Daily Republican., 1882-06-02
NEWS SUM MARY,
DES1 1RUCTIvE FIRES THEGREAY.a
LOOK OUT. 100000 PEOPLE
DIRECTLY AFFECTED By 1T.

According to an official return which
was published last week 4,044 persons
were drowned within the limits of Great
Britain during 1880. This large num-
Der does not include deaths from ship
wreck. There were 1914 males and
no females, and 1,O19 of the whole
number were children under 12: All
were suicides, 423 bathing accidents
and q were III urders.
A correspondent, telegraphing to the
Public Ledger from Pittsburg, esti-
mates the number of persons made idle
by the great strike and lockout in that
city, and the neigboring districts affect
ed, at nearly 100000. This includes,
beside the puddlers, the helpers, heat
ers, miners, laborers, fremeu and
others, whose labor depends upon the
mills now closed.
A telegram from Montreal confirms
the report that the Canadian Pacific
Railway Syndicate has sold to a sub
ordinate syndicate, consisting of the
Duke OF Manchester, Lord E!phinstone
and others 5000, 600 acres of land in the
Northwest, with half interest in all
towns and village sites. The price paid
for the land is said to be % per acre.
Postmaster Taft, of Charleston, South
Carolina, actiug as County Chairman
OF the Republicans, was arrested yester-
day under the State law on the charge
OF intimidating white and colored
voters during the registration on We'd
nesday. He was held in $1,000 bail.
The workers in the iron mills at Day
View, near Milwaukee, are on strike.
The rail mill is the only one in opera
ton, and the employees of that mill say
they would have gone out with tho
others if they had not contracted on
January 1st to work tor one year.
The Comptroller of the Currency yes
terday began the payment of a 10 per
cent. dividend to the creditors of the
defunct Freedsmens Savings bank,
who are resident in the district of CO.
lumbia. He will be ready to pay the
other depositors in few days.
The planning mill at Karsberg &
Binn, in Chicago, was burned yester-
day morning. The body of John X.
Garthlesser is supposed to be in the
ruins. Three other employees were
badly injured. The loss on the mill is
estimated at 100000.
G. B. Darling & Son, liquor dealers,
have filed a petition in insolvency in
Dedham, Massachusetts. Their liabil-
tiles are stated at upwards of 100000;
while their assets are said to be "17S5
shares OF several mining companies"
Seymour Day and Henry Curry, wood
choppers, were killed by Indians in the
Dragon Mountains, in Arizona, few
days ago. Their bodies have been
brought to Tom hstone.
John B. Eldridge, on of the oldest
and wealthiest citizens of Hartford,
was found dead in bed
morning. His death is at
tributed to heart disease.
About 1400 men on the lPennsylva-
MIA Railroad, between Pittsburg and
Philadelphia, were discharged on
Wednesday, and nearly 800 more were
dismissed by the Pan Handle road.
The official reception of the Board of
Visitors at The Naval Academy took
place yesterday morning. "Outside
ceremonies" were prevented by heavy
rain.
Three different attempts were made
on Wed nesday night to burn the town
of Joliet, Illinois, but the total damage
did nc exceed 81 0,000.
Two men named Platte, father and
son, were suffocated on Wednesday by
smoke, in pit in which they were
meat, at st. Leon, Quebec.
Lieutenant Danenhower arrived in
Washington last evening, and had
hearty reception from several hundreds
of his friends and admirers.
The second annual examination of
the pupils of the Indian school at Car
Isle took place yesterday, with graft
flying results.
Gold in paying quanti ties Is reported
to have been discoveret on farm in
Wisconsin. Iron has al
80 been found there.
The Seymour Chair Company's q fac
tory in West Troy, New York, was
burned yesterday. Loss $S5,0O0-
The Senate of New York last evening
defeated a project tor biennial sessions
of the Legislature.
The public debt statement for May
shows reduction of $10,375, AL.