Daily Republican., 1882-03-07
NEWS SUMMARY,
HENRY WARD BEECHEk UPON
TIE LECTURE PLATFORM,
The work Of death ~ ROPty.eWS
DeeRsiOns BY the Supreme
COurt-A Country IOwn Des.
troy ed - Steamer sunk
Terrific Hail Storm
Ths Chester Ell.
UlOs1On Csc, etc.

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UlOslOn Caso, etc.
While Rev. Henry Ward Beeche
was lecturing in the Central Musi,
Hall, in Chicago, last evening, he wa
suddenly seized with an attack Of
vertigo, and became white and faint.
He would have fallen had he not beer
caught by those around him on the
platform. He did not proceed with his
lecture. but was driven to his hotel
where u physician, who was called,
pronounced his attack "simple dizzi.
ness due to stomach trouble anl a
nervous chill" Towards midnight
Mr.. Beecher was much better, but very
weak.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States yesterday rendered decisions in
AZ cases, covering over 600 pages of clos,
ly written legal cap. The most import.
ant of the decisions was one in the New
York sugar case, against the position
taken by this Treasury Department The
Supreme Court holds that the dutible
quality of sugars is to be determined BY
their actual color, graded by Che Dutch
standard and not by their saccharine
str myth as ascertained by chemical
tests.
The village of Prince Frederick, the
county seat of Calvert county, Mary
land, almost entirely destroyed by fire
last Friday night, only few buildings
remaining. The new Methodist Church
and parsonage, Court House and rec.
ords, Journal Office, hotel, County Com.
missioners' office and records, and sew
eral stores and dwellings were destroyed
The fire started in the church. The
loss is estimated at $50 900.
The Legislature OF Utah on Saturday
adopted concurrent resolution calling
Territorial Convention on the 10th OF
April to frame State Constitu ion for
Utah; elect delegates to 20 to Washing
ton and urge the admission of the new
State; nominate and provide for the ele> =
tion of State officers and Congressman,
aud takr such other steps as may be
necessary in. the case.
The steamer James D. Parker, from
Cincinnati for Memphis, refused 10
obey her helm, and sank while being
pilott d over the falls at Louisville, on
Sunday afternoon. She lay in the
channel across the chute, and was 60
ing to pieces yesterday. Ii is believed
nothing can be saved from her cargo.
The vessel was valued at S25, COO.
A terrific hail storm visited the City
of Mexico, on Sunday evening, and the
hail stones crushed in circus tent
clowded with people to witness the
performance. A number of persons
were injured, but only two men, who
were struck by ia ling poles, received
serious injuri es.
The case Of Samuel jackson and
Charles Van Horn, indicted in connec
ton with the recent powder explosion
AZ Chester, was to have been heard yes
lerday at Media but Van Horns inju-
ries prevented his appearance, and the
case was continued until the June
term.
Rev. Wm. Y. Brantley, Pastor of the
Seventh Baptist Church, ia Baltimore,
died suddenly of heart disease at .
O'Clock yesterday morning, aged GG
years. He was native of South
Carolina, and cam to Baltimore after
the war.
The regular session Cf the Virginia
Legislature closed yesterday at noon.
Upon announcing the adjournment,
there was read in each House procla-
nation by the Governor calling an ex-
ira session, to begin at noon to-day.
The President yesterday nominated
Charles Ewers, Of Michigan, to be Con-
sui at Windsor, Ontario, and withdrew
the nomination of James F. Swords, of
the District Of Columbia, to be Consul
at Cadiz.
The Patterson family ofseven persons
at Port Monmouth. New Jersey, are
seriously ill f:om eating biscuit in
which arsenic was put instead cf cream
CT tartar. The youngest child, six
years of age, is not expected to live.
An inquest was held, yesterday, at
Petersburg, New York, on Sophia Bow
er, who died OF starvation. She was
the widow of a veteran of 1872, and
had applied for pension, but in
vain.
The disabled steamer City of Berlin
was towed into Boston harbor at mid
night of Sunday. Her passengers and
mails were landed yesterday and sent
by rail to their various destinations.
The packing house of the Lake Supe
rior Power Company at Marquette,
blew up yesterday morning,
killing five men, OF whose remains only
two pailsful have been found.
The gas house at Wilkesbarre was
demolished by an explosion
yesterday afternoon. The cause ofthe
explosion is unknown.
The Delaware and .:aritan Canal was
opened for navigatien yesterday at Bor
dentown, and several vessels passed
through.
A tug from New York city, with two
barges in tow, arrived at Bogart's
Island, two miles below Albany yes
Ierday morning.
There was partial suspension of
all the mills in Lawrence, Massachu-
seUts, yesterday, caused by a ireshet in
the Mtrrinac liver.
Fourteen deaths from smallpox were
report Ell in New York and twenty
seven in Cincinnati last week.
Major Lerenzo Lorain, OF the First
U. S. Artillery, died yesterday in