Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-29
NEW 5 SUMMARY,
MON LAW I'M INDIANA CMIKE EsE
CASE-BOAT RACING AND
sbTA ER ITEMS or NOTE.

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Near Decatur, Indiana, on Friday
night adisRuised mob took Pate Lamen
and George Richards from their homes
and tried by threats to compel them to
declare what they knew of the murder
OF Amos Bokesto by Frederick Rich.
ards in April last. They were strung
up three times until nearly dead, but
persisted In asserting their ignorance
Of the murder. Finally they were re-
leased BY the mob Frederick Richards
is In jail, under sentence Of death for
the murder. George Richards Is his
brother.
A Chinese habeas corpus case being
on argument before Judge Field In San
Francisco, On Friday, the Judge ex.
pressed q verbal opinion that the
intention Of Congress In passing the
Chinese amended act of 1884 was TO
exclude parol ev idence thus shutting
out all the Chinese who left the United
States previous to the passage of the
act of 1889. Judges Sawyer, Hoffman
and Sabin had previously ruled other.
| wise.
While a young lady named Storm
WAS riding On the Kittaning turnpike,
near Pittsburg, on Saturday afternoon,
on q yaluable 10 horse, she was met by q
tramp who told her to dismount and
give him the animal. She refused.
whereupon he knocked her off the horse,
beat her until she became unconscious,
and rode away. He was afterwards
captursd and lodged in Jail.
The race between Jacob Gandaur, OF
st. Louis, and George Hosmer, of Bos.
ton, three miles with turn, for $500 9
side, took place yesterday at CrevecGul
Lake, near st. Louis. 1t was won
easily by Gandaur, in 20.50. The
victor was three lengths ahead at the
finish. The water was lumpy and un
favorable to fast time.
Inspector Barrett, on Friday, begar
an investigation of the Post Office q
Patchogue, Long Island. As he entered
the front door Postmaster Hammal
disappeared by the rear, and has no
been heard from since pamman g &C
counts are said to be 81 400 short.
II A match for the championship OF tn
world between the Toronto and tb
Shamrock and Lacrcrosse Clubs wa
, played on Saturday at Montreal. 1t re
suited in d draw, darkness putting al
t end to the game. The Shamrocks re
, tain the championship.
= church of Our Lady of Mount Carme
in New York was laid yesterday by Arch
&. bishop Corrigan The cost of the build
I ding, with tho gro und, Ia estimated n
$35, 900.
w. Howard Green, colored mar
having passed the necessary examins
tion, has, by direction of the Secretar
OF War, been .enlisted in the Signs
Corps, and assigned to duty at Fol
Meyer.
Henry Meyer and Robert Schlanke
young men from Buffalo, wei
drowned while boating in the Geness
river, at Rochester, on Sunday ate
noon,
The jewelry store of Michals Brother
| In Brooklyn, New York, was robbed 9
Saturday morning of SIG, 900 worth
valuables, which were taken from Il
safe.
Commodore Thomas q. Fillebrow
commandant of the Brooklyn Nav
Yard, died, on Saturday mornin
of heart disease, at the age of ski
years.
President Arthur is expected to I
turn to Washington this week. I
will spend the next few weeks after b
return at the Soldiers Home.
The President has appointed !. v
Patrick to be Indian Agent Ut the Pc
tawatomie and Great Nemaka q Agenc.
in Kansas.
Frank Frisbie, the defaulter, of Por
land, Oregon, has been sentenced to ol
years imprisonment.