Daily Republican., 1881-05-31
NEWS SUMMARY.
DAYS BUDGET OF
NEWS.
A Cotton BrOk er's Suicide-A Bank
Assi&nnent--A Duel Be-
tween COusi ms.

AdOiphuS G. Shaeter, Jr., prOmi-
nent cotton broker of Baltimore, left
his Office week ago, and rot returning,
his clerks supposed he had gone to the
country, where his family were to spend
the summer. a stencil coming from
his house i'll Baltimore, it was entered
by the police, and Shaefera dead body
was found sitting in chair On cX-
animation, at the Curouer'S inquest, a
small pistol Shot wound was found in
the head and II small pi ,tol was Subsc-
qnentiy discovered in the room. His
I.brothcr testified that deceased lad
! shown symptoms Of SOttening Of the
brain and ii verdict OF suicide was rem
| dcrCd. ShaCtcr WAS about forty years
OF aye.
The Discount and Deposit Bank Of
IChattanOoga made TN assignment yes
rerday. In announcing the assignment
| the President says: "The assets Of the
| bank are amply sufficient 10 pay all its
| liabilities; if from any cause they should
not, the liability Of the stockholders,
under the termS Of the charter, makes
it absolutely certain that every cred tor
Will get every dollar due him. " The
900, and its assets at SlOG,OOU. To-day,
it is understood, the assignees will pay
% per cent. of all the liabilities, and the
balance will be paid as the money is
realized from the assets.
At Charleston, West Virginia, last
Friday, John p. Nunley challenged his
nephcw, George Nanley, ageG ~, to
fight u duel in settlement of family
quarrel. The couple met at CampbclPs
creek, and George was shot in the
mouth before he had time to fire. 1t is
believed hecannot recover. Two young
men named Trent and Strickland
fought with knives on the highway in
Scrtt county, Missouri, on Sunday and
Strickland was mortally wounded.
a tramp named Mrhan, while bath
ing with some young men atHridgeport
Alabama, on Sunday morning, was
Spattered by them with mud, and stab
bed one named William Copeland to
death. Mehan was arrested, and while
in custody was shot dead by Samuel
kccsr, Il cousin Of Copeland.
John Enrich an ex-poiiccman and
rX-saIoOn keeper in indianapolis, yes
tcrday shot and wounded his wife and |
father-in-law and then committed sui
eide His wife had applied fora divorce.
Her condition is critical, but She is eX-
rrcted TO recover. Her fathers wound
is slight.
The Warning Fertilizer COmpany's
Works, at Liberty Grove. Cecil county,
Maryland, were burned on Saturday
night, with u large quantity Of stock
and materials. Loss, 1000. Six
freight ears on the BlItimOre Central
Railroad We're also destroyed. mcendi-
arisln is suspected.
The Reformed Episcopal General
Council closed its Scssionsin New York
yesterday. 1t was decided to hold the
next Council in Baltimore, in May, |
1883. Bishop Nicholson, Of Philadcl- |
phia, was reelected Presiding Bishop,
and Joseph. X. Wheclerof Philadelphia,
Secretary
At Coyla's Ferry, near Marietta, IN
Lancaster county, Penna., yesterday |
morning, John Coyle, aged -, shot
aud killed Emma Myers, aged II, and
then attempted suicide. His injuries
are not fatal. She had rejected his ad.
drcsscS.
Jacob IT, Freeburger, aged . years,
was shot dead by Charles Derling, aged
T. years, in Baltimore, yesterday after
noon. The boys were ''playing sol
dicrS, and DcrIing pointed an old gun
at Frccburger, not knowing it Was load
ed
A telegram from Victoria, Brit ish
Colombia, says the North Pacific Rail
road syndicate has bought for 100000
the line Of steamers plying between
Victoria and Puget Sound.
All the scales presented by the Anal
gamated Association Of Iron and Steel
Workers were signed by the manufac-
turers, at Pittsburg, last evening, and
the mill will resume work to-day.
William &. Fargo president Of the
American Express Company, was re-
ported in dying conditions, at his res
idcncc in Buffalo last night.
Lille Ackcrman, aged years, was
drowned by falling into acrcck at Chcs-
ter pnDu1 Vrstrrlny