Daily Republican., 1882-01-19
NEWS SUM MARY.
uOHOKgNG THE MINISTRY OF
ANOLD BIsnOP.
A Rate n Of Fires-kInatI.DO scares
-BlDOdY Work Of Suicide
Disabled Soldiers Home &c.

A Rate h Of fFires-kInati.DOx scares
-BlDOdY Work Of = Suicide
DissbIed Soldiers Home, &c.
The fItieth anniversary OF BISHOP
Huwe's ordination to the ministry was
celebrated yesterda, in Christ Church,
Reading. The church was profasely
decorated with flowers and there was a
large attendance, among the clergymeA
present being bishops Clark, of Rhode
Island, aud Whlteho Ise, OF Pittsbllrg,
Archdeacon Kirby, of England, and
Rev. DR.. Tying, OF New York. The
principal feature Of the celebration WAS
the prosecution to the venerable Bishop
OF II pastoral staff made of ebouy, sau-
dal and OAK wood and in.aid with jew
els
Near Lancaster, kentncky, on Tues
day nighr, James K WIlm"t, IA farmer,
murdered, his WIFI, his mo her, aged
80 years, and bis two daughters, aged
respectively u and ~ years, and then
hanged himself An axe Was the
attempted to kill his sou, aged 30 years
but failed in the attemp5. WiInot
had been broollng over debt of sew
eral hundred dollars which he owed,
and it is believed became insane i'll con
sequence. He was about 60 years OF
age and in conf rtable circumstances.
Tue annual meeting Of the Board of
Managers of the NA'ional Home tor
Disabled Soldiers was held yesterday
in Washington. The members Of the
Board present were Generals McClel.
Ian, Franklin and Nc Mahon, and Col
onel H. A. Harris. President Arthur
(whO Is ex.otticic President of the
5oard), Secretary Lincoln, General
Sherman, Chief Jus Ice Waite and
other. r.proniuent gentlemen were pre-
sent by invitation.
There were six deaths from small
pox in Richmond, Virginia, last week
'rnus far thirteen new cases have been
reported this week. A meeting of the
| City Council has been requested to ar
range Tor the proper care Of any mem
ber of the Legislature who may b'
stricken with The disease. The scare
among the Legislators, however, seem'
TO be abatlng.
In the Senate Of Virginia, yesterday
a resolution was passed by the Houst
looking to the joint election of certail
State officers was resclnded, and tn
election WAS postponed until Tuesda.
next BY a vote or 23 10 II. Nine Read
iussers voted with the Democrats. fb
House subsequently, concurred in Ill
postponement.
| In Chicago, on Tuesday night, Levi
p. Smith, aged % years, assisted b.
his little brother, captured three burg
lars in his house by securing the rcVoI
yer OF one of them and holding theiE a
bay until the police arrived. One 1
the robbers attelnptin to escape, Wa
: shot and perhaps fatally wounded
The coal breaker Of j. &. Hayden
Co., at Jeanesville, in Iuzerne county
one of the largest in tho State, was de
stroyed on Tuesday night by tire, SUI
posed to have been the work OF an IL
cendiary. Loss $500, 900. About 's
men and boys were employed by tn
breaker.
!, BY the collision Of an express tral
and freight train on the Pennsylv'
. MIA Railroad at Englewood, near Chic;
q 90 on Tuesday, two freight cars an
the express engine were crushed, all
. SIX or eight passengers were Drulaet
, Two of the train hands were scverei
. injured.
t AdoIph A, Cohn, recently agent I
: the Alaska Commercial Company
t Portland, Oregon, committed sulcll
= in San Francisco yesterday. He wi
| short in his accounts with the Compan
0 and gave his note tor the amount, bl
$ they refused to reinstate him as agen
Z Secretary Frelinghuyscn is advise
l from Paris that the bill introduced
: the French Chambers on Saturday vi
result practically in the free admissic
= of American sailed meats. 1t is e.
/ pected to become a law at an ear
I date.
a A telegram from Harrisburg say
!. concerning the alledged shooting of
a peldler near Landis Gap, a few da.
ago "The whole story is a acanard, al
j. has done injustice to the Dean brother
> whose names were mentioned in co
a nection with it.
The Tooth anniversary Of the birth
Daniel Webster was celebrated yeste
day in Washington, New York, Bosto
v Chicago and u number Of other citi
|. and towns, by speeches, reception
d banquets and other exercises.
A telegram from Canton, Mississipl
reports the highest flood IN the B
r. Black Valley ever known there,
was still raining in that district yeste
day, but no rain had fallen south OF
y for two days.
Yesterday morning Temperatures we
q reportei from . to % degrees belo
1i zero in New Brunswick, 10 to "A belo
IL zero in New Hampshire, and zero to
- below in Northern New York
i'll In 3 Shooting scrape" at Jonesbt
"a ough, Texas, on Monday evening,
IT. Young man named Wolf, was serioXs
"a wounded, and another named Upha
was killed.
The Legislature of Iowa. in joint CO
. yention, Yesterday formally declar
vi the election for l.. S. Senator'S of Jam
u f. Wilson for the long and j. W. N
!, Dill for the short term.
r. A fire in Pittsburg yesterday MOI
N ing destroyed Hilliard n Sterret's for
a. dry and rendered ten dwellings, ad
!, cent uninhabitable. Loss about 81
q. 900.
In Mariposa county California, y
terday, Albert Branson was fata
shot by his father-ln law, Sammol
ty who then committed suicide.
a George Leppert, Jr., was arrested
's, Port Jervis yesterday and taken to NJ
D. York, to answer the charge OF usi
ri cancelled postage stamps.
u. General Hancock was in Washingt
Nv Nv yesterday and called upon the Secreta
~ of War
n. The Opera House in Mankato, M
- nesota, was burned on Tuesday mig
i Loss about $50, 900.
IT, Ninety-one new cases OF small-p
of and twenty -four deaths were report