Daily Republican., 1884-08-26
NEWS. SUMMARY.
A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MARTYRs-IMMORALITY WF
A COLORED MINISTI

A negro named Clark, convicted of q
criminal assault upon an elderly whiIa
woman, was hanged on Monday at
Dawson, Georgia, In presence Of u
large crowd. His colored friends has-
ing declared that he should not be hang.
ed, two companies of militia were scot
from Albany to the scene. When =
mile and a half from Albany three cars
were thrown from the track by obstruo-
tions placed on tho rails, but no person
was injured. Another ain took tho
troops to Albany on Monday morning.
There was no disturbance az the oxocu.
tion.
Memorial services in honor Of" the
martyrs from Tennessee" was held on
Sunday in the Mormon Tabernacle at
Salt Lake City. The speakers, it 10
said, bewailed the wickedness Of tho
Gentiles," said the slain were better
than the slayers, and that crown of
glory aFaited the martyrs" Similar
services were held IN all ihe /" stakes
of Zion 'hthroughoutd NJ srmondou.
In thef Baltimore Conference Of thB
Colored NJ. K, Church, yesterday, q
COMMITTEES, appointed on Saturday TO
inquire into the eligibility Of Rev. w.
Wilson to the office of President Of the
body, reported in favor of his suspen-
sion. This report was adopted. Charges
of immortality and maladministration
| were then preferred against Mr.. Wilson
and referred to the District COMMITTEES.
| There were heavy frosts on Sunday
night in the New England States, New
York and portions of New Jersey. The
corn and buckwheat cropsa are damaged
In many places, and potatoes and cab
i "a na ha tys. at,ff ffarnI To Ia aroh n
tent. At Canaan, New Hampshire, yes
tesday morning, the thermometer mark
cd % degrees Ice formed in the neigh
borhood of Middlesex, Vermont.
Statistician Dodge, OF the Agricui-
turai Department. says that while
reports show that the crops have been
somewhat damaged by the drouth In
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky,
the inj ,fry Is not sufficient 20 cause
any pani1ey fa6ting, as there is every
indicatin0Ahk tie general crop will be
good. "S
JofHf HfS1assions be ween the RI pub
lican and Democratic candidates for
electors in Mississippi proceed peace
ably while the Democrat is speaking,
hut when the Republican begins to re-
lply II distui hance is raised, the gas
!'u-red off and the audience compelled
to 1.sperse.
A telegram from St. Johns, New
tound,ana, reports that several hundred
lOrangemen attacked the Roman CatAo-
lie Church yacht at Henley Harbor, tore
fGown the Papal flag, tarred. the vessel,
and Threatened the missionary, Father
Lynch, with death.
During the recent storm on the New
foundland coast sixteen fishing smacks
and three schooners we're wrecked.
-Four men aud two women passengers
were lost in one Of the smacks. It Is
reported that a large lumber ship was
ost in st. Georges Bay,
The ship Dona. from Bremen, arri ve,l
at Brooklyn on Sunday nigat with q
general cargo of merchandise and rags.
The Health Commissioner refused to per.
init the rags to be discharged, thinking
they might be infected by cholera.
The opening performance of Musical
Director Gilmore's Jubilee at Man.
haitian Beach took place on Sunday.
The programme included "Old Hun.
dred" and Nearer, My God, to Thee, ~
with artillery accompaniment.
Peruvian advices of the 9th instant
report matters fearfully mixed up In
: Peru" The country has two Presi-
dents, and is overrun by thieving bands
of Montaneros. The Chilian troops In
, Arequipa were to he reinforced
The question Of separation of church
!, !, and State in Chill was being violently
!, debated in the Chilian Chamber OF
Deputies at last accounts.
DIR. John g. Waters died yesterday
, in Indianapolis, aged 80 years. 1t 1,
, said he was chief Of the Fenian organi
zation, having succeeded Jame
} Stephens as Head Centre.
The Council of the City of Mexico ha,
refused to allow Ex-Governor Ramon
Fernandez, now Minister to France, 3,
D arrange the municipal loan of $4,000,
900 in Paris.
Five dead bodies, all taken from the
river within twenty-four hours, and all
unidentified, lay in the morgue of New
York city yesterday.
There was an earthquake at Concep
ton, Chilli, on the 4th inst, which
shook buildings violently"
Talmage is preaching in Canada ami
,, right on top ofa new assortment Of fugi