Daily Republican., 1882-11-20
NEWS Summary,
EAkED OF LIFE-CANDIDATEN,
FOR THE GALLOWS..O ..OERTkUO.
tive FIRES.

~ was SJill teJG on Saturday morning al
various points, though not So saveTel :
as on Friday. The auroral display Of
FRIDAY night was almost uuexemplified
IN magnlncence at many points West
AT Omaha and Cheyenne'The illumipa.
tion rendered the night almost as bright
as day." At st, Paul "the sky was of
blood red color, the display being grand
and fearful" The aurora was alSo
brilliant throughout the Pacific Coast
region from San Diego California north
ward.
Hon. Jno. Thlbo1eaux has resigned
as Senator of the Dominion, with the
condition that his succs sor shall be an.
pointed from the Liberal party. He
cannot sit In the Senate au at the
same time act as director of the Cana
dian Railway. 1t is stated that a bill
will be introduced at the next session Of
the parliament, amending the Statutes
80 as TO allow members and directors OF
the Cauacian Pacific Syndicate to hold
eats In the Senate Or House.
To-day is the date set for the strike
OF the coal miners OF the PittsburR dis
trlct, II the operators refuse them the.
advance OF cent per bushel. 1t is
reported that meeting OF operators,
held on Saturday, decided to resist the
demand, 1t being represented that the
miners, would not strike generally" "
he miners, however, say that unless
the advance is conceded "the whole
district will be ont in few days"
William McHugh was ssntenced in
Cincinnati on Saturday to be hanged
for the murder of his wife, the execu.
tion to take place on the 81 of March
next. 1t is his second sentence, the
former having been reversed on tech
nicality by the Supreme Court. Tho
crime Of which be was found guilty
was committed in broad daylight upon
the street.
william II. Cunningham, workman
at the rolling mills in Birmingham,
Alabama, on Saturday morning left
his work, walked to q blast furnace
opposite, climbed to the mouth of the
stack, and, when the bell was raised,
jumped heaafOremost into the fire be-
meath. He had been melancholic for
some days.
Alvin Getmau, while going home
drunk, near Syracuse, New York, on
Friday night, fell asleep in the roof at.
ter putting lighted pipe into his pock-
OF, ana was 80 badly burned that he is
not expected to recover. Nearly all his
was burned from his body.
General James E Fesseui den, United
States Register In Bankruptcy, dropped
dead on Saturday morning in one Of
the streets Of Portland, Maine. He
was about 80 years of age, and a son of
the late Senator Fessenden.
Major John D. Simpson, editor and
OF the Madison (Indiana),
star, died suddenly on Saturday Of
of the brain. He was q SOL
iier OF the late war, and subsequently
'erved in the State Legislature.
John Taliaferro aud MaIcom Palmer,
both colored, fought on Saturday, In
Montgomery county, Virginia. The
ormer used spade, the latter q razor,
md Taltaferro, was 80 horribly cut
hat hio recovery is doubtful.
William Seerest, night clerk of the
Bourbon Hotel, in Paris. Kentucky,
vas fatally shot by Joseph Redmln, in
bar room quarrel, on Saturday night.
Sedman, who was wounded in the arm,
.lleges that Seerest fred at him frat.
Joseph Boyer, 13 years of age, was
ho5 while handling a toy pistol con-
aiming % calibre blank cartridge, at
Shenandoah, Penna., on Saturday. The
discharge "tOre hole In his head two
inches square,"
The Congregational Church at Rich
nond, Massachusetts,, large wooden
more than q cen ntury old was
destroyed on Saturday evening by FIRE
rom a defective chimney. LOSS, $780,
90.
The disease from which Lot M. Nor
i'll Is suffering is chronic inflamma-
ion Of the stomach. His condition Is
uch that his friends have given up all
opes OF recovery. His mind is clear
nd he realizes his condition.
In Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday,
olice Judge Soldiers fined Frederick
'iebOlt 500 and sentenced him ten
ays in the Workhouse for selling
quOr in violation of the Sunday law.
Mrs. Mary Wolf, of Phillipsburg,
ew Jersey, attempted suicide by tax
Ig laudanum, on Friday night, because
le had a quarrel with her husband.
be was alive at last accounts.
Deputy MarshaIs Harvey and Xii.
AtriCk, of the Western District eff
OIth Carolina, have been arrested on.
10 charge of presenting fraudulent ac-
'unts to the Treasury.
James Dunn was fatally shot by Jc-
phi, alias Hans Pullen, in quarrel
Trenton, New Jersey on Saturday
Ght. Dunn died about an hour after
ling shot.
In quarrel at Lead City, Dakota,
Saturday evening Boyd Hicklin was
.uck deal by blow from Timothy
leman's fist.
Miss Amelia Kohler, 10 years Of age
ed in Washington on Saturday even
2, from the effects of rat poison,
ken with suicidal intent.
Colonel John Bodinehas resigned the.
ptaincy of the American Military
fle Team OF 1888, and the resignA-
IN has been accepted.
The suit Of W. f. G. shauks against
o Truth, for $100,O0 damages for IL
|, resulted in Brooklyn on Saturday
a verdict OF $4,000 for the plaintiff.
fire at Fort Worth, Texas, on Fri
= morning, destroyed q -four mill
nine small houses, causing q loss
SAC, 900.
The machine and blacksmith shops
the Muskeson Gar and Engine Works
Detroit, were burned on Friday
,ht. Loss S29, 900.
Il is reported that twenty men were
lied by Indians near Carlitas, Mexi-
few days ago, and that troops
We been sent after the savaReS.
Justice Bradley, of the Supreme
urt of the United States, denies that
intends resigning, aud rays the Iu-
'rs of his retirementare "gratuitous."
Four hundred tn OusaEd feet of lCm-
in the yard of Backus u Sons, De-
it, were burned on Saturday morn
!.