Daily Republican., 1884-12-04
n 0Ws Summary,

News summary.
7 The funeral Of Mayor General Ger
shom Mott took place on Wednesday .
Bordeptown, Now jersey. After servi
COS at the house, Rov. Mr.. Kslb officiat
ing, the remains were taken to Trentor
and laid in state In the capitol until
O'Clock In the afternoon. The inter
ment was in Riverview Cemete ry, tb,
hearse being escorted by . mil itary pro
cessiOn to the grave, and minute gum
being fired Among those present wer,
Governor Abbott and General Hancock
6ickl.s and Hartranft. ,..,
Notice was last evening filed III th.
Court In Indiana, Penna contrasting
the election of George W. Hood, thu
Republican candidate for State Senator
= In tbe Thirty teventh Dis, riot, which
corhprises Indiana and Jefferson coun.
ties. Hoods majority, by tho ofiicial
count, was23. w. p. Hastings, tho Dem
ocrstic contestant, alleges irreg ulArities
in Ave districts in Indiana county,
which gave hood 400 majority. The
Court vii hear the caso. on ihe 10th
inst. ( +
AT UntOntowu, PsDna., Mine Inspec.
tor Steiner has brought suit for crimi
nal negligence against James Cole, the
mine boss Ut tho time Of the Youngs-
town mine explaston. BY which SOurtesn
persons we're killed and seven others In.
jufcd. The families OF the killed are
generally destitute, and will probably
sue for damages. A proposition was
recently subu itted 70 the Company 10
settle for $40, 200 in the case OF each
death, but no reply WAS received. rfl.
The United States Grand Jury In
Chicago yesterday visited the County
Clerks flee, and examined the vault
from which, 1t 10 charged, the envelope
containing the ballots cast in the second
precinct of the Eighteenth ward, was
Abstracted, and 200 forged tickets put
In the place Of like mum Der cast at the
polls. Judge Blodgett also issue ell An
order for the prod uction OF the ballots
second time before the Grand Jury.
A telegram from St. John, New
Foundlanh, says the Redeem ptorist
Fathers at Conception Bay were attack.
cd for three days last week, and inally
driven from the place "amid hooti ngs,
stone pelting, and violent execratIons. .
There 10 great indignation among the
Catholics, and "the protection Of the
United States for its citizens has been
invoked
Miss Gertrude McAIaster, % years OF
age. daughter of James A. McMaster,
OF New York, has entered the ndvitiate
OF the Cain.elite Nuns. in Baltimore.
A younger sister o. Miss NcMaster,
known Ia religion as Sister Theresa, !,
took the veil in the same convent about
two years ago.
While a Salvation Army meeting
was 6eing held in q hall In Saco, Maine,
on Tuesday night, the building was
discovered 10 b- on fire, and q disaster
~as only avcrted by the prompt dis
IN issal of the audience before thedauger
became known. II is charged that the
hall was SET on hre.
The International Association of
Fairs and Expeditions met ON Wednes-
day morning in ST. Louis. Represent
atives were present from various parts
OF the United Staies and Canada, but
the attendance was small. julius
Walsh, Of ST. Louis. presided.
Charles r. West, who said he was an
artist from Charleston, WAS arrested in
New York yesterday tor stealing a pa ir
of shoes from a store On the way to
Court he fell on the street from exhaus.
en- nothing for three days.
A fire in Fishers piano factory, in
West Twenty. eighth street, New York,
OIL Tuesday night, damaged the stock
TO the ext. mt OF about $11O, 900 and the
building $50, 900. The loss il convered
by insurance. Two fremen were IN
jured, one severely.
BY AN explos ion of fire. damp in the
MDnongahela and Peters Creek Coal
Company's mine near Coal Bluff, Pa,
on Wednesday morning, two miners,
named John Sharpless and Michael
Boyle, were fatally Injured.
Elmer Haskell and Willie Jordan,
bOys, were drowned In the river at
Lewiston, Maine, last night. One broke
through the ice and the other perished
in Try ing to save him.
Hill, Fletcher Il Co, Wholesale fur.
nishing goods and notions, of Louis.
vile, have made an assignment. Their
liabilities are estimatad Vt $50, ,UDO; their
assets at $3.50, GOO.
The schooner Mary Joseph, wrecked
near Channel, NeWtound land, had y
crew Of five and one passenger, u wO-
man.
|. The Farmers National Bank Df Bush.
nell, ILL.,, suspended on Tuesday. Its
capital was $50, 900.
The corner stone of the new Mercan.
tile Exchange bu Hiding, In New York,
was laid yesterday afternoon