Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-07-08
uew Summary.

UeW summary.
P0st-offioe officials In WAshiugton say
that the failure by Congress to appropri.
ate 100000 for the payment Of substi.
tutes will prevent the carrying out Of
the law giving letter carriers fifteen
days leave of absence in o year with
pay. The Congressional appropriation
was only $50, 900, half the Department
estimate, and, therefore, they say" the
leave will be cut down one-half also. If
. carrier wishes Q more extended vaca-
tion, they say he will have to pay q
substitute just as they say he has
always DONE"
A cattle camp In L. Plata county,
Colorado, near the Utah line, was at
tackled by Ute Indians OIL the Sd instant,
and two employees ofthe cattle company
were badly wounded. Five Indians
were killed, but the savages got of
with one hundred horses. 1t is said
that II 900 head Of cattle are at the
mercy Of the Indians. Colonel Hall,
commanding at Fort Lewis, has sent |
company Of cavalry to drive the Indians
back TO their reservation.
The 469th anniversary of the death |
OF John Huss, the Bohemian reformer,
was celebrated yesterday by the Bohe-
m Ian residents In Baltimore. The So
cieties - formed In procession and
marched to 3 park In the northeastern
suburb, where they spent the rest OF
the day. Several addresses we're made.
Representatives were present from
Washington, Philadelphia and New
York.
The Hobert 4. Lee Camp OF Confede-
rate Veterans, Phil Kearney Post OF the
Il - H. nd
Richmond Light Infantry Blues, and
Icluding ladies, left Richmond, Virginia,
last evening for Newark, New Jersey,
on frsternal visit to the Aaron Wilks
Post, Of the latter city.
Reports from Berks, Lancaster, Lebar
non and Montgomery counties, in PENN
|sylvania, show that great. damage was
done by the storm Of Saturday night
and Sunday morning. Orchards we're
uprooted, houses were unroofod, barns
leveled, roads and fields washed out and
bridges swept away.
i Large losses have resulted from theI
! recent wood fires in the province o,
Quebec, especially near Bale st. Pau
: Quebec alone loses $40. 900. The cbape
r built on Cape Tourmente was destroy
/ cd.
!, A fve mile single scull race for S1OO
% q side, between John Teemer, of Pitts
), burg, and c. H. Conley, Of Portland
1t was rowed yesterday afternoon on LAX
lSebsgo. 1t was won by TeemeI
in 34.10, with Conley ~ seconds be
,. hind.
\, Six bills which had been passed b
re- NJ l,,r hn Lost dauu nf fb
10 session failed for want of the Pres
n dents approval. All were privat
70 bills, among them being the bill for th
IN relief Of General William w. Averil
x Edward Bopp, 20 years Of age, wa
U, drowned on Monday while fishing 1
ie the Potomac river, at Cumberland
st Maryland. He WAS subject TO epileptl
4 fits, and Is supposed to have bee
D. seized with one when drowned.
y. Sixty masked men broke open IL
n jail at Russellville, Kentucky, on Sui
~ ~ day night, took out Richard Henderson
20 y, colored, and lynched him. He had CT
20 the throat Of q white boy, but not 4
NJ tally.
wi The intercollegiate boat race on Sar
or toga lake was rowed yesterday morniu
ne 1t was won by the Pennsylvania crev
81 NOIuoll Doluk boCOuu ouu
r third. The winning time was mil
,e utes, 39H seconds.
OF A freight train on the Missouri p
~ cific Railroad fell through . burnin
~ bridge near Chicota, Texas, on Sunda.
ne Ten cars were wrecked and burne'
be and the brakeman was killed.
A State prohibitory law took effect
Iowa four days ago. The breweries an
most Of the saloons In Dubuque we
. closed on Sunday, but on Monday all r
~ sumed operations as usual.
ar A cable despatch received at Ne,
q q buryport reports the ship Susan Gi
~ more, OF Boston, ashore near Ne
=, o. Castle, New South Wales, and probsb
W q total wreck.
ca f. L. Pilot, aged 60 years, the hu
,rs band of Madame Janauschek, "
al found dead in his bed, yesterday afte
n. noon, in his apartments In Bosto
;ls Heart disease was the cause.
mt The assignee of Grant B. Ward h
to filed the inventory and schedule Of q
It firm, showing its liabilities to be 81
as 792, $40 nominal assets, $27, 139, ,09
%, actual assets, $67, ,174.
ID, Lingi Papanti was stabbed to dea
ed by Antonio Fresoli in a quarrel at N
Keesport, Pa, on Sunday night. T
murderer escaped.