Daily Republican., 1884-11-24
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A slight sarthqaAks was felt at Csncovd
New Hampshire, yesterday morning, 1T b Il
past two o'clock. It was followed sixtse!
minutes later By heavier shock. which
wsre shaken and lhe osoillatior sss scoen
nanted py . ruubIinx noise, .Leud enough Il
awaken many pcrsors from sleep. similar
State.
BENJAMIN gently aud his vita; Sara
Reidy, aged 10. and Thomas Reidy, eyed IL
were unsccountabiy poisoned while at sup
per In Binghamton, Now York, on Thureday
night They lay in stupor on tho floor
cover. d BY ( Dsighocr. All arc considersd
recovery is doubtful. No poison was
found in tho food they ate. and the case is a
mystery.
SEQ river, near Sssvenson, Alabsms, on Sat.
urday. BY t. upsctting Of . skif. Thomas
Key. the ferrymsn, was drowned while Try.
tpg 70 save his son, who was in the sktff.
and son from the shore, and became insa ne
from grief -
A violent gaze accompanied by heavy rain
prevailed last evening at Scranton, Penna.
The wind re ched . velocity Of nearly 8
signs were dams gsd. While signs and and win. VIM
dows were broken snd telephone and tele.
graph wires levelled.
The trial Of Daniel Hoicomb, at Jackson.
Michisan, for the murder Of the Or,uch
oHnI .T 10 ms sSs sssn
the Prosecuting Attorney.
Tho steamer Cuba. Of Hamilton, Ontario,
was eunk by q " shoot ~ In the St Lawrence
river, cppc site Alexandra Bay, on Saturday
evening Sec had cargo va ued at $50, 90,
part Of which was saved.
The members Of the Cattlemen's Assoeia'
tion, In session at st I.ouis, have sent q zoo
to General Early for the relief OF the sufferers
by the plague in the border counties Of Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Thomas A. Boyle. the veteran Mayor OF
BY tie Republican Convention OF that city
oonsecutivefy seventeen years as Mayor.
Several places ON the st. Lawrence river,
betweenSt Flavie and 0aspe, were shaken
by an earth quake last Friday evening. The
to fifty seconds.
James Hartney, wealthy merchant Of
Arnprior, Ontario, was committed on Satur
on the charge Of having Get tire to his ktors
and dwelling, on which there was on iut ur-
ance RI s27 900.
A Telegram from Hamilton, Ontario, re
ports that Wiggins, tho weather prophet. has
Joined the Salvation Army. and IL goinp
through, the country calling on the people Il
repent"
Joseph Bork. the defaulting ex-CIty Trea
surer Of Buffalo, was on Saturday re- senten
fenced to the penitentiary for four year
and nine months. He embezzled about s4oo,
0O0
A violent storm passed over Thibodeaux
Louisiana. on Saturday afternoon. doing
much damsge, and wrecktug large sugar
house. A man was killed by lightning.
/ A ordinace suthorising the city Of Cincin
| natl TO borrow $780, has been signed by
the Mayor, and thepolice will bc paid In I
few days.
The hog cholera is spreading on Long
Island. and many farmers are killing of al
their hogs to prevent them fOm becoming
victims to the disease.
| Tho condition Of :MichaeIlH. DeYoung
shot by Adolph Spreckeis in San Francisco
was reported to be more favorable last even
l ing.
| The long drought at Petersburg, Virginia
and its vicinity, ended last night in copi
Gus rain.
Two freight trains collided ncsr Keysville
Virginia, on Friday night. G. v. Marshall
Sheriff Of Charlotte county, was killed.
A bill creating q Stats Railroad commits
sion was defeated in the Vermont Legisla
tuIe On Saturday.
VIM. h eaman, clerk Of the township o
North 0ower, Ontario, has keen arrested Of
tbs charge Of forgery.