Daily Republican., 1882-12-21
NEWS sum MARY.
TEE AROM PROSPECT FOR NEXT
YEAR BAIR 40 BE LIGHT
OTHER ITEMS.

The Western Iron Manufacturers
Association met yesterday in Ptttsburg
and was attended by representatives of
all the principal cities OF the west.
Reports were received from all sections
showing that, while prices were low
trade was fairly good," and the pros
poets for the season exceedingly bright,
II was decided that the card rate Of %
cents on nails should not be changed,
but that the selling rate be "a cents.
This IL explained to mean NOT a re-
duCtiOn, bat Au equalization, "as many
manufacturers have been selling for
lsss than that and none for more" and
IL will not affect The market or wages,
A resolution was adopted nrgiug Con
gress to pass the Tariff Commissioners
bill this session.
The National Com M Ises ofthe Gree
hack Labor Party met yesterjaystn 7U.
Louis, and considered a proposition by
MIR. De La Matyr "fOr ths dissolution
OF the GreenbRck Party, the calling Of
Il National Convection Of all elements
opposite the Req uDlican and Democrat
10 parties and ths organization Of a
new party 4ndsr q new name" No
one bat MT Harper opposed the prop
OSitiOn.
Revenue Agent, WagHer, az Hunts-
vile, Alabama, ,GeleKrRpGs 10 Washing,
ton that, on the morning Of she l9Sh
inst., Deputy Marshal Good win, while
sslzing an Illicit diasillery neR Alfalfa
was set upoa by two armed men n
charge, whereupOn Goodwin fired, Kill
ipg one man aud woundiug tho other.
A coroner's jury found that Good Wln'i
CT was justltiAble homicide.
A telegram from Victoria, British
Golumbia, says that'a Chinese mer
chant there "who thrust into the street
a couutryman who sought succor at his
house while desperately wounded in
the throat by u third party" has been
convicted OF msnslauShter and sentenC
ed to lA years imprisonment. The
jury held that th act Of the merchant
haS5aned the death or the wounded
man.
The Jury in the case OF solomon
Jones, on trial at Chesterfield, Virgin
la, for the murder Of his son, rendered
a verdict on Tuesday Dight of not gull
ty, and the prisoner was discharged
Alter his arrest, Jones denied the mur'
der, saying that his son had been KILLED
| by a tIain on the Richmond and Peters
burg Railroad. The father will now
sue tho road for damages.
! An attempt was made on Tuesday
| night 20 burn the town Of Henderson
Carolina. Three stores were fred, ouG
OF bhem in four places, coal oil beilG
used freely, A vigilance committee o.
fifty has been formed ~ patrol thu
town at night. A few years ago the
town wac slmos. entirely destroyed by
incendiary hres.
Charles A Dunning, a well'knowI
citizen of Denton, Maryland, WAS fOunC
dead in his carriage near his house yes
terday morning, with his head badly
Gu: and bruised, hanging between a
front wheel and the sh tGs. A coroner
jury found that his death resulted from
AT attack of vertigo,
The White House in Washington
was thrown open 10 the public yester
day morning for the first time since /
was closed for repairs in August last
A large number Of visitors called Upol
the President. His frat public recep
ton Of this season will be held on Nov
Years Day.
A reegram from Concord, Nev
Hampshire, says that zone Of I'll
largest and most brilliant mstgors eve
observsd" there was seen yesterda,
afternoon, between four and Ave o'clock
Is passed from west 10 east, and IVA
as plainly visible as metEOrs ususllyar
after dark"
The Grand Jury At Louisville yeStsv
day indicted David Ferguson, back Ia
collector; Philip Henkle, City Auditor
and George ". Levi, A ssistant Chief {
the Fire Department, for frauds i
connection with the Assessors and Ia
Receivers offices in 1879.
The trouble at Opelika, Alabama
continues. The house Of b. n. Heiser
editor Of the Times, was fred into o
Tuesday night. Ten buc&shot Crashe
through his bedroom window an
buried themselves In tho OpposiI
wall.
General n. NJ. Curtis, convicted
New York Of violation Of the Ant
political Assessment law and sentence
/ to pay fine OF $1,000, yesterday hande
p over q check for the amount, in ope
b Court, and was discharged from Gu
tody.
William W. Lee, ex-Police Justit
and ex-member Of the Board OF Publ
Works, in Jersey City, committed su
eide by taking laudanum, on Tuesda
night. he was the originator OF ThOmI
sons Bank Noto Reporter.
On Tuesday eveniog forty thieves a
ia cked the town Of Almacatian, in Il
Mexican State of Pueblo, and carrie
OFT the Mayor, Justice and Alderma
. holding them for ransom.
i D4r.sl and Thomas League were a
: rested yesterday in Mobile, while pas
, ing counterfeit quarter dollars, al
d i'm plsments vera found in their pc
| | session.
% Chauncey W. HUFF. Cashier Of d
Union Steamboat Company, at Butta.
> has been missing tor several days.
y said that his accounts "appear TO
all right
, Over twenty counterfeit plates, ca
, tnred by Secret Service agents, ha
! lust been destroyed in the Treasury d
q partment.
J.. Fifteen Sioux children, from VarIo
i reservations, arrived in WNshingtr
q last night on the way to the Indit
d school at Hampton.
q There were two slight earihquaB
q at Panama on Tuesday.
Tire BIZ. II. n.
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iberia, if used according to the follO'
ing directions Diphthsrta in Person