Daily Republican., 1886-02-06
NeWsSummary.
sLEIGHING PARTY STRUCK ny
AN ENGINE-DIED FROM ILx-
TREATMEMT-COLLISIOM.
FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH.

a sleighing party of fourteen per-
sons at Edgarton, Ohio, attempted
10 cross the railroad track on Thnra-
day night in front of an an.
preaching freight train. "Seeipa the
attempt was likely to fail, the party
was thrown Into confusion, some an.
deavorfng to hold back the horses. while
others tried 10 urge them forward ;" The
engine struck the sleigh, injuring six
OF the occupants, one mortaily.
Richard Crocker, a oolored boy, died
lat Bay Side, Long Island, q few days
ago, from the effects of alleged Ill treat
nsnt by his parents. At the Coroner'a
inquest on Friday several Witnesses
testified that the boy had hferds atb
by his father, and chat he had his legs
frozen through being compelled 70
sleep In an clubhouse without cover
ings."
| Albert Cooley, his wife and two chill
dren were burned to death In their
house, near McGregor, Iowa, ON Thurs
day morning. The children had been
sick and the parents remained up with
them all night. About daylight Cooley
to0k some Goals from the stove, placed
them in shed and retired. The shed
caught fire, and set FIRE to the house.
The second game of the chess match
at st. Louis, and the seventh OF the
COD test, between Zukertort and Steinitz.
was played on Friday. 1t was won by
Steinitz, his antagonist resigning after
the thirty-ffth move. The next game
will be played on Monday. Zukertort
has now won four Of the games played,
and Steinitz three.
In Washington on Friday An explo-
sion occurred In a Pullman car stand
ing on Virginia avenue. Some of the
attendants were making q fire in the
car, when, the pipes being frozen, the
tapparatus exploded, tearing out the end
of the car and damaging the fronts of
two houses opposite.
II A special to the Tucson (Arizona)
Star from Gaudaloupe canon reports
the arrival of Lieutenant Maus at
Laug's rancho, with Chief Mana, one
man and four women as hostages
pending the surrender of the remainder
of the hostiles at the full of the next
moon."
1 A meeting of linseed oil crushers was
held on Friday in Chicago, at whicn
eighty per cent. of the linseed oil crush
ling interests of the country was rep
resented. 1t was decided to form an
association and advance the price OF oil
, one cent, 10 Al cents per gallon.
II Two passenger trains collided at Will
Evansville, Missouri, early yesterday
morning, in consequence of q signal
failing to work, and both engines went
! down an embankment. An engineer
and two hremen were killed and
j another train hand was badly injured
The Senate has passed Mr.. Sewell's
!; bill providing for an annual appropria-
y |, tion of $500, 900 for the purpose of pro
XII vidiDg arms and ordnance stores
}. lquartermasters' stores and camp equi
Ipage for the militia, the appropriation
Z, Ito be apportioned among the States and
y Territories.
I'll George jackson, a wealthy manufac
lie Iturer of Patterson, New Jersey, wai
g iy yesterday sentenced to one years i'm
10 eIprisonment In the peniteutiary and tn,
payment Of fine of $1,000 and costs
= for shooting at William Schauz, with
!. whom he had quarrelled.
9 The bodies OF q man, woman and siz
! y children were found frozen to death on
' the prairie near Oberlin, Kansas, on
). Thursday. They are supposed to have
/. been q family named Lennon, who
i sta arted for Oberlin in an emigrani
t wagon just before the recent blizzard
An Associated Press despatch from
the City Of Mexico says: "A large
e excursion party Of Quakers from the
b United States are here. A permanent
d Mission will be established in this
city"
/ A Pension appropriation bill, reported
in the House on Friday, appropriatel
9 1875, 754. 200, an increase Of about SIC, 000,,
n 900 on the appropriation of last year..
el The bill to provide for Commission
o on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic was
= reported to the Senate on Friday.