Daily Republican., 1886-01-28
News Summary.

8oWn Summary.
A singular phenomenon was noted at
Austin, Texas, on Tuesday aftarncon.
" Toward. four O'Clock from out Of o
clear sky shower of very fine dust
began falling There was no wind at
the time. The shower increased to-
ward nightfall, and cont nued through
half the night The dust had peculiar
effect ON the lungs and throat, causing
irritation and hoarseness In some
instances. A similar phenomenon
was witnessed there eight years ago.
John e. Gillett, q commercial tray
eller, went into drug store at Malone.
New York, on the 18th inst, ard
taking q sfxty-grain bottle OF morpbiue
from o shelf, swallowed its contonts. /.
Ee Immediately became unconscious,
and few minutes later was pronounc
cd dead. Signs of life beng discover.
ed afterwards, he was resusciafei by q
galvanic battery. Since then he linger-
ed between life and death until Tues-
day, when he died.
Telegraphic com munication between
Denver and 6ilverton, Colorado, has
been re opened after q suspension OF
nine days, caused by the storms and
snow slides. Besides the damage to
property and loss Of life previously re
ported news comes of the destruction of
houses and machinery at the various
mines, and also Of the fact that there is
danger OF starvation among the horses
and pack animals.
At st. Etienne, Quebec, on Tuesday,
Hector Bouchard fell victim to super
stition. 1t is believed among the shan
tymen OF that region that IL you blow
into the muzzle Of an unloaded gun
while the cap is being fired any request
they may ask will be granted" Boach-
ard was performing this act, but the
gun was loaded and the bullet went
through his head.
Governor Murray on Wednesday sent
to the Legislature of Utah a veto of 9
bill giving the right Of bail to all con.
victs, except those guilty OF murder in
the frst degree, pending appeal. i
was intended TO cover the eases of the
polygamists.
The Mississippi river is blocked by Q
solid mass Of Ice from St. Louis as faI
north as the mouth of the Illinois river
and as far south as the Genevieve, 9
distance Of sixty ave miles. The ice II
10 OF IL inches in thickness.
The Catholic Universe, OF Cleveland
Ohio, announces, on information re.
ceived by Bishop Gilmour from tn,
Pope, that In the near future Archb bish
Iop Gibbons, of Baltimore, ,is TO be createt
a Cardinal.
A south-bound passenger train or
the Illinois Central Railroad wa
wrecked near Cairo, on Tuesday night
Il a N N h nxrte
from the track. The engineer was kill
cd and passenger was iDjure
II Matilda Maynard, living with tn,
Meyner family Of raw pork eaters q
Grand Crossing, Illinois, died on Toes
Iday Of trichinias.s. The rest of tn,
family are recovering.
Charlotte L. Metcalfe was on Wed
nesdsy arrested at East Orange, New
J Jersey, on the charge OF defraudinl
Mrs. Eads, stepmother Of Captain Eads
out Of 81 100 by bogus stock operations
II The second game of the billiart
match In New York was played Oh
"Wednesday night. Schaefer was aRail
, the victor, defeating vignaux By
score of 600 to 66l.
John @. Kimbrell, his wife and thre
children were frozen to death In
wagon while driving home during th
recent blizzard near Dodge City
, Kansas.
A despatch from Hancock, Michigan
says Angus Mcdonald, q contractor O.
, the Calumet and Hecla Railroad, ha
disappeared with $4,000, the wages O
tifty men.
II Al o Democratic caucus In Annar
olis, Mary land, on Wednesday nigh
, Stevenson Archer, of Hartford County
! was nominated for State Treasurer I
i succeed John 8. Cuttings.
Fl Milton Weston was on Wednesda
driven from the Mopongabela House i
Ptttsburg 70 the Riverside Peniten
Z tiary to serve his Ave years. sentence.
Mrs. N. A. Robinson drowned herss
and her infant in q oistern at Colun
bus, Ohio, on Tuesday night. Caus,
] "morbid dependency"
Francis Grekovek was taken sic
b with trichiniasis In Cleveland, Ohio, O
Wednesday morning, from the eatin
:, Iof ra " pork on Monday morning.
oil II is rnmored in Quebec that order
have been received there from Ottowa
n hold the troops in readiness to go to Il
Northwest in March.
The suit 20 contest Carter Harrison
a election as Mayor of chicago was dii
!, miesed on Wednesday on motion
counsel for the petitioners.
u The Baltimore Manufacturers' Reeof
says the assessed value of property
u the South has increared nearly 81 ,00l
loco, 900 since 1879.
al Oil and gas were struck in a well
Lima, Ohio, on Tuesday night II
well Is l, 25l feet deep.
Fifty cents spent on hottie of s
- Jacobs Oil, the great cure for rheumi