, 1874-04-09

Boston, April Lit is reported tha
all laborers and trackmen Oh the Bostol
J and Worcester division of the .Bostol
and Albany Il. r. struck to-day for al
advance in pay, and that they. wer
promptly discharged. n
4 KINGSTON, N. T., April LA fire il
Rosedale village. near here, hrs destroy
ed most of the place and is still raging
/ LONDON, April q A Daily News spe-
cial from India says incendiary fires ar
alarmlngiy frequent. In the neighbor
I hood of Sectamow, in the Giyaiior dis
trict, two large villages have been en-
tirely destroyed. From Nepaul a larg
number of inhabitants are emigrating il
consequence.
1; A dispatch from Melbourn says Henr
r Rochefort and party have started fo
London by the way Of California.
The Times says it has authentic ad
vices from the scene of war before Bill
boa to April 1st. which show that thu
Republican troops have taken no posi-
ton since March 25th. Three day!
armistice. in which Bilboa was not in
cluded, had been agreed upon, for th'
burial of the dead. Meantime the bonn
bardment Of the city continues. Gen
Cabello Del ondas with 5000 men is ad,
vancing by forced marches to othe assist.
ance of Marshall Surano. i1iu s1F % q
New York, April 2.:-The Lon0or
Telegraph Of the 18th ult. says the com.
position of the new committee Of the
French National Assembly, to report or
the bill prolonging to the end of the yeal
the powers of the present municipal
councils, is tantamount to Government
defeat, eight of the fifteen belong to the
left who regard the bill as an enroach-
ment on right of electors VI il''a
WARRINGTON, April 2.--The contrac,
for carrying the mails from Cloverdale
to Arcata heretofore awarded to S.. W.
Haslett, and contested by WA. Force,
who bid the same arnount. The con-
tract was to-day given to Force on the
ground that his present sub contractor
has the road stocked Luttrell filed pa
pers for each party. but took no action
in favor Of either Both are residents
of Yreka. The Taggart Goddard con-
test is still held under consideration. II
turns out that Goddard is resident Of
Vermont, but gave Yreha as his post
Office address because he intended to re-
move there. -''' HG-' -
PHILADELPHIA, April 2...-The saloon
keeper was convicted to-day for ,viola-
ton of the Sunday liquor law. The
woman testified to having obtained Ii
quor from him, ostensibly for her sick
mother, but really to obtain grounds for
an indictment against the vendor, thus
preventing him from selling drinks to
her husband. Sentence deferred.
SAN FRANc1sco, April "A desperate
stabbing affray occurred to-day at the
Ocean Side House, in which Charles
johnson cut Frank Green with a knife
in the leg and shoulder, inficting
wounds which may prove mort i. John
son was arrested. Both men were
drunk at the time.
Many people have gone to Oakland
to-day to witness the race between ST.
James and May Howard.
The performance of Lady Mac yester-
day trotting five miles in thirteen min
utes, has caused the greatest commotion
in sporting circles here.
AUSTIN, New, April g.. M. Fl Fun
ston, son of Jas. Funston, City Clerk Q!
The Council, committed suicide last night
by shooting himself through the head
with pistol. The deceased was a long
time victim of ofinfamatory rheumatics
|, Victoria, B. G., April 3.-The steam
ship California arrived in Esqu:malt al
12 80 last night from the North. She
reports things as very lively at Cassiar
and the miners making from $12 to $40
per day to the hand. There are between
seven and eight. hundred men at the
mines. Weather is very mild. The
river is expected to be open about the
first of May. Sylvester, of Barnards OF
Express, arrived in 81 days from Bucks
bar on The ice with about 81 900 in dust
The California sailed for Portland at
O'Clock this morning.
The U. S. Quartermas;er's schooner
Margaret was lost off Prince Frederic
Sound in gale. on the 22nd of March
All hands saved. q ,,;',....- o..,r
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Nesmith made
o strong argument this morning before
the House Committee on Railways and
Canals, upon the bill introduced by hin
to aid in The construction of the Port
land, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad
The Committee agreed to report favor
ably. The bill provides that the Govern
ment shall guarantee the interest on the
bonds of the company to the amount Of
| $4,000, per mile, in Oregon, fol
which the Company is to transport all
the q. $. mails. army supplies, etc, free
of charge, forever ID
The Russian bark Jupiter, from New
York to Gibraltar, experienced very
boisterous weather on February 7th.-
When three days out, squall struck
the vessel, and at the same time, hea-
w sea passed over her and swept Capt.
Grondgers and 6 of the crew overheard
The returning wave. bore back one of the
crew, but the others were never seer
again.
TIE Norwegian steamer Anna More