The Morning herald., 1878-12-23
By MAIL AND TELEGRAPH.

Especial TO the Morning Herald.
NDw CAsrLE, Dec. q. Mr.. BurnAAu
died suddenly this morning. ]. b. =.
Governor Hampton is ont Of danger.
It's said the British forces occupied Jel-
lalabald on Friday.
The power loom weavers are stIll on .
strike, In Kensington, against reduction
Of wages.
AT Lsssnon, Pa, John Ivsnson was
stabbed to death BY German tramp, who
was arrested.
Nellie Smith, . young woman Of Kingston,
N: T., died - the Poughkeepsis alnsAolse
of malpractice.
Major Cayagnarl confirms the news that
the Ameer Of Afghanistan has ned from
Csbul to Turksstsn.
4 dispatch from Tshsraa says says tia
the Shah of Persia rejected the Amser'a
offer for an offensive and defensive alliance.
Governor Carroll. of Maryland, aceompa.
nieA BY Ajutant- General r. Bond, we're cor
daily rscsived 1t the Naval Academy,
Annapolis, on'Saturday afternoon.
George Albertson, switch tender at the
Pennsylvania reund house, at Harrisburg,
was instantly killed Saturday morning 81
80 engine running over hin.
Gerald Alpheus g. Williams, Csngrss.
sional Representative from Michigan, died
yesterday IN Washingtsn. He commanded
the Twelfth Corps at Gettysburg.
The body Off endrick Washburn, q most
estimabls young man, OF Middlsboro, Hass. j,
gas arrived homo from Trinidad, where hs
was shot in theatre By drunken rough.
The troubles at jackson, Breadhitt Co..
have ceased. Adetachment of State Guards
are now stationed In the court house. J.W.
Lydon has been unanimously elected Coun.
ty Judge.
At GAINESVILLE, Ohio, on Friday, Judge
Maisch sentenced DR.. Hsyl, the gravs
robber, to one years inprisolnslt, and .
fine OF 81, 900. Iaton, bid accomplics, was
sentenced to four noBths' imprisonment,
and 800 fine.
At Bangor, Me-, Saturday, an Ice ssres
formed below the dam, the river bsing full
of It for thirteen miles. Il was feared the
city wsuld suffer damage, but at last ac-
counts the worst was over.
The notes Of the denominations sf SSOe0
and $40, 900, to be Be ISSUED after January
l, 1879 differ somewhat In appearance from
the legal tender netss now In circulation.
The size Of the notes win however bs the
seme. W
Lot Clark and Bill White, tws noss in>
portant witnesses In the Louisiana slestjsp
trouble case, while on their wsysso rive
their testimony before the Grand Jury, we're
killed by armed men Of shreyspors, on sst-
urday. - 'CIC7
The sub committees, appointed BY the
select committees Of the Senate and Houss
to visit the south 70 investigate the cause of /
the yellow fever epidemic, and If any plan
can be devised to prevent Q recurrence of |
the same, expect to leave Washington for
Memphis and New Orleans and vicinity.
The English newspapers continue to pub
lish accounts Of the distress throughout the /
country. At Sheffield there is great suffer
ing, and the ladies committee, I'm connection
with the Mayors relief fund, have q hun
dred women making clothing and distribut-
ing relief.
Employers in the Manufactured iron
trade in the North Of England claim before
the Arbitrstors I've per cent. reduction
IN consequence Of the depression in business,
The men claim that the price of labor n al>
ready lower than It has been during the
past twenty years.