Daily Republican., 1882-10-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
ABATEMENT OF THE YELLOW
FEVER PLA6UE-TUG BLOWN
UP -AND OEHER ACOINENTN.

ABATEMENT OF THE YELLOW
FEVER PLAGUE-TUG BLOWN
UP -AND OTHEK ACCIDENTs.
st. Johns Catholic church. In Homes
dale, Penna., = massive stone structure
In the Gothic sty lie, the cornerstone Of
which was laid in 1876, was dedicated
yesterday by Bishop O'Hara, of Scran.
ton. Excursion trains from Hewley.
Scranton and Carbondale carried q
large number of people to assist in the
services. The ground on which tha
church is built was given by the Della
ware and Hudson Canal Company,
Only nine new cases of yellow fever
and one death were reported In Pensa-
cola yesterday. The sudden and re-
markable decline in the number of new
cases (thirty three having been reported
on Saturday, "causes great surprise,
melting hope In some and skepticism in
Others" The decrease is the more ex-
traordinary, as the weather continues
unseasonably warm.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has bought the narrow gauge
line between Pittsburg and Washing
ton, Penna., known as the PittsburR
Southern. 1t is intended to rebuild
part of the line and make 1t standard
gauge, and "run their route from
Pittsburg to the West Ly way Of wheel
ing.
William Dickson, foreman OF the
Star Eoute jury, was arrested In Wash.
ington on Saturday morning and gave
bail in $4,000 for hearing. The hear
ing in Payne's case will take place on
Tuesday, and will be followed by the
hearings in the cases of Fall and Dick
son.
A freight train on the Champlain Dr.
vision Of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Railroad ran off trestle near
Putnam, New York, on Saturday night.
Eighteen cars were burned. Charles
Wheeler, of COhoes, fireman, and Geo.
Near, OF Rallston, brakeman, were
killed.
The six days walking match in New
York ended on Saturday night, the
final score being Fitzgerald, 577;
Noremac, 566 Herty, 541 Hughes,
525. There was little public interest
in the contest, and the gate receipts
probably did not reach paying sum.
The tug Wetzel blew up near Racine,
Wisconsin, on Saturday morning, while
racing with another tug for cow. E.
F. Lowell, the captain and owner, and
William Kelly and Patrick White,
engineers, were killed.
The mAngled bodies of Homer Stew
art and James Sullivan were found on
Friday in Tunnel in the Lancaster
mine at Silverton, Colorado. 1t is sup.
posed they were killed by q premature
blast.
An express train on the st. Louis
Air Line was thrown from the track
near Boston, Indiana, on Friday night.
John McSwaln, fireman, was killed,
and the passengers were badly shaken
up.
The health Of ex Governor Hendricks
of Indiana, Is said to cause much anx-
iety to his friends There is q general
weakening of his system, and he is now
threatened with gangrene in one of his
legs.
Orlando 3. Potter has written a let
ter accepting the Democratic nomina-
tion for Congressman in the Eleventh
New York District. He favors reform
in the civil service.
Five cars of train on the Troy and
Boston Railroad were wrecked near
Schagticoke on Saturday afternoon by
ties which had been placedC on the
track. No person was injured.
Twenty six new cases of fever, but
no deaths, were.reported in BrownvilIe,
last week. All except one or two of
the new cases occurred amoug persons
returning to the city.
A middle aged man, registering as
William Runyan, Of New Orleans, at
the Stanton House, in Chattanooga,
com mitted suicide in his room on Sat-
urday night.
A Buffalo syndicate has boughta
large tract of valuable redwood tim.
Der land in Humboldt county, Califor-
mia.
Waldo Hutchins has been renomina-
ted for Representative in Congress, by
the Dom ocratic Convention OF the
Twelfth District Of New York.
The post-offices at Berkeley, in Somer-
set county, and Energy, in Lawrence
county, Pennsylvania, was disccntin-
ued last week.
The registration Of voters in New
York city closed on Saturday, with
total Of 1856, ,233 names. The total regis
tration in 1880 was 217,023
William Mcdonald, another of the
injured by the recent railroad disaster
near North Adams, Massachusetts
died on Saturday, making seven dead
During last week, 956 immigrant ar.
rived in California by rail, mostly from
New, England, New York, Penusylva.
MIA, Ohio and Illinois.
George Seller, 80 years ofage, shot
himself dead in New York, yesterday,
because he was unable TO get work.
$500 900 worth ot land in Western
Texas was sold in New York on Friday
to an English company.
The ship Edward O'BrieD, 2l57 tons
register, was launched on Saturday at
Maine.
The steam bark, George s. Homer,
1884 Tons gross, was launched on Satur-
day at Bath, Maine.
Governor Cornell, of New York, has
ssued proclamation, designating Mo-
vember 30bh as Thanksgiving Day.
The fever is reported to be increasing
In Camargo, Mexico, but decreasing
1t Mier.
We Deal IN HAAS. Gaps and EuFa
ExclusIvely.
All our attention, time and facilities
or business transaction are wholly de-
7oted to this one branch of trade, and
Ve are, therefore, enabled to offer un-