Daily Republican., 1884-02-26
NEWS sUMAARY.
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Robbed, Etc.
The steamer Egyptian Monarch,
which arrived ut New York yesterday
from London, reports that on the 18th
inst . meteor burst above the vessel
apparently about ten feet above the
bridge, with q terrific report, and gave
forth strong sulphurous OdOr.' On
the night of the 18th the barometer fell
TO q. .55 and the wind blew hurricane,
with tremendous seas. On the morn
| ing of the lith the ship lost part OF her
rail, gangway, ladders and part OF the
saloon, and had her boats damaged
On the Goth she passed nine icebergs
and went through field OF drift ice.
Their bridge over the Bear Grass
creek on the CincinnatiShort Line, ,tnthe
eastern partofLouisville, Kentucky gave
way yesterday, falling just after . train
had passed over 1t. The accident was
caused by the giving away Of . stone
abutment, which had been injured by
the flood. The bridge was 100 feet
long and 60 feet high, and Is almost .
total wreck.
The State Department yesterday re.
ceived a cable despatch from Minister
Forest, at Madrid, reporting that ames
X. Partridge had committed suicide at
Alicante, Spain, where he was residing
for the benefit of his health. Mr.. Part
ridge was a native Of Maryland, and NO
wears of age He had been Minister TO
Central America, to Venezuela, to
Brazil and to Peru.
August Pejean, private watclman Of
cigar factory In New Orleans, was
found yesterday morning In the build.
ing with his throat cut and skull frac-
tured. He was still able to speak, and
gasped out "Two white men-twelve
o'clock night" He was taken to the
hospital in dying condition.
Ex-Governor Samuel Price, Of Lew.
isburg, West Virginia, died yesterday.
agtd ~ years. Governor Price was ap-
pointed United States Senator by Gov.
ernor Matthews to fill portion of the
unsxpired term of Senator Caperton,
who died shortly after his election.
There was an expl osion of gas yester-
day morning in the vault of the Bank
of Commerce in Toronto. All the win
dows were blown out and the building
was damaged. The clerks were all in.
iured, and the bank messenger severely
hurt.
George H. Fryer, a once wealthy
miner, from whom Fryer Hill, at Lead.
vile, Colorado, took It's name, commit
ted suicide in a hotel, in Denver, on
Sunday evening, by taking morphine.
He had been married nine months.
Walter C. Shepard, the trusted book
keeper of Francis G. Brigham & Co.,
Boston, was arrested yesterday, charged
with embezzling 81, 200 Of the firms
money. Dissipation is said to have been
the cause of his downfall
Rev, T. G. Thurston, and his daugh-
ter Alice, aged l6 years, were drowned
at OxtOrd's Ford, on the Catawba river,
North Carolina, on Saturday last.
X. j. Nicholson, Representative in
the Pennsylvania Legislature from
Jefferson county, died suddenly in
North Carolina on Friday night.
"he post Office at Rich Hill, Missouri,
was robbed on Sunday night of 81 200 in
cash and quantity Of postage stamps
The Adju'ant General is informed of |
the death, at Detroit, Of Captain Kinzie |
Bates, of the First Infantry.
Lewis Leis, II grocer of Allentown,
Penua., committed suicide, in Pittsburg, |
on Sunday night.