Daily Republican., 1882-02-16
NEWS SUMMARY.

| NEWS SUMMARY.
DEATH oY YAvENssABLE SOUrH
ERIN BISHOP.
ACOunty Treasurer rebbed-Tam'
many votes with the ReDubli.
can spread or scarlet fever
Dakota 10 bO state
The Intsrnai Bev snue
$1,000 Damsges.
The County Treasurer's Office in De.
troit was robbed yesterday, shortly be.
fore noon, Of $40, while the Treasurer
was alone iu the room. A man entered
the office saying he desired to pay taxes,
and going up to the window farthest
from the door, he called out the num-
bers. While the Treasurer was hunt
ing up descriptions, a confederate OF
the thief stepped inside a door, and
going TO the money dra wer, grabbed up
treated. Both men escaped.
William May Wightman Bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
died in Char lesion yesterday morning
at the age of "A years. He was licensed
to preach 50 years. ago and was elected
Bishop in 1866. After entering the
ministry he was successively a pro.
.essor in Randolph Macon College,
Virginia; editor of the Southern Chris
tian Advocate; President of the Wet
ford College, South Carolina, and
Chancellor OF the Southern Uni yersity
of Greenborough, Alabama.
In the Senate of New York, yester-
day, a resolution empowering the pres.
ident to name the standing committees
was carried by a vote of 10 to II, the
Tammany men voting with the ltepub-
licans.
In the Assembly, Edward NJ. John
son, Republican, was elected Clerk, the
Tammanyites in this body also voting
on the Republican side. The vote
stood 65 for johnson to 81 for Walter Il.
Bum, Democrat.
t. o Senate of Connecticut yesterday
adopted resolution requesting the Re-
representatives. of the State III Congress
to urge the duty and propriety Of utili-
zing the navy yard site at New London
presented by the State to the Genera
Government, and the making OF such
appropriation as may be necessary
for the purpose. The resolutions autho
rize the Governor to appoint a Com
mission to present these views In Wash
ington.
Commissioner Raum will to-day meet
the subj Committee of Ways and Means
having charge Of the question OF reduc'
ing Internal revenue taxation. The
Commissioner favors a plan which he
believes will reduce the revenue from
internal taxation to about $50, 600, 600,
which is pearly the amount favored by
the Committee.
An Associated Press despatch from
Washington says that "a movement Is
on foot in naval circles looking to tie
abolition of the navy yard at League
Island Pa, and the improvement of other
Yards" 1t is said that Mr.. Mcpherson,
of New Jersey, will introduce a bill in
the Senate fer that purpose.
Rev. Lawrence Walsh, of Waterbury,
Connecticut, Treasurer of the Irish
National Land League, reports that he
has received from the Chicago fund
since December Sd, 1881, the sum OF
S5, 167; also that he has sent in all
So, SOB to Treasurer Esgan since last
October, and expects to send s',0OO
more this week.
At Boston, yesterday, Patrick Muir
phy received verdict for $1,000 DANA
ges against the Boston and Albany
Railroad Company for permanent IN
Jury to his sight, caused by the break
ing of an imperfect leader i'll a car
while plaintiff was doing his duty as
brakeman.
The Faculty of Yale College, yester'
day afternoon, presented President
Woolsey with handsome gold medal
commemorative of his 50 years OF ser.
vice in the College Professor Thatcher
| made the presentation address and
President Woolsey responded feeling by.
John Porter, the oldest printer and
publisher in Maine, died yesterday in
Eockland, aged 70 years. He founded
the Rockland Gazette in 1916. This
paper has recently been consolidated
with the Courier, of which his son.
John Il Porter, is one of the proprie.
tors.
Rev. DR.. Jonathan Stearns, for 3-
years pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Newark, New jersey, has
asked to be relieved on account of
growing infrmities The congregation
will grant his request, retaining him as
pastor emeritus, with salary OF s2OO
for life.
There was quite panic in the grain
market at Chicago yesterday, and two
heavy failures were report5d-E. W.
Fisher, dealer in oats, for Sl5O, 900 to
$500, 900, and II. o. Kenyon q Co., com.
mission merchants, with liabilities esti-
mated by one of the firm at $3.50 200.
At the meeting of the spinners of Fall
River, Mass, on Tuesday night, it was
resolved to continue the agitation for all
improvement in the spinning, and also
to ask, through the press, the recogni.
tion OF Washington's birthday as legal
holiday.
A vigilance committee has been form
ed at Edmonton, Manitoba, against
"claim jumpers. 1t was proposed to
make It secret oath bound association
but this was abandoned, and all the
settlers have been invited to join.
Jacob Gessert, ex-Superintendent of
Police of Cincinnati, committed suicide
Yesterday afternoon. He had been con.
fined to his room by asevere pain in the
head. He leaves wife and nine child
rem.
Scarlet fever is prevalent in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and the City Council at
special session on Tuesday, organized
a Board of Health. Every case of the
disease is to be rigidly quarantined.
The House Committee on Territories,
yesterday, adopted the report of its sub.
committee in favor of the admission of