Daily Republican., 1885-08-31
News Buusmsry.

uoopbCcn from newport, En0ue IB-
land, says the United States Training
Squadron, consisting Of the Portsmouth,,
Saratoga and jamestown, arrived off
Block Island on Saturday morning, aud
willremain in those waters for several
days The Secretary Of the Navy di.
rected them TO come back from their
European cruise to take part In the in
auguration Of the Perry statue, which
Will take place ON the 10th proxims.-
The North Atlantic squadron, eompris-
ing the Tennessee, Alliance and Yantic,
has also been ordered there for the same
occasion.
The period of time allowed by the
President in his proclamation for the
settlers upon the Crow Creek lands In
Dakota TO vacate expired more than a
month ago. The agent ct GassmAn WAS
on Saturday granted authority to re-
move all settlers aud unauthorized per.
sons from the reservation, and If neces
sary to call upon the commanding
officer at the nearest military post for
. force sufficient TO effect the removal.
The remnants of mum Der Of le tiers
were received at the Dead Letter Office
In Washington on Saturday, with the
following letter from the Postm aster
Auc ihCiooOtl p0Chbko VI lcttcEb CbIuc
into my office from Haekleman, Indi
ana, with enough of other stnff made
from the cuttings Of letters and papers
to make a rats nest, In which WAS q
litter OF six young rats, all alive and
without q mother. They are now
perishiug In this office,
Several thousand persons were present
in the Rink In Newport, Rhode Island.
Yesterday afternoon and evening on
the occasion Of the religious services
ministers OF the Methodist, Baptist
and Congregational chu;chc par.
ticipated In the services. The meet.
ing will continue until 10. morrow even,
ing.
The Chinese Minister, Ching Tsao j u,
who was stricken with paralysis i'm
mediateIy after his return TO this couu-
try from Peru, last April, and who Is
still i'll In Now York has sent his resig-
nation to the Chinese Government, and
Chang Yin Huan has been appointed
in his place.
A lacrosse match was played In To
ronto, on Saturday between the Toronto
team and the st. Paul team, of St.
Paul, Minnesota, for the championship ip
ofAmerica. This was the first visit of an
| American team to Canada. The match
was won by the Toronto team.
| At Kearney sville, West Virginia, on
Saturday, John Musgrave, who was
guarding fruit orchard of B. s. Nc
Inty re-, accused frank Mutter rofstealing
| some pears. This 30 enraged MutteT
that he drew knife and stabbed his
aoIuser to the heart.
Rev. VIM. Brobstan, one OF the oldes,
ministers in the Presby terian church OF
| the United States, died in Chicago yes
| terday, aged 80 years. He was born In
Philadelphia and graduated in 1925
from Union college.
The funeral of Ex-Governor Reuben
K. Fenton took place at jamestown
New York, on Saturday, and wa,
largely attended. While the body wa,
lying in state at Walnut Grove, mem
bers of the Fenton guard stood at thu
head and foot of the coffin.
The Alaska Commercial Company
vessel at St. Paul from OunAlaska
which arrived on Saturday night
brought 90 996 seal skins, valued al
over 81 900, 900.
Secretary Bayard onSaturday received
q cablegram stating that cholera hat
broken out at Nagasaki, Japan. Th'
death rate IL reported to be large. Th'
port has been declared infected.
Heavy rains Mt Charleston, Souti
Carolina, yesterday, caused much dan
ger in houses which had been unroofet
by the recent cyclone and not yet 70
paired.
At Ocean Grove yesterday, the morn
ing sermon was preached by Rev. G
w. Buoy, of Philadelphia and the even
ling sermon by Rev. DIR. Munhalt, o
Annapolis.
The Grant monument fund in New
York on Saturday announced to sos, ,139