, consisting Of "thres per
sons learned in chemistry and sanitary
Silence, to investigate and report upon
the adulteration Of food and other ar
ticle5 in the United States" The bill
apprOpYiatsS $4,000 for the expenses
Of the investigation.
The House COMMITTEES oa cliors
agreed yesterday to report IN favor Of
paying $1,000 to J. Hale SJpher for ex-
penses in contesting his seat from the
First Louisiana District in the Forty
drs. Congress, The Cammittte slso
agretd 10 report in favor OF giving 500
10 Mr.. NcCaba for C32tpstiug the seat
OF Mr.. Orth, in the present Congress.
A man named Mcdonnell uas found
frozen to death about ten miles from
Toronto, on We tuesday afternoon. lie
started on Tuesday afternoon in search
Of an escaped colt, and was probably
overcome by the cold on his way home.
Lemuei Couover, of Atlantic City vas
frozen to death in the bay at that place
on Wednesday night,
There was a second earthquake, or
something like it, at Montgomery, New
York, e&riy on Wednesday morning. A
report accompanied the shock loud
enough TO arouse people from their
sleep. The Temperature at the time
was % degrees below zero, the same as
when the irst shock was heard, a
week ago.
The Tennessee Legislature, yester-
day, took recess for ten days, after
appointing committee to sit during
the recess aud Investigate charges OF
bribery aud corruption agajns. mem
bers in the election OF mptroller and
Treasurer. Congressman Houck is
among the witnesses summoned by the
Committee
Loomis & McMaeter, carriage manu-.
faCturers, Of Bath, Nav York, have
made an assignment. Liabilities, STA,
600; assets, $86 600. Norris, Wins
low & Co., dry goods dealers, of Water
Town, New YORK, have also made an
assignment. Liabilities, $9j, 900; as-
seGs about $4,000
The sixteenth ballot for United
States Senator, taken in joint conven.
ton al Harris burg, yes erisy, resulted
as follows: Wallace, rs; Oliver. 7j;.
Gfo", so; Philips, 3; MoVeaGh, 3;9cho-
field, 3; scattering, t. a resolution 10
take three ballots daily was rejected
$50 to 81.
Judge Barrett, OF the Supreme court,
in New York, ye5tsrday, refused the
asked by kufu3 datcA, to
prevent the consolidation of th- west
ern Union, American Union, and Allan
tic and Pacific Telegraph Companies.
The consolidation Of the cJmpaples was
Effected last evening,
The persons killed By the explosion
Of the steam yacht Carrie, at Baltimore
on "Wednesday night, we're Edward
Poplar, aged %, Harry Popla~, aged IS,
both Sons Of the captain; Joseph w. !
Brown, deck hand; the col0red steRar1 |
Kills, and Engineer Young.
The BugIish specialists are meeting
Nth great success in the introduction
II their English remedies.