Daily Republican., 1888-01-30
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Bsuj~min Biwaris. oolorod, Who had
eriminAlly assaulted . white girl, WAS
taken from the jail st Amite Oty, La,
on Friday night, and lynched By =
mob.
The Fisheries Com missioners have
held daily sessions IN Washington dur
Ing the past week, and Il 10 undert TODD
that they arc approaching the close Of
their deliberations.
David Dunco, who murdered W, Y.
Wilson at Russsllvillc, AlADama. q few
weeks ago, was taken from Jail At Bell.
grew On Saturday night by mob ans
lynched.
ron ny" OuuntH ran 100 yards In
New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 5atur.
day morning, In q aude condition, for .
wager OF 80. The thermometer regis
tered six degrees below zero. He made
the distance in 80 seconds.
The ioa continues 70 greatly impede
navigation In the Delaware river. IL
10 badly jammed In the Horseshoe, and
several vessels were fact there Sunday.
The British steamers Lord Lanedo Wne, (,
Montana And BWAnsea, all from foreign
ports, are de aimed Ia the lower part os
tho river by the ice.
James Benson, q prominent stock
dealer, was Bhot and probably fatally
Injured on Friday night in Little Rsck,
Arkansas. BY Henry bomers, q negro,
who was doortender Mt q oolored dance.
Bensnn went 10 the dance to see y man
on business. and was deEisd admit
tsnoe. On trying to ioroe bis way In be
Was shot.
A general meeting OF ex letter car
rlers 10 announced to be held TO morrow
evening In PhiladelphiA 70 call the At-
| tention OF the United States Senate TO
an alleged violation OF the civil servloe
laws BY the Postmaster in discharglng q
Rspnblioan letter carriers, without
cause, TO make room for Democrats.
A delegation oomprlsing Mayor Bur
bridge, President KreAmer, OF the 6ub
Tropical BKpot ition, nnd John Stock
ton, representing the Board Of Trade'
left Jacksonville yesterday for Wash
lnRton, 20 invite the President and Mrs'
Clsvelsnd TO visit Florida on or about
February All.
A. u. Carpenter, travelling for St.
Paul nrm, while riding with the driver
on n northwestern coach on route from
Dead wood, OAK, TO StHrRts on SAtur
day morning, was gtruok on the head
by q 5o-pound boulder which dropped
from the ovsrhauging mountain As ths
coach passed. His skull was fractured
and he is not likely 10 recover.
An entertainment for oolored people
was given nj tho Sub Tropical RKposi
tion in Jacksonville, Florida, on eaIur.
day night. 1t was very largely attende cd
by WhIte ~ we'll as oolored visitors A
speech was made by Willis AenArd, th'
first oolored Congressman from TloTiia
, in which he congratulated both rAcei
on the harmony existing, AID AdvieeC
the oolored people 70 work out theil
} own destiny, not as slaves OF any po
litical party, but NJ free men. He ad
vocAted oduotion OF the tArin on cloth
Ing and articles In daily use
A suit for divsrce has been entere'
. by Joseph Butler, proprietor OF tn
Metropolitan House cleaning Dom pan
Nov York, against his wife, Oracle A,
. on tho grouAd OF inhdolity In Newpor,
! Tho parties belong to the fAshionnbl
colored element Of New York. The
were married In Savannah In 1881
Mrs. Batter denies her husband
charges against her character, and ask
. TO have the mArfisge annulled on th
kAOuhA shAs oabiNA ~ 80
Q claims that he has An income OF 81, 90
!. a year, and wishes Allmony.
James Phillips, miner, residing a
Parsons, three miles from WilkesbArrS
WAS arrested on Saturday evening an
: brought before . magistrate charge
= with having attempted = felonious a.
sAult upon Mary Jane Fisher, aged i
years At the hearing 1t WAS dsVelopt
Il. that he had dragged the girl into a
!, old mine pit, but before he could -
y oomplish his purpose the girls mothe
Who had been watching him, al
proached the hsnd, and with loads
revolver In her hand compelled him
throw up his hands. Upon doing thi
y he WAS made TO follow the woman
I her homo near by, where he was ksl
- until cfficers arrived. The prisoner
n married man with wife and ti'
children. He Was released on bail.