Daily Republican., 1882-08-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE YELLOW FEVER IN TEX AZ. =
THE LAGHTNINGS WORK.
VIRGINIA RAINS.

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merce Of the United States during the
fiscal year ending June 3Oth, last, in
cluding both imports and exports Of
merchandise and specie, amounted to
u, 1856, ,859, ,456, against $1,6T5, ,024, 318
during the preceding fiscal year.-show-
Cling decrease of S10S 164, 1852. During
t,he last fiscal year there was an excess
nT exports over imports Of gold and sill
yer coin and bullion, amounting 10 So
$40, 1856, against an excess Of imports
over exports during the preceding year
of 4Sl, ,16S,650.
Indian Agent Niles telegraphs to the
Comm issioner of Indian Affairs fsOm
Rsu@ IN the Indian Territory, under
date W the 9TH inst, that Indians from
that and the Kiows Agency "had
bough5 breech loading guns of the best
Ipattera from traders at Oald well, Kan
sas," and he asks "what course shall
he pursued to prevent s9ch dangerous
practice"' The Commissioner says
that every effort will be made to correct
such abuses.
In New York, yesterday, Paul
Vilani, aged 80 years, shot himself dead
on one of the East River piers. The
body OF an unknown man. who had
cut his own throat with a razor, was
found lying in Pleasant Avenue.
Henry Ieisea aged 26 years, shot him
self twice in the breast, and Is not ex.
pected to recover. Family trouble was
the cause.
Recent heavy rains at Lynchburg
and throughout Southwestern Virginia
have flooded all the swollen streams
and done great damage to the crops
and other property. There have been
large washouts on the Norfolk and
Western and Richmond and Allegheny
Railroads, but the tracks are now re-
paired.
At a colored camp meeting at East
man, Georgia, few days ago, a deputy
marshal shot and killed a fleeing pris-
oner named John Tarrapy. A mob
chased the deputy marshal into house.
where they found white man named
James Harvard, whom, mistaking him
for the deputy, they beat and shot to
death.
A fire in Gardiner, Maine, last night,
destroyed about dozen saw and PLAN
ing mills, furniture factories, etc., and
sixty dwellings, causing loss esti-
mated at 5000, 900. Over 300 men are
thrown out Of employment. 1t Is re-
ported two lives were lost dnring the
progress of the fire. -'...y
A fire at George May & Co.'S mills,
near North Troy, Vermont, had burned
over several hundred acres Of WOO d.
land yesterday and consumed DIV ell
ing occupied by Albert Frasier. A
child in the house was seriously, If not
fatally, burned.
William Miller, of Bird.in. Hand,
Lancaster county, Pa, got on freight
train on Sunday night to ride
home, and mistaking the place in the
darkness, jumped of as the train was
crossing Mill Creek bridge. He fell 60
feet and was fatally injured. a
The second week of the Chautauqua
Assembly opened yesterday with an
increased attendance. Bishop Simpson,
DR.. Buckley, of New York, and An
thony ComstOck were the speakers of
the day.
Governor Plaisted, of Maine, has
written long and exhaustive letIerac
ceDting the Democratic. nomination for
Governor, and discussing the issues of
the canvass. He expresses himself coA-
tident of re- election.
A keg of powder exploded yesterday,
in the Dutch coal niue at Washington
Indiana, fatally injuringG Gorge Weaver
and hoy named Alfred Hamar. The.
disaster was caused by the boys care
lessnesS.
The Presbyterian, Church at Stam--
ford, Connecticut, was destroyed by
lightning yesterday afternoon, with an
adjoining dwelling; Loss $S3, 600. Il
is believed two men perished in the
church.
On Saturday, a young man contested
with circus performing at Maysville,
Kentucky, made q balloon ascension
seated on trape8e bar. The balloon de-
scended in the Ohio river, and the
Young man was drowned.
Several cases of suspicious sickness"
on the schooner Henrietta, from Mata-
moras, in quarintine at Galveston, have
developed into yellow fever and one of
the sick men died.
Eighteen new cases of yellow fever
and one death were reported in Browns
vile, Texas, during the twenty
four hours ending Sunday. The Mayor
LAS DCOu blOh VI bAO hlbOobO'
William F. Powell, ex-Assistaut City
Clerk of Newark, New Jersey, died
yesterday morning, from a fracture of
the skull, received by falling from
second-story window on Sunday night.
The steamer Gold Dust burst her
boiler and burned to the waters edge
and sank, near Hickman, Kentucky,
last night. So far as known, II lives
were lost and AZ persons were injured.
4 summer house on the bluff at Long
Branch was struck by lightning yes
rerday, and four persons were injured,
policeman, named Corners, perhaps
fatally.
1t is now stated by a despatch from
Chicago that Hilgert, the absconding
sugar retiner, forged acOeptances on
merchants in that city to the amount of
5000
A man named Martin Meir was
found dying on a sidewalk in San Fran
cisco, yes erday, with stab in his
back. The murderer is supposed to be
a Chinaman.
Lewis Nichols, boy, was drowned
by falling into mill race at Chris
tlana, Lancaster county, Penna, on
Sunday.
The boiler of steam thresher explo-
ded yesterday at Kingsville, Ontario,
killing Frederick Lyons and doing
much damage to property.
In Matamoras, Mexico, the number
of deaths has reached Z. There Is an
increase in the number of cases, but no
figures are given.
The U. S. Port Surgeon at Laredo,
Texas, denies that there are any cases
of ofyellow fever in that city or vicin-
ity.
A house at Manocka, near Scranton,
was demolished by lightning yesterday
afternoon, and girl was killed.
A colored man was killed by light
ming in q han rooat vrhara he souphE