Daily Republican., 1881-06-24
CURRENT NEWS.
WHAT is GOING ON ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY.
fire In Arfzona-The Star Route
Fraud-Griscoms Long Fast
OIher Items OF Interest,

q John Griscom, the Chicago fas ter, ye
w. terday morning took a seven mile wal
%'ir % through Lincoln Park and back, a,
- companicd by a physician and an atte,
:. dant. The air being cool and bracinl
n the exercise seemed to have an invigol
a. ating effect He returned in time {
" step upon the scales, when he was foun,
"a "a to weigh l65H pounds, a loss of on
pound in q hours, during which h
N drank 4S ounces of water. His respira
AZ a. m tiou was IS, pulse 81, and temperature
u $751;.
: A fire in Tombstone, Arizona, Or
y edneS!day, destroyed about 150 bui.d
II lngs, covering six blocks in the busi.
t. ness part Of the town, and rendering SOC
II persons homeless The loss is estima.
80 ted at $3.50, 900, and the insurance CON.
II panleS and agencies in San Francisc
o estimate their risks at nearly 500 900,
II The fire was started in saloon by the
e opening ola barrel of whisky, the fumes
; from the whisky being ignited by cigar
n lighter.
Il In the Criminal Court, at Washing,
ton, yesterday morning, the Star Route
r. business was brought up, on an appli,
= cation by eX-Assistant Postmaster Gen.
a eral Bradys counsel to have the Grand
y Jury examine iuto the charges against
. MN as once. After argument on bot h
+ sides, the Court declined to instruct III,
: Grand jury as requested. blr. Cook,
;. on behalf of the Government, said thai
case would be prepared for the Grand
Jury In September next.
: A storm OF great severity rassed
= along nearly the whole length of Ghe ST.
1 Joseph and Western Railroad, in Kan
sas, last Monday night, doing serious
damage. Near Seneca, number of
houses were bOwn down, and at Mary
vile the elevator OF Perry & HutChin.
son was destroyed. Several school houses
were demolished 81 different points, and
most OF the railroad bridges were blown
down.
Governor Farnham, of Vermont had
a consultation, in Burlington yesterday
morning with Quartermaster General
Kingsley, Adjutant General Peck, Col.
George I. Chi!ds, to arrange for the re-
presentation OF the State aS the York
town Centennial. A number of Yer
mont military organizations will attend
the celebration, and steamer has been
chartered to take them to Yorktown.
Two more iuefectual ballots for U. S
Senators for each term were taken yes
terday i'll the New York Legislature
On the last ballot for short term, the
vote was; Potter, 80; Wheeler, 30
COpkling, %2 I.apham, II; scattering,
3. For the long term Herman, 50 De-
pew, 81; Platt, ~ Cornell, I Crawley,
6; Hoskins, 5: scattering4.
Matters remained quiet along the
wharves in Montreal yesterday. The
police were reinforced and the strikers
not allowed TO gather near the wharyes.
The ship owners, however, have sent
requisition to Ottawa for further protec-
ton, alleging that Il sufficient f0lce Oft
special policemen cannot be ha / in Mon
treal.
The tannery buildings Of n. Il. Tread |
well, at Salem, MasSachusctts, were
burned on "Wednesday uight with All
adjacent dwelling The loss il over
$4,000. A fire at the Bear Hun COllery |
near Pottovilir, yesterday afternoon, |
destroyed the slope house, tresing and
wood workat the heat Of the slope.
A bright comet was discovered by
Levi Edwards, ut HayertOrd college
Observatory, at half.past IwO o'clock
yesterday morning, in 3 degrees south
east Of Capela. The comet was also
seen by Professor Swift OF Rochester. |
1t is plainly visible to the naked eye, in |
the northeast heavens.
Two negroes, named Harestonr ard |
I in1Snu rho 1ntfnr . h,,y t,) !
from Jail Of Stokes county, North Caro-
lima, on Tuesday night, an: lynched h,
u mob. The prisoners were charged
with an assault upon two white girls,
one of whom, eight years Of age, died
from her injuries last week.
Advertisements appeared in the Gin
cinnai papers yesterday, for bids for
the lease, for % years, Of tho Cincinnati
Southern Iailroad The proposed lease
has been agreed to by the Trustees Of
the road and the Trustees of the sink
ing Fund. Bids will be opened about
the end Of August.
George 5. Merrill, recently elected
COmmander-in-C Uf the Grand
Army of the Republic has issued a
general order accepting the duties of
the position, establishing the headquar-
ters at Boston, and appointing William
NJ. Oliver Adjutant General.
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania \
Railroad Company intends to lay four ::
racks on its New York division, be ! !
ween Philadelphia and Jersey City
The long sidings, or fourth tracks, at
ilfterent points in the road will be the
lucial Of the Improvement,
Robert G. Wisewell, aged eleven
'ears, was killed by falling from train =,
II the Delaware River Railroad, near u
jhester, yesterday. An unknown wo- n
nan was struck and killed by train
n Burlington, New Jersey, yesterday
lorning.
Charles +. James, son of Postmaster
ieneral James, and A. Il Conkling,
ephew of ex-senator Conkling, We're
appointed U. S. A ssistant
district Attorneys by District Attor-
ey WooLford.
A burglar was captured early yester-
~ morning while attempting so rob
e drug store of Evans 4 Son, in King
on, Penna. He gave his name as
'hn Flanagan, and is supposed to be
ON New York.
Charles f. Auchise, alias Charles
gustus Cottier, formerly in the U. 5.
cret Service, was arrested in San
rancisco on Wednesday, on the charge
altering the name ana number of a
900 U. S. bond.
An old oil still in the works of James
maid & Co., at Greenpoint, Long Is
I'd, exploded yesterday morning do -
: considerable damage, and killing a
,rkman named Frederick Schmidt.
General Grant, being indisposed, did
attend the banquet Of the Pennsyl-
nia editors at Long Branch last even.
!, but sent his regrets by Mr.. George
Childs.
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