Daily Republican., 1882-08-12
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NEWS SUMMARY.
CONFESSIONS OF A TRAIN ROE.
WDEH EXPLOSION
-WISCONBIH FROSHs.

Frank Howe, formerly in the employ
of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad,
was arrested at Springfield, Mass, on
wednesday, charged with being one Of
gang Of train robbers who have stolen
between $1,000 and $4,000 worth of goods
from the cars between North Adams
and Troy within the last year. Howe
confess and implicated H. e. East
Iuau and George Warner, ex-employes
ot ho road, and they were also arrest
ed.
Fifleeu tons of powder exploded yes.
terday morning at the Hardy Powdet
Works, q Allejo, CAL, blowing to atoms
the mixing, glazing and drying houses
as Well as the magazine. The ruins
took fire and destroyed the remainder
OF the works. George Edgrum and
Ferris McArdle were killed and A. H.
Hall, the Superintendent, was badly
burned.
Toronto, Ont, advices state that dur.
ing the past fortnight the weather has
been so treacher0us and violent that
through q large part of Ontario the
farmers will suffer very serious losses.
The reports go to show that south of q
line drawn from Goderich to a point a
few miles north of Toronto the actual
yield of the crops will be very seriously
reduced.
A despatch from Shasta, GAL, says
that "Forest fires are raging all around
here. Last night nearly all the citizens
were oub fighting the flames to keep
them from the town. Communications
between Shasta and Redding is cut off.
Several residences on the outskirts and
a number of fine orchards and vine-
yards have been destroyed"
The police of Milwaukee have been
notified by the authorities Of Prague,
Bohemia, that Hermann Ables, the ow-
ner OF large millinery establishment
in that city, had absconded with $780,
900 belonging to his creditors. The des-
patch says that the defaulter Is at eth
er Chicago, st. Paul or Milwaukee.
The decision of Secretary Lincoln
not to appoint females to the new posi-
tions in the Surgeon Generals and Ad-
jutant Generals offices for work on
pension cases, is ascribed to the fact
that the character Of the work required
is not suitable for females and could
not be performed by them.
The morning train south.bound for
Lake George collided with an extra
engine near Putnam, N. Y, yesterday
killing a fireman, wrecking
both engines and throwing a baggage
and drawing room car down AN en-
None Of The passengers
were killed or badly injured.
Naomi Carr was killed and a number
of other passengers severely injured
yesterday morning by collision be-
tween north bound freight aud south
bound passenger train on the Ohio
Southern Railroad, at PARROTS Cross
ing, Ohio.
Three brothers named Steel opposed
the marriage of their mother with
Mr.. Green near Galveston, Texas.
Two of the Greens and one of the Steels
were mortally wounded in fight yes
terday. Ore Of the Greens is since re-
ported dead.
Abraham Tremper, while leading his
horse and cart, yesterday, near the Cun.
mel If the West Shore Railroad, at
Haverstraw, N. Y, tripped and fell.
The cart passed over him and killed
him instantly.
Patrick Butterfield, an old gardener,
at Strentor, ILL.,, becoming exasperated
at Johnnie Hayes, who, with some 9TH
er boys, was annoying him on Thurs
day night struck him on the head with
a clnh and killed him
A woman, giving the name Of Catha-
rine Taney, and who says she is sister
Of the late Chief Justice Taney, applied
to the County Superintendent
Of the poor at Troy, n. Y, for aid.
She was sent to the Albany Aims.
house.
A despatch from Tucson, Arizona,
says that the noted Indian Chief, Eski-
min zin, has assembled forty or fifty
warriors, renegades from San Carlos,
and is making preparations for war.
The settlers are reported to be much
alarmed.
By the bursting of dam at Kohinoor
Colliery, Shenandoah, Pa, yesterday,
the workings were flooded, which will
necessitate the suspension of mining
for several days. 1t is believed that
all the miners got out safely.
Two freight trains collided yesterday
near Monmouth Junction, on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, badly
wreCking the cars, bloCkaling the road
and interrupting traffic. No one is re-
ported to be injured.
Six suits have be en- brought, each for
Sl0, 900 damages against the owners of
the luckless steamer SCioto. These suits
arise out of the collision between the
Scioto and the Lomas.
The propeller Menominee, while On
the mid lake, near Chicago, encounter
ed on Tuesday night a thick cold cloud,
which burst on her decks, covering them
with snow aud slush to the Iepth OF
six inches.
The body of Mrs. DrisCo was found a
few days ago in corn field near Leba-
non, ILL.,, with the skull crushed In.
Her son has been arrested on suspicion
Of being her murderer.
The business failures reported during
the past week are Eastern States, 18;
Western, 80; Middle, 49, Southern, IL;
Pacific Coast States and Territories, IL;
and New York City, 2.
Iote Myles, Edward Myles, John
Hughson, and William Wisdom were
in Brewster Lake, sixteen
miles from Flesherton, Ont,, ON Thurs
lay evenining, by the upsettlng oftheir
boat.
Henry Close, young man who, after
10 had squandered a fortune, was sent
% the Elmira Reformatory for forgery,
committed suicide yesterday morning
Vt his home in Norwich, N. Y.
First Comptroller Lawrence signed'
a warrant for $22, ,605, 80, In
'avor of Mrs. Lucretia Il. Garfield, the
AMOUNT due her under the act approved
July n, 1882. .r.
A despatch from Montreal states that
Bishop Lafreche OF Three Rivers has
the ladies of his congregation
o wear curls, under the penalty ofcom.
hitting sin.
The body OF a man named Pencher,
who was believed to have been burned
n the recent fire at Hecker's Mills,
Ia n In hA