, 1881-10-14
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH TO DATE

}. M. Robinson & Sons factory at F..
| mira, New York, burned Sept. 3Uth.
Loss, over 100000; insurance, $60,00O
1t Is reported that Mrs. Garfield will
| shortly sell the house occupied bv the
family previous to her husbands inaugu-
| ration.
| Joseph >. Hamer, absconding partner
| of Hamer, Stewart d Burnside OF St. Louis.
took SlS,5OO, and J. +. Price. the heaviest
| loser, Is out Sll $50.
The opera house and sixty business
places were burned in the center of the
town of Eldred, Pa, Oct. ID Loss, $780,
| 600; insurance $4,000.
| The extensive inseed oil works of
| Grover & Bro. at Greenwich Point on the
! Deleware river burned on the ID. Loss
estimated at between 100000 and Sl5O,-
| 900.
A thief captured $4,000 in per cent.
| coupon governments at Cincinnati, while
two pals engaged officials of the safety
| deposit of Lafayette bank in conversation.
All three escaped undetected.
A number of business houses in New
YORK have agreed 10 receive and pack the
| mourning decorations recently exhibited
on the houses for the benefit of the Mich.
Igan sufferers and wagons will go around
collecting the goods.
| Lewis, readjuster candidate for lieuten-
ant governor of Virginia, says Malone will
be no more embarrassed voting on the
| organization OF the senate than last ses-
| sion and he Is not the man to shirk re-
! sponsibility of any kind.
| James Carson and wife arrived at Jer-
| sey City from California on the ID. While
passing through the Pennsylvania depot
| ne was taken violently insane. He had
thousand dollars on his person, and is
held for examination by the city physi-
clan.
| The commissioner of the general land
Office transmitted to the surveyor general
for delivery patent for the Rancho De-
las Borregas Marino Castro The con-
frmed patent embraces 4l72 acres of very
valuable land located in Santa Clara
county.
The superintendent of the mint at
Philadelphia has been authorized to
strike memorial medals having heads of
Lincoln aud Garfield on opposite sides.
| Similar medals are also authorized con-
| tanning the head of Garfield ON one side
and Il wreath on the other.
| Gen. Scoville, Guiteau's brother-in law,
says owing to the solicitations of his wife,
who is Guitean's only friend, he will act
AS counsel for the assassin, and will so
| inform District Att )rney Corkhll.
| He has no fears but there will be fair
trial, and will not take advantage of any
technicalities but will make insanity the
only defense.
The debt statement shows decrease
of the public debt during September of
81, ,4S3, ,64l; cash in treasury, S25O, est, ,547;
gold certihacates. s., ,24S, ,920; silver certiti-
! Gates, S64, 1891 certificates of deposit
| outstanding, SS,3l4 900; funding certifi>
| Gates, S636, $50; legal tenders outstanding,
S346 6Sl ,Ol6; fractional currency Outstand-
| ing, S7,09S. 800.
On the % at Bloomington, ILL.,, young
man named Pierce, a prisoner in the
| county Jail for horse stealing, fired three
| shots at his guard, Ted Marks, and killed
| him instantly. A mob gathered 1000 to
5000 strong, who dragged Pierce Olt of
jail and hung him to ID tree in business
| like way and then dispersed. The mur-
der was entirely unprovoked.
The Times Columbus, Ohio, special,
| says: Should Arthur show IA disposition
| to be advised or led by Conkiing $4,000
Ohio republicans will stay away from the
polls on election day, the democratic
| ticket will be elected by vote larger
than that of Bishop i'll 1877; the legisia-
| ture will be under democratic control and
democrats will gain by the new district-
ing 10 new representatives in congress.
The Des Moines and Fort Dodge pas
senger train WAS blown from the track at
| Perry, Oct. lst and overturned by heavy
wind. The train had just coaled and was
| leaving the station when the wind struck
| II. The coaches were crowded with pas
| sengers, eight or nine of " hOm were badly
| bruised and two killed. Further north
| the storm was hurricane. The Mime
apols and st. Louis road is reported badly
| torn up. The depot at IrwInton, few
miles north of Fort Dodge on branch of
| the Chicago and Northwestern, Was
| struck by lightning and nearly destroyed.
Eight men in the building were pros
trated, though all but one recovered.
| One of the counsel retained by the
| government in the prosecution of the star
route cases, who is thoroughly familiar
with the results of the jury trials in this
district for 20 years, said that there has
| never been any doubt about obtaining
| indictments in the star ronte cases. The
grand jury all through We're drawn pretty
much in the way as petit jurors, and
rarely held out against the government.
If 1t has any case at all, and the present
grand jury is Il very fair one as grand ju-
ries go. 1t is petit juries that the govern
ment is generally at an advantage with in
this district. 1t is understood that Gen.
brady's counsel will to morrow make Il
motion in the criminal court to strike
from the records the information pre-
scented Friday last by government coun-
sci. This step, it is said, will be taken
on the grounds that theproceedings We're
unusual and tine facts set forth in cOnfir-
nation are insufficient TO maintain ac-
ton.
A New York special says: The struggle
against Mr.. Conkling in the republican
ranks of this state still continues without
abatement. The selection of the dele
gates to seats in the convention Is nearly
completed in the country districts, where
the antiConkling element has gained
great ascendency and indications now are
that the delegation from this city will
show also percentage of the same fol-
lowing In B oOklyn the stawart branch
will not be able TO muster more than hall
the delegation, which Is very significant
fact. and taken with the condition of af-
fairs here will have u marked effect on
the outcome. The action of the fifth judi
cial convention at Syracuse, where the
contesting Conkling delegates from
Oneida Co were urceremoniou>Iy bounced
i, deemed by those closely familiar
with the condition OF political matters III
this state as pointing unmistakably to the
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