Daily Republican., 1882-11-08
FOURTHEDlTI0N
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS Summary.
Fatal Aoeide rats ~ banoOn1nE thS
Erection Of % LiKht HoUsc-VeT'
mont LegI General
News.
The attempt TO erect an iron ligh'
house at the mouth Of the FrHzer Rlvel
In British Columbia has been sbGn
doued. After two seasons 6xpeIieuCt
it has been found impossible 10 obtain
foundation for the structure, The
stones and cribbing having been IT,
peatedly washed away or covered by
the constantly shifting sand. The
lightship will therefore, be re-eslab-
lished.
The Vermont Legislature met yester,
day iu joint convention, and elected
the following officers. Secretary OF
State, g. Nichols, of Mortified; Audi
tor of Accounts, h. Henry Powell, OF
Richford; Brigadier Commander, Lieut.
}. Kingsley, OF Rutland; Adjntant and
Inspector General, TheO. 5. Peck, OF
Burliogtop; Quartermaster General
Horace X. Ide, OF St. Johnsbury.
The woman suffragists in Omaha
"had coffee and Sandwiches AZ theiI
ball" yesterday, for the refreshments
and DELEGATION of the men who might
he induced 10 vIt9 for the proposed
woman suffrage amendment to the
Constitution of Nebraska, but they dc
not seem to have captursd many voters
even in "the wards where they expect
cd most"
Last night, under the auspices of the
franklin, Rgiormatory Home, a supper
was given to tbe present and former il
mates. About $50 person were at the
table, and addresses were made by the
President OF tho Home, Samuel p,
God win, and several Of the former and
present inmates. There are at present
40 men in the ilIt tltutiOn.
while tGo ch .lj,pn Of George Rodeu
berger, OF EngiervIlv, Berks county,
Fenua, were p'aylng together in "A
room, yesterday m1rmug, q shot gun
fell from the r,irlug whore it hung and
was dIscaarI.d, gha contents entering
ths side of one o, the Children, Il gIrl OF
Il yea1s, and iuiiCting q fatal wound.
divers wire mill, in Pittsbur9, was
de, t;oyod by fire yesterday morning at
two o'clock. The loss is estimated at
500, 600, and 800 men are thrown out
of employment. Tbs fire was started
by the explosion OF a barrel of oil near
which workman had placed Il lighted
lamp.
Henry HelseI was murdered by two
huiplars in his own room in Sharon,
Ohio, yesterday morning. His wife
was awakened by the noise, but she
was soon disabled. aud the rutiians eI.
capped with $500. There is no clue to
their identity.
President Arthur voted yesterday
afternoon in New York. 1t is stated
that he cast only three ballots, "Gne
each for Folger, for the Constitutional
amendment, and for John j, O'Brien. !"
The President will return to Washing
ton to-day.
The Provincial Poor Asylum at Hal
flax, Nova Scotia, a large siX. story
structure, containing about 400 persons,
was destroyed by fire on MoHday night.
Thirty -One of the inmates, all patients
in the hospital. perished in the ilames
Yesterday morning, the body of John
sherman, a clerk, was iuuLd III an
upper room in a huilding in Chicago,
with the neck broken and cash on the
right temple. IT. Is believed he was
murdered by robbers.
John Battersley, an Independent
for Aldel man in New York
city, died suddenly at his rgsidenc on
Monday night, ,"while he was h1' ching
his tickets" 1t IL supposed ne bad heart
disease.
-Four prisoners were taken from the
Jail at Vienna, Louisiana, on Monday
night, ty mob; one of them escaped
another was al owed 90 go Zee the other
two, negroes, were iyrched, being rid
dleu with bullets,
In a riot between white and coloreI
vo,eIs at a pIec net IN Frederick, MARI
land, yesterday morning, Israel Graf,
Culored, was shot dead DV Policeman
Augustus Porter.
Windar Locates, deaf mute, 40
years OF age, was bilIeu ny tIhln
while walking on the railroad between
Delmar and Laurel, in Delaware, on
Sunday afternoon.
Eli Which, 80 years Of age, ATTEMPTED
su.cide on Sunday by shooting himself
in he throat, and is not expected to re-
cover. He was disappointed in love.
The saw mill of John Colville, al
Abbottsburg, North Carolina, was
burned yesterday, with large quaint
ty of lumber. rue loss Is heavy.
Ira W. Keller, cripple, 1G years of
age, .nmltled suiCi1e at SyrCuse, New
York, or Monday night, by jumping in.
to the canal.
josephine Sieger, 40 years of age com
mitted suicide yesterday in New YORK;,