Daily Republican., 1886-03-19


The report of she Secretary Of State Of
New York on crifninAl statistics shows
m increase In convictions In Special
Session Of 22,700, being more than
double over the previous year. In the|
COURTS of Record the increase was 176.
The aggregat8 convictions were 128, ,7b2,
whieh is,neAfiR equai 20 the number of
persons relieved under No laws relating
to pauperism. The expenses OF the
several counties on account Of crime
were $2.7S6, ,402. MT. Cock recommends
that town, city and county officials
collect the statistics with the cost in
CURED.
Mics Abigail Bates died in scituate,
Mass, on Wednesday, aged 80 years.
She and another woman, during the
war Of 1872, frightened British force
from Scitnate harbor by concealipg
themselves In the bushes and "play ing
vigorously upon Q ffe and drum,
thereby leading the enemy to believe
that 3 large force was ready TO receive
them"
In the Senate Of New Jersey on Thurs
day afternoon the Governors
veto OF the bill TO prevent the building
of the Staten Island bridge was taken
up and the bill was passed over the
veto. IA to 8. In the House,
the bill amending the factory
act was re-committed. Both Houses
adjourned icr the rest Of the week.
A gas lighted buoy, showing o white
light and painted red, with the word,
Oregon" In black lettsrs on it, has
been placed to mark the sunken wreck
Of the steamer OreG9n. ssThe buoy is in
20L fathoms Of water, 800 feet due
south of the wreck, about 18 miles e u
8. OF the Fire Island whistling buoy.
Bearings magnetic.
A telegram from Atlanta says that
yesterday morning, while Pat Hickey
q merchant, was examining an old pis
tol he snapped 1t at his friend. Will
Pinton; the ball went through Pinton'l
heart, killing him instantly. Hickey
fell across the dead body and criet
bitterly"
John r. Mincher, one OF the register
of vo:ers in Baltimore last fall, wa
yesterday convicted of having Illegal!
erased names from the list, mostly o
Icolored voters. The maximum penalt!
for the offence is Hne Of $500 or two
Iyears' imprisonment, or both.
Thieves yesterday entered the hous
Iof Dennis McGarvey, in Orange
New Jersey, during the absence of th
l family and removed every article o
!. furniture therefrom. The furnitur
was last seen by some neighbors goin
in the direction Of Newark on wagon
Wesley Honesty and TAbby Bank,
colored, murderers Of Joseph MeFaul,
, white youth, having been refused
uew trial. were on Thursday sentenced
at Winchester, Virginia, to be hanRe
on June 4th.
John Gillespie, young colored mar
accused of the murder OF Mrs. Thoma
Gray, near London, Tennessee, wa
llynched by a mob of 200 men on Wet
nesday night, near the scene of b
crime.
I By the breaking of the axle of ca
of an oil train on the Reading Railroa
ut Weldy's powder Mill, near Tamau
Iqua, on Thursday. three cars wei
Thrown down an embankment an
burned. Loss, 10000.
A disastrous freshet is reported in Il
Loup and Platte rivers, In Nebrask
!, Several spans Of the railroad bridge
], Columbus have been flooded, driviI
hundreds of people from their homes.
III The dry goods house Of r. j. Orr,
q Wilkesbarre. Pa, was burned on Thul
n day morning. Loss S33, ,1o0, covered
insurance.
II The saw and grist mill owned by q
q Shakers, nine miles from Sohenectad
4 In. Y, was burned on Wednesday. Lo
$40, 600; no insurance.
A barn on the farm Of Edward Be
nett, at Melville, L. l., was burned I
Wednesday night, with ten horses al
Twenty-Five Jersey cattle.
A telegram from Piqu0, Ohio, says
IeDormous gas vein was struck there
Wednesday at depth of 400 feet "T
roar can be heard for squares"
Alderman Henry w. Jaehne was 9
= rested In New York on Thursday on {
II charge of bribery and released in 81
Ie 900 bail.
President Cleveland was 40 years
~ age on Thursday.