Daily Republican., 1884-01-28

Death Of . Rebel War GOveSnOs--
News from Every Qusrser.

News from Every Qusrter.
John Letcher, who was Governor O
Virginia during the greater portion q
the late war, died yesterday at Lexing
ton, In that State, aged 73 years n
was born in Virginia, practiced law
edited a newspaper, entered politics
was member of Congress from 1858 q
1850, and In the latter year was electe,
Governor of his native State. He wen
with her into secession and was agaiI
elected Governor.
On the night of November 11th, 1882
Mrs. Thomas Groves, while walking
home in Rochester, New York, fell int,
o sewer excavation and suffered mi uric
70 her spine which necessitalel med ca
treatment Of the most heroic and ago
nizing character. She sued the city fol
damages and on Saturday light til,
jury In her case gave verdict III he
behalf for $3.50
1t IL announced that all the sewer
pipe manufacturing companies in tn.
United States have formed q pool u
date from February LIST. The orgsnizs'
tion embraces "a companies. and it,
headquarters will be in Cleveland
Ohio.
Earthquake waves were noted by the
instruments of the Astronomical %.
Servatory at San Francisco on Friday
evening The oscillations began at "a
minutes past seven O'Clock and con.
tinued for twenty minutes.
The jewlery store OF E. b. Hayden, in
Fulton street, New York, was robbed Of
5000 worth of stock during Saturday
night. The safe was opened by
jimmies and drills, no powder being
used.
A court.martia! has been ordered 10
meet in San Antonio, Texas, on the 4th
proximo, for the trial of Captain A. =.
b. Reyes, who is charged with
his pay accounts.
The libel suit OF Jonathan Meek,
against the Miners Journal of Potts.
vile, for 81, 900 damages, resulted Sat
urday morning in . verdict for Meek Of
one cent.
James II. Emslie, President of the st.
Andrews Society of Winnipeg, and a
large real estate dealer, shot himself
dead yesterday in hotel In St Paul.
Reducing Wages.
The Boston and Albany Railroad
Company will this morning announce
a reduction of % per cent. In the pay
rolls of all their shops, to take effect on
the first Of February. "The reduction
will be made by discharging per cent.
of the employees and reducing the hours
Of the remainder from tel to eight per
Jay" Dull freight business is the
cause.
The strikers in the tobacco factories
1t Petersburg, Virginia, having deter
mined not to resume work at the reduc.
.ion in their wages, the manufacturers
are looking for whites to fill their
places. The friends Of the strikers
ire contributing literally for their sup
port.
The iron miners at Port Henry, New
York, were notified on Saturday that
their wages would be- reduced ten per
cent. The miners thereupon decided
10 ask Of the Company reduction iu
the price of the wood furnished to them
and also u reduction in the rent of their
houses
At a meeting of the spinners of Fall
River on Saturday night resolutions
we're adopted requesting the manufac-
,urers to run the mills on ee-fourths
time rather than insist on q reduction
If 10 per cent, and declaring that the
operatives will strike rather than sub
nit to the reduction. The pay of the
'pinners was reduced 10 per cent. in
$50, and they say it would be better to
,ndure the suffering consequent upon a
trike than to accept the further reduc-
ion now proposed.
The Bricklayers' Union of Cleveland
)hiO, has notified contractors and
builders that the wages of hricklayers
Turing the coming season will bs S. 80
'er day, and that nine hours are to con-
titute days work on Saturday