Daily Republican., 1882-09-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
CRIMINAL TRIALsI-REVlsINa
THE OLD TESLA.
MENF.

The jury in the case of FL. D. Myers
ON trial at Wilkesbarre for the murde
of VIM. Hufnagle, yesterday rendered
verdict of involuntary maDslauqhter
with d recommendation to the "fulles
mercy of the Court" and a prayer thai
"the lightost sentence may be i'm
posed" Myers was sentenced to sil
months imprisonment in the comfy
Jail.
The Grand Jnry at Paterson, New
Jersey, yesterday indicted David Tay.
lor for the murder of his wife. Taylor
was admitted to bail.
Samuel Barker, indicted for shooting
A. I. e. Sohenok, who run away with
mis- daughter, was convicted at Somer.
Vile. New Jersey, yesterday of assault
and battery.
The Chief Of the Bureau Of Statistics
reports that the values of the imports
OF merchandise into the United States
during the twelve months ended Aug.
31st, 1852, were $741, ,983, 917; and for the
corresponding months of the preceding
year, $64S, 248, ,565, being an increase Of
$98, 735, 1862 for the year ended Aug. 3lst,
1882.
The Old Testament Branch of the
American Bible Revision Committee
met yesterday in New York. Profess
sor Meade, of Virginia, DR.. Hale, of
Philadelphia, DIR. Packard, of the Epis-
copal Theological Seminary of Virginia,
and DR.. Donaul, of Brooklyn, were pres.
ent, with suggestions as to the best
way to advance the work. 1t was re-
ported at the meeting that "the work
ofrevision had progressed to the Psalms,
which have already been revised four
times-twice in this country and twice |
in England. The Song of Solomon |
will come nxet, followed by EGclesias
tes, which will all but complete the
work, and will take about a year yet to
accomplish"
P. J. Dunkle, the last of theK ewanee |
Bank robbers, has been captured near
Battle Mount, Montana, and about |
$1,000 in cash has been recovered. The
detectives tracked him to Des M0ines,
St. Paul, Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Bill
lings and Miles City, Montana, and
finally having reached the end of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, pursued
him on horseback for 800 miles in the
wilderness, before he was overtaken.
Dunkle is only % years Of age. Is the
son of a prominent merchant of Des
Moines, and was "never before known
to be engaged in any questionable busi-
ness"
An easterly Stor n has for several |
days past prevented many vessels from |
getting to sea from Boston harbor, and |
til ere was no abatement yesterday OF |
the gale. The steamers City OF Port
land, for st. John, New Brunswick,
and Cambridge, for Bangor. Maine, !
ventured outside yesterday morning,
but had not proceeded far when it was
deemed prudent to return to port.
The values of the exports of domestic
and foreign merchandise from the
United States during the twelve
months ended August 81, 1882, were
S737, ,038,772, and for the twelve months
ended August 81, 1881, 1894, III ,454, a
decrease OF $157 ,678, ,682 for the Twelve
months ended August 31st 1882.
Gardner A. Fuller, and E. Frank
MoshSr, convicted in the Criminal
Court at Boston Of having run off with
q cargo Of goods on the bark Western
Seas, were called up for sentence yes
terday. Fuller was not present a1d
Mosher's sentence was postponed.
James Kelly, at one time reputed to
be worth $4,000, 900, died yesterday in
penury at WilkinburG, Allegheny
county, Penna., aged SS years. He sank
most of his fortune in Improbable In
vestments and In litigation.
A fire in RidgwAy, Penna., yesterday
destroyed the Democrat and
Advocate printing offices, the bank,
the Hyde House and fourteen stores.
Loss 100000
Fifty.two now cases of yellow feves
and eleven deaths were reported yesterf
day in Pensacola, making q total to
date Of 73l cases aud rs desths.
Colonel George 9. Wynkoop, q SOL
der of the war with Mexico and the
war for the Union, died yesterday in
Pottsville, aged Is years,
Thomas Riley, the we'll known swim
mer, on trial for the alleged larceny OF
q one thousand dollar bond, in Boston,
was discharged yesterday by the Court.
The resignation Of J, P. Wickersham
our Minister to Denmark, has been re-
Ceived at the State Department.