Daily Republican., 1881-07-26
SECOND EDITION.
NEWS sum MARY
Accident, Incidents and Murders
The DOings Of Day.

NEWS SUMMARY
Accident, Incidents and Murders
The DOinxs Of q Day.
Evan Reese, aged 1S, climbed to the
top Of the new breakers of the Butler
C0lliery Company of Carbondale, Pa.
yesterday and stood on the upper screen
ing wheel. A companion, named Low
cry, arrived and told Reese "to come
down or he would phil the iron bolt
L "Niing the screen which when in mo-
non, makes thirty revolutions per min
...o Reese refused to go down; Lowery
withdrew the belt, and the screen whirl-
ed around, throwinc Reese distance OF
50 feet. He struck headforemost on
rock, and had his brains dashed out.
During the storm of Wednesday night
last, the house of Hans Jensen, in Con
Valley, twenty miles southeast OF La
crosse, Wisconsin, was swept away by
sudden flood, and his wife and six child
rem, whose ages ranged from six months
to fifteen years, We're all drowned. The
husband was in Lacrosse, and did not
hear the news until Sunday night, there
being no telegraphic communication
with the Valley, and the roads being
impossible for several days.
A telegram from Clinton, Illinois,
says it has been ascertained, after care
full investigation, that the army worm
has not done the damage reported. The
wheat crop was nearly all harvested ne-
tore the appearance Of the worms, but
they have done some damage to the
hay crop. There is more fear OF the
chinch bug, which attacks the corn,
than of the army worm.
An official examination of the ac-
counts of the Treasurer OF Stark county
Ohio shows u deficiency of Sll, 200. SuIn-
van the treasurer asserts that "therc ls
an error in computing the fgnreS,' but
a new treasurer vii! be appointed, Sui
livan'S predecessor is serving Il term OF
twelve years in the penitentiary Tor a
deficiency" Of S50.oU
The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
has requested the Poucas, DmahaS, Win
nebagoos and Lower Agency Sioux 10
send each three delegates to Washin =
ton by August 18th, to confer with him
in regard to settling the Boston Poncas
now on the old reservation, on the Oma-
ha reservation, % miles south Of Sioux
City, Iowa.
William Gavin, while suffering from
delirium tremens, at Troy, New York
yesterday morning, jumped headtore
most from a precipice, 125 feet high, to-
the rocky bed Of the PoeStenkill Creek.
Strangely enough he was not killed, and
though terribly cut and bruised, is eX
rected to recover.
The engine of paSsenger train on the
Central Railroad Of Colorado, on sun
day night, ran into a cuivert, near Long
mont Frank W h!tnev, the cneineer,
az d "A tramp, who was riding on the cI-
gin-, were killed, ana the fireman was
bsdly injured.
The Aldermen oi Nickshurg hare
passed resolutions ,r0testmg against
the suspension by the National Board
of Health OF the quarantine station be
low their city, and asking thar the sta
ticn be re stored and efficient officers De
held in charge.
Edith and Loitie Low, aged respcc.
lively 10 and T. years, were run over
by railroad train while picking Goa |
on the track at Ashley, Pa, yesterday |
worning. Edith was killed and Lottic |
fatally in ured.
The Saengerfest IL Wilkesbarre began
last night in the Ninth Regiment Arm
orr. The opening concert was given |
by the Mozart Nerein and Schiller
Bund. Tonight the prize-sing ng con
cert will take place.
Tickets from New York to Chicago
were sold, yesterday, $40, by gular
agents of the New York Central an
Erie Railroads, in New York, while
scalprrs We're di>poSinS Of tuem tor IS
and 80.
The bodies Of II. NJ. I.ocharv and
Miss Jessie Edwards, drowned while |
rowing on the lake at Cleveland, Ohio, |
on Thursday evening have been rerov-
cred. The unfortunate couple Were eN-
gagged to be married.
Thomas Hook, astock raiser, shot his
father dead at T"nto Basin, Arizona, on
Tuesday last. His parents had been li-
vorced, and all had quarrelcd over til,
division of their property.
Right Rev. DR.. John McMulen was
y t'iNt'ItlttA lp.SuOII VI lIl' |
new Roman Catholic Diocese of Daven-
port Iowa.
Peter Malloy anu William Moran
were crushed to desth by the fall Of a
large pile of lumber in lumber yard,
in New York, last night.
Two men, named Nicholas and An.
derson, Were killed by lightning at
White Hall, New York, yesterday
They had sought shelter under q tree.
W. F. George an "rirrtic, shot ana
killed John Epps in Chicago yesterday,
for an alleged iuSut 10 young fe.
male friend of George.
Thomas Fleet. aged ;|S years, a rhila-
delphian, dropped dead from Sunstroke,
in Jersey City, yesterday Afternoon.
Robert M. Arcy was arrested yester-
day in Cincinnati fot passing counter
felt dimes and quarter collars.