Daily Republican., 1883-10-17
NEWS sum MARY.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.
REMOVING THE REMAlNA OF
SOUTHERN SOLDIERS.

An attempt was made last night Il
wreck passenger train at Glen's Run,
West Virginia. The train was running
at the rate of sixty miles an hour, when
the engine struck a rail that had been
tied across the track. The iocom olive
jumped into the air, but fell back on
t the rails. The rear cars broke the oh
t struction, and the train was uninjured.
Had the train been thrown off the track
1t would have plunged over an embank-
ment into the Ohio river.
The remains Of 126 Southern soldiers
recently disinterred at Arlington arriv-
ed at Norfolk, Virginia. yesterday,
from Washington. They wer4 taken
to Raleigh under escorts of detach-
ments from the military coru panies Of
Norfolk and Portsmouth,. The flags in
the city and harbOr were at half mast.
bells tolled, and hundreds of Ex-Con-
federate veterans were in the line in
the civic and military procession. The
floral offerings were profuse.
A special despatch says that the firm
Of Iembroma 4 Go. ,at Moterey, Texas,
have failed. Their liabilities are
placed at $500, 900. This was one of the
Oldest and weathiest firms in North
ern Mexico. Their business outside Of
merchandise extended largely into the
purchase of real estate, and includes
many of the largest and finest hacien-
das in Mexico. 1t is thought the sus-
pension will only be temporary.
At conference of colored people of
the District of Columbia yesterday, it
was decided to hold meeting on Mon
day night next, to express the senti-
ment OF the colored race with respect to
he decision of the Supreme Court, in
the Civil Rights cases, and to consider
what course to pursue in view of the
decision.
AT the State Greenback Convention
in Worcester, Massachusetts, yesterday,
Governor Butler was denounced. X.
Moody BoyntOn was unanimously NOM
mated for Governor. He declining, J.
+. Arnold was unanimously nominated.
A full State ticket was put in nomina-
ton
An Indian Agent at the Spotted Tail
Reservation is in Chicago en- route to
Washington, accompanied by three
chiefs, to protest against the throwing
)pen of the reservation to white set-
tlers,
Judge Depue yesterday morning
ienied the motion for new trial in the
,ase OF John Chisholm, convicted Of
wife murder in Newark, New Jersey,
md sentenced him to be hanged Novem-
Jer 90.
The U. S. Consul-General at Rio de
|anelro reports to the Marine Hospital
service that during the week ended
10Th, there were three deaths
rom yellow fever, and AZ from small
'ox at that place.
While an engine on the Lehgh
Valley Railroad was running at high
peed, on Saturday last, an explosion Of
gas occurred in its left cylinder, max
ng fragments of its side and bottom.
General Grant, Sherman, Belknap
Ind Fellows and Governor Fletcher
nave arrived at Cleveland, Ohio, to at
end the reunion of the Army of the
Tennessee.
Quarantine against the Pensacola
Navy Yard will beabolished on the 25tb
nst., provided no new cases Of yellow
ever occur there.
A fire at Watseka, Illinois, on Mon
ay night, destroyed the Opera House
nd six business buildings. LOSS
$4,000.
Two large brick tobacco factories Of
\. II. Leftwich were burned at Lynch
urg, Virginia, yesterday. Loss S45, 600.