Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION In
OHIO.
An Ejectment Case-Death OF q
Rear Admiral-LOeal Option
Passes the New Jersey ken.
ate - Destructive Fires
Olher ems OfIuterest.

A "Sunday Law Mass Temperance
Convention met yesterday in Colum.
bus, Ohio. Delegates were present from
all parts Of the State. The Convention
was called to order by Rev. DR.. Moon,
and Mayor Hurst, Of Chi ilicothe, was
chosen temporary chairman. In the
afternoon the Convention organized
with Richard Smith, of Cincinnati, a.
permanent President. A Estate Cen
tral Law and Order Committee was
constituted, with authority to call a
State convention in reference to the on.
forcement of the Sunday laws.
The ejectment suit of the heirs OF
rench Coke against Daniel Shepp aud
others, on trial at Potisvile for five
weeks, resulted last night in verdict
tor the plaintiffs for the land in dispute
with damages and costs. The case in.
volved Questions of title going back to
1893 land the title to hundreds o,
properties extending over a range OF
M re than fifty miles of territory, i'll
cluding valuable coal lands in Union
township"
The cases o the United States against
Messrs. Brady, Dorsey, Voil and others
were again called in the Criminal
Court at Washington, before Judge
Wylie yesterday, and the defendants
were again unnrepared to plead to the
indictments. After some discussion by
council the Court ordered the defen-
dants to enter their ca on Saturday,
making their appearance on that day
peremptory.
Rear Admiral James H. Spots, COM
manding the South Atlantic Station,
died at Stanley, Falkland Islands, on
the 9th inst, of apoplexy, and was bu,
rled there. He was d native of North
Carolina, 6Oyears of age, and served
with honor in the late wal. His death
will promote Commodore Pierce Crosby
to be Rear Admiral, and Captain A. A.
Semmes to be Commodore
A mass meeting of citizens irrespec-
tive of party has been called to meet in
the Cooper Institute, New York, on
April 3D., TO express sentiment upon the
imprisonment of American citizens by
foreign Governments without trial.
Among the signers OF he call are Mayor
Grace, Oswald Oftenderfer, William
Henry Hubert, Hugh Hastings and
other leading citizens.
The killing of Mr.. Stephen s. Van
Rensselaer, in the Hotel Brunswick,
New York, early on Wednesday morn
ing, was the result of accident. 1t has
been ascertained from the autopsy that
: Ia, . . ha
entirely disprove the theory of suicide,
and show that death was caused by the
careless handling of the weapon.
The demand OF the carpenters of Gin.
cinnati for an advance of wages is to
take effect on the lst OF May. The de-
tails of the demand are that skilled
workmen shall receive So day that a
weeks work shall consist of tifty.nine
hours; overtime be paid double, and
wages be paid il fun every Sa ur-
day night.
The arrangements fer the hanging of
Henry and Frank Rumberger, convict.
ed OF The murder OF Mr.. TrUutman have
been completed, and they Will be exc
cuted in Harrisburg to-day. Each has
made confession, but there is some
discrepancy in their statements.
The Senate of Minnesota yesterday
sitting as Court of Impeachment,
formally certified its judgment against
Judge Cox, impeached for drunken.
ness. The Sentence is removal from
office and disqualification for judicial
position for i've years.
The boiler at Charles Leiser's ore
mine, near Allentown, burst yesterday,
afternoon, blowing the engineer, Jane.
Weaver, into well near by, where he
WAS subsequently found drowned
Henry Lesser, aged II, had leg brok-
| en-.
A mass meeting of citizens of Hobo.
ken. New Jersey, is to be held to,mor,
row evening, to protest against further
action by the Legislature on the bill
giving the water front to the railroads
Barnes & McGill's grain elevator at
Hawley Michigan, was destroyed by
fire on Tuesday night, with 100000
bushels OF wheat. The total loss is es.
timated at 5000. 900.
The Proctor Hotel and outbuidings
at Kearsarge Mountain, New Hamp,
shire were burned yesterday. Loss
$4,000 A defective chimney caused
the fire.
A fire in We'll, Dreyfus & Co.'S dry
goods store, in Boston on Wednesday
night, caused loss of stock to tn.
amount of about $500
During last week %. deaths: from
small pox were reported III Chicago
and ii new cases and | deaths III Pit g.
burg.
The extra session of the Illinois Leg
islature, to reapportion the State, revise
the Criminal Code and determine the
Canal question, opened yesterday.
The strike of the moulders In Troy
New YorK, 700 in number, began yes
terday. 1t throws 2OOO men out Of EN-
ployment.
No new cases of the dsec se were re-
ported in South Bethlehem yesterday