Daily Republican., 1882-09-22
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The body of Agu 'tus Green, veal.
thy Englishman, resident in Chester
field county Virginia, was found yes
terday afternoon in the woods near bis
home. The body had only the under
clothing with the haf and watch of the
deceased being scattered around at
short distanc-. A setter dog, much
EN- aciated, watched by his dead master.
Deceased was givea to drinking sprees
and Is supposed to have perished in the
dellrium following one OF them.
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
asserts that an attempt 10 about to be
made 10 "corner" the oil market 1t
says Operations have already been
commenced here and elsewhere, and
about twelve million barrels have
already been bought and taken out of
tue market. Heavy buyers outside Of
this pool hold several million barrels.
and it. is said the present break IL for
The purpose of shaking out weak
holders"
Randall Brown, coIored, was fatally
stabbed by Matthew Davis, the colored
Postmaster at Athens, Georgia, on
Tuesday night, in quarrel growing
out Of the formers support of the
Democratic candidate for Congressman
in that district, Davis has been held in
$1,000 bail to await the result of Browns
injuries.
The Society of the Army of the Cum
berland, in session at Milwaukee yes
terday elected the following officers:
President, Gen. Phil II. Sheridan;
Corresponding Secretary, Henry. M.
List; Recording Secretary, John W.
Steele; Treasurer, General Joseph s.
Fullerton, and Vice Presidents from
all the States and Territories.
A telegram from Raleigh says the
Commissioners appointed to adjust the
debt of North Carolina, incurred to aid
in TIE construction of the North
Carolina Railroad, report that S1,000,-
900 of the bonds have been renew ed out
of the total, $2,795,000. The October
interest will be payable at the National
Bank of the Republic, New York.
The boiler of the ferry steamer Rich
elieu burst yesterday morning at
Lachine, Quebec, killing Pierre De-
and Persellius Amyot, farmers, of
iOudb6buRhy' Luo plloJ SUI 10 uAon-
ing and supposed to have been blown
overheard. Several passengers were
severely Scalded by the escaping steam
The General Conference of the
Seventh Day B2ptists of America IS
holding its annual session in AshawAy,
Rhode Island. Professor A. r. UraL-
dali, of the University of kentucky,
presides. Letters have been received
from &c churches, leaving % to be heard
from.
The British steamship Plessy; at GAL
weston from Philadelphia, reports that,
in latitude q. 10 north, longitude 8846,
she passed the masts, gaffs, bOoms,
sails and rigging of a'schooner, which
had evidently been put short time in
the water.
There was parade of the tiremen of
Connecticut in Danbury yesterday,
there being in line q engines and hoGe
and II hook and ladder co npanies At
ter the parade there vas an exhibition
of steamers, aud collation. was served
under tents to 220O men.
George N. Hurst, a harness mauufac-
turer, was found dead in htd Of Eeart
disease in Syracuse, New York, Yesrer-
day morning. In the same city Mrs.
Maria r. Hern died suddenly OF paraly-
sis of the heart yeste day morGing,
while sitting in chair.
The gross earnings Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company in New
York State during the year ending june
Both last, were reported at S845, 1000, ON
which the company has paid taxes to
tho amount of S4225
Preparations have been completed in
Washington for the reception Of Chief
Engineer Melville, Messrs. NorOs and
INinderman, and Lieutenant Eorry.
They will arrive in Washington on Sat-
urday afternoon.
The National Association Of Distillers
and Liquor Dealers, in session ut Gin
cinnati, adjourned yesterday after per-
fecting their organization and adopting
a Declaration of principles.
The Tariff Commission yesterday
heard arguments in Chattanooga in
favor of the existing tariff, especially on
iron. The Commission left for Atlanta
in the afternoon.
Samuel Osborne, a breakman on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was killed by
ldllluR II
Tuesday night. He resided in Phila-
delphia.
: The steamer PiCtou went ashore on
Randeau Point, Ontario, on Wednesday
night, and will probably be a total
wreck. The crew was saved.
The Wholesale drug warehouse of
Gilbert Brothers & Co., at Howard and
I ~ n1 Urn i hUrnad
yesterday morning. Loss So 1000,
Two empty ice houses in the northern
section of Providence Rhode Island,
were destroyed yesterday morning by
an inoendiarg fire.
About 200 appolntm ent5 were made
Yesterday in the Pension Office by Sec
retary Teller. No further appointments
) vii! be made in that office.
All the Sprague property in Kennehee
county, Maine, has been attached for
$3.50 900 by VIM. Sprague as Trustee for
Elmira Doyle.
The harness and pad factory Of En-
rich Hartman & Co, Woo, er, Ohio
was burned yesterday. L)3t $4,000.
Sovereign Grand Lodge I'D %, Y.
In the Sovereign Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows, at Baltimore, yesterday,
, Grand Treasurer Joshua Nansant, who,
after holding office for thirty years,
was reelected fJr another term on
Tuesday last, offered his resignation.
He subsequently withdrew it, at the
unanimous request OF the Sovereign
Grand Lodge. Amendments to the
Constitution wer taken up, and pro-
positions to change the time of the
annual meeting of the Grand Lodge
from the third Monday in September
to certain dates in October, December
and NAV were HeYerallY voted on and