The daily gazette., 1879-11-22
THIRD EDITION
General Nescs.

Postmaster General Key issued orders
vssterdsy forbidding the dehvtry OF re-
yistered letters or the payment OF inorey
.,risrs 10 Murray France, and Summon
q Dickinson, at Louisville.
Tba Committee on Rules of the Y. 3.
Honse OF Representativ met In W ASH.
ington Yesterday, and nearly nnisheu
the revision Of the rules which was
begun At Long Branch.
The "Advisory Committee" OF the
Resublican leaders IN Augusta. Me-
have gone home, the matter OF the cree
tion returns having been transferred TO
the Supreme Court of the State IL IL
Understood that the application oil the
Republlcan Senators will he tried before
The full Court, instead oil the Chief us
tice alone. .,
A party Of colored,emipran nts from ..
Carolina has arrived at Greeucas 10,
Ind, intending TO settle in thar sec'lon.
1t N said another aud larger parry Will
follow next week.
Pettis county, Missouri, aud Seda la,
her county seat, have sold their STOCK IN
the Missouri, Kansas aud Texas issif
road, the respective amounts being s2'o,,
600 and $50 900. Jay Gould is under-toon
10 he the purchaser. Other counties IN
Central Missouri are selling their stock
in this road.
George w. Merrill & Co., leather
dealers, of Haverhill,- NJ ass, have failrd
for abour S65 600, a considerable portion
of which is due to Philadelphia an New
York houses.
The Board of Directors of the North.
ern Pacific Railway, at meeting heiu
last "Wednesday, in New YORK, adopteu
n resolution declaring that the agrlcui-
ture lands of the Company west OF tne
Missouri river tn Puget Sound SHAH DE
offered for sale to actual settlers AT the
Government price Of two dollars anu
half, cash, per acre, with an addition
thereto of ten cents Per acre, TO he pun
10 the Company TO reimburse II Ion me
cost of selecting, surveying and convey
lug the lands. This resolution does nor
spply to coal OF iron lands, nor to Lands
chiefly valuable for timber, nor 10 lanus
required for town sites or sutahir ior
manufac' uriDg sites, nor IN regions
where water Is scarce, to lands c,ntaln-
ing springs or other natural supply,
where it shall be for the interests of set
tiers at large that such water privileges
shall not be exclusively held or contoD
ed by any individual. The Company Is
said to have applications.
The Committee appointed in Cincin-
nan 10 arrange Tor General Grants re
ception decided last night TO hold q
grand reception in Mu,ic Hail ON the
the day OF his arrival, and have ban
quet in the evening. I'll General vii
arrive in Cincinnati on Dehelnber llth
aud leave next day for the Eas'.
Tbs luteior Deparlne t VIII sool
issue circular, saying that the recen
decision OF the Supreme Cprr' declaring
the Trade NJ irk law unconstitutional
the Patent Office registration is mad
Intellectual ~ II means of projections; hu
the Department Will coutInnc to r giste
trade marks for those desiring 1t TO ii
sn.
The trea. urer of The Society of tn
Army of the Cumberland Ne,teida
made a final payment OF Sl2 2G,2 on th
Thomas statue. The total cost OF III
statue and its pedestal was SOB 52i q
Which the sculptor received $4,000.
The telegraph cable between JaInaic
and Colon has been repaired. That b,
tween Antique and Guadaloupe is intel
Tupted.
Edward Gu'hridge was yesterday a
pointed U. S. Aitornty for Easter
Texas.