Daily Republican., 1885-08-10
News Summary.
A RAZOR GU rTING OVER THEO :
LOGY-A PANIC CAUsED FROM
AANIA.POTU.
VILLAGES ENGULFE D.

james Gr8y Auu OhAoo odiiaRu6Tt
both colored, went to church together in
Washington on sunday morning, and
when they got home sat on their door
steps and began o" theological discus
sion." Finally Gallagher, being anger
ed by remark by Gray, slashed the
latter with razor ACROSS the back and
arms. Gray picked up an axe near by
and struck Gallagher q blow which
fractured his skull 1t Is doubtful if
Gallagher will recover.
In Pitstburg last evening, George
Miller, suffering from .mania-potu, es'
capped from his home, and with large
DIRK knife created Q panic on the streets
by attacking the pedestrians. After
slightly cutting three persons, he went
up into the seoond-story Of house AID
jumped from the window, falling on
the knife. which he still had In his hand,
and inf1icting fatal wound In the abdo.
men.
The French brig Deux Cousins, of st
Brieux, recently passed in mid-Atlan-
tic q large ships boat containing the
dead dodies of three men. The boat
had piece of pole for flag staff, to
which was attached piece Of canvas
rs q flag of distress. She evidently
belonged to o Norwegian vessel, az she
had the name Richard Lanwig"
painted on her.
At Halifax, on Saturday, Captain
Henry Baker was committed for trial
In the Supreme Court on the charge of
having scuttled the schooner Smiling
Water. The mate of tn Q schooner swore
that Baker paid him S25 to bore a hole
| in the vessels bottom, and one of the
crew testified to having helped to sink
the schooner.
The China Overland Mail Of the 2nd
of July reports that by the great food
in the province of Canton, which be-
gan on June 10Th, whole villages were
engulfed, the rice and silk crops nearly
ruined, and 1000 lives lost The
food was caused by the bursting of
dykes.
sickness prevailing at Porter Station,
Indiana. Seven new canes were re.
ported on Friday. One of the physi-
clans is Inclined to think that lack
of sanitary precau ton has as much
to do with the disease as tainted
meat.
A boat, containing Jarvis Snyder,
his wife and little daughter, and Will
liam Hoffner and George Hansen, was
carried over the rapids OF the Columbia
river, at Cascade Locks, Oregon on Sat
urday night, and all perished.
James Garland, ex Judge of the Cor =
Iporation Court at tLyhchburg. Virginia,
died in that city on Saturday night in
the ninety. fifth year Of his age. He wss
retired from the bench two years ago,
in his ninety second year, when he had
become totally blind.
Notwithstanding the appearance of
the caterpillar in different parts of
Il Georgia, the cotton crop of that State
/ promises to be the largest ever gathered
there, and the quality the best for years.
BY wreck ON the Cincinnati and
Eastern Railroad about sixteen miles
from Cincinnati, on Saturday night,
three passengers were killed and th rec
others fatally injured. A number of
others suffered slighter injuries.
The mems era OF the Grant family
who went to New York to attend the
funeral of General Grant will return to
Mt McGregor in day or two.
1t is reported from Villa Rica, Ca,
that Richard Hindsmau, colored, who
| " as guilty of insulting q white lady,
was given three hundred lashes by in.
dignant white citizens"
john E. o wens, the comedian, is re-
ported to be fatally i'll at his residence
near Baltimore.
President Cleveland went to Albany
on Saturday night, and will go 10 the
Adirondacks to day.