The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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--Associated Press dispatches from
Buffalo on Mondey coutradiet the ru-
mOrs telegraphcd on Sunday relative to
the Intended FeDien raid. lt appears
that all the reported circumstances Of
the prepaRatiOn for raid In case Of
war between England and Russia is
ssspurely fictitious,H and there IL no ur-
usual excitemcnt In Irish clrcles.
General Mcdowell has been in
structed by the War Department to In
stitute watch along the Southern bor-
der Of Arizona and California 70 prevent
any violation Of the neutrality laws by
Lerdist cOnspfratOrs. General Ord has
distributed his forces along tho Rio
Grande, with similAr pnrpoooin view.
AT meeting of the st0ckholdors of
the Border City Mills in Fan River,
Mass, on Monday, report Of the con-
dition Of the corporation was presented.
The Company's net indebtedness Ia
81 O53.6S2, besides t70. 900 In outstand-
ing notes not sh0wnin the books. The
cash deficit is 3lO0, ,974, and the assets
are stated ct 81 ,020 ,261. The st0ckhol-
ders decided TO 60 into bAfihfUpt0f, and
appointed James A. Hathaway to ale
Herbert W. OTIS, Charles D0hert,.
william Ryan, John F .COnners, Charles
II. Gilman and Jenny Walton have
been arrested In Boston for removing
safe from the house of Ephrsim Otis, In
ult., and robbing it OF S30. 900 IN bonds.
Herbert W. Otis Is : nephsW of the - per.
son robbed, and member, Of the Nrm Of
a ~ u -
recently. It is supposed he planned
the robbery, The stolen honda were
recovered.
dangerous counterfeit 800 note on
the Merchants' National Bank OF New
Bedford, Mass, has been put In circula-
ton in the Western States.
Thomas Morris, arrested IT. Pitts
ton, Pa, few days ago. confessed that
he murdered his wife in Kansas c.y
last January. ses
The ship John Clark, Of Boston, IN
ballast, from Havre to Calais, Me-,
went ashore at Cutler, Me-, on Sunday
night, and broke up. One sailor and
the steward were drowned, and another
sailor had his leg broken.
"A skiff containing three women
and two children was capsized by col
lisiOn with q raft near Pittsburg, on
Monday, and two Of the women were
drowned. b 10 iu9oJ
"A portable engine used In hoisting
ice out of q barge at Memphis, ON the
9Th inst, exploded, killing the en-
gineer, and severely injuring Ave other
men, one Of whom IL nor Akelv " re-
cover.
"A fire at Bradford, Pa, on Monday
afternoon. burned over two acres Of
the business portion OF that city, de-
stroyinga a large hotel, livery stable,
several stores, oil Offices and dwellings.
The loss Is estimated at 500, 900. The
Atheneum building and American
Hotel, in Keokuk, lows, were destroyed
by fire yesterday. Loss, $50, 900. A
fire In Juneau, Wis.,, on Sunday, de-
stroyed the County Treasurer's Office
and three other buildings, including
the residence of Judge Lewis. Loss,
$20, 600.
The Supreme Court at Harrisburg
on the 9Th inst. reversed judgement In
two murder cases, that of James Il. Pan
mel, Of Lancaster, and Of Martha v.
Turner, Of Clearfleld, Pa. In the
former the defence was insanity, and
the higher court ruled that this might
be proven by satisfactory and prepOn-
derating evidence. In Turner's case
the Supreme Court decided that Judge
Orris should not have submitted to the
jury the question whether the prisoner
had manufactured an alibi bu - Rlether
an alibi had been established.
The Coaching Club, with their
coach, the Tally-ho, reached their home
in New York on Monday, ten minutes
ahead Of schedule time, and were re-
ceived by over twenty-five hundred
persons Fifth avenue. 4
d a roRErGH. la f3aff
The English Parliament reopened on
the 9Th inst, and Sir Stafford North
cote, Chancellor Of the Exchequer, In
reply to . question asked by the Mar
quis Of Harrington, Qeader Of the Lib
erals) said: I" can only say that nego-
tiations with Russia continue. Itwould
be highly disadvantageous TO the pub
lie interests to discuss them now" A
leading Russian paper Ut st. Petersburg
says that among the concessions Russia
would make are the limitation Of the
boundaries and period Of occupation Of
Bulgaria, the substitution Of Euro
pean for q Russian syndicate TO consider
the claims Of bondholders, as well -
Russia's claim for indemnity and the
retrocession Of but q small slip Of Bes-
sarabia, inhabited by Russians. It also
declares that the Imperial Russian Cabi-
net has shown that Il Is actuated by
conciliatory disposition, provided the
object Of the war is attained. Count
SchouvaloR will probably arrive here
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visited the Exhibition on Sunday In
i Paris