Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-26
News Summary.

"A peculiar suit for damages 70
alleged slander is In progress at ia
maica, Long Island. Mrs. Pithout au(
Mrs. Van Nostrand occupy the sam,
house. Recently Mrs. Pithout missed
some jewelry from her apartments. Sh,
Visited an old colored woman who tell,
fortunes and was told that Mrs Var
Nostrand had taken the jewelry. Thi,
Mrs. Pithout told to some Of her friend,
and 1t reached Mrs. Van Nostrand', ;,
ears. Hence the suit.
There was fight at Hazard, Ken
| lucky, several days ago, between th.
French and Eversole factions. "Tbs
Eversole party was outnumbered and
taken by surprise, and retreated after @
revolver tight Of several minutes, re-
suiting In the killing of one Of the
French party and the wounding OF
three others. In subsequent engage.
ment French and Eversole are said t,
have both been killed"
A telegram from Atlanta, Georpia
reports the performance on Saturday nv
Professor Leon, from Ohio, of the
most foolhardy feat Of rope walking vet
recorded. He crossed the Grand
Chasm at Tallulah Falls, on An inch
and half rope, fifteen hundred fact
long and suspended from cliff TO cliff.
at height of twelve hundred feet
above the rapids" Four thousand peo.
lple witnessed the feat.
Before the Platt special committee of
the Senate, on Saturday, Indian Com
missioner Atkins repeated with great
frankness his avowals that he had 40
pointed personal and political friends to
tradershlps In some instances, and that
ne believed the law gave him the sole
charge of appointment to tradershins.
being in this regard independent of
either the President or Secretary of the
Interior"
In the New York Board OF Aldermen
yesterday, q resolution was reported
providing for the appointment of a
commission to consider the advisabiIity
OF uniting into one municipality the
cities OF New York, Brooklyn, Yonkers.
Long Island City and adjacent cities
The commission will confer with others
from those cities, and must report be-
fore the meeting Of the Legislature.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Miller said on Saturday he thought the
TAX on oieomargarine could be collected
easily In the same manner as the tax on
tobacco. He estimated that $50, 900
would cover the expenses of the collec-
tlons Tor the first year, which collec-
tions, ne thought, would aggregate
about 81, 100000.
1t is reported from Hutchinson, Min.
nesota, that several sudden deaths hav.
ing occurred there, an Investigation was
made which showed that the victims
had been eating picked beef, contain |
ing poison. The butcher protested he \
had never sold poisoned meat, and to |
prove the assertion gave some to his two |!
who quickly died.
The chairman of the New York State
Board OF Arbitration was officially ad-
,lsea on Saturday of the acceptance by
ne Iroy steel and Iron Works and it's |
employees OF the boards decision upon
ne question OF wages and other matters
~ omitted, which prevents the shutting
,o~n OF the works and throwing 1000 |
men out of employment.
The men employed at Scott's five
mines at Scott Haven, Penna., who
ecently returned to work after signing
m ironclad agreement, struck aga in on |
saturday because the com pany had re
moved the check weighman from the
ipples.
A convention of miners, employed by /
ne new coal syndicate which operates
most of the mines in Southern Illinois. !,
vas held in East st. Louis on Saturday I,
t was decided to demand 2 cents psr
ushel, top weight, and also the aboli-
ion of the trust stores. Ii
A telegram from Dallas, Texas, says Ii
hat a movement is ON foot to have |,
United States Marshal Cabell and ls
'ostmaster Miers, both Democrats, re-
loved from office on the ground ofl |
tfensive partisanship. Ii