Daily Republican., 1883-02-15
NEWS SUNNI
EHE FLA NJ ES-DULL TIMES AT
READING.

J. cidedly unsettled in his mind, is still
complete master of the household. Hi
" mania consists in believing himself in
volved in an imaginary lawsuit for th'
- recovery Of property left by his father
There is no suit, for the money left has
! melted away in the hands ofthe execu
tor and is irretrievably gone. His moth
r'and sister support the family by
giving music lessons.
' At Reading, Penna., owing ~ the
dliilneSS of trade, the Reading Hard,
ware Companys foundries have been
closed until April: 100 hands in the
I;eading Railroad car shops have been
Indefinitely suspended; and Wilson's
Spectacle factory and the Penn hard
ware factory, employing together more
. than 25o hands, have closed for the
week.
The State Democratic Committee Of
Il Virginia met in Richmond, yesterday.
and adopted a resolution that "a genera
. convention be held in Lynchburg, Oh
the 25th of July next, to take such ar
ton as may be deemed necessary for til,
, future harmony of the party. and that
the conservative Democrats were enti
tied t" participate in tbt election Of
delegates
A telegram from Des Moines say
that young Ballard, who robbed hi,
sick father a few weeks ago, upon be
ing arrested "diSclosel the fact thai
there was large and weIl-organize,l
gang of robbers engaged in all kinds Of
outlawrv in the NTthwest. The
leader of the gang, named Knowlton.
is believed to have fled
General Hazen has written u letter to
Secretary Lincoln requesting that al
the Signal Office be made by commit
tee Of the Senate. This request is in
consequence of charges by Congressman
lielzhoover, of Pennsylvania, agains,
the conduct OF the Signal Bureau.
The Union-Argus, of Brooklyn, the
Republican organ of that city, has been
Sold its proprietor Lorin Palmer, going
to live in Washington. 1t is believed
that Mr. kinsela, of the Eagle, will be
the new manager, and that the paper
will hereafter be independent in poll
tics.
1t was decided, at IA consultation OF
i'''ii'S futlllDtIS VI lIN
Legislature in Harrisburg, last night
10 support the Nicholson Apportion-
lli'i, oil', WIN lew 1nodlncatlonS,
The bill gives the Republicans IA Con
ereSS'"iiai DISTRICTS ana the Democrats
i'' Ira'ihg one ooaot1ui.
The Secretary Of the Interior yester-
day sent to Congress a request for al
appropriation of S34S, 400 to supply witt
oxen and cows 1850 families of SouA
ihniahs VINO nave gone TO farming a
nliierrh' agencies, IN accordance witt
,ilr Supnlatlons OF the Sioux treaty ot
''"''
1t has been found since Fleminp's
rest in Toronto that , numhar of hi;
victims reside in Canada. and he wa
handed over to an officer from Peter
horo yesterday. He said that ''if The
Chicago Post office authorities had no.
dropped on his game he would have
made Il grand haul.
The murdered body Of Jacob Vincent
a w"ll-to-lo farmer, was found in the
woods several miles from his home al
tanpbclton, Missouri, last Friday. Ii
is suspected that he was killed for his
for the arrest of II cousin, a stcp-sonanG
a Soll-li-law OF the d""eaSed.
The funeral of Ex-Governor Marshal,
Jewell, of Connecticut, took place yes
trrday in Hartford, and was largely at
tended by prominent officials and citi-
zrnS, All the public buildings and
many private houses were draped III
h""th''iI, anu tilrre was echeral StS-
ol business
C"llenders biliarl factory in STAN
ford, Connecticut, was destroyed by
ire last night. 1t was "A seven-story
tructnre, ana the loss Is estimated at
'-29,ooo' me hrt was caused by Spon-
aie"nS r"ilin'lN'ioh IN the VarnSh'
o"lh' Inc factory employed 10 men.
4 freight train was thrown from the
rack, near Sumner California On
tuesday The fireman was killed and
Wo olhtr men We're injured. A lot OF
a,tlr were also Killed. The road had
"rn damaged by a water-Spout
The funeral Of Hon. William u
,r,pury Of Erilv.n,,t ro,n.rti,r,
'ok place yesterday. At the same
rur and il til" sam" room, his daugh-
""7 l''''''' '''' iH''lN''i !'li'rlll-
H. both ceremonies.
'rh. It,h r,u,ri..;,, ,iinur,ol
">t"rlaN in Washington to meet in
Hlf Lake EijE on April 18th. The Com
i,Sion"rS ar" still hopeful Of tn"
l>~agr OF Mr. Edmuuda' supplemental
III against hglnv N this session.
Near Sauda and Tiger Mountains,
Duth tnrpIjra ON n,. 1ntL irstnrt
'" Illicit stills were destroyed. wrru
800 gallons Of beer 100 gallons of sing
rs ana 2o"i whisky, and six Illicit
were arrested.
II is reported that Thomas. the
,sronding Director of the Canadian
Company Of Montreal,
il'h IaII"n recent ~, took from fifteen
twenty thousand dollars in cash with