Daily Republican., 1884-10-06

Two iron bridges, with stone abut-
ments, ara being built over the Boston
and Albany Railroad tracks 1t Brook.
line avenue, Boston. On Saturday
morning one Of the stones fell and broke
. hole IL one Of the main pipes which
partially supplies the city with water.
The wafer made . breach thirty feet
long IN the main line Of track, washing
the four tracks, sleepers and road bed
completely away. The water for the
city was shut of.
Rev. j. N. Black on Saturday open.
ed u mound on farm In Mead Town.
sh lip, West VirR mi IL, and found wba,
he supposed TO have been the tomb of 4
mound builder. The body had crum.
bled TO dnst, but n necklace, made OF
the teeth OF . wolf or bear, was IN a
good state OF preservat ion. A pair o.
copper ear.rings and several other orna
ments were Also found.
The Health Department of New Yorl
on Saturday received report OF tn.
death Of John Gilmartin from hydro
pho''ia. He had been bitten by Spit,
dog over two months ago. The wound
was not cauterized, but the lad wa,
given IS much whisky as he would
drink. and pou ltices OF haxseed anC
garlic were applied to the wound.
The funeral services ofthe late Franz
3. Chanf:au, the actor, were held yes
terday afternoon at the Chanfrau cot
tagc, Long Branch. The attendant,
WAS very large. there being presen
many prominent members Of the theat
ricAl profts sion. The interment was IL
In the cemetery at Brsncbburg, neal
Long Branch.
A Nor thern Pacific freight train wa,
thrown from the track at Fond d u. Lac
Wisconsin, yesterday morning by Z
washout. The locomotive, tender, 81,
coal cars and two empty cars were
hurled into the St. Louis river. Engi
neer Harter, fireman Stephen Judki ns
and brakeman Olsen went into the
river with the train and were drowned
Frank Patterson, manager OF the AS.
bury Park Opera House, in Freehold
New Jersey, was arrested on Saturday
on the charge Of forging endorsement
Of w lillian W. Conover and Judg,
Samuel T. Hendrickson, both OF Rec
Bank. on notes aggregating ovel
$4,000. He was placed under bail.
A despatch from Galveston, Texas,
says three bodies, which had beer
washed ashore, were discovered severa
miles down the island on Saturday
night. They are supposed to be- part O
the crew of some vessel wrecked In tn
recent storms.
George Weber, of Smithville, New
Jersey, won the 100 mile road cham
pionship OF the Boston Bicycl 10 Club, OF
Saturday, in 6.20, beating the recort
made In 1883 by Thomas Midgely, o
Worcester, DAB.
John w. Young, son of Brigha n
Young, on Friday demurred to the in
dictment against him at Salt LAX,
City. The jury charged him with NOR,
than one offence the marriage of tw'
| olygamous wives.
By the giving way of tenn porar,
bulk.head at the Niagara ELEVATOR, II
Buffalo, New York, on Saturday
Thomas Daily was buried In the grail
| and suffocated. Three other men wer
seriously injured.
The balcony Of the Lanark Agricul
tural Society's building, at Almonte
Ontar 10, fell on Friday, owing TO tn
large crowd standing upon it. 4
stampede occurred, during which man,
persons were injured, four ser iously.
A sailboat capsized during a squall
near Boulardarie, Nova Scotia, on Sat
urdsy, and John Boyd, John ellis ant
Jonathan Gillis were drowned.
~he friends aud adm irers Of BelvI
Lockwood are preparing to raise q ban
ner In her honor at Chambersburg, con
tiguous to Trenton, New Jersey.
John Mccullough, the tragedian
went to St. Louis on Saturday, ant
will remain there for short time. ii,
is reported as bein. in "good healtl
and spirits"
| President Arthur on Saturday author
ized Frank Hutton to perform tn
duties Of Post master General for tn
ensuing ten days.
John s. Hogg, one of the most promi
nent builders In Baltimore, died las
night, aged 80 years.