The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26
NEWS ITEMS.

Gold closed in New York on Saturday
ot 1913.
The steamer Union has arrived in
New York from Liverpool, bringing e73,-
600 sterling.
Late California. advices say that the
Indians are committing outrages Cd the
frontiers.
The Mexican General Losada has re
signed his command and appointed Domn-
go Hava his successor.
ALI the schemes to secure State aid
for railroads in Ohio has been defeated
The Legislature adjourned on the 9th
inst.
Late Cuban advices say that in
skirmish near Villa Clara the insurgent
Moya was captured and subsequently shot.
4 steamer has arrived at Havana from
Spain with thousand soldiers.
Gen. Samuel Fesseden died at Port,
land, Me-, on Saturday night aged eighty
FIVE years. lie was the father of Senator
Fesseden, who was his Oldest son.
1t is stated that thirty deaths from
typhoid fever occurred during the past two
months in a single block Of filthy tene-
ments, on Thirteenth street, between avenue
a and FIRST avenue, New York. Health
officers have commenced cleaning that 10.
cality.
AT meeting of the City Council Of
Cincinnati on FRIDAY afternoon the ordi.
nance compelling commercial travellers to
pay license for selling goods by sample or
otherwise, was Internationally repealed.
--Niemeier, Treasurer of the St. Pauls
German Evangelical Protestant Church.
arrived in Cincinnati under arrest Friday
night, from Detroit. He absconded on
New Years day with several thousand
dollars of Church money.
Henry NJ. Bragg, of Haverhill near
Boston, said to be one OF the most uooriou S
swindlers in the States, was arrested there
Friday night on charge of forgery, pre-.
ferred by detective officer Hunt, of Boston
"A resolution was offered by Repub.
lican Senator authorizing Governor Bullock
to call upon the President Of the United
States for military aid in the counties where
the sheriffs make oath that they cannot
protect life by the civil force, but it was
voted down by the Democrats.
Mr.. Cudley's action in moving the
annexation resolution in the New Bruins
wick House is UNANIMOUSLY condemned there
1t appears the House refused to allow even
a notice of the resolution to appear on the
clerks book. Navigation is open in the
upper part of the Bay of funday.
In the Senate of New York on Friday,
on the reconsideration of the vote which
indefinitely postponed the Fifteeeth
Amendment, the Democratic members
voted almost solid against it, ouly four of
them voting in favor of it. 1t therefore
goes over to the next session.
At Oxford, in New York State, a
large number OF laborers employed on the
Midland Railroad, engaged in fight on
ST. Patrick's day, and were driven out of
town by the citizens, several of the laborers
being seriously, and some fatally injured.
1t was feared that they would return to
Oxford, largely reinforced, and burn the
town, as they had made threats to that
effect.
An inquest was held at Staten Island
on Friday, on two more of the crew of the
fever ship james Foster, Jr, who had died
at the Seamans' Retreat. The evidence re-
peated the o.d story of i'll treatment, and
showed in addition that the two men left
Liverpool strong and hearty, and were re-
ceived in the Retreat so emaucipated that
their skin was shriveled up ike parchment.
"A thousand and forty dollars in gold
pieces of the year l705, or thereabouts,
were recently disposed of iu Trenton, New
Jersey, after having been boarded for
seventy four years. The loss OF interest in
that time was somewhat over 1000.