The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-04
GENERAL NEWS.

lice Of san Francisco.
w. c. Black, prominent merchant
OF New Orleans, died on the lst.
4 boiler in a planning mill at Euclaire.
Wis, exploded on the lst, killing thtee
men.
Sixteen contested election eases are 90
/ be settled 10y the House of Representa-
Z tives.
Tie appropriation bills are not ex-
pected % be reported TO Congress early
this session.
A tornado did much damage in the
southeastern portion of Louisville on
the 2Sth ultimO.
The principal coal companies Of Pitts
ton, Pa. have Voluntarily advanced
the wages Of miners 10 per cent.
Parnell, the Irish agitator, is coming
TO America. \ committee has been
appointed at Boston TO receive him.
The important firm Of J. G. Goddeiroy
d son, of Hamburg with large trans
atlantic connections has suspended.
a fire in Megarge's paper establish
ment, Philadelphia, on the lst instant,
did damage 10 the amount Of $4,000.
The Presidents message shows that
the coinage Of gold by L. :. mints dur
ing the year past amounted 10 $50 $780,
9l2.
\ bill has been introduced in the
House Of Representatives for the removal
OF the Utes from Colorado TO some Ter
ritory.
On the 29th ult, at Hanover, Pa,
warehouse containing %, 1000 bushels Of
grain fell. killing one Of the proprietors,
named Elsie.
It has been shown that the burning
Of the Burlington and Missouri depot at
Hastings, Neb., was the work Of muir
derers, To conceal their crime.
Sydney Grant, Of the Denver Land
Company" who advertised lots IN
North Denver AZ 81 each, has been con
victed Of misusing the L. :. mails.
W. 7. Hall, an election inspector Of
New York who made false returns Of
the election Of 1878, has been sentenced
to eighteen months imprisonment.
The Marcellus powder mill, twelve
miles south Of Syracuse, New York, ex-
ploded on the 2Sth ultimo, doing much
damage, but causing no loss Of life.
a mining company composed OF New
York capitalists, has been formed TO
purchase aud develop the rich mines OF
Chihuahua and other Mexican States.
a subject that will be brought before
Congress for speedy action, unless a
resignation forestall the main purpose,
is the impeachment Of Minister Seward.
For the week ending Novem ber 2S,h,
=, lf9, 703 in specie was received at New
York from Europe. The total from
January Let TO December lst is 81, ISL
0S0.
The Atlantic and Great Western
Railroad will be sold at Akron, Ohio,
on the 9Th Of January, under foreclosure.
lis liabilities are SO 600, 900 it will
bring about SO, 100000.
The Brooklyn Aldermen have di-
rected the Board Of City Works 10 con-
tract for the erection Of a suitable mon .
ument over the graves of the three
hundred victims Of the Brooklyn The
ater fire.
The Greenhackers Of Boston nomi- /
mated d. J. King for Mayor, and his
enemies b0lted. The latter nominated
the present mayor, Prince, AS the uomi-
nee of the Democratic and Citizens
A freight train on the Little Rock
railroad jumped the track on Tuesday
and ran into a trestle, detaching fifteen
cars loaded with cotton, which were
burned. -Four persons were killed aud
several others wounded.
Tie T.. :. revenues from all sources
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1879,
were S273, So, lS4 IS The ordinary ex-
for the same period were $685. .
9i1, ,033 % leaving a surplus revenue for
the year Of S6,s79,3O0 90.
The steamer Atlas, from Liverpool. .
brought TO Boston, on the 29th ult., the
survivors II the British bark T. liih,
Captain Trainor, wrecked two weeks
since. The captain and four of the
crew were probably drowned.
A stage near Gillette, Arizona, was
stopped on the 29th ultimo by high way .
men, who carried of the mail aud horses, /
aud robbed the driver aud only passen-
ger. The latter they shot aud stabbed so
badly as to make recovery impossible /
Prominent New York bankers speak f.
in terms Of praise Of Hayes financial
in his message. The F.
clause that called forth their heartiest
approval was that in which the retire
ment Of legal tender notes was advo-
Gated.
There is more fraud reported from
teachers examinations in California.
One Of the applicants had answers 10
questions written on her cuffs, though
She refused to tell where she got the
''inside information New questions
were prepared.
Government bonds have declined, T.
particularly new our-per-cents-a re-
suit due 10 the announcement that the F.
Secretary Of the Treasury asks for au-
thority TO proceed st once TO the refund .
log OF bonds Of 1881 in four-per-cents, I
the holders Of 81 10 be credited with the f.
difference in interest.
a very intimate friend Of General
Grant, who took the liberty Of asking
him about a third term, says that Grant
replied promptly, and with emphasis,
that he sincerely hoped that necessity
for his nomination would not arise.
Subsequent conversation showed that
the necessity which he had in mind was
connected with the condition Of affairs
in the South.
The amount Of the national debt
which natures within less than two
years Is S529, l2l, 200, Of which $500 ,O00,- |
600 bears interest at the rate OF I've per
cent. 10 is believed that this part Of the
public debt can be refunded by the issue
Of four per cent bonds aud by the re-
ductiOn Of interest which will thus be
about Sll,0O0,O0O can be an
nually saved 10 the treasury.
General Grant will enter heartily into
the Nicaraguan canal scheme, pTovid-
ing the company is incorporated by
Congress aud a new treaty is made with
the Nicaraguan Government covering
the whole project, aud guarding the use
Of the canal aud the right Of the United
States 20 its use and urotpctfon Com