Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

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I'll The Chioag0 Tribune asserts that Mr.
! Vanderbilt, 'tired OF paying the I'LL
D nois Central Railway Company heav,
rental for tho use Of it, tracks into tn
city BY the Michigan Central, and do
string also free entrance for his nov
!, acquisition, the Nickel Plate is con-
tenplating the purchase of the Illiuoil
Central, and, In fact, has been quietly
buying its stock, evidently expectina
to get the aid of the Holland stoCkhold.
ers of that road"
In the Bricklsyers' National Union
1t Providence, yesterday morning, tho
name Of the organization was changed
to the "Bricklaysrs and Nasons' In
tsrnationsl Uhion OF America" Pro-
vision was made for the appointment
OF an organizer in each State and Pro
vince. A proposition that each local
Union may authorize one apprentices
for every one hundred members va
laid over until next year.
The steamer City of Gresnvtlle, which
left New Orleans on Thursday evening
for St. Louis, was sunk by collision
with another steamer SO miles above
Now Orleaps at three o'clock yesterday
morning. The passengers and crew
were saved. The suDken vessel had
700 hogsheads OF sugar and other cargo,
and was valued, with her cargo, as
$780,
DR.. VIM. A. Mcdonald, . physician
Of Lynn, Massachusetts,, has brough.
suit for libel against aev. Father
Strain, Of st. Msry's Catholic Church.
In that city, claiming S10, 1000 damages.
1t Is alleged that the clergy man chsra-
cd the physician with being unskillf1l
and reckless, and advised people not to
employ him.
The Hsytien brig Gold ander, bound
for Boston, with l0gwood, WAS found
anchored eight miles off Cape Henlo-
pen, with the crew all frozen to death,
except the captain and one man, and
they were frost-bittsn. The tug North
America, lowed the brig into the Break.
water at zine O'Clock on Thursday
night.
The Wabash passenger train which
left Cairo, Illinois, at five O'Clock yes
terday morning, was ditched by .
broken rail near Olmstead, ID miles
north Of that place. Two coaches were
burned ,and nun Der of passengers In
jured, four seriously
A severe electric storm, accompanied
by wind having velocity of 60 miles
An hour, ragged yesterday at Denver
Colorado. several buildipgs were un-
rooted, unfinished buildings were
wr' eketl, and an electric light tower,
1855 feet high, blown down.
A fire in Boston last night in q Ave
story building, occupied by David
steam fittings, and by Gormley's file-
cutting shop and moulding shop,
caused damage to the amount Of about
$50, 900.
The British steamer Egypt, from
Charleston for Brennan with cotton, WAS
reported yesterday ashore on Paramore
Island, forty miles north Of Cape
Charles. Assistance will bs sent to
her.
LILO ogOSO lOuuuIl06lu AlUouy uovo
shut down to take their usual annual
inventory. The time of their reopen
ing will depend upon the acceptance or
rejection by the men Of . proposition to
reduce their wages 10 por oent.
A contract WAS signed on the 10th in
stant by Mr.. Sullivan with the Mexi-
can Government by which all the Mex.
icar National Construction Company's
Railroad con cessions are consolidated
and form one concession.
William Clegg, while working In tho
Rolling Mills, at Colum-
bis, Penna., last evening, got a bar Of
red hot iron entwined about his body.
He Was quickly released. but is believed
to be fatally injured.
The Boston Herald says that the
Union Steam boat Company, ,incorporat-
cd under the law of Jersey, with S100, 900
capital, has failed, and that the Com
pany owes $l2, 900 In Boston.
Both Houses of the Legislatu re Of
Maine yesterday listened to eulog les Of
the late ex-senator Morrill,, and adopt
ed appropriate resolutions In reference
to his death.
The "Union " members of the Michi-
gan Legislature, In caucus on Thurs.
day evening nominated Byron G. Stout.
Of Pontiac, for U. s. Senator, by vote
Df Al tot.
Atha Thomas, OF Williamson county,
Was yesterday elected Treasurer Of Ten
lessee by the Legislature of that State,
IN the 22d ballot.
The Drovers' National Bank of
Union Stock Yards, at Lake, ILL.,, has
,een authorised to begin business with
! capital Of 100000.
An earthquake was felt throughout
Southern Illinois on Thursday morn
ng, and the shock extended into Ken
lucky.
The Senate Military Committee de-
'idsl yesterday to report favorably Mr.
Iogan's bill Ito increase the efficiency
# the army"
As the doctor turned sadly away
rom the patient whom he found using
)r. Bulls Cough Syrup, he said: st
eats me every time"
Tie main portion Of Clapp's block,
n Des Moines, Iowa, was burned on
night. Loss, $4,000
Tho planning mill OFF. l.. Chaplin, at
onawanda, New York, was burned
n Thursday night. LOSS, $4,000.
Clark Mills, the sculptor, died yes
'rday morning in Washington, In the
,th year Of his age.
John W. May, Chief Justice OF the
[unioipal Court in Boston, died on
thursday night, aged g..
Psck's Sun regards st. jacobs Oil ~
10 =" boss, and erybody agrees with