Daily Republican., 1882-12-29
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ANNUAL RE-UNION OF COMsTI.
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SAID yesterday CnhG ne ndu utLeTmluou
}. not to pay the January interest on the
+. funded bonds of that State. His rea-
!. son is that, at the last election, "an
o overwhelming sentiment was express
ed" ty the voters of the State that
!. first another tender shall be made to its
creditors" and the Treasurer. there
!. fore, "feels it his duty to take no step
in the premises that may embarrass
further this already complicated ques-
ton"
The annual reunion of 'the surviv-
ers of the Constitutional Convention of
Pennsylvania, Of 1872, was held last
evening in Lancaster. Forty of the
mem bers were present. The following
officers were elected: President, An
drew G. Curtin; Secretary, George n.
Corson, of Norristown; Treasurer, Wm.
E. LttIetOn, of Philadelphia. Altoona
was selected as the place for the next
reunion.
A special meeting of the Western
Nail Association was convened in Pitte-
burg, yesterday, ''to take measures for
curtailing production, in view ofthe
stagnatiOn in the trade" The attend
ance was large, but few mills were
unrepresented. A resolution to close
the mills for thirty days was discussed
and laid over until to-day, when it is
expected that all the mills in the ASso-
oiation will be represented.
About 15O creditors of TIE Ladies'
Co o-operotive Dress Association, in New
York. met yesterday, among them
being Miss Kate Field. 1t was stated
that all but seventy of the employees
had been discharged, and that an in
ventery of the stock would be ready
next week. The total assets are stated
at $230, 500 and the liabilities at S129.-
1856.
/ The First Comptroller of the Treaury
decided yesterday that Congressman
rendering services to the Government
other than those Of his Office was en-.
titled 10 pay therefor. Also that the
Southern States Which paid direct taxes
during the war are not entitled to a
refund of fifty per cent. The latter
question was raised by South Caro-
Ina.
The net proceeds of the recent sale of
artic eS accumulated in the Dead Let
Tier Office at Washington are "a ,497,
which SUN has been deposited in the
Treasury to the credit Of the Post Office
Department The amount realized from
the sale of any parcel can Ee recovered
} by the sender or addresser at auy time
within four years from the daLe OF its
registry in the Dead Letter Office.
There is talk of vigilance committee
in Chicago to put down the highway
men who are becoming numerous and
bold in the streets of that city. Scarcely
a night passes without at least one
attack, and the sandbag is the weapon
most frequently used by the robbers.
! One Of the victims of these OutIagas ID
not expected to survive.
The steamship VoImer, which sailed
from Victoria, British Columbia, some
days ago tor Hong Kong, with coal and
/ 215 Chinese passengers, returned Op
Wednesday for repairs, having been
considerably damaged in a terrible
gale three hundred miles off Cape Flat
terry.
George T. Heney, merchant, and
Frederick CoCheu and David W Smith
custom house appraisers, were arrest
ed yesterday in New York. on a
charge OF conspiracy tc defraud the
customs. They were held 10 $1,000
bail each for examination.
The double-turretted monitor MiaD-
tonOmaI reached Washington yester-
day morning. A full report OF her
trip from the timo she left RoaCh'S
shipyard until she arrived at the Wash
lugton navy yard will be submitted to
the Secretary OF the Navy.
The jewelry factory in North Attle-
bOro. Massachusetts,, owned by Felix
G. Whitney, and occupied by G.
Whireuey g. Co, Young & Bennett.
Codding Brothers and G. X. Webster
& Co., was buried yesterday morning.
The loss IL estimated at S105,OOO.
Revenue Agent Trumbull, after q
full Investigation of the charges
bruugl t against two distillers of Peoria,
! Limos, reports that the barrels used
by them are "all right" The charge
CT dishonesty was made by "enVious
rivals"
The most successful dramatic author
of the times, Mr.. BARLEY Campbell, on
one occasion fell and sprained his ankle
severely. A bottle of St. Jacobs Oil
soon mended matters, howeVer.-NeW
York Dramatic News.
, Governor Hoyt yesterday issued the
death warrant of Uriah Meyer, of Sny-
der county, convicted of the murder OF
Mrs. Kintzler in 1877. Tie execution
is to take place on the 289h of February
next.
A telegram from Boston says that a
new line of steamers, to be called the
"Furness Line" will soon be started,
to be cun tortnightly between Bostou
and London, with through bills of lad.
ing to and from East Indian ports.
There is a general movement among
the saloon keepers in Chicago against
the advance in the price Of beer con
tempiated by tie brewers, and il is
possible the advance may be prevented.
The resignation Of Captain H. II.
Crews, of the Fourth Cavalry, having
been accepted by the President, tha
order for court martial i'll his case
has been revoked.
During the eleven months which
ended on November 3Oth, the Wabash
Railroad system earned, S3,2SO,0O0
more than that druing the correspond
ing period of 1881.
| To steal an umbrella Is at last
crime. But if man steals bottle Of
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup to cure his
cough, can it be cal ed crime?
Tie Southern Hotel and sevetal
stores In the business part of Prescott,
Arkansas, were burned o. Wednesday
night. Loss $4,000.
Lot NJ. Morrill, is reported by tele-
gram from Augusta, to be gradually
falling. All hope of his recovery
was given up several weeks ago.
i William P Dolbiere was crushed to
death by fall of rock and coal in
mine, at WilkesbArre, yesterday after
noon.
Five colored persons we're drowned
yesterday at Fort Darlington, Geor-
gia, by the upsetting of ferry-boat.