, 1879-04-05
News Of the Week.


Cinnamon continues.
Australian advices of February 26th state
that the harvest prospects are excellent
The coal exchange of Pittsburg has deci
cided to grant TO striking miners their de-
mand
1t is said that Hayes will stand firm against
the proposed notifications OF the electoral
law.
There is not single boat at Deyasanya,
and great loss of Life is certain If the food
increases.
More space hiss been applied for in the
New South Wales exposition building than
can be given.
and leo cannon, for the fOrtifcatfon OF va
rious frontier towns.
The deficiency IN the wool crop will not
be so great as anticipated 1t is Sow esti-
mated at 80, 900 bales.
Tennessee rs trying to pay off her state in
debtedness with so cents ON she dollar ard
her creditors cannot see Is.
s.The Grant movement is booming our
exchanges say The whiskey business Will
/ boom also when be returns home
Upwards Of one hundred arrests have been
made in Moscow in consequence OF the as
sassination Of a government spy.
Grover has re-introdueed the ball Of last
session to reimburse the state OF Oregon for
expenditures during the Modoc war.
Senate voted urgency for the proposal
| of the chambers to meet in congress to revise
the constitution relative to removal to Paris.
Renewed foods in Hungary have covered
IA, ,0OO acres of land which had already been
sow-n, and the lives of l2,G5o rsople are en-
dangered.
The Richmond, Va, State, a democratic
paper, has this: Advice gratis to California
Don't go. BE warned by several who have
been there, and don't,
A Seattle dispatch Of March 10 says: The
| DGiiy Etcainy Tri5une and Noraiag Inteii-
geaeer have consolidated, retaining the name
of The hteii;Jencer.
! Emperor William, in his replies to con-
! gratu!atioEs at the reception held on his
birthday, laid special stress on his desire tc
continue pacific policy.
The iurtugese explorer Pinto has arrived
at Pretonjj South Africa, with eight follow
ers-all that remain OF four hundred with
whom he set ont on his expedition.
The recent fire at Akyab, Farther India,
| which was accidental, destroyed tae native
! portion OF the town. Loss f500, 600. Thous-
ands OF people are rendered Homeless.
| All persons who have been rendered to-
tally blind while in the military or naval
service of the national government, will
hereafter receive 50 per month.
4. Roman & Co, publishers and boo!Zsel-
! lers OF San Francisco, have made al assign
mcnt to their creditors ! statement o.
| their Affairs is aat yet m.;ie public.
The following message was Intercepted
| by the " ashington i'GSt: "TO Il. q. Hoges
iou diam good man t" iohn Cii -hinanian,
Int make heap fooiee Of selfee. Her SISG-
Farmers of Idaho expect good fruit sea
son and as the mining population has lately
| greatly increased, the demand f"r sli Kinds
cf produce will be great, and prices high and
profitable.
| Disnatches from Rene s.s:te that on Mare!
Goth King Humbert 81 med ,iecree c"in::'G-
ting the death sentence Of Ptss!vantr, tlt
man who tried to aSSasSima.e hlD, 10 PEA
servitude for life.
A Washington dispatch Of March - !!
. says: The debate on the army aPPro.'r1a
ton bill viii probably rna Gnt!i near IL,
close Of next week, Nhen t.:e bll! vii MA
doubtedly lie passed and scht ta t:!e s',I:ate.
| Gladstone was not iEvite.l to TIE tlGke {"
! Connaught's wedding. This omission cNci
ted much comment in palitical e:ralgS. :,
Lords Granville and Harrington rccciv,.i ia
vItatIons.
Famine in Upper Ecyp. esases terrible sat
fering. In some vli.a4's l:e"i'ie are r"oyT
Ike wild beasts. and dis for roa.s. In III,
town women and children fra.ii: o:cr SCRAP,
of bread. Inlai:d vii.aI,IS are sail - l.,
starving like dogs.
! Between the Chinese a;,l the :,GGi can
didates for republican cil.c,~s wo a-e .oin4
to California to meet Grant. the td'ifornian'
prefer the former Bat Ii is i terrible disaS
ter to have both even for a short time
Golden state we pity thee
Rev. De Witt Talmage says there la.
been an atrociuos crime committed against
him as a m MISTER of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and now he wants the Presbytery to try hin
or he will next Sunday try the Presbytery
| 1t looks as ii there were fun ahead
War has broken ont between Bolivia and
| Chill The merits of the quarrel are not
clearly understood, bnt the Chilians appear
| to he the aggressnrs The Bolivians have
the sympathy Of Peru, and, If the disturb,
ance goes OH, viii have material assistance
from her.
! Gov Tilden will be the candidate of the
| democratic party III 1880, the Omaha Herald
declares, if he lives and so wills He will
beat Grant, or any other man who runs
against him rhe little man of Grammercy
| Park will carry New York in 1880 as he car.
ried it in 1915, ii he shall run in the race.
Emperor Joseph visited the faaded city
of Szeged;n OF the 18th and WAS visibly af-
| fected. Fully 1900 people have been
drowned. DIphtheria has broken ont and ac-
condiments take place on railroads and
boats. Sixteen thousand horses and cattle
and 0,G00 sheep have been drowned.
New Zealand news to March 4th state
that in fire damp explosion in the kaitan-
| gaia coal mine, near Atago, OH February
2lst, thirty y-twO men were killed. all who
were in the mine at the time. Subscriptions
| are being raised for the widows and orphans
all over the colony.
Horatio Seymour. in spite OF his repeated
refusal to accept office, is to-day the most
prominent candidate for governor of the state
of New Ierk. Circumstances have COR
spired recently to bring his name before the
people, and when that name is mentioned II
awakes enthusiasm which no other arouses
On Monday, the 10th ult. Captain Eads
received from the treasury S75o,O00 the
cash payment voted him in the sundry civil
appropriation bill, for his Improvement of
the southwestern pass of the Mississippi
This is the largest reaaisition ever passed
th-onerh a,,u of the l,orarnmont,l A.nar4