Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-17
NEWS SUMMARY.
BUkYIN8 COLOHED INFANTS nv
THE WHOLEsALE.
A number Of FatsIiti ti"s-Deaths bv
ViOiencs-M0reb bank RObberies
Favorable Agricultural
RepOrts-Fitx John P0r-
ter's hopes Dashed to
the Ound Items.

the v Ound Items.
The bodies Of six coored infants were
found on Saturday In shed in the rear
OF tue premises Of Charles White, un-
dertaker, in Baltimore. An iruuest
was held yesterday afternoon, when
permits were produced from the Health
Department for the burial of all the
bodies, five Of which were still. born.
one Of the permits was dated in August
last' Nhite was acquitted on the
ground that he had not violated the
State law. He was then charged with
violating a city ordinance, in maintain.
lnga nuisance on his premises, and fin
ed $40.
The April report of the department of
Agriculture shows an increase Of two
per cent, or nearly 500, ,OCO acres, in the
acreage OF winter wheat The coudi.
tion of the winter wheat ls high
throughout the West (Ohio alone re-
porting belo" 1909, in The Cotton States
and in Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
glria. In New YORK, Pennsylvania,
Now Jersey, and OHIO, the condition e
from to l3 per cont below the aver
age. In Pennsylvania it is per cent
below.
The President has declined to take
action in the case of Fitz John Porte,
on the ground, AZ furnished by an opin-
ion OF Attorney General Brewster,
that it is not within the competency
of the President to afiord the appli.
cant the relief he has asked fCr-that Is
to say that it is not competent to the
President to annul aud set aside the
finding and sentence of the court-mar.
tlal and to nominate him 10 the Senate
for restoration to his former rank in
the army.
In Washington, Pa, on Saturday, a
| civil warrant was issued for the arrest
OF Il. j 5. Thompson and cashier Ruth,
OF the Washington Savings Bank, for
conspiracy and robbery of the bank.
Damages were claimed to the amount
OF 100000. Ruth gave bail in $4,000,
and Thompson in SIG 000 Thompson,
who is reputed wealthy, represents 5
Chicago brokers in that town. A Grim.
inal suit wasalso begun against Thomp-
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ton and Chicago.
! In the L $. Court at Charleston, on
Saturday evening, sealed verdict was
given in the Act"n election cases. The
verdict will be- opened to day. 1t j.,
understood that he jury, which at the
start stood to 3 for conviction, reach
ed the conclusion that the accused were
| rni IN 70 oh . I,
obstructing the Fedt raj officers, but not
guilty on the other counts, and rec, m
mend them to mercy.
The great dry goods firm of A. 7.
Stewart * Co., OF New York, is about
to retire from business. The stock Ct
merchandise and mill properties are
advertised for sale. Judge Hilton says
that the credit of the house is unimpair
I'd and its business profitable, bu0 he
needs rest. Mr.. Libby, the surviving
partner Of A. 7. Stewart, las reached
an age when he desires to be relieved
from business cares,
by the caving in of part Of Fisher $
ore mine, near LeespOrt, Berks county
on Friday evening, Aaron +. Bucks,
aged % years, aud Charles ID. Fisher,
aged 23, were XII led Three q, hers were
Injured, George kissmilIer and William
NoIekcr severely.
The captain and boats crew Of the
British ship Norval, with coal for San
| Francisco, burned at sea on March 4th,
arrived al Honolulu on the 26th ult. A
boat containing the first officer and re-
mainder of the crew is yet to be hearl
| from.
1t is believed that Chas A. Sweet &
Co, of Boston, who suspended recently,
will be able to resume their business
within month. Within the last 25
days 81 POO 900 Of the firms liabilities,
aggregating s., 900, have been Ii
quilated.
The number of gallons of distilled
spirits not made OF fruit produced in
the L nited States since 1868 has been
upwards of 1000, 100000, and the total
amount of tax collected from all dis
titled spirits since that year is nearly
1886 900, 900.
r. A. Stubs, Mayor of Polk City,
Iowa, was shOt dead in his bed by
two burglars, last Saturday morning,
about 3 o'clock. The murderers es-
capped.
ID. j. Price, Postmaster at Bay View,
Wisconsin attempted, on Saturday af
terno ~, to kill his wife and then commit
sulcide. He had been on prolonged
spree.
Martin Gaughin, deaf and dumb,
was kied 10y an engine on the Lehlgh
Valley Raj road, at Centralia, on Sat
uruay afternoon.
Jonathan Spangler, a wealthy farmer
of Heidelberg, Berks county, hanged
himself last Friday. He had shown
symptoms of insanity.
The will of the late Isaac S Osterhout,
of Wilkesbarre, bequeaths $3.50, 900 tor
the establishment OF free public libra
ry iu that city.
Lewis Marks, aged ) years, shot him
self in ALBANY yesterday morning while
playing with a loaded revolver, and
died an hour af'er.
Cap. w. IT. Pngh was sNo dead by a
young gambler named Clifford, in Ra-
cine, Wis. on Saturday. He was lodged
in Jail.
The middle section of the Deeripg
Harvester Works, In Chic ,go, VS. d !
stroyed by fire on Saturday evening.
Loss $4,000.
Mrs. M. Sillman, for twenty-five years
Post-mist ress at Polts VILE, Penn, died
on Saturday nigh, after lingering ILL
ness.
Three colored men were drowned by
the upsetting OF a boat on La Gonda
Plantation, Louisiana, on Saturday.
The Cincinnati Cooperage Company's
works, near Delhi. Ohio were burned on
morning. Loss $4,000.