Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-23
EEWSSUM MARY.
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REGION OTHER nISCEL.
LANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

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The seventh anniversary Of :he OPEN
ing Of the Johns Hopkins University,
IN Baltimore, was celebrated yesterday,
S. Teackle Wallis delivered al address,
and the degree Of Ph. d. was conferred
upon X. Mitsukuri, now Professor in
the University of Toxic. Japan, and
upon b. F. O'Connor, Of The University
of France. In the evening the officers
Of the University gave reception to
the students In Hopkins Hall. The "x-
errises were directed by President Gil
man.
| A report comes from Fast Ta~as,
Michigan, Of serious trouble NJ '''''""r
rnmp twenty-five miles from that place.
1t is said tliai one mon rhrppeu pH
an .lrr'> head that N" murderer was
! " "''rd that sixty in"n are guarding
tn" BODY ~ pr,r"nt rom wal and that
'irt is Threatened. A later despatch
re'rtts that when so,r" men from u
M irhho"ing camp a'tcnr'"d tu take
down III" corpse, Il g-le''' fight resulted,
in which seven men w"r" killed.
A. Milford, Massachusetts, yesterday,
thirteen school children were THO IN
from ,lnnhle-runncr sled, which struck
rec, and nearly all Of them We're
! picked mp unconscious. Mamie Murray
had leg broken, necesstating its
amp.tation. Edward Hogan had leg
| broken and was injured internally.
Lewis Crane and Willie Hickey re-
badly bruised and, perhaps, intern"''v
Injured. Lucy Gleason and Mary
Doherty Were badly injured.
The fire insurance rates AT Halifax,
Nova Scotia, have been greatly incr"as-
ed. and in some cases doubled, because,
as stated in telegram from thai city,
representatives of the insurance coInpa-
nies having reported that "the facili-
ties for extinguishing fires are INSULT
cient in case Of such emergencies AS have
occurred IL other cities.
The Graft murder case at Grayson,
Kentucky, was given to the jury last
evening. In a few minutes the jury re-
turned, "unable TO agree" but the
Judge announced recess until morn
ing. The reason alleged by the fore
man for the promptness ofthe disagree
ment was "the illness Of one Of the
Jurors"
In Cincinnati, yesterday morning, 4,
section of Mclean avenue, Is feet in
length, slipped into the wat'r at C0n1
street. letting down the track NJ the
Southern Railroad, and cut Oft co'h,liu-
nication with its passenger and freight
deuots. The slide occurred shor' time
before the arrival of all incoming
train.
The receiver of the defunc' Ameri-
can Natl, nal Life and Trust Company
of New Haven has brought suit against
Jeremiah Bishop, Treasurer, 10" S5O,-
OOo alleged to have been unaccountest
for by him, and the interest thereon,
the whole amounting 20 about SlOO,OoO.
suit was begun yesterday in the Su-
periOr Cour at Montreal 10 annul the
marriage of Miss Chaffiy, All heiress OF
PERTH to Henry Allen, alias "Lord
Caniyre." Miss Chatiry is under age,
and married the pretended "noble-
man against her guardians consent,
The funeral of sixteen Of the little vic
tins Of the schoolhousc disaster ia
New York, took place yesterday NOM.
ing, from The Church OF the Most Holy
R"deener, adjoining the school-house.
Til" church and the streets around it
w"lr thronged.
George Boiling, cnlorcd, accused OF
the murder, last week, of Richard
Walker, Superintendent of the Rici.
mord Chemical Works, was arrested ip
New Kent County, Virginia, on Wed.
n"sday night He will have hearing
il Richmond to-day.
Preston Kean K Co., private bankers
~ 'ttt "a. ..I
c,r'k recently embezzl"d $55,OOO, have
requested the Clearing House to inves-
tigate their affairs and report the re-
suit. The examination was begun yes
tertlay.
Lawyers will gladly learn that
Brougham, the great English barrster,
was always careful of his throa', and
further that DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is
the best remedy for bronchitis and other
throat troubles.
Captain Pierre Lanier, Of East Baton
Rouge Parish, Louisiana, was shot dead
while going through neighboring
plantation on his way home, last Fri
day. After being shot his clothes were
saturated with coal oil and set on fire.
There have been sent to Europe
through &. B. Richard & Co., of New
York, in aid of the sufferers by the
Rhine foods, the sum of SIP, III.
The Snspuehanna river, at Williams
port, was falling yesterday. The ice
was moving, and a channel opened in the
gorge.
The strike of the New York street
cleaners for g. per day ended yesterday
in their return to work at the old rate Of
Sl.5O.
The convicts in Sing Sing peniten-
tia"y were reported yesterday TO he
quictirg down.
Earthquakes and volcanic disturb
anceS ale reported to be Unusually
numerous" in Japan.