Daily Republican., 1885-01-27
NEWS SUMMARY.
ABOUT EXPLOSIVEs-TOO MUCH
SILVER COIN-YELLOW
fEvER-ETC., ETC.

In the Senate of New York on Mon.
day night Mr.. Gilbert introduc bill
70 punish AZ felony the manufacture
or sale of explosive compounds to be
used for injury to or the destruction of
life or property in any place whatso.
ever. Persons aiding or abetting in
such manufacture, sale or use, or con.
money or other property |
therefor, are also made liable to pun
ishment and the sale of explosive
without . written permit
from the local authorities is declared q !
misdemeanor. !
Yellow fever exists in a malignant
form at Panama and Colon. In
single cemetery at Panama." accord
ing 10 report to the Surgeon General
of our Marine Hospital Service, there
has been more than one thousand in.
terments between the LIST day ofJuly
and the 3lst of December, and 1t Is
estimated that about 2400 people were
buried In that city during the year
1884"
The Sub-Treasury silver vaults at
San Francisco are taxed to their
ful lest capacity" and the Secretary OF
the Treasury is considering the expedi-
encs of removing from them to the new
vault Ia the Treasury Department
about SIC, ,OO0, 900 of standard dollars.
He is deferred by the expense, which
will be about 500, 1000 Congress
W i'll be asked to legislate upon the sub
ject.
The Nicaraguan treaty was discus
| sed in yesterdays executive session of
the Senate by Messrs. Sherman, Miller,
Edmunds and Bavard. Mr.. Bayard
takes position -substaDtially tnat OF
Mr.. SGerman-that the Clayton Bull
| wer Treaty 10 still in force. He also
| thinks the incoming Administration
ought not to be embarrassed by action
upon the question at this time.
A slight fire occurred among the book
| and records under the iron roof of the
House Of Representatives at Washing
ton yesterday morning. IL was extiD-
guisled after having damaged a space
about twenty feet square. The fire 10
supposed to have been started by cleo
tric light wires.
The carnival of 1855 at Montreal was
Iopened yesterday, with tObogganing
sports. The ice palace, though not quite
completed, was the centre OF attraction.
The Governor General and suite left
lCttawa yesterday TO attend the carnival
State Senator Strattop, of Illinois
was struck with paralysis Monday
Ievenipg, and is in critical condition
As lie IL q Democrat his illness may
have some effect on the legislative
dead lock.
John Virgins. ! deputy returni ne
off Ger, and Robert Frank, poll Jerk,
were committed for trial on Monday In
Toronto, Oh the charge of ballot boz
Istuffing at the last election.
A sharp shock of earthquake occurred
iat San francisco On Monday morning
at thirty five minutes past one O'Clock
No damage was done. Another shocl
was felt In the evening.
1t is said that the sudden and violent
changes ia the temperature this wintel
have destroyed all the peach bu1s IL
the H udson valley and that no croJ
will be gathered there next summer.
i Abram Spaun, Assistant City Trea
surer of Detroit, hanged himself yes
terday. He was to have been married
to-day. His death is attributed to dc
: Ispondency caused by disease"
Daniel Davis, a blacksmith, drowned
himself yesterday in the canal a,
Chatasauqua. He had been in i'll health
for about three months.
IL 10 foIOEltu budJ cAloubiVt CubUOult
frauds have been discovered at Truro
Nova Scotia, and that Collector Grove
has been asked to resign.
Our total exports Of merchandise for
the twelve months which ended De-
cember 81, 1884, exceeded the imports
in value by l2O,076,O ,O72.
The Rink.
Quite q novel entertainment was
given at the roller skating rink onMou-
day eveLi ing, consisting OF potato race,
p anticipated in by nine of the skate
boys (thoss who aid and put on skates.
To say that the race was one of the
most musing matches we have seen
lately is drawing 1t mild. The modus
!operandi consists of placing 7S potatoes
Gall good ones) in a barrel which is set
in the rink Lear the entrance, and then
nine peach baskets bearing ths name of
each skater are placed at the extreme
end towards Tenth street. The boys
were drawn up in line at the south end,
and after Mr.. w. T. Trowbridge, of
New Haven, Connecticut, had been ap.
pointed referee, he gave the word ''go."
The nine skate boys lit out in q fash
ion that would do justice to a boy run
ming for dear life to get out of the
clutches OF the law. Their arms sawed
the air, their legs went in all directions
and their bodies kept Time to the exer-
ton made to get to that barrel first.
Six of the boys arrived at about the
samo time, and down went their hands
and their heads simultaneously. After
wiggling and squirming to get out of
the barrel, away went each boy as bard
rs he could skate down to where sat the
baskets, where each one was requ red
| to deposit his potato. Well, it WAS fun
to watch the boys when they got to
| where the baskets were placed. Some
of them would be unable to turn
easily, and away they would go, knock
ing the baskets over and scattering
their contents over the floor. Others
would drop their potato In the basket
and it woald bounce out, and then
would come the tug of war, as they had
to pick it up from the floor and place it
in the basket again.
Two boys, named Fl. Clark and John
Henderson,, each succeeded in placing
ten apiece in his basket, and received
the stakes between them, which was
$l00. George Leonard succeeded in
placing seven potatoes in his basket, the
least number, and received u cents.
To night there will be some other novel
attraction. The exhibition was quite a
treat, and was enjoyed by all present.
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Pabifc Sales.
The following properties were sold at
public sale yesterdayby Sheriff Ford
A lot OF land situated at Eighth and
Franklin streets, belonging to Mrs.
Laura f. Chandler, to j. Eldridge
Pierce, for 81, 700
A lot of land and a two-storv hrick