The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-09
GENERAL NEWS.

There was S234, ,679 in cash in the
L. :. Treasury on the Let.
Three negroes were killed at Middle.
burg, \. C., on the 9Th, by q boiler
explosion.
Prairie fires in Dakota Territory are
doing considerable damage and causing
much alarm.
There is S3l6. ,Ol6 in greenbacks
outstanding, so the Secretary Of the
Treasury says.
Faber is leading in the New York Pc
destrian match for the O'Leary belt I;
+ Spellacy second.
A sharp earthquake on the 81 inst.
was felt at Oakland, Cal, aud other
/ places around the bay.
There appears to he disposition in
New York among disafTected Republi-
cans TO scratch Cornell for Governor.
The total vote in Maine this year
shows an increase Of Il, 200 The RE
publicans gained Il. GO Of the number.
The New York Supreme Court has
ordered the Police Board to appoint one
Tammany election Inspector in each dis
trict.
The Indian Salvador was hanged at
San Rafael, Cal, on last Thursday for
the murder Of a man Reeger some
months since.
The yellow fever is nearly abated at
Memphis, Tenn, and quarantine
against the city has been raised at a
number Of places.
The failures Of T. J. Borden and Rich
ard Borden are reported from Fall River,
Mass, the first for 81, 100, 600 and the
second for $500 600.
Willie Chisholm, a son Of the victim
Of the Mississippi murderers, has been
adopted by William Harris, a wealthy
citizen Of Dandrige, Tenn.
\ dispatch 10 the Indian Bureau from
Los PinOs, Colorado, says Agent Meeker
and all the employees at White River
Agency were massacred by the Utes.
General McKenzie's regiment, the
Fourth Cavalry, has been ordered to
Fort Hayes, thus leaving large portion
OF the Mexican border unprotected.
Miss Fanny Ward was so badly burned
at San Francisco on the 30, by the eX-
plosion Of a mixture of oils. which
set her clothes on fire, that she died.
John Quincy Adams has been nomi-
mated for Governor Of Massachusetts hy
the Democratic State Convention. He
will draw largely from Buffers support.
There has been rain throughout CALI
fornia, the dispatches say. Quite funny
that they should telegraph il To Oregon;
we have rain at home, aud don't regard
il as anything phenomenal.
Professor HAYDEN and others estimate
that from $1,000 to 55. 900 square miles
Of MOutana's area are underlaid with
coal. Several Of the measures are
yielding an excellent quality OF fuel.
Henry Smith, formerly watchman at
the San Francisco mint, who stole
SIS, 600 in bullion, has been sentenced
20 four years in the penitentiary-S3 80
per year, even II he doesn't get pardOned.
John T. Raymond ('COlouel Sellers'')
is single again, his wife having obtained
a divorce in Brooklyn last week. The
Court sensibly kept the facts from being
public, as there have recently been
enough scandals sfllat.
Detective Dan. c. Gay, Of San Fran
cisco, who committed suicide on the
81 instant by taking morphine, left q
letter 10 bis wife, saying that he had
broken his promise not TO drink, aud
atoned for it with his life.
A man named Mcpherson recently
returned to COvele, a small town In the
interior OF California, aud, failing TO
induce his wife TO again live with him,
killed her, and was himself killed shortly
after, while resisting arrest.
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
stock is advancing. Il is expected that
the corporation will pay dividends at
an early day, as il is rapidly paying its
Indebtedness, and has ordered a reduc-
tion OF 33! per ceDtin salaries.
The audience stand at a race course
near Adrian, Mich, fell on the %,
under the weight Of the crowd, aud
about twenty persons were killed or
died from their injuries. The architect
is blamed for the disaster, the building
being poorly constructed.
r. G. Blaine, Senator Blaine's brother,
has been removed from the position OF
keeper OF the Senate document room
I by Sergeant-Rt-Arms Bright. He was
dismissed without notification, and
] without complaint being made as to the