Daily Republican., 1885-04-16
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neigbbor, leaving three snail children
al home, who, while playing with
matches near a can of kerosene, ignited
tie latter. la Q few minutes the house
was in flames. The mother rushed to
her home and succeeded In rescuing
two of the children. The other persisted.
The mother and the two rescued chill
dren were so badly burned that they
were not expected to recover.
The Virginia Conference of the AfrI.
can Methodist church, Id session at
Abingdon, on Tuesday adopted report
from the Committee on the State OF the
Country, In which referenoe WAS made
to President Cleveland's election and
hls sentiments toward the colored race.
> At this point great excitement was
shown and the Confere nee and visitors
suddenly burst into loud applause"
At Reading, Penna., yesterday after
noon, the jury in the case of John
Flowers, on trial for tho murder Of
Thomas South, fellow inmate Of the
County Almshouse, rendefei q verdict
of acquittal on the ground Of insanity.
Flowers killed South by beating him
with a chair. The Court ordered
Flowers TO be confined for life in the
State Lunattc Asylum.
AT Diffendorf Hill, New York, on the
w est Shore Railroad, yesterday morn
ing freight train ran into q local
passenger train. The passenger engine
was thrown into the canal, u distance
of 25 feet. Engineer Arnold was
fatally injured and Superintendent
Sgddler, OF the Elmira, Corning and
Northern Railroad, had hio ankle
sprained,
An ev, ming newspaper in Chicago,
protesting to speak for Mayor Harri-
son, declares that he expects it to be
shown on counting the ballots that ne
was elected Mayor, aud that after the
announcement Ia made he will resign
the office. The reason assigned is that be
does not care TO be subjected TO the ex.
pensive litigation of q contest.
The Adams & Westlake Manufactur.
ing Company of Chicago has closed
It's works, throwing $50 men out Of
employment. The employees say that
the shut down was ordered with a
view tn re- en gage the force at reduced
| wages"
| A telegram from Chicago says Misf
Frances L. Willard "dehies that she
ever sent Communication to the ILLS
boro Presby terry, assuming that she had
received divine revelation. She disa
| VOWS having addressed that associa tion
in any way whatever"
Lewis Carl, who stabbed his sen
Charles to death in a drunken quarrel
Ia January last, in Allentown, Penna.
esterday pleaded guilty is veluntar,
mansiaus hter. The plea was accepted
Sentence was deferr ed.
The steamer s. l.. Jolley, whiuh wal
used In towing logs, san on Tuesday
hight in Boyou jesse, Louisiana. Kel
lock and Amos Shinn, brothers, WHIT
were asleep on board, were drowned.
The report that some of the corpo
rstions of Lowell, Massachusetts, woul(
close their mills for six weeks Is sail
in help in some of the corporations i
talked Of"
Three of the men injl-ed by the fal
of a floor duringa n Are at Haner's pian
factory, in New York, remain in tn
hospital. One of them is dangerousl,
injured.
Most of The business portion of Bloom
or, Wis, was burned on Tuesday. Loss
$50, 900; insurance, $4,000. Fifteel
stores were destroyed.
Inc Granu jury al 1CeaulnR Ol
Wednesday recommended that al
tramps be baHished from the countr.
and all vagIants arrested be made to d
hard labor.
Mamie Schaeffer, n girl living a
Fleetwood, near Reading, died yesteI
, day from burns received by the upset
, ting of a lamp on Tuesday night.
Mrs. Emma Young, burned in Read
ing, Penna, on Tuesday, by her clothe
catching fire, died yesterday.
The agreement of the Fall Rive
mills to stop four weeks' productio
before July let took effect on Wednes
day
In the Illinois Senate on Wednesda
, a bill to reduce railroad fares to y
, cents O mile was defeated.
. There was no change In ex Secretar
!, Frelinghuysen's condi lion on Wednel
. day.
i Four inches of snow fell in Wiscor
I sin on Tuesday.
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