Daily Republican., 1883-04-17
NEWS SUMMARY,
BODY SELLING IN CHICAGO.
CHALMERS LEFT OUT
IN THE COLD.

A telegram from Chicago says that
the newspapers there are discussing
the methods employed of burying the
pauper dead, and "the warder Of the
County hospital is made to say that one
Chaffee, the County undertaken; sells
70 per cent. of the bodies to medical
colleges in this and other cities and
makes 81, 900 yearly from this traffic"
1t is also charged that "babes have
been buried in the potter's field with
only a few shovelfuls of earth thrown
over them, and that skulls and bones
are found in the field uncovered by
earth"
Superintendent Wilson, of the firm of
Ronalds & Co., dealers in plumbers
materials, in Brooklyn, yesterday
found in the basement of the firms fac
tory in that city dynamite cartridge,
which, if exploded, would it is said,
have demolished the building and caus-
ed fearful loss of life. The upper por-
ton of the building is occupied by q
manutactory of women's underwear,
and nearly 100 girls are employed in it.
1t appears that short time since Mr..
Wilson discharged two men, ;?=ho threat
ened him on leaving.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi
yesterday rendered a decision in the
case of Chalmers VS.. Meyers, Secretary
of State, reversing the decision ofJudge
Wharton, of the Circuit Court, and dis
missing the petition of Chalmers for q
mandamus. The Court concludes that
" the Secretary of State having declared
Manning elected, and the Governor hav-
ing issued him a certificate of election,
the case is put beyond the jurisdiction
OF the Courts, and in such shape that
Congress alone can now interfere"
T. w. Tallmadge, of the Milwaukee,
Chamber of Commerce, has collected
reports of the condition of the winter
wheat crops in fifteen of the principal
States. These reports estimate the
damage at 20 per cent, making an
aggregate of 100, 900, 900 bushels short of
last years crop.
1t was reported in San Francisco yes-
terday that in the afternoon the son of
Senator Fair, Of Nevada, youth of 20
years, attempted to shoot his father.
Difficulties between the father and
mother and free use of liquor lby the
son are spoken of as the causa.
Northern Pacific Railroad officials at
st. Paul say that large sla" houses
will be established at points in the
Yellowstone country, along the railroad,
for the purpose of sending dressed beef
to the East. This will be cheaper than
shipping live stock,
The Metropolitan Bank, in New
Orleans, was entered by burglars on
Sunday night. The watchman was
seized and gagged and the vault blown
open, but it is believed that not more
than $1,000 in amount was taken
Thomas Bailey, colored, who had
assaulted and murdered young girl,
was taken from the Jail at Meadville,
Mississippi, yesterday morning and
lyuchel.
The Atlantic House, in Abba, Iowa
was burned on Sunday morning. Three
boarders, William McGill, Charles
Quillan and Carl Speigle, were burned
to death.
Two children, each about eight years
of age, were burned to death in a dry
goods box at Fort Worth, Texas on
Sunday. They went into the box to
smoke cigarettes and set fire to straw
John Cromwell, farmer of New
Windsor, New York, hanged himself on
because he had lost money.