Daily Republican., 1884-03-12

The Suicide CFaxe-A Maniac frOnl
Reading Dime Novels Other
News.

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81 News.
u Bishop WiRger. Of the Roman Cath'
lie Diocese OF Newark, New Jerse,
yesterday refused to allow the funeri
OF William Hayden and his wife, VIII
died in Paterson on Friday last, to TAX
, place from the church. The reason 70
!. !. this action was the fact that the Hayden
had d!sobeyed an order of the Bish0I
: issued about three years ago, forbiddin
the sale of liquor on Sundays.
A telegraph messenger BOY givin
4 the name of James Riley was found b.
the police In the streets Of New Yorl
, early yesterday morning "a ravinI
maniac" He kept continually cryinI
ont am Butts, the Boy Detective.
His friends could not be found, and h
:, was taken to the hospital The surgeon
at the hospital says "his brain wa
turned by reading dime novels"
The greatest blizzard of the season IL
raging in the Northwest. Travel and
business are suspended throughout Min
nesota and Dakota, the people keeping
indoors Snowdrifts 70 feet deep are
reported near st. Vincent.
Our total exports of petroleum for the
seven months which ended January
31st, 1884, amounted in value to S28,-
539,77 an increase of 81, 500, 1913 on the
exports for the corresponding period of
the preceding year.
Several train robbers broke Jail at
Silver City, New Mexico, on Monday
night. They were epursued by sheritf's
posse, two Of them were killed, third
was wounded, and the rest were captur.
ed.
The massachusetts, House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday passed bill pro-
viding THAT wife beaters shall be
logged by the keeper of the house of
correction in the county where the
offence occurs"
The ten men who were supposed to
have been lost in the mountains in
Washington Territory have arrived at
Trout Creek, utterly worn out, after
fearful experience of thirteen days
VIM. Spence shot and killed his on.
in-law, Il. >. Whea', on the street in
Nashville, Tenn, yesterday morning.
They had had trouble about business
matters. Spence was arrested.
The fast mail train from Chicago ar
rived at Omaha last evening at 7.3O
local time, and made com ection with
the Transcontinental mail over the
Union Pacific at 8 o'clock.
The Supreme Court at Trenton, New
Jersey, yesterday decided in favor of
the legality of the Newark Police ordi-
nance, which gives the Democrats
control of the force.
Mrs. Halfpenny, landlady of the Lu-
zerne Hotel at West Pittston, Penna.,
committed suicide yesterday morning. |
Her husband committed suicide three
years ago.
Harry Turner, l2 years of age, being
angered at reproof from his mother,
snatched up a revolver and shot him
self through the heart in St. Paul, yes-
ter'iay morning.
Assistant Solicitor Robinson, it is un-
lerstood, will be appointed Solicitor OF
the Treasury, to succeed Kenneth Ray.
nor, deceased.
A prairie fire near Kinsley, Missouri,
On Monday, destroyed a number of
ranches and dwellings, and burned Il
woman TO death.
The floods in the lower Mississippi
ire still increasing, and the prospect is
hat the inundation of last year " i'll be
Joseph Paisley laborer, committed
ulcide yesterday in Pittsburg because
le could not get work
The Governor Of Mississippi has
igned the Railroad Commission bill.