Daily Republican., 1882-04-20
NEWS SUMMARY,
THE FORD BROrHERN NOT YET
PARDONED.
More Emigrants- Marine Disasters
-sOtsl lido Must stand Trial For
Murder-ACOlOred Minister'S
Wife sues . Railroad Com
pany for $4,000 pam.
aEes-Other News

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! Robert Ford and his brother Charles
were taken yesterday to Richmond,
In Ray county, Missouri, where Robert
Will be tried for the murder of Wood
Hite, one of the outlaw gang. Cover
nor Crittenden denies that he PROMISED
the FordS immunity for all past crimes,
but " will not say that lie might not
pardon them" He believ ~ that Frank
James, the brother Of Jesse, is dead
The steamer FriHaba, from South
Carolina for San Francisco, picked up
at sea fifteen ton schooner, with lot
of Chinese goods and baggage in a
damaged condition. This schooner left
Monterey recently with l5 Chinese pas
sengers for Southern California port,
and is supposed to have beef abandoned
during a storm. The Chinese are be-
ieved to all be lost,
In the Criminal Court at Washington
yesterday, counsel for 4. G. Soteldo,
charged with murder and manslaugh-
ter, filed notion to quash the indict-
rnent in the latter case. The motion
was orerruled and an exception taken.
| uC bi5UlSb AbtOlueI JuSu sblu ne
would CAL the case on Thursday of
next week.
| In the Massac husetts House OF Repre-
sentatives, yesterday, the committee to
which was referred the petition of GER
tain atheists for Legs lation providing
that disbelief in God may not affect the
credibiii,y OF a witness, was granted
leave to withdraw"
The steamer City OF Sydney, from
New Zealand, has arrived ut San Fran
cisco with 800 passengers, nearly half
of them Mormon converCs, destined for
Salt Lake. Many others were refused
passage for lack OF room.
Hannibal H. Chase, President of the
PEOPLES Bank of Baltimore, fell dead
yesterday morning, while going to his
.tice. He il the third bank president
who has died in Baltimore within eight
days.
Norris p. Myers, aged +6 years, said
to be from Philadelphia, was found in.
sane on one OF the streets or New York
on Tuesday night and was sent to the
Chambers Street Hospital.
The busiues, portion of Brownsville,
Missouri, was destroyed by a tornado
on Tuesday afternoon. Seven persons
were killed and twenty or thirty in
ured, one fatally.
The acCorr.s ofex Treasurer Dundor,
of Berks county, have been examined,
and his "dehciency"e is now stated at
S36, 600, instead of $40, ,0O0 as at first re-
ported. Heis s,ill At arge.
A meeting Of ,hm Providence Tool
Company's creditors las been called for
Saturday next, to hta. a statement OF
tho compsuy's cDnd4tion. The works
| are closed.
Thc latest reports from the fruit grow
ing districts of Virginia, Michigan and
Arkansas Indicate that the crops sui.
fered little damage from the recent cold
| weather.
r. S. Franklin, Republican, was
elected Mayor o. Newport, Rhode
Island, yesterday, by ia majority.
The Democrats have one majority in
the Council
Rev. j. S. Fisher, young student
of theology in Berks county, has be-
come violently insane from attempting
to commit tie whole Testament to
memory.
Heavy rains yesterday afternoon and
evening quenched the forest fires which
were threatening disaster in Pike and
Luzerne counties in the State of Penn
sylvania.
During last week Al deaths from
small .pox were reported in Cincinnati,
20 in Chicago, = in Allegheny City,
Penna., 3 in Pitts0urg, and 3 in New
York.
Five houses were demolished and sew
g raj others damaged by storm at Mt.
Vernon, Pa, yesterday afternoon. A
woman was killed and six Others were
injured.
By collision between gravel train
and passenger train at Salem, Massa-
chusetts, yesterday morning, several
men were injured, one perhaps fatally.
Several we're injured, none seriously,
by collision between two freight trains
at Spring Hill, Nova Scotia, on Tues
day.
The Prohibition State Convention of
Connecticut met yesterday and nomi-
mated full State ii 'ket, headed by
George P. Rogers for G ,vernor.
Weaver, Ware Il Co., furniture man
ufacturers of Providence, are reported
to be embarrassed by the failure of the
Tool Company.
Alexander Fisher, manager Of the
Ontario Bank, in Toronto, committed
suicide yesterday. He had been sick for
some time.
The Legislature of Missouri met yes
terday at Jefferson City in extra $685.
sion, for the purpose of redistricting the
State.
The heaviest snow storm of the sea-
son prevailed yesterday in the PENN.
sula OF Michigan.
The steamship Hermann arrived at
Baltimore last evening from Bremen
with 400 i'm migrants, all bound West. |
Captain John II. Donovan, of the re-
tired list of the U. S Army, died in
Washington last Sunday.
Three new cases and deaths from
smallpox were reported yesterday IN
South Bethlehem.