Daily Republican., 1882-05-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
YEARS OF Age CONVICTED
OF MURDER.

YEARS OF AGE CONVICTED
OF MURDER.
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President Folwell and Professors Pike
and Moore, ofsthe Minnesota State Uni
versity, at Minneapolis, wer, arrested
yesterday for assaulting and firing at o
student who was out "on lark" the
previous night. Professor Pike was held
In 5000 bail to answer the charge Of
assaulting the student with deadly
weapon, and President Folwell and
Professor Moore were released on their
own reco gnizance to answer for assar IL
and battery.
1t is understood that the Electric
Commission will present a general or
dionance to Councils today to regulate
the introduction of electric lighting. In
view of this fact the subcommittee of
the Committee on Police and Fire
Alarm Telegraph, yesterday decided to
postpone the ordinance now before them
granting certain privileges to UNDER
ground electric and telegraph COM
pauies.
A Harrisburg despat ch says that a
re.audit of the accounts of Adam Dun
dore, the defaulting, Berks county Treas
urer, shows an additional balance due
the State of $1l, ,53i.80. This makes a to-
tai of over $50 900 now dus the State.
Dundores bondsmen have been granted
by the State authorities until June 1st
to examine the accounts, with the
understandinglthat no acknowledgements
shall be raised.
The steamer Rio Grande, from Gal
weston to New York, with COTTON, was
discovered to be on fire in her hold
earl y on Tuesday morning, when about
80 miles south of Cape Henlopen. Her
passengers were transferred to an Ital-
ian vessel and the burned steamer pro-
ceeded to the Breakwater, which she
reached yesterday morning. She was
subsequently scuttled and sunk.
In the Dominion Senate yesterday,
Mr.. Alexander gave notice that carly
in the next session he will move that
future Senatorial vacancies shall be
filled by popular election. In the
House bills were passed amending the
Extradition and Patent laws. Parlia-
ment was prorogued last evening after
a session of SO days.
1t is reported from Oshkosh, Wis.,
copsin, that cattle are very scarce in
that section, and meat famine Ia
feared. Farmers have raised only a
few cattle, owing to the scarcity of
corn, and an effort is being made to Be-
cure the importation of cattle from 9th
er points.
The coal miners of the Pittsburg dis
trict met yesterday in convention and
resolved TO continue the strike against
the reduction of 4 cent per bushel for
mining. An assessment Of 81 per man
was levied on all miners still at work,
to defray the expenses Of the strike.
The steam or Barcelona, at St. Johns,
Newfoundland, from Dundee, short Of
coal, and the steamer Bsvarian, at Bos-
ton from Liverpool, report passing large
number OF icebergs. The bergs seen by
the Bavarian were "all of extraordinary
height and length"
Joseph E. Jenkins, accused of the
murder of his brother-in-law last Mon
day night. and Eugene Azor (the latter
colored) charged with killing a young
man several months ago, were lynched
on Tuesday, near st. Martinsville,
Louisiana, by mob of 800 men.
While work train on the Northern
Pacific Railroad was taking men to
dinner on Tuesday it was thrown from
the track near Spiritwood, Dakota, by
a broken axle. Three men were killed
and it is feared that others we're under
the wreck.
In the New York Assembly yester-
day, Senator kiernan's bill exempting
from the operation of the Usury law
call loans above $4,000 was passed. The
bill allows contracts to be made at any
rate the parties choose on such loans.
The jury in the case of Moses A.
Grinnell, on trial for the murder of G.
H. Thomas, at Newport, Il. L., yester-
terday rendered verdict Of guilty.
Grinnell is so years of age.
A man named Ward, on trial at
Penn, for the murder of
two aged maiden ladies, was yesterday
of murder in the second de-
gree.
Under instructions from General
Sherman, General Wilcox, in Arizona,
has officially congratulated Major Tup-
per on the result of his recent campaign
against the hostile Indians.
1t is reported that the notorious
Captain Payne and party have been
again starting for the Indian Territory,
and been seized by the United States
authorities.
Anton Schewansker, a brewer, of
Hancock, Michigan, being jealous, shot
md killed his sleeping wife and then
committed suicide, on Tuesday.
Some of the employing tanners in
jhicago have granted the demand OF
heir workmen for Sl2 per week, and
he men have resumed work.
Isaac Gardner and his three daugh-
ers we're drowned while trying to ford
he TuScaroras river in wagon at
Newcomerstown, Ohio.
Jay Bender has been arrested at
Pleasant Lake, Indiana, for making
Ind passing counterfeit standard dol
ars.
Two hundred druggists of Massa-
,husetts met yesterday in Worcester,
md organized State Pharmaceutical
Association.
The Homeopathic Association of Illi-
lois began a two days session in Chi
ago on Tuesday.
The First National bank of Daven-
,ort, Iowa, has been authorized to be-
in business with a capital of $100, 900.
The steamship Servia, which sailed
or Europe Yesterday, took out 81, 5O0,-
90 in specie.
Considerable damage was done by
rost in Northern Mississippi on Tues
ay night.
The Greenback Labor State Conyen-
ion meets in Harrisburg to.day.