Daily Republican., 1884-05-29
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| INV Vo0oliudiy ouIkoOu VI tHo DOdrO
OF health of Brooklyn reported on Wed.
nesday to that body that he had inspec.
ted the cattle in It's district. In one
stable, he said, there were $50 steers
and o few dry COWS, principally fed on
swiil. Only one COW showed symptoms
Of fpleuro-pneumOnia. Three large sta.
bles In the immediate vicinity contain.
ed 200 milch cows. In these stables the
use Of distillery swill had been discon-
tinued, and at least 10 per cent. of
the cattle here were affected with acute
contagious pleurO-pneumOnia.
A telegram from Troy, New York,
says that twenty years ago six silver
spoons and silver butter knife were
missed from table in the house of
Mrs. N. Crandall, at Cohoes, and suspi.
cion rested upon servant girl. "The
summer kitchen has just been raised
for the purpose of making repairs, and
the missing silverware has just been
found uninjured in rats nest"
AS the Benson coach, from Helena,
Montana, was passing through the can
yon at the gate of the mountains, on
Tuesday afternoon, three masked men
compelled the driver to stop. They
then ritled the mail bags and robbed
the passengers. The treasure box was
also sacked, but it contained nothing
of value. 1t is not known what valua.
bles were in the mail.
DR.. Franklin Pierce, of Worcester.
MASSACHUSETTS,, was yesterday found
guilty of mansIaughter in having
caused the death of Mrs. Bemis. He
ordered her to be swathed from head to
foot with bandages soaked in kerosene.
The effect was TO entirely destroy the
outer skin of the body, and after II
second application the patient died.
Andrew Bruon, the President of the
broken Hot Springs Bank, of
Hot Springs, Arkansas, was arrested
yesterday III st. Louis. He was with a
woman named Steel, who was also ar.
rested, as she is supposed to know
where the money is which he Is
charged with having stolen from the
bank.
A collision occurred on Tuesday
night on st. Johns river, just above
Paatka, Florida, between tho steamers
Anita and Princess, by which the latter
was disabled. A passenger named
Hall from Boston, was knocked over
board and drowned.
Half a pound of dynamite, with =
three-foot fuse attached, was yesterday
discovered under the office of the Jour
nal, in Xenia. Indiana. The propre-
tors of the paper suspect the proprietor
to be person whose enmity has been
incurred through some publication.
In Brooklyn on Decoration Day re-
ception will be given to Lieutenant
General Sheridan, General Grant and
General Hancock, and General Sheridan
will review the veterans of the Nation
al Guard.
The settlement of Maple Creek,
Manitoba, was raided by Indians few
nights ago. They stole 40 horses and
killed man named Paul Pollock. A
force of mounted police have started for
the scene.
Edward Wilson, colored, died in
Petersburg, Virginia, on Tuesday at the
alleged age of 1OJ years, He was be-
lieved to be the oldest citizen" of that
place, and was the patriarchal father o.
~ children.
Catharine Love. supposed to be 105
years of age, was yesterday declared to
be insane by commission in lunacy in
New York. She owns $1,000 worth of
property.
A despatch from Richmond, Ken
lucky, says John Garrett was yesterday
shot and instantly killed by John Tur-
ner. An old feud existed between the
men.
Adolph Suers, an apple peddler in
st. Louis, shot and killed his wife, Oh
Tuesday night, and then put u bullet |
through his own brain. The couple had |
been separated for three moths