Daily Republican., 1881-04-18
WHAT IS GOING ON.
FOURTEEN YEARS WITH THE
SONS OF THE PLAINS.
Burglars Captused--M Missing YES.
sells to be Searched For
Other News Items.

Jerome Wilson, brother of New
York physician, and Of Henry Wilson
proprietor of the HOnesdale Citizen
left Carbondale, Penna., fourteen year
ago, and nothing was heard ofhim unit
his return there yesterday. He wa
given up as dead several years ago BY
all except his wife, who believed him
still living. A daughter who was two
years old when he left, has since grown
to womanhood. Wilson, it appears
spent the years Of his absence among
the Indians in the wilds OF Texas, and
has male fortune
Yesterday afternoon, John Dogherty
and Peter Lorendo, each aged 3 years,
Nathan Powers, aged II, and Peter
Hughes, aged IA, were arrested. in
Lawrence, Massachusetts, for burglary.
They broke into stationery store, a
coal office, and the Eastern Railroad
office, and were captured in the latter
place while ransackiug desk and tam
pering with the safe. They confessed
previous crimes of the same kind. and
disclosed plans to break into carriage
mannfactory last night.
Telegraphic reports Of the condition of
the winter wheat crop in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Michigan, Kansas and Kentucky
indicate that notwithstanding the
damage dcne by the severity Of the win
ter, and the baGkwardneSs of the season,
there is a prospect OF ID yield nearly
equal to that of last year. Fruit reports
are less favorable, tho peach crop, as
far south az Texas and Alabama, hav-
Ing suffered severe damage.
A meeting for the relief of the Dakota
sufferers was held in Omaha on Satur-
day night, at which $1,000 was con
trlbuted on the spot and as much more
promised The ladies Of Trinity Church
Omaha, have sent $500 worth of cloth
ing for distribution among the desti-
tute. Hon. Samuel J. Tilden has sub
scribed 500 for the Dakota relief fund.
In a test case at Milwaukee, on
Saturday, Judge Mallory decided the
Anti-treating law passed by the last
Legislature OF Wisconsin to be- inOpera-
tive and void, because of an error in the
text of its enactment. The bill az drawn
specified the repeal of an old law
that was dropped in the recent revision
Of the State statutes.
Collector Thomas, of Baltimore, has
written to the Secretary OF the Treasury
that ii revenue cutter be sent
TO cruise outside OF Cape Henry in
search of the British bark Hattenburn
and the Argentine ship David Stewart.
Both vessels sailed from Rio Janeiru,
the first on January 10th, and the
second on January 18th, and both are
long overdue.
Peter n. w. Flynn, n justice of the
peace in Jersey City, has been indicted |
and arrested Tor ballot box stutfing at
he election last Tuesday. 1t is alleged
hat while the vote was being counted |
le was detected in the act of dropping
package OF ballots in the box, and a
number of ballots were :Ound concealed |
II his coat sleeves.
1t was showing on Mount Washing
on from the l4th to the 10th instant, |
he snow on the summit being deeper
md the drifts greater than at any time
luriug the winter. The temperature
was II above zero, the wind velocity
90 miles per hour.
Frederick ID. Grant has resigned as
First Lieutenant in the Fourth Cavalry
md Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of
General Sheridan, to accent a position
III the Chicago, Texas and Mexican
CENTRAL Railroad.