New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08
GENERAL rrLEGRAPHIc NEws.


The lower branch of the Utah Leei>la-
ture has passed Woman Suffrage bil-
. George VI. Wharton, distinguished
lawyer Of Philadelphia died on Sunday.
THE clearinghouse of Mr. Mahon. City
Treasurer Of Scranton, Penn. was burned on sunday
morning.
"A man named Andrews was fatally stabbed
in Hyde Park Penn Oh sunday The suspected assassin
has been arrested.
Edward Wise. n bookkeeper 1t Crachcad,
Tenn. in the employ Of Brest Gibson ded from taxing
laudanum yesterday.
The City Council Of Portland has voted
TO instruct It's representatives to the i''inie ." 81"
pose the cons DldatOn OK railroads In th'l Hi"l"
1.-Two young men, named Frank Newton
and Edward Packard. were drowned while skating e
Toronto on Sunday. Their bodies were recovered.
ION Saturday night, a drunken fellow
named Patrick Kelley stabbed an old man named John
Whalen. IN Worcester. Mass. Kelley was arrested.
...Aubun Village yesterday voted al-
yersely on the proposition to unite with LWsioh 'e
The majority against the union Is $50 on .ght Not.
Yesterday morning n switching engine OF
the Delaware Lackawana and Western Railroad exploded
Scranton, Penn. The engineer was ONLY Gritty injured,
Two boys, named VIM. Williams rs and n,
miners powder at Scranton, Penn, on saturday is''
.... Rhodes. the late State Treasurer Of Ne
vada. according to the testimony taken wS ad"an!'er
at the time OF his decease TO the amount OF Slim"
Young man named Frederick Schleup,
belonging To Buffalo instantly killed. yrseriay hy
a limb of a tree falling on his head near Port ooD'fn''
Canada.
The stable of Messrs. Stevens, Dock
ham & Co. in Lawrence. Mass. was burned "n snnday.
together with Il horses one mule and quantity Oh nay
Loss $1,000
AT the annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Providence and Worcester Railroad at Providence
yesterday the old Board of Directors were unanimously
reelected.
The California Assembly has passed n
bill reorganizinc Board Of Fire Commissioners 81 The
San Francisco Fire Department IlegslateS the kepHO
hcans out OF Office
The Cleveland Superior Court adjourned
yesterday until next Monday. without rnueiiIg aI,
son on the Bible question: and without hiiD-uhs wien
they would decide.
The steamship Ontario was sold 10y auction
at Boston yesterday for $4,000 TO satisfy me rms o. ihr
bondhoders. The ship was purchased by ). W. Baich
and Nathan Crowell.
....Annie Harrington. aged Il years, COM
mtted suicide at williamsport Penn on sunday by
taking corrosive sublimate. She was daughter OF
Thomas Harrington.
49,. Bridget, wife of Torrance Motley, was
burned to death at sandwich Mass, on sunday by her
clothes taking fire while intoxicated. Her husband -
missing since the occurrence.
.. In Worcester. Mass, yesterday. runaway
horse knocked down several persons Spe :. wngi W.
jured that she will probably die.
During fracas at house Of ill-fame in
Canandagua on Friday evening, yonng man named
on sunday. Several arrests have been made
THE funeral of the late Horace Binney.
r.. took place at Philadelphia YESTERDAY There wssa
members of the Philadelphia bar.
Owing to freight blockade" ut Chat
tanooga no freight from points beyond mat city Will DO
taken by the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Tor the
present.
The Alta California of San Francisco on
Saturday. discharged the members OF the Typographical
Union employed as compostors ana reduced the rates
10 co cents per loo ems.
....John Thomas of Stamford, Conn, willie
getting on New York and NeT-Haven iialn AT Pori.
as TO necesstate amputation.
80. Bartlett and Simms, two of the BOwdon-
ham Bank robbers made their escape rom the Massa-
queny recaptured Bartlett was shot In the arm by tho
guard
John j. Van Zandt. an old and respected
citizen of Rochester committed suicide Yesterday by
shooting himself through the heart. Financial difficult
ties. it is supposed produced temporary alteration OF the
mind.
The residence of Col. Walton Dwight.
formerly occupied by the Hon. Daniel 5 Dickinson. VAS
statuary furniture &C., is estimated at $4,000 insured
for $4,000
Collector Williams. at Dayton, Ohio, has
seized quantity OF whisky for nonpay inent Of the tax
Arnold Dobbns the dstiers. having refused to pay
the in order TO test the legality OF the eighhour
fermentation rule.
The drouth in Southern California con-
nues The damage for some days past iHs been great
Sheep offered in Monterey County at 50 cents head
the owners fearing they Will die OF starvation stock
raisers are seeking pastures further north
49,. The Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
bill passed the Alabama House win the amen1,nens
s3.OOO,Ooo provided in the original senate bil
The Senate will undoubtedly concur In the House amend
ment.
- The preparations for the camilla Urso'
festival al san Francisco, are rapidly approaching s"n
pletion. Seats are arranged In the PAVILION Tor s,,e
persons with accommodations FOR 1900 ptomeDadrfs-
The first rehearsal by 1900 school Children On SATURDAY
last, was satisfactory.
Andrew j. Lozier, who has extensively
operated parts Of Maine. WIS yesterday ar
ragned before the supreme Court Of Andro,eoSrin
County and found guilty Of robbng Store nc LverDorc
Falls Of 5000 worth OF clothing four years age lie
sentenced 10 five years In the State Prison.
Owing to reduction of wages, n large
portion OF the laborcrs the jamestown aud Franklin
Railway have struck, and were paid on at Uil City.
Penn, yesterday The strikers threaten force eve ~
manned at work advised them 10 quit for their own
safety.
- The Kentuck and Chollar Mining Com
pany OF Francisco, have declared dividends The
former and the latter OF Al per share
spectiyely the 10th INST. The savage Mining Company
bad In the yellow Jacket Mine nothing has been done
toward feopenng thc works.
49,. The Japanese Commissioners to the Ha-
wailan Islands returned to san Francisco Yesterday
His Majesty, kilr; kamehana has promised them every
facility 10 further the inquiries into the condition of their
result OF their Investigation number OF Japanese Will
return To Japan the Hawaiian Government bearing their
expenses.
1t having come to the notice of the Bap-
list minister Of Boston That the Rev T.. rrnoy ID d.,
and Others have gotten bill through the United States
senate o transfer 10 them by name The lowers Of the
National Theological Institute and University, At
meeting or the Ministers Conference held Iva Boston yes
teday IL resolved that the Rev. Il. Turnoy, ID. d..
ana associates IN attempting 10 get possession VI tho
charter of the National Theological hsiiiate aud UNI
versy have not the confidence OF tho Baptss nate<o