Daily Republican., 1885-08-03
News Summary.

On Fft06y. IL Whh caught III d seine,
and ropes being thrown around It, it
was dragged ashore by horses. The
monster weighs about two tons, IL six
teen feet wide from the extreme edges
Iof the pect0ral fins and fourteen feet
Hong. The mouth 10 four feet wide, and
Is protected on either aide by form idaSle
lappendages eiubling horns, with
which II scoeps in food.
An incomi ing pass On ger train at Lead
Vile, Colorado, on Friday evening, ex.
Iploded . dynamite cartridge when
about two m lies from the city. The en-.
lgine and tender were badly wrecked
and ono length Of track was torn up,
but none of the passengers were in
jured. The explosion WAS distinctly
heard distance Of ten miles. 1t il be-
lieved that the outrage was the work Of
strikers.
i At Georgetown, Colorado, on Friday,
William Nef, employed at the Tela-
He went to his cabin, laid down on the
floor, placed a stick Of giant powder,
with cap and fuse attached, under his
lhead, and while in th is position lighted
the fnse. His head was blown entirely
from his body.
The Indian tribes on the Clearwater
Iriver, in Idaho, are auarreling over
some property claimed by each tribe.
The host'les" sent north from the
Indian Territory killed nine Indians
last Friday, and the relatives of the
murdered men are seeking to aysnge
their death. There Is much uneasiness
lamong the whites.
The corner stone of the new Convent
of the Sisters Of Mercy at Trenton,
New Jersey, was laid on Sunday after
noon by Bishop 0'Farrell. About four
, Thousand persons were present. A long
down under the weight of people upon
it, and several persons were injured,
. but none seriously.
arrived at Sandy Hook bar on Sunday
afternoon at four o'clock. Her trip
, from Havre to New York, deducting
, difference of longitude and three hours
q slowing down on account Of foR, was
seven days and twenty three hours, the
i lquickest passage on record"
hI The rooms of the ocean club at Long
: Branch were raided by the police early
q on Saturday morning. and number
q of persons were arrested. All of the
, prisoners were subsequently, discharged
with the exception of the manager OF
4 the clnb, who was fined 800.
d A heavy storm prevailed On Saturday
), afternoon in the northern part of Ian.
:. caster county, Pa. The tobacco was
o Igreatly damaged by hail, many of the
u stonesbeingas iage as hickory nuts. The
o barn of Jonathan 8. Stewart, Al
J. Landisville, was destroyed by light
l. lining.
IL Peter S. Colby, paymaster for thu
Morgan, Louisiana and Texas Railroad
,, and Steamship Compsny, WAS arrested
:, late ON Friday night on the charge O
20 EN- bezzling funds of the company. III
j." admitted defalcation, which is said b
! amount to over Sll, 200.
a The Attorney, General, to whom tn
to Secretary of the Interior referred tn
n tQuestion of the power of the Interio
ia Department to authorize the Indians t
q. lease their lands for grazing purposes
has furnished an opinion in effect tina
Of no such power exists under the law.
r. All the mail for South and Centrs
is American ports refused on Saturday b
g. the Pacific Mail steamer at San Fran
n. cisco were sent overland to New Yorl
is and New Orleans, whence the letter
to will be for wsrded to their various des
ct tinations.
g At a meeting of colored citizens c
le Warren county, Mississippi, on Frida
TO night, 1t was resolved, that If we ar
II. not protected by the land owners AM
lr merchants of this county and city W
ne will be bound to 60 to some othe
In county"
X U. 8. Consul Mason telegraphs to tn
ne State Department from Maseillei
nu France. that several deaths from choler
~ have occurred in that city within fe'
III days. The exact facts are not offic!a
&c y obtainable."
"A The streets are now overrun wit
,r, bummers again, and the police will d
so we'll by making another raid uIo
~. them, 30 the Mayor may send them
m all or compel them to leave the city.
y. The Secretary of the Navy has a.
ch pointed board of officers to investiga
of the system of administering the Nav
Department, and make suggestions fl
its improvement.
The German American Teacher
ne Convent tion in St. Louis adjourned c
ise Saturday, after electing X. W. Tent
M ~ berg, President.
IA l. There have been various depreciation
~ on chicken houses in the Ninth way,
hs and the thieves, if caught, will
he roughly ha ndled.
er Minister Levi P. Morton and E
i'll wards PierIepont arrived in New foi
lso on Sunday by the steamer Normandi
.rd from Havre.
of Bishop Mallalieu, of New Orlean
Dot preached the opening sermon at Ocea
ew Grove on Sunday m morning.
"a One hundred and eight fourth ella
post. masters were appointed on satui
,n day.
W, The public debt statement for in
Ia shows a reduction of 81, ,662, 100.
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