Daily Republican., 1882-10-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
Tue YELLsSw FEVER PLAGUE
a NUMBER or AOCIDENHB-
MIsUEAMANEOUS NEWS.


the three unknown persons drowned
there last Sunday arc believed TO have
Oaen the husbsLd d and two ch1ldreD OF
I Mrs. Amelia Hansen, who are missing.
!. 1t adds : This drowning was the re-
a. sRlt OF the strange ruling of the Super
o vislng Inspectors Of Steamboats, that
tugs must not, uuder fine of $500 for
,r each person carried, take any passep.
lgers on board. Tug owners have hu-
J namely insisted upon exception in cases
where they could save drowning per-
D.. sons, but no exception vas allowed.
Six lives have been sacrificed in this
- harbOr as the result OF this inhuman
ruling"
Fifty new cases OF yellow fever and
three deaths wee reported in Pensa-
cola yesterday, making total Of 1727
, caseg and ia deaths to date. The
. weather there continues oppressively
warm. An "Italiau doctor, or magi-
cisu," has opened an Off 80 in the
= plague stricken city, for the sale of in
fallible remedies and preventive of the
fever, anu the sidewalk in front and
near his office are blocked by crowds of
people, mostly negroes, eager to buy
the So-called remedies. The medicine
is served "rrom q barrel on draught"
and swallowed with enthusiasm.
At meeting of the Common Council
of Newark, New Jersey, last night, the
report of the expert who examined the
finances of the Police Department was
received. 1t shows "a known deficit Of
81, 1856 in the police courts during the
past twelve years" The report was
referred by Council to the Grand Jury,
which is now in session. The Finance
Committee submitted q report upon the
statement of the former experts show.
ing additional stealings by ex. Auditor
Palmer and ex Clelk Hall amounting
to 81 900, making the total stealings
of those two officials 100000.
The Grand Jury at Freehold, New
Jersey, has indicted John H. Cook, ed.
itor of the Red Bank Register, and
Henry Clay and William j. Kellett,
reporters, for libel and conspiracy, Tin
sending to New York newspapers the
false statements about the typhoid fever
epidemic, which, they claimed, was
raging in Red Bank. These reports
greatly injured business in the town,
and nearly ruined several Of the sum-
mer boarding-house proprietors."
The city of Yonkers will to-day csle-
brate the 200th anniversary Of its settle
ment and of the erection of Manor Hall
now occupied by the city offices. The
ceremonies will include the firing of
National salUtes by the U. S. ships
Kearsarge and Nantucket; a civic and
military procession, q mass meeting in
the Manor Hall Grounds, with ad-
dresses and music; reception by the
officers Of the Kearsage and Nantucket,
and display of fireworks.
In Patrick county, Virginia, there
was sold at auction on the 14th inst, q
tract of 1882 acres of land, having on
several settlements and orchards, at
about So per acre. On the same day
eleven tracts of land In other portions
of the county, containing several
orchards and settlements,a and aggregat-
ing 1900 acres, we're sold at an average
OF 81 Per acre.
A Mormon named Hintzs was arrest.
cd in Salt Lake City, on complaint of
his neighbors, on Monday night, for vi
clation of the Eimunds law, it being
alleged that he was cohabiting with
more than ono "wife." He was about
TO start on mission when arrested.
Before the Jeanette Board of Inquio
ry, in Washington, yesterday, Lieuten"
ant DSnenhOwer continued his nara
tive of the Jeannette's cruise down to
her final imprisonment in the ice, in
1879. At this point the
Court adjourned until this morning
The Federation Of Labor Unions, at
n t. 1t al
instructed its President ITO invite Mr..
Henry George to visit Washington at
his earliest convenience and deliver an
address to the working men OF the Dis
trict of Columbia"
During a storm at Fairfield, Iowa, on
Monday night, wild ducks in great
numbers gathered about the electric
ghts and extinguished all but one,
lemolishing several globes. Nearly
200 dead ducks were picked up within
three hours.
Mayor Debevoise, of Long Island
City, appeared yesterday in Court and
was arraigned on indictments charging
MIN with embezzlement and malfea.
lance in Office. He was given until
Thursday to plead, and furnished bail
n $4,000.
The fastest long run ever made By
all west of Chicago was made by the
pecial train which brought the Van-
ierbilt party from Burlington, Iowa,
o ChtCagO-207 miles--at au average
peed of 80 miles per hour
An address passed by The Grand
lodge Of MasOns Of Canada congratu-
ating the Queen ipon Ler escape from
he assassin Mclean, has been for.
varded to her Ma "Jhe PaToness
# the Order
Thomas O'ConuOr, track walker on
he Central Railroad of New jersey,
vas found lying unconscious beside the
rack near Centreyille, yesterday morn
ng, with fatal cash in his head. 1t
! supposed ne was struck by loComo-
i've.
Joshua and Samuel Shipley, brothers
nd Anton Weekmsyer, were thrown
rom the third story of house in Bal
more, yesterday, by the breaking of
3affold. All were badly injured, and
Veekmeyer died soon after.
The 22d annual fair Of the North Car.
lima Agricultural Society was opened
ooVOiu"y az NHl0ASHI py NoVoIhot o1E-
Is. The display, especially of live
oCk, is the best ever made in North
arolina.
Messrs. Merrick, Ker and Wells held
secret consultation in Washington,
5sterlay, regarding Star Route mat.
rs, from which important proceed.
gs" are expected to result in few
Iys.
In the Vermont House of Represen.
tives, yesterday,a bill was introduced
= a member named Templeton provid.
Q that "prisoners shall be made insen.
Die by the authorities before execu.
~"
The Grand Division of Sons of Tenn.
rance of Virginia met in Richmond
lt night THE renorta nf the Grand