Daily Republican., 1881-02-07
SECOND EDlT.ON.
NENs sUmMARY.
CalifoF Il las Flooded Tow n'-re n ns
AssassinatIOHs-lh RAds Usnas-
other IGcidonts. Accidents,
Crime and Casualties.

AsSnss1nataO1s-ln NO EA0s OSnAk-
other I0cidonts, Accidents.
Crime and Casualties.
At toEensvills, Kentucky, on Thur
day evening, George Plerot, aged Il
years, was burned to death, by falling
into FIRE, on which he was THROWN,
log 10 make it mp for the night. HI
paralyasd sister, Mrs. Goodpasler, wa
lying on 3 bed, in the room, but ur'
able to save he. aged brother from hi
fearful fave.
The House Comm ,ttee on Interoceau
ic Canal, on Saturday, sgrsed by vol,
OF 5 ~ 4, ~ report IN favor OF the Ead'
bill ttr the constru )tl0n OF ship lail-
way &oross The lsthmus Of Tehuante
pc. There is no likel hood OF the
passage OF the bill by the House.
Alta met ng Of the Bar Association
Of Cleveland, 0lio, on Saturday, a
resolution offered by d smoorstic mem
Der WAS unanimously adopted, endors'
ing the nomination of Stanley Mat
thews tv bs Associate Justice OF The
SRpreme Court.
There were 976 deaths in ChicSgc
last month, against III in January,
1880, and ga in January, 1879.
Among the doaths last month Is vere
from smallpox, S6 from diphtheris, 81
from Group, and 81 through violence. .
William Law and Samuel Varley, and
their little sons, aged respectively five
and eight years, were drowned by
breaking through the ice on the Taup.
ton river, near Fall River, Massachu
setts. yester lay afternoon.
Mr.. Campbell, who WAS given the
certificate OF election as delegate IL
Congress from UEah, has been serveG
with notice Of contest by Cannon, the
MoImen candidate, who received the
majority OF the VOTES.
Ths tswns of CourtlSnd, Oroville and
Riggs, In Californi&, are flooded, hut
Sacramento is believed to be out o.
danger. The weather was clear on
Saturday, excspt il the southern sec
Of the Stats.
Iron Dog and his band of 50 Indians
arrived at EGrt Balord on Saturday IL
charge OF a detsolmsnt of VI jor llges'
command. Iron Dog was the last OF
the Sioux ehiets who adhered to Sitting
Bull.
Only So members we're present at
the ballot tor y. s, Senator in joint
convention Ut Harrisburg on Saturday
The ballot stood: Grow, 81; Oliver, 20;
Wallace, 81; Phillips, ,; s,atterlug,3 3
In Colorado and New Mexico, Serious
floods have been o8us5d by the sudden
melting Of the snow in tke mountains.
Railroad travel is interrupted il Sou Il
ern Colorado,
The examination a. Stroudsburg
Pennsy lvsala, On SATURDAY, OF Samusi
Haiuey, accused of the murder OF EtIa
Bitten binder, resulted in MS acquitaI.
In recent storm nesr .Takon, Al2s-
ka, two e2GV.s, containing 81. ludlgns,
were swamp9d ard all Ehs IrdiaIs Per
iShed.
II. W. W5sT was aSsa5SlpRted oy d.
J Hickman, usar Calvert, Texas, lss.
Wednesday night. Hickman il il Gus
-~ t0dy.
A man rsme3 Caldwell, shot in
Llama county, Texas, by John Long,
died on Thursday from the ettscts OF hds
wound.
Washington Carr was seriously, ii
not fatally shot, while resisting arrest
in GrspeiaGd, Tex,s, on Saturday.
The steamer Berths, with her cargo,
was u nei ol the S .oins r.ver Texas,
on Friday might. The loss is heavy.
An cart quake Is b.hevel TO have
b.en feI. al GIeerlan and StrA.nlam,
Nav Hampshire. on Friday.
There we're 60 deaths fr IN small -pcx
in Matamoras, Mexico, dunn Deoem-
Der.