Daily Republican., 1882-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
CON NrRIBUIION FOR THE Gan.
FIEl a. MONUMENT HOSPITAL
LABOR STRIhES.

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| Among the contributions from Hayti
for the proposed Garfield Memorial
Hospital was a letter to Minister Lang
ston from President Salomon, dated
Porte-au. Prince, August 9th, which
says; lp rrsrga0 q. sss
81 applaud and join, IN the noble
purposg Of the citizens oftHe United
/ states OF America to erect monument
to The memory OF their very much re.
Igretted President Garfield, who fell
under the shot Of an assassin. At the
news of the outrage Hayti sent words of
sympathy to the illustrious victim and
to the great Republic. To-day she sends
her contribution for the erection Of the
Garfield Hospital.
"Be pleased to accept mine, MIR.
Minister, with the assurance of my
most distinguished consideration.
SALoMoN."
About midnight on Saturday, five or
six men broke into Eli Cox's house,
near Ashland, ILL.,, and demanded his
money. Not salts led with what they
got-about $40-they procured rope
and strung Cox up 8 times, stuck his
feet in the fire, burnt his hands and
beat him fearfully. William Stiles and
his father lived in part of the house,
but were covered by revolvers, and
could give no assistance. The robbers
had horses tied in the woods near by
and escaped. Thursday last Cox depoS-
tied large cum of money In bank, and
this was the money they expected u.
get. p
A despatch from Halifax, N. s., says
that bottle, picked up on the shore at
Wesrport, Digby county, on Saturday,
contained the following message, sign
ed by John Kelley and Thomas Brown,
and dated June 9TH: "Having strayed
from our vessel, schooner Rapid, off the
Banks, in o dense fog, while setting
nets, we have been floating about for
three days and no help has come yet
and we hope If this piece of paper be
found that the finder will publish this
rs soon as possible. May God have
mercy on u.s."
AS the workmen were laying, yester-
day afternoon, the brick lining of the
last section of the Hudson River tunnel,
foot of Morton street, New York, the
iron shell of which was completed on
Friday, the bulkhead plates gave way,
allowing blowout of earth, sand, etc.
The water flowed in and filled the head
ing. No one was injured, as there was
ample time to escape before the water
entered. 1t is impossible to ascertain
the extent of the damage until the wat
er is driven back.
Agent McGillicuddy telegraphs from
Pine Ridge Agency that he is assembl.
ing all the Indian Police, and will ar
rest Red Cloud Woman's Dress and one
or two others of the chief conspirators
among the Sioux. He wants to send
Red Cloud and the others to the Leaven-
worth Military Prison, and asks for an
escort and transportation for them after
their capture.
The leaders of the strike in the Clm-
berland, Md, region roundly denounce
the miners of the Georges Greek Coal
and Iron Company for having "Oroken
the struggle" Eighty of the New Cen.
tral Company's old miners have signi-
fed their desire to resume work to day.
The Knights of Labor will formally de.
eide to-day whether or not the miners
will resume work as body, ....
A telegram from Victoria, B. c., says
that "The Chinese on The railroad
works are waginZ war on their bosses.
Whenever an accident occurs they
drive their foreman away. AS the
Celestials outnumber the whites iu the
country, the relations between the
races are becoming strained"
Bernard Horne shot and fatally
wounded General John German, late on
Friday night, at Mill Creek, near
Pottsville, Pa, because the latter would
not instantly remove fence which he
had put up between his and Horns's
property.
On the announcement beipg made to
meeting of the striking driver boys at
Wilkesbarre, on Saturday afternoon,
that Charles Parrish & Co. had agreed
to allow them a days pay for full
days coal mined, they decided to re-
sumo work to day.
Eli Gates, colored, crushed in the
skull of Peter Peterson, also colored
with base hall bat yesterday morning
at Chambersburg, Pa, because the lat
ter persisted in paying his forbidden
addresses to Gates daughter
Another incendiary fire occurred at
Lancaster, Pa, yesterday morning,
Jacob Ways large barn, with its con.
tents including five horses and five head
of cattle, was burned to the ground.
Burglars robbed, on Saturday night,
the residence of Victor Boughman, edi-
tor and proprietor of the Citizen, Fred
eriok, Nd.
Two daughters of W. A. Kind, a
farmer, living about fifteen miles from
st. Paul, Mimi, were drowned on Sat-
urday night while bathing.
The body OF au unknown man, evi.
IDENTIFY boatman, was found yesterday
in the Erie Basin, Albany, n. Y.
Andrew Burd, of Providence, r. l.,
was drowned while bathing yesterday
afternoon.