Daily Republican., 1885-07-20
News Summary.
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
6LOBE-zELE6RA WIRES
CUT-DROWNED, ETC, ETC.
OVER THE NIAGARA FALLS


ing, Henry Hellen,a bricky ard lsborer,
while digging away earth at the foot Of
an embank ment ten feet high. was
thrown violently back ward by q slide
of many tons OF earth over his body.
His head struck a stone, which frac-
tured his skull, death resulting imme-
diately. He leaves widow and four
children.
On Saturday morning q man was
found lying on the river bank at West
field, M Massachusetts, with his throat
cut. He was still alive. A bloody ra-
zor was found lying near him. He
subsequently recovered sufficiently to
say that his name was Joseph Schuler,
and that he cut his throat on Thursday
and had lain on the bank ever since.
A post.mortem examination was held
on Sunday In Newport, Rhode Island,
on the body of Henry L. Stevens. In
the lower part of the stomach, near the
lintestines, was discovered an immense
cancerous tumor, which at once ex-
planned the cause of death. 1t was
brought about by too violent exercise at
athletics.
The annual convention of the Green
Glass Bottle Blowers League, in ses-
sion at Pittsburg, adjourned finally on
saturday afternoon. Secretary Grant,
at the close of the session, would give
Ibut little information as to the result,
but it Is understood that the convention
has decided to charge the present rate of
wages for the next season.
Captain Edward Hackett, of Oakland,
california, has been appointed Ship.
lping Comm issioner for San Francisco.
He is SO years of age, and was for many
| years captain of a coasting vessel, but
never held public Office or was promi.
nent in politics. His appointment was
t endorsed by both factions of the De-
mocracy of California.
, William B. Webb has decided TO accept
) the office of Comm lssioner of the District
: of Columbia offered him by the Presi.
dent on Saturday. The law provides
!. that both political parties shall be rep
! resen' ed in the District Commission,
and Mr.. Webb, who is Republican,
:, succeeds one of that party in the Board.
|. While an old:man named Tolly was
q asleep on the steps Of his house in West
Twenty second street, New York, early
+ yesterday morning, some villain or vii
! llains poured coal oil on his clothes and
set it on fire. His lower limbs were
r badly burned, and he was taken to the
9 hospital.
u Thirty eight young ladies took the
=. Vows for seven years, on Saturday
ss morning at the Convent of the Sisters of
o Notre Dame. near Govanston, Mary.
Hand. At the end OF the seven years, If
'. they wish TO continue on the reli yious
&c life, they will be al liberty TO make
IN these vows final and perpetual.
The body of Mrs. Mcintyre, swept
e lover Niagara Falls on the day OF open
70 ing the International Park, was found
yesterday afternoon wedged between
e. the rocks at Swift Drift, on the Cana
ID. dian side. All the clothing had been
or torn from the body by the force OF the
current.
nj The wires of the Baltimore and Ohio
d. Telegraph Company at Syracuse, New
b, York, were cut ON Saturday by order of
ithe Common Council. Tine com pany
has been stfinSing its wires through q
leather tuba, which the Codnci. de,lar-
ed a nuisance.
The Nebraska agent of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, having visited the
=" portions Of Colorado from which came
rumors Of an invasion of young locusts,
reports that the numbers have been
greatly exaggerated, and in no case
q was the migratory species found.
Two .-AA I'D Aish. :,Aaths were
ID reported in New York yeste rday, for the
4. twenty four hours ending al noon. The
i. Coroner yesterday held inQuests on the
bodies of persons 'who directly or in
cs directly died from the heat within the
y last few days"
I. About 60 men were overcome by fou
IN air and smoke from a blast in the
le South pennsylvania Railroad tunnel al
OF Ro& bury on Friday evening. Two
g, were dead when taken out of the tunnel
n, and the others not expected to recover.
a. A boy named Rosenstein, one Of the
81 three of that name, on tramp from
:. Chicago was drowned while bathing in
"a the Juniata river at Mitflintown, on
= Saturday.
u Twenty cases of prostration from heat
and hve deaths, were reported in New
:, York on Saturday afternoon. Five
- cases of prostration and one death were
" reported in BROOKLYN.
The conference between Brown, Bon.
nell IL Co.'S Superintendent and the
skilled work men in Youp gstown, Ohio,
- on Saturday, was failure, co agree
10 ment being reached.
,t All was quie. in the iron ward at Gle
If veland, Ohio, on Saturday. The men
,e employed in other departments were
- paid of.
ID W. A. Burke was on Saturday ap-
,. pointed postmaster at Stauuton, Vir-
|. ginia, in place of S. NJ. Yost, editor of the
2, Valley Virginian, and warm friend of
Malone.
~ rowboat containing three young
;. men was run down by a barge near
Newburg. New York, on Friday night,
c: and two of them. David G. McWaiker
IL and John E. Tuttle, wer drowned.
1t Charles Acheubact, aged II years,
D. was drowned while bathing at Mt. Esna.
Berks County, Penn, on Friday.
4 1t is reported that Judge Ednonds has
resigned as one of the District Commits
sioners, and that his successor will be
} lappointed within ten days.
IL The grasshoprsrs are reported to be
is devastating the growing crops in the
d vicinity OF Fort Buford. Dakota,
n The Dominion Senate has passed the
:, Chinese Restriction bill without amend :
ii ment.
l. Rev. DR.. S. Irennus Prime died on
Saturday at Manchester, Vermont, of
lpara!5sis.
d Tampering with the Tariff