Daily Republican., 1882-09-02
TEWS SUMMARY.
a RECORD OF THE EIHCIDESTss
ACCIDEN9B-NEwBFR FROM
ALL QUARTEME

Pittsburg last night for District meet
ing Of the Amalgamated Association,
to be held on Monday afternoon, to
consider the question of the strike
Work was resumed yesterday in tho
window glass factories on the South
Side, PittshuEg, only two Of the facto-
ries starting with non. Union hands.
There Is no change in the situation OF
the chimney glass factories.
The Monopoly convention of the
Seventh Congressional District of Wis
ooDsin has nominated W. 7. Bailey,
"hoping that the Democrats will en-
dorse him. The Democrats and Green!
hackers OF the Sixth Michigan District
have fused ami nominated B. Winan8
for Copgressman.--George l. !Landson
has been nominated for Congressman
by the Prohibitionists of the jackson
District of Michigan.
In the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal hurch of Can ada,
now in session at Hamilton, Ontario, a
con, miGtee has reported in approval OF
the Efforts now making to merge the
Methodist Churches into one united
Methodist Church for British America,
and has recommended that commit
tee be appointed to negotiate with the
other methodist bo dies for a union,
"Bob" Ford, the slayer of Jesse James
was arrested in Chicago, yesterday
morning tor disorderly conduct and
carrying concealed deadly weapons.
The two FordS have been leading fast
life in Chicago for the last two weeks,
"playing in cheap theatre and So sking
notoriety on the Streets"
The Bucks County Bi-Centennial at
Doylestown was attended yesterday by
over 60G0 people. Governor Hoyt was
present. Judge Paxson delivered an
oration, General W. H. Fl. Dayis made
an historical ADDRESS, and poem was
read by Samuel Swain.
President Arthur and q large party
Of friends left Newport yesterday morn
ing in the U. s. Steamer Despatch for
Squantum and Providence. AT Squan-
tum the President was introduced by
Senator Anthony to the members of the
Squantum Club, by whom he was en-
tertained.
The store of Samuel Box at Cornwall,
and the cabinet shoy of Joseph Bowman,
in Lebanon, Penna., were robbed on
Wednesday night. Two notorious
burglars, named Book and Rauch, who
recently escaped from the Lebanon jail,
are suspected of the robbeEies.
The three.mile race between Cort5
ney and Lee on Lake Canaderago, New
York, took place yesterday afternoon.
1t was won by Courtney "in the IN
precedented time of 49, minutes, 31X
seconds, by length and a half. The
water was perfectly smooth.
The life.saving stations at the most
dangerous points along the New Jersey
coast We're re opened yesterday, and
tho wrecking apparatus in each was
put in order for instant use. All the
stations will be opened on
the 10Th inst.
Republican Congressional nomina-
ii ons were made yesterday as follows
Fifth District of MICHIGAN, William o.
Webster !; Second District Of Califor-
MIA, Horace F. Page Third District Of
California, John j. Dehaven.
jeremiah II. Pine, the .Asbury Park
butcher who is charged with baving set
fire to his cottage at Ocean Grove, was
released yesterday from the Freehold
jai! on giving bond to the amount of
$1,000.
The first passenger train on the Mexi-
can National Railroad to Monterey,
Mexico, entered that city on Thursday
night. The road now extends from
Corpus Christi, Texas, to Monterey, a
of $50 miles.
Mr.. Henkle, of council for defense in
the Star Route cases, yesterday con-
tinued his argument before the Crimi-
nal Court in Washington. Before he
had finished the Court adjourned until
Monday.
A telegram frOm,San Antonlio, Texas,
confirms the report that 120 human
lives were lost by the Coneho flood. 15,-
900 sheep, cattle and horses also perish
ed, and the loss in property is estims-
ted at nearly 100000.
A freight train on the Wabash, st.
Louis and Pacific Railway was thrown
from the track near 0akalona, Ohio,
yesterday afternoon bY misplaced
switch. The engineer, John Conklin,
and a tramp were seriously injured.
Crawford H.. johnson was committed
yesterday, in Baltimore, to answer the
charge of sending obscene postal cards
through the mails. He was imprisoned
for a similar offence in 1875.
A freight train of eighteen cars on
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rail-
road was wrecked near Danville, Ill. on
Thursday, and boy was crushed to
death.
Dell Hamilton, aged q, being drunk3
went to sleep on the track of the Ge-
neva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad, on
Thursday night and was run over by
q hTusher and killed.
The yellow fever epidemic in Mata"
moras is reported to tie slowly abating.
During the month Of August the deaths
from the disease numbered 2l4in pop
ulatiOn OF about 5000.
Three new cases were reported in
Pensacola on Thursday. A seaman
died there yesterday morning of the
disease.
The First National Bank of Marlbor-
ough, Massachusetts, was yesterday
authorized to begin business with a
capital of $500, 900.
Benjamin Reeves, aged 80, fell asleep
on the railroad track at lGnaCa, new
York, on Thursday, While drunk, and
was killed by train.
Charles Riftenburgh, aged 80, an ex-
cursionist, was killed by falling from a
train, near Ithaca, also on Thursday.
Two employees of the Cleveland nine
at Ishpennlng, Michigan, were killed
on Thursday, by fall of rock.
In Brownsville, 425 new cases of the
fever were reported during the last
week.
Seventy-fve new cases of yellow
fever and four deaths were reported
y esterday in Brownsville.
The public debt statement for Au.
gust, issued yesterday, shows a de-
crease of SIG, ,l2S, ,261.
The coinage of the U. s. MiDts during
August amounted to $9,S10,672