The daily gazette., 1878-10-03
General News.


AT the st. Louis troiting races yester
Gay only 1000 persons were present.
Bonesetter won the stallion race. be.t
time 215l, 2.15, 215l. At the San jose
(Cal races, yesterday, Abbottsford won
In 2.25t, 2,2l, and 2,24, the fastest time
ever made by stallion in Califor-
mia.
A special telegram says the Marquis of
Lorpe aud the Pribc ~ Louise lett Ro e.
meath, Lord Lorne's Dumbartonshlre's
seat, EN- route for Canada. The Countess
OF Dufferin accompanies them at pres
ent
In the case of Mrs. Clara Warner and
John q. New, on tnal at Trenton, N. j..
for opening letters in the Elizabeth, N.
d., postoffice, the jury returned a verdict
OF guilty. Sentence was Suspended until
January.
Two tramps brutally outraged Mrs.
Mcmillan, widow, living near Newark,
y. a vigilance committee went in pul-
suit, and early views of double execu-
ton is anticipated.
Captain jerks, husband of Agnes, has
been appointed temporary clerk in the
Treasury Department.
The international cricket match be-
tween the Australian and New York
teams, at Hoboken, New Jersey, was
concluded yesterday, after long and
close contest, in favor of the Australian
team. The latter left New York last
evening for Philadelphia.
The record of the yellow fever contin-
ues distressingly long. The warm wea-
ther prevailing has gwen renewed vital
NY to the pestilence, and its work of suf-
fering and death is spreading. Manifest
ly much remains 10 be done before the
end shall have come.
About 250 men and boys employed in
the new Boston mines, near Mahoney
City, Pa, are on strike for an increase
of wages. They demand an advance OF
ten per cent.
j. b. Calder, defaulting cashier of the
Grocers and Producers Bank at Provi-
dence, X. L., was ariaigned yes er,lay on
the charge of embezlement, and was held
for trial in $4,000 bail.
President Hayes arrived at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in New York yesterday
morning. He attended the meeting OF
the trustees of the Peabody educational
fund during the day.
A Montreal (Canada) dispatch an
nounces that Corille Dion, the celebrated
billiard player, died of congestion of the
lungs while en route for the Hanlon-
Courtney boat race at Lachine, yes.er-
day.
The Vermont Legislature met yester
day, Jas. A. Martin was made speaker
and Henry S. Newell clerk of the House
At Kingston, KY, Tuesday, Jerry
Burnett fatally shot his nephew, VIM
Burnett, in a quarrel about a pair 0
wagon wheels.
The comptroller of the currency call:
for statement of the condition of th'
ma ional banks to the close OF busines
October IA.
A row Of frame buildings on the Pas
sale river, in East Newark, n. j., wer
| burned yesterday. Loss about $4,000.
The Secretary of the Treasure viii
soon invite proposals for new lock TO
| bonded Warehouses.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Conduc
tors of the United States are in session a
Chicago.
A telegram from Topeka says that
band of runaway Indians crossed TIN
| hailStS 1dclllc IldllTOdu SlNlJ nllltS tds
of Hayes City on Tuesday afternoon, am
came upon a lot of cattle men. A figl
ensued, in which Is citizens were kille
and wounded.
| Official returns from Al towns an
precincts in Colorado. including thre
Democratic counties, give net Republ
can majority Of 1904 over the Democrat
ticket 1t is believed the remainin
towns will increase it to 20OO. Th
Greenback vote does not appear likely I
exceed 1000 in the whole State. Th
Legis ature will be two-thirds Republ
can.
The members of the Chinese Enbass
are said to be gratitied with their recel
tion IN Washington.
4 Secretary Schurz has received many II
gent requests from Republicans to repei
his Cincinnati speech in Indiana, Penn
/ sylvania, New York, Massachusetts an
! other States.