Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS,

There was light fall Of snow in
Madrid, Spain, Feb. 26th.
The outbreak of pleuro pneumonia in
Manchester England has increased.
g Channel storms and snow drifts on the
continent practit ally prevent postal commun-
icatiou with England.
On the French slopes Of the eastern
Pyrennees there is more snow than the Oldest
inhabitant remembers. -a.
A Cape Town, South African, telegram
says, affairs In the Transvaal cause anxiety.
The Beers are suspected offavoripg the Zulus,
and conflict of authority has occurred be-
tween British magistrate and Dutch COM
mandant.
A Cincinnati telegram of March I'd
says, the affairs of Archbishop Purcell were
further complicated to-day, by suit being
entered against him by creditors. It is thought
he will make an assignment next Tuesday,
when meeting of all the priests of the
diocese will be held.
A Versailles telegram of March 1st
says: Leroyer, minister of justice, in a debate
on the amnesty bill said he did not deny some
persons, unworthy of pardons, might return
to Paris, but this need not cause alarm. If
any of them showed ingratitude the govern
ment would know how TO be rigorous.
/ The sViceroy Of India telegraphs he has
received the following letter from Yakooh
Khan, son of Shere Ali, the ameer of Afghan
istan, dated the Goth of February: News has
been received here of the death of my father
on the 2lst of February. AS my father was
an old friend Of the British government I
send the Information out of friendship.
DIR. Detmars, government inspector of
the Grand Trunk railway, stating most posi-
lively that there is no trace or suspicion Of
pleuro pneumonia in any section Of the Uiuted
States, and expressing confidence that no
harm whatever could ensue from granting
passage for cattle from the United States
through Canada. .
A good deal of sensation was caused at
Madison, Wis, Feb. 25 over the fact brought
| down Oy Hon. Ike Stephenson, of Marinette,
| that gold and silver has been discovered in an
iron mine near Marinette. Wisconsin. Iron
ore from the Emmett iron mine sent to
Chicago for assay showed as high as $50 to the
ton of ore. Mr. Stephenson is a highly re-
spected citizen Of the State, and his report can
be relied on.
A publication of the Russian Secret
Press of Berlin, declares the governor OF
Charkoff had been condemned to death by the
Russian socialist party for inhuman treatment
OF political prisoners. The act of assassina-
ton was consequently executed by one of that
party. The publication charges the governor
with beating students nearly to death, and
| concludes with a declaration of death for
death, and terror for terror. This is our
answer to all threats and prosecutions Of the
| government
The census bill as it passed the; House
provides that enumeration shall commence on
the first Monday in June, and ruturns shall
be forwarded to the supervisors on or before
the LIST of July, 1880, and in any city having
over 10, 600 inhabitance the enumeration shall
| be taken within two weeks from the first
Monday in June. The President, by and with
consent of the Senate, is to have the appoint
ment Of supervisors of the census, whose
number is limited to $50, and who are TO re-
ceive compensation of $500 each. The sum
of $3,25O,O0O, which is hereby appropriated,
is limited as the maximum cost of the GEN.
sus.
l Senators Sargent, Booth, Mitchell. and
Jones Of Nevada, and Representatives VIII
liams of Oregon, Wren, Page and Davis and
ex- Representative Phelps had conference
l with the President February 25th for about
an hour, and urged him to sign the bill re-
stricting Chinese immigration. Sargent, In
his arguments, pictured the evils, moral
commercial and national, which came with
the Chinease. reviewed their, history in this
country, and showed the evil results of whie
/ their presence had been productive. He
called attention to the deterioration Of Amer
/ icau labor which existed wherever the Chinese
had found their way. He also stated q veto
of the bill might affect Republican interests
in California disastrously ALI the gentle.
men made similar arguments, and called at
tention to numerous petitions from the West
for afiddance Of the Chinese, aud presented
o number just received. The President fire.
quently questioned the speakers. When they
had finished their arguments he stated he toe
had received many appeals from people 10
the West torsign the bill, and petitions from
Z the same and others not to sign 1t. He was
i glad to hear all he could on the subject, and
would carefully consider the arguments.
majority Of the Congress delegation left the
President with the impression he would not
i sign the BILL So III 80 II N1s