Daily Republican., 1881-04-27
CONDENSED NEWS.
Gossip Cleaned From
our Morning Exchanges.

The floods in Minnesota are increas-
ing, causing great destruction of bridges,
houses and other property, and washing
out railroad tracks. The ice went out
of Lake Pepin yesterday, and the Mis-
sissippi is now open its entire length.
The town of Mankato, Granite Falls,
Carver and Montevideo are wholly or
partly submerged. The damage at
Mankato is estimated at $30,OOO. So
far only two lives are reported lost in
the flooded region. The river at st.
Paul rose two feet yesterday, and the
booms, two miles above the city, Were
swept down the stream. AdviCes from
Quincy, Illinois, report the crevasse at
the Sny Levee widening, and that II
strip of cultivated land three to eight
miles in width and fifty in length, is al
ready under water. Below Quincy the
Mississippi river is ten miles wide.
The steam sole leather tannery of \
Gum & Co., at Kingston, Ontario, was
burned yesterday. Loss $50, 900. G. b.
Eddis' match factory, ut Hull, Quebec,
was damaged by fire to the eXetent OF
$50, 900 on Monday night. Eight
burned early yesterday morning,
making fifteen families homeless,
Smiths box factory, at Greenport,jl4 long
Island, was damaged yesterday by fire
and several persons employed in the
building were severely burned and
Ot herwise injured. George Bloomfield
was caught under a falling wall and
burned to death. and a painter named
Breckenberg, who worked in the factory
is missing.
The steamer City of Austin was
wrecked on Pelican Shoals, inside Of
Fernandian bar, Florida, on Sunday,
owing toa piIoU's fault, and will be u
total loss, with most of her cargo. The
vessel was owned in New York, by the
Mallorys, and valued at 100000. Her
cargo consisted Of sugar, cotton
spongeS and fruit, and the sugar was
insured for S75,0O0 in New York. The
passengers We're all taken safely shore.
Bishop Borgess., of the Catholic do
Cese of Detroit, las issued pastoral,
forbidding all Catholics to originate or
participate in public pic-nics or eXcur-
sions on Sundays or holy days. He also
forbds the holding of fairs for the benr-
fit of churches, schools or charitable in
stitutions, without first submitting the
reasons therefor in writing for EpiScO'
pal approval.
The will of the late Sophie Wager
Pitt heQueaths $1,000 each to the Iospi.
tai of the Protestant Episcopal church,
Children's S Hospital and Trinity church.
Sharon Springs, \. Y, and $500 each Il
the Bishop White Library Association
and the midnight mission. a part ot
the estate is also to 80 to Trinity church,
Sharon Springs.
Rev Alex. Hamilton Ninton, ID, d..
of Pomtret, Conn, the first Rector o
Holy Trinity Protestant Epi>Copa
Church, OF Philadelphia, died yesterday
morning, at the residence of l.cmur
Coffin, of pneumonia. lie preached a
the cOnSccratiOn services on Thursday
and was in apparently excellent healtl
until Saturday morning. lie was il
his 14th year.
The Chase Mill, in Fall Rbcr, Mas
sachusetts, resumed operations ycStrr
day with II full force, all the old spin
ners having returned except Marland
on account of whose discharge the Strik
took place. The StrilleStri Ike lasted tiv
weeks, during which the operative
lost $2O, 900 in wages.
Mr.. =. O'COnner, Representative il
| Congress from the Second South Care
lima District, died yesterday in Charles
ten, aged 80 years. He was born i
South Carolina, graduated from 81
Johns College, at Fordtum, New York
and became Il lawyer.
Hugh Ferguson. james Brady an,
Andrew Kelley, rlectJcn otiiccrt, lStl
division, Fourth Ward of Philadelphia
were yesterday sentenced to eigI!
months impriSonnrrt for making
fraudulent return OF the votes cast I
the February election.
Charles ReeaD, hoSelnan in the FIR
Department, waS sentenced to tW
months for perSouat,3n at the eth dives
ion, Eighth ward. The Fire Conmi>
siOners resolved to dismiss Reean from
further service in their department.
How foolish are the endeavors O
parties to introduce new remedies TO
coughs and kindred complaints whel
they should know that the people will
have DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup and moth
ing else.
The iourneymen coopers Of Rostol
and Cambridge have given notice ef
demand for an al, ance of % per cent
in wages, beginning on Monday next.
Dennis Clsh was sentenced yesterda,
to two years imprisonment for fatal.
stabbing George Gallagher on the 26tl
of last February.
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