Daily Republican., 1886-02-20
NEWS SUMMARY.
C0UNTERFEHTER ARREBrED-A
DANGEROUS OOUMTERFKIT-
CHINAMEN EHTREHOMED.
A FILLIBUSTER SEIZED.

Rear Admiral Jouett, st AspinvAlI.
Friday telegraphed TO the Secretary OF
the Navy that the q. 8. steamer 0alepa
had sailed for Key West with the
steamship City OF Mexico as 4 prfze.
The seizsd vessel is alleged TO have
been fitted out at New York for \
ihilibustering expedition against Hondu.
Iras.
The wife of Professor Leonard Waldo.
OF the Yale observatory, while insane.
on Thursday morning escaped from her
nome IN New Haven, ard was killed
while trying to ascend the face Of Pine
ROCK. She was 35 years OF age and
leaves two children. She was q native
Of Philadelphia and a niece Of Judge
Fullerton, OF New York.
According to telegram from New
| York, received late last night usa
twelve-yearold boy named John Gibson,
OF 1928 Reese street, Philadelphia, who
ran away with the purpose of winning
fame in New York;" was found Friday
In Chatham street. lodging house and
taken to police headquarters.
| Some OF the Cinnamon having pro.
perty in Snche Wrish City, Washington
Territory, refuse 10 obey the notice to
! quit that place, and have entrenched
themtelves In building. Tgo ineffec-
tual efforts to dislodge them have been
made, the first having been the blowing
up of part of the building with dyna-
mite.
A telegram from Boston Gays: "The
supply OF tobacco, amounting to o plug
weekly to every inmase of the Mas
sachusetts Reformatory, at Concord, La
to be stopped on and after March 21st,
with the object OF preventing the young
er prisoners from becoming addicted 70
the use.''
A telegram from Toronto says the
government has decided to fix the fol-
lowing scale of liquor licenses: In
cities OF more than 20, 900 inhabitants,
$3.50. and nnder 90 900, $500; in towns,
$l5O; villages, $3.50. and townships,
blOO. Saloon licenses will be $500 in
cities and $3.50 in towns.
A counterfeit standard silver dollar,
OF the stamp of 1881, the most DANCE
rouS yet Issued, has been disco vered in
Lac rosse, Wisconsin. "The only DOS
sible means of detection is by weight,
1t being exactly At grains short OF the
standard, and about 43 grains short of
the average"
Martin &. Norris has been arrested
in Marshall, Texas las a fraudulent
post Office inspector 1t In said he has
been swindling postmasters In the
Northwest and Southwest in that role
for nearly fifteen years, with intermis-
sion Of one short term in the penitenti-
ary.
The bill creating non partisan Boards
of Election in Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Toledo and Columbus passed the Ohio
Legislature Friday and goes to the
Governor. The principal duty of the
board is the election of judges and
clerks Of election
/ The Massachusetts House OF Repre-
sentatives on Thursday passed Q third
reading q bill prohibiting the sale or
| gift of tobacco to minors under 16 ears
| of age. A clause allowing parents or
guardians to give tobacco to their
children or wards was stricken out.
a committee Of workmen from the
Washington Navy Yard appeared yes
teraay before the House Committee on
Appropriations to urge an Immediate
appropriation for the resumption of
work in 5he ordnance shops.
A large number Of hogs have died of
the cholera in Miidlesex county, On
tario, and the disease is widely spread.
The hog cholera also prevails In Oxford
county, in the same Province.
LuO nOuno VI AhOLldo 4 UdChoOuy hb
Freah Pond, Long Island, was burned
Friday morning with all its con-
tents. Loss S25 00), insurance, $4,000.
The fire Is attributed to detective flue.
At Los Angeles, California, Friday,
the breach of promise salt of Louise e.
Perkins against e. j. Baldwin, mill
lionaire, resulted IN q verdict for the
plaintiff for $4,000.
John Mcclure, Richard Harrigan,
David Morrison ard ''Mollie" Sullivan
were arresUed in Cincinnati on Thurs
day while making Counterfeit coin.
Henry Watterson was reported better
on Friday, and his friends and physi-
clans begin to hope for his ultimate re-
covery.
Secretary Endicott has been confined
his house in Washington for several
days by severe cold.