The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-25
GENERAL NEWS.

President Hayes and his party will
visit Kansas.
Colorado Republicans have endorsed
Grant for a third term.
The HanIan- Courtney race is post
poned until October 10Th.
Rowell is leading in the great pedes-
trian contest in New York.
a detachment of troops was defeated
in New Mexico last week by Indians.
The Board Of Trade at Detroit gave
President Hayes q reception on the l9lh.
Captain Courtney broke up a camp
Of maraudiug Indians in Texas last
week.
Del Bonds & CO., of New York, com
mission merchants and exporters OF
wheat, have failed.
The colored people celebrated the
anniversary OF the emancipation proc
lamation in various cities on the 22d.
James Freeland, Collector OF Internal
Revenue at Brooklyn, and one Of the
founders of Plymouth Church, is dead.
There were 40. .O32. $50 gallons Of petro-
leum exported from this country during
July, the value of which was 81, ,23S, ,i6l.
Doe Middleton, notorious horse and
cattle thief, has been sentenced 10 five
years in the Nebraska penitentiary for
horse-stealing.
Daniel Drew of New York, for many
years known as one Of the great opera
| tors Of Wall street, died in that city
last Thursday, aged 81.
On Monday night the military spec
tacle, ''The Color Guard, +" was produced
at the California Theater, San Francisco,
in honor Of General Grant.
] y revenue officer, 7. J. Davis. was shot
IN south Carolina on Tuesday by J. b.
| Panther, upon whom the officer was
I going to serve bench warrant.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee Of Wisconsin have placed Jas
/ G.. Jenkins in nomination for Governor,
I instead Of Alex. Mitchell, declined.
a tugboat burst her boiler in front o
| Lincoln Park, Chicago, on the Dist
[ killing every person on board excepI
one deck-hand, and badly injuring him
/ Hickey, one Of the men in the Pacific
I Coast team which was sent 10 Greed
moor, won the second prize in all th,
/ teams. The team stood fourth in tht
contest.
/ Observations have shown that tn,
velocity Of the wind is greater in The
upper regions of the air than in the
lower, which jIstifies the modern prac
tice OF using tall masts for vessels aut
/ increasing the upper sails at the expense
Of the lower ones.
The Congressional Committee to iu-
vestigate the charges Of bribery against
/ Senator Ingalls, is at Topeka, Kansas
[ ingalls, demands that every member ol
| the Legislature who voted for him be
subepnaed to testify as TO whether
I they were bribed.
| Francisco POrcellO was sentenced tc
/ Imprisonment for life in the New York
/ penitentiary on the Goth for the murder
of Michael Balender. Several medical
experts testified that POrcellO, demeuted
by starvation OF self, wife and child
committed the crime while under acute
mania.
The Fall River strikers wages have
been reduced forty-five per cent in -four
years. Spiuners' organizations through
out the New England States are sending
assistance TO enable them TO carry on
the strike. The psoprietOrs are now
paying higher prices than the strikers
demand.
Consul Mosby, of Hougkong, claims
that he sent charges, with the proofs tC
/ Secretary Evarts, before Btilev's name
was sent to the Senate for confirmation
as Cousui-Geueral at Shanghai, Cuiua
showing that Bailey was a defaulter tr
the Government to the amount OF about
$4,000. Evidence Is also given showing
that Bailey was appointed 10 cover NJ
the tracks of Minister Seward Mosby
also says the charges against Bailey
have been found to be true by Genera
Stahl, sent by the Government to report
on the matter.