Daily Republican., 1886-02-03
NaWaRuuAmaRX.

The HydroRraphio ofice at Washing
ton has received reports Of the exis-
tence of dangerous shoal In latitude
al.e5 north, and longitude 66.05 west,
directly In the track OF transatlantic
steamers during part Of the year and
q request 10 made that steamship cap
tains take soundings whenever they
are passing near the position, In order
to verify or refute It's existence.
An express train ran into freight
train on y siding OF the Chesapeake aud
Ohio Railroad at StauntOn, Virginia,
about one O'Clock yesterday morning.
Both engines were wrecked. A fireman
named Gittings was killed and two
other train hands and o passenger were
Injured. The disaster Is attributed TO
the carelessDess OF o brake III an, Samuel
Vie, who fell asleep while on duty.
Another cold wave has appeared In
the North west. Temperatures Of 80 TO
43 degrees below zero are reported In
Minnesota, Dakota and Manitoba The
Signal Service reported temperature
of4 below zero In Chicago on Monday
night. Last night the temperature was
10 below. At other points In Northern
Illinois yesterday morning, temperature
OF 1S to 20 below were recorded.
A span of q county bridge in cours Q
Of construction across the Des Moines
River at Pittsburg, Iowa, was thrown
down on Monday by the fall OF der
rick, and five men were precipt,atea on
the icy surface of the stream 81 feet
below. Three OF the men were severely
injnrcd-one OF them, John Jamison,
perhaps fatally.
The Quebec Central Board OF Health
reports forty cases of smallpox, and
ten deaths at st. Faustin, Terra Bonne
county, twenty nine cases and five
deaths at St. JOvite, In the same ooun-
ty, and ffGy cases aud six deaths at St.
Sulpice, L'Ussomption county.
i At Douglastown, New Brunswick, on
Monday, Annie Ramsey, aged z years,
while coasting, slid into the river,
Her brother, aged ., and Harry Hutch
iason, another boy, In trying to save
her, fell into the river, and all thres
we're drowned.
Il By the capsizing Of q small boat II
Allegheny river at Parnassus, Penna
3 on Monday night, james Brown and
, William Snyder were drowned. james
| Phillips, also in the boat, was rescued
half frozen.
A despatch from Fort Bayard, New
3 Mexico, says q courier arrived ther
. yesterday with naWs OF the uncondi
, tional surrender of the Apache Chief
4 Geronimo, TO Lieutenant Maus, who
succeeded the late Captain Crawford.
Representatives Of leading silk IN anu
IfActuring drms of ths U aited Ssatss
met yesterday in New York and decid
cd TO advance the price Of silk thI ca
and twist ten per cent.
The brig Americus, at New Yorl
q yesterday from CArdenas, reports tina
on the 31st ult., at l .. m, fifty mile
70 southeast of Hatteras. she passed
ship on fire, apparently cotton laden.
While men were clearing snow from
"a the railroad track near Frisco, colorado
lon Monday, three of them were burist
q by o snow slide under one hundred fee
OF snow and rocks.
l. The total coinage Of the U. 8. Mint
during January amounted in value I
le6, ,2O9, 40. The number of standar
silver dollars turned out was 2, 500,
600.
+ The Ancient Order Of Hibernians {
Jersey City yesterday decided not
parads on st. Patrick's day, but, in
stead, TO give q ball for the ben eft I
" the PArnell fund.