Daily Republican., 1882-02-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
" HAT TaE C0NnITfTEe At
WASHIHGTON ARE DoIN0.
A C0al fro Train COllls10n-Im.
pOrtant to Mil OWnors-Mo.
mortal Service - UppI Q v0k.
cd Murder % gan1xfuG
Against IN Tariff and
National Banks, etc.

The Supreme Court of Vermont de
cided on Saturday, that a mill.owner OF
manufacturer "has no right to dump
into the stream on which his mill OF
factory is situated, sawdust or any kind
of waste except what is absolutely and
indispensably necessary in the benef.
cial enjoyment of his water privilege,
to the injur of others below him on the
same stream.
L. II. Tourtellotte, of Olneyville,
Rhode Island, lived apart from his wife
for three years, having charge of little
daughter. On Friday evening burg.
lar broke into hfs house, kicking down
three doors and stole the child and heI
clothing. One of the woman in the
house fired az the intruder, but he es.
capped. leaving no trace of himselfor the
child.
About 40 Congressman, Of "varicus"
political parties, but mostly Southern Il
Democrats and Greenbackers, met on
Saturday, Judge Reagan presiding, and
adopted resolutions looking to the pre-
paration OF bills in opposition to the
pending measures for Tariff Commis.
sion and for the extension of the char.
ters of national banks.
Rev. DIR. Simon Parmalee, who had
been for sixty years a regularly station.
ed Pastor Of the Congressional Church,
died in Oswege, New York, on Friday
night, at the age of 100 years and "a
days. His wife, who survives him, ii
81 years of age, and he leaves 53 Inca
descendants. His eldest child, "a daugh.
ter, is " years of age.
The ship E. B. Carver, which arrived
at New York on Saturday, from Java
lost during the voyage tha captain $
wife, first mate and three sailors, who
died of typhoid malarial fever, coli
tracted while the ship was anchored
near u Javanese swamp. Others on
board suffered from the disease.
Peter Hoffman, an aged man, VIII
died in Harrison county, Indiana, on
Friday, on his death bed confessed the
commission of three murders, one
committed in Germany, the others in
this country. 1t is said there is evi
dence in the hands of the authorities
corroborative OF the murders.
The State Treasurer of Louisian 8
was served on Saturday with an ordel
issued by the United States Court
prohibiting him from giving effect
to the recent act of the Legislature, di-
recting the investment of accumulated
interest funds in U. s. bonds. The case
will be heard early this week.
The piano case factory of G F. Diel.
mann, in West Tweuty-tirst street, New
York, was destroyed by fire on Satur
day night, with a large quantity OF val.
liable lumber The loss is estimated
at 500, 900 David RatJinger, a fire.
man wat fatally injured by falling
bricks.
A man named Bivans, two weeks
married, became dissatisfied with mis-
wife and drowned himself near Haw
River, North Carolina, on Friday last
He walked into the river holding a
heavy stone which he had tied to hi.
hands.
President Elliott of the Riley County
Bank, at Manhattan, Kansas, was re
arrested on Saturday. 1t is said that
"investigation disclosed that he haC
$50, 900 of the capital of the bank, bu1
gave no satisfactory account OF its dis
position.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee, II
session at Nashville, on Saturday, de-
clared the Funding act passed by the
Legislature Of that State to SETTLE 1t!
debt at 1908 "void and unconstitution
al" Two OF the five judges dissented
William Getler, of Shamokin, Penna
pupil at the White Hall, Soldiers Or
phans' school, was dro wned by the up
Setting of boat while passing through
the Conewago falls,in the Susquehanns
river, yesterday.
At joint conference of Sub-Commit
tees of the House Committees on Com
merce, Naval Affairs and Post Offices
held on Saturday, a resolution wa
adopted declaring in favor Of subsidies
for ocean mail service.
All the railroads in New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia were blocked 10y tn
recent storm. No trains left Halifax u
Saturday. Steamers due at st. John
New Brunswick, were also delayed by
the storm.
The House Committee on Election
agreed on Saturday to dismiss "withou
prejudice" the contested case Of Nab
son VS.. Oakes, from the Third Distric
of Alabama.
The Subcommittee of the Hous'
Com mittee on Territories has agreed tt
report to the full Com mittee in favor o
the admission of Southern Dakota as 3
State.
Miss Seed, recently postmaster a
Lawrenceville, Illinois, was found or
Friday in dying condition from thu
effects of chlorotorm, which 1t Is sup
posed she took with suicidal intent.
A Savannah despatch reports thai
George Allen, cashier of the Savannah
Florida and Western Railroad, is a de
taulter for about $4,000 and has disap
peared.
1t is announced that under the pro.
visions of the general banking law the
Pacific National Bank must resume
business this week or go into the hands
of . receiver.
luClO 10 biC0O u@hSoA Va SAoFAooo a.
the levee at Hell anna, Arkansas, and a
large force of colored men are working
day and night to strengthen the embank.
ment which protects the city.
A gang of ku Klux, who had been
regulating" several persons, among
them q woman, were lodged in Jail at
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, on Satur.
day
Douglass Vanderhoof, embezzling
book keeper of the First National Bank
of ST. Paul, waived all examination on
Saturday and was held in $40 900 bail.
An ordinary days business on
Change in Chicago is about 100000 ,ooO
bushels of grain. Saturdays sales
amounted to 10000, 900 bushels.
The Globe Foundry, in London, On
tario, was damaged by fire on Saturday
to the extent of $4,000.
Three storehouses in LynchNurg,
Virginia, were destroyed on Saturday
morning from an inctndilry fire.