Daily Republican., 1885-07-23
TH|RD D EDITION.
New,Aumnnary.

A ta,rtic thunder storm passed over
the Catawissa Valley on Tuesday ai'er
noon. Trees and fences were Iprooted,
and hou ses dam ged By the wind, while
the corn, whsat and oat crops were also
levelled BY the wind and submerged oy
the rain. The damage throughout tne
valley is estimated At S5O, COO.
A violent wind storm visited New
Britaiu, Connecticut, Gu Tuesday aieer
noon. Two storms met and deveioPeu
a wind somewhat Of the character OF
cyclone. Three houses were wholly OF
partly uuroofed, two tall chimheys
were blown down. and a great nun oef
of trees uprooted or broken OIL.
A telegram from Lira says that, owing
to the heavy port dues and the sea cry
of cargo, many sailing crafts are desert
ing the coast OF Peru. some OF s.ne
roasears are closed. There has bsen
GENERAL rise in the prices of provisions,
Which hitherto have been imported IN
large auau ities from the coast, anu thls
nd vance weighs heavily on the lower
eiasses. Generally, there Is great com
mercial depression
The press house AMI mixing mouse
at Gladfelter, johnson & Bowman,s
powder mill, at Spring Grove YORK
conntv. Penpa., were demolished yes,
terday morning by an explosion, ana
two men were killed.
A feruc.ous bulldog attacked the three
months old child of Mrs, Beinirg, CT
Allentown, near PlttsburS, on Tuesday,
biting off the right foot and Afterwards
mutilating the body of the child. Inc
little one will die.
The Secretary OF the treasury mas
informed customs officers that oonns
covering merchandise entered for ex'
portation by land to any British pos
session uuder any prescrl sed iorm OF 81
mort entry, may re cancel'ed upon the
production of ev;denc, Of expectation
and landing,
The canal boat d. +. Gilligan, from
Ottawa, with lumber, has been fined
$1,000 BY the customs officials at Ottawa
New York, for not reporting at th'
Custom House wi,hintwenty fouf hour
of her arrival. HH6 scLooner British
Queen, arriving !Isht, has been tinei
$500 for not having "a manifest.
Rev. DE-. C..yer S.earus, formerly
Dsan OF the Harvard Theo,ogicalS hoo
isdead at his home,in Cambridge, Mass
achusetts, at the ags OF IS years. He wa
at one time President of the THEOLOGY
cal Seminary at Meadviile. Penna.
Riel's counsel has obtained an a.
iournment of his trial until the 2s'
INST, to allow witnesses from 'l1eo'
and Montana to be procured, The ,ln
bee witnesses include two medical e
perts who are 10 be examiae1 to pro
his insanity.
While holding picnic for the ber
tie of his church last evening, Re
pastOr of ST .In1a nj
Catholic church iu South Easton, W
taken suddenly Ill and died in fe
minutes.
The assignment of John Roach h
been placed on record at Media. 1t
the same as the one in New York, a.
covers all his Chester property. t
property is only slightly encumb ere
The gambling houses in Chicago We
ordered by the Chief Of Police to
closed at midnight on Tuesday. T
order was compiled with, and the ket
ers discharged their employees.
The first ennampment of State troo
held in the South since tie war open
yesterday at AsLeyille, y 5rth Carolil
1t attracts many visitors from
Carolinas, Georgia Tennessee and Y
glnia,
AS a tTair carrying soldier to
eacampment at Asheyille, North Cal
lima, was approaching that place J
terday, one of the coaches upset FL
teen men were injured, four Of tn
dangerously.
Tue Governor of Kansas has Issue
proclamation to prevent the impo
tion of infectious cattle into that ST.
The tornado in the II Highmore DIT
OF Dakota has made feu7 hundred .'e,
destitute.
An extensive forest ire is burn
south SmithtowE, Long Island
people are out fighting the fl Ames.
Two deaths from sunstroke we're
ported yesterday in Baltimore and
in Louisville.
Two grand concerts on the Sec
Baptist mooIl light to night,
Base Bali.