Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-22
News Summary.

News summary.
Among the bills passed by tht
Legislatrre OF New Jersey, just made
laws by the Governors signature, are
the following: Providing for licensing
roller skating Kinks In towns and cities
making IL o inisdemeanor to unlawfully v
wear Grand Army badge, and appro
priattng money for tho erection OF q
suitable monument on the Gettysburg
battle field to mark the places where
the New Jersey regiments fought.
The first public reception given by
President Cleveland was held at the
White House last night. The President,
assisted by the members of his Cabinet
and the ladies of their families, received
In the East Room, which was beautiful.
~ decorated. From nine until eleven
O'Clock o constant stream of callers
poured in and ont of the house. Music
was given by the Marine Band.
A despatch from Panama says the
situation yesterday was critical, Hand
bills have been issued melting the
dral towers are being loopholed, and 1t
has been placed In the cuartels and the
soldiers quarters. to be exploded IN
case of defeat. Firing is frequently
heard in the streets u. n'ght.
Nine coal mines along the oan Han
die Railroad, which had been In cnera'
tion at the rate demanded by the strik.
ers. were idle yesterday, the miners
having refused to work until the opera
tors at all other mines in the district
pay the same price. This action has
greatly encouraged the strikers, who
claim that" victory Is now certain"
1t is reported that the represen tatives
OF 1900 Pittsburg hnishers have com.
pleted the preliminary work for new
Assoc iation. This will be conducted
Independent of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation OF Iron and Steel Workers. The
officers of the Amaleamated Associa-
tion say they know nothing of the new
movement.
During heavy rain storm early yes
terday morning q cyclone struck Ster.
ling, Kansas. 1t demolished Q portion
OF the Kansas Sugar Company's works,
and uproo.ed and partially wrecked q
number of houses and barns. 80 far as
known no one was hurt. The rainfall
was the heaviest known for eight years.
William +. Hartman, leading bust.
ness nan Of Homecoming, Maryland, has
been arrested in Washington on thu
charge of having set fire to his store Oh
March 22, which resulted In the burn.
ing of six buildings and loss of SAC, 900,
loss was $4,000, and his insurs
ance 5000.
A telegram from Lincoln, Illinois,
notes the arrival there Of WIN. Scully,
1fe6 Nf1 1nCl fta.r ht 10 In n od
which In this country exceed
estima ated at $50 600, ,0Q0. He has over
three hundred tenants in this country.
A railroad bridge across the Cahaw ba
river, in Alabama, was set on fire by a.
locomotive on Monday night. Five or
six section hands attempting to put out
the flames fell with the bridge and were
severely injured.
A terrific exp.osion of gas occurred
in the PhDnix colliery, az Pittston, Pa,
yesterday morning. There were about
one hundred men in the mine at the
time, and many were severely burned,
but none fatally.
The Grand Jury at Chicago yesterday
indicted Patrick Condor, John O'Connor
and Dutchy" Keefe for the robbery of
the ballot boxes in the third precinct of
the Third ward, at the recent municipal
election.
At Greenwich, Connecticut, on Tues
day afternoon, Barclay johnson, the
insane son of q prominent lawyer,
while walking with his mother and
sister, shot and killed them both, and
then committed suicide.
Two coal trains ON the Reading Rail.
road were wrecked OH Tuesday by a
collision near Mount Carmel. Another
train, not having been signalled, ran
into the wreck and was thrown from
the track.
Diphtheria is prevalent in the Ber.
muda Hundred district of Chesterfield
County, Virginis. In eome instances
two or three deaths have occurred In
single families.
Manus O'Donnell, aged fifty-fve
years, q boatman, of East Mauch
Chunk, was drowned in the Lehigh
Canal, near Lockport, on Monday night
DIR. Joshua Potts, of Lancaster, Pa,
was convicted on Tuesday of criminal
malpractice. Ho was remanded fol
sentence.
Eighteen cases Of smallpox are al
one of the hospitals in Montreal, all de
veloped within week.
Two bridges at Ottawa have beer
swept SWAY by sudden flood.