Daily Republican., 1882-08-22
PRICE ONE CENT
NEWS SUMMARY.
A REPORTED PLOT TO MURDER
WHITES-vENNOR PROPHECY.
ING BTORMS

1t is alleged that papers have been
discovered disclosing well-organized
plot among colorcd men 10 kill The en-
tire white population of Choctaw coun-
W, Alabama. A number OF the ring.
leaders were arrested on Thursday and
1t was found that the cOnspirators.
numbering 400, were supplied with
powder, shot and gum. Jack Turner,
tire most turbulent OF their number,
was taken from prison and hung on
Saturday night by a crowd, among
whom were $50 colored persons. The
other prisoners are still in Jail to await
further developments.
Theo 1icisl yo59 Of Alabama for ST.
perintendent of Education was counted
yesterday. II. c. Armstrong Demo-
crat, received 104, ITO votes against A.
1873 cas- for [, G. Wood, the Republican
candidate. The entire
vote cast was nearly one third less than
a full vote, The Senate will stand 81
Democrats and opposition; the House
79 Democrats and q opposition. The
latter consists of 8 Republicans, 4
Greenbackors and Independent Dem.
ocrats.
A court martial, with General G. g
Augur, commanding the Department
of the Rio Grande, as President, met
yesterday at Newport, to try Major
j Joseph II. Tay lor, A. A. G. of Newport
Barracks, for an alleged attempt to use
political influence to secure the counter
mand OF an order from his superior
officer transferring him from Newport,
r. l., to the West.
The fifty five Councilmen of Reading.
Pa, and the Mayor were quietly pla-
ced under arrest yesterday Dy virtue Of
q bench warrant issued in pursuance Of
the indictments found against them
last week for not keeping the streets in
proper repair. They all appeared be-
fore the Clerk Of the Courts and gave
bail for their appearance at November
Court.
An informal meeting of the Cabine-
was held at President Arthur's house,
at New York, yesterday. All the mem.
bers, with the exception of Secretary
Teller, of the Interior, and Postmas aster
General Howe, were present. There
was no business transacted, and the
session was more of a social one than
A special meeting yesterday of the
Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco
decided to invite the Tariff Commission
to visit California and hear citizens of
that State in advocacy of their respect
i've industries. A committee of eleven
was appointed to receive the Comrnis-
sion, should they visit the Pacific
Coast.
Charles Mahon, who had been miss
ing for three days, was discovered on
Sunday near NJ. Pulaski, ILL.,, tied to
two young men who had been working
for him. All three vera blindfolded,
and their throats were cut from ear to
ear. No cause is known for the
deed.
DR.. MacGillicuddy telegraphed yes
t erday to Indian mmissioner Pric0
that Red Cloud and the hostile Sioux
at the Pine Ridge Agency, are com
pletely squelched; thai Red Cloud is on
parole, and that the Indian chiefs
and police are responsible for his con-
duct.
Vennor writes to the Toronto (Ont.)
Mail predicting severe storm period
on the lower lakes, toward the end Of
the present month and the enrry OF Sep
tenn ber. He also predicts similar dis
along the New Jersey coast
and southwark to aud beyond Charles
ton, on the Atlantic coast.
Dispatches from Laredo, Texas,sA
that sudden rise in the Rio Grarde
river has carried away a part of the
and Great Northern
and some of the Mexican Ma
tional bridges. This will delay rail
with Mexico for several
days.
James Bird, in a fit of jealousy, fol-
lowed his wife yesterday to her sisters
house at Gratiot, Wis, and, after tell
ing her that, If they could not live to-
gether, they ought at least to be friends,
shot her twice FATALLY. He then shot
himself fatally in the abdomen.
A telegram from Sherbrooke, Quebec,
says that reports from various parts of
the surrounding country say that there
was a sharp frost on Sunday night, and
great damage was done to the crops.
There was every indication Of frost
again last night.
The Postmasters at Doodle and Ram
sey, Illinois, have been directed to de-
cline the payment of money orders to
B, d. Ply, who, it has been asce tanned
is advertising extensively with a view
of deceiving the public.
Hon. John Bright, he British states
man, has declined the invitation to at
tend the New England fair. He writes
that he has no intention Of visiting this
country, "although it would give him
great pleasure.
The Indian police lave arrested one
of Vietoria's principal warriors, on the
reservation, near the farms of the
Three River MesCaleTous, He Went
on the warpath with that noted chief
in 1879.
A safety of public lire and a desire
to resume the practice Of law are the
reasons which Congressman b. W.
Harris gives for Withdrawing as a can
didate in the Second Congressional Dis
triot of Mass.
Rachel CARRIER, of Trappe, Montgom.
cry county, Pa, drowned herself yes
terday in a stream near her residence,
whilst temporarily insane from long
sickness.
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Q.
s. Marine Hospital Service, was noti6-
ed yesterday that there were 80 new
cases OF yellow fever and three deaths
at Brownsville, Texas.
At late hour last night tt tTee addi-
tional cases we're reported. Mrs. O. T.
Smith died during tbe day, making
three deaths out OF a family of four in
two weeks.
A peach train ran off the track yes
terdsy morning at the Franklin Felt
ing Mills, Massachusetts, and eight cars
were wrecked and the engine badly
broken.
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