Daily Republican., 1889-10-28

The heavy rain OF Saturday night and
yesterday caused additional breaks 10 the
Brown street and the Cohockslnk sewers,
Philadelphia. Considerable street surface
on Brown street east OF Twenty-eighth
WAS carried away. In the Delaware river
yesterday afternoon the water ii said to
have risen two feet above the usual high
water mark, and higher than It had been
at any time sinse November %, 1878.
The Philadelphia detectives seem conf
dent that the man giving the name OF
Charles Harris, who wac aTrestad Friday
on the charge OF passing forged checks,
is Tascott, the Chicago murderar. They
will hold him until further advices are
received from Chicago. On Saturday he
was committed in default of $50, 900 for q
further examination On Wednesl day.
A telegram from Pierre, South Da-
kota, says the ''squaw men" in the res
ervation nave settled on the lands for
miles about Fort Pierre, aud intending
settlers are greatly excited, claiming the
Government ''has decided 'squaw mem
no better than other whites" Serious
trouble is feared, as the white settlers
are organizing and threaten to go upon
the r, servation and eject the "squAw
men,"
The spread OF diphtheria and scarlet
fever IN Lawrence, Massachusetts, has
become so alarming that in all ihe Catho-
lie churches yesterday the priests warned
the people not to visit from house to
house any more than necessary. It's
stated that no funeral OF the victims of
these diseases will be allowed from the
churches.
The gun boat Petrol has been formally
accepted by the Secretary of he Navy
from the Contractors, the Columbia Iron
Works Company, of Baltimore. Her
contract price was s243 900, but OF this
amount Gas, 400 has been retained by the
Government as penalty for failure to
compete the vessel IN the timt specified
in the contract She is about two years
overdue.
Very high tides prevailed along the
Atlantic shore of Long Island on satur.
day aud yesterday. the water reaching
several feet higher than during tho recent
great storm. Fortunately thd sea was
not very rough, aud no dam age is re-
ported.
The dead body OF an unknown man,
around whose waist was tied rope, 10
which were attached car coupling and
large iron spike, was found on Sunday in
TIE Delaware river, at Seventh street,
Camden. He Is believed to haye com.
mitted suicide.
Reports continue OF the terrible
drought In the country arpund Farl-
bault, Minnesota. Many wells are dry
and farmers have TO 70 miles for water.
At FaribAult itself there is fear that the
water works well will dry up.
The Chippewa Commissioners have ar
rived at Duluth from the Grand Portage
Reservation, where they secured the sig
nature OF every adult male Indian to the
agreement to take up the land in several
ty and sell what remained.
The dwelling OF Franklin SchafTer, at
Monroe Forge, Lebanon county, Penua-,
was burned on Friday night. ScllafIer
and bis wife were Dangerously, perhaps
fatally, burned while rescuilg their chill
dren.
While proving in corndeld near
Deep Creek. Virginia, last week, a gypsy
woman from a camp near by got caught
in bear trap. The gun exploded aud
wounded the woman so badly that che
died In short time.
A despatch from JohnstoWn, Pa, late
last night, stated that rain had been fall
ing almost continuously for SO hours,
aud that great many OF tie streets were
Gipassable to pedestrians.