The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-02
GENERAL NEWS.

The 'Passion Play" will not be produced in
New York.
General Ben Harrison will probably be elected
Senator from Indiana.
majority of the United States and a per
cent bonds are held by individuals.
Many boats are frozen fast in Eastern canals
Most of them have grain in transit
Secretary Sherman will probably be elected
Senator from Ohio to succeed Garfield.
General Garfield says he will not announce the
members of his cabinet until February.
There is a squabbIe among army officers for the
appointment of Chief of the Signal Service.
The National Grange will hold its next annual
meeting in Washington City, commencing No
vember 3D.
a society has been formed in Chicago to raise
funds to aid in the defense of Parnell and other
Irish agitatOrs
Democrats will meet at Springfield on January
Sth To decide whether or not to keep up the party
organization in Illinois,
1t is estimated that the cotton crop of the South
has been damaged by recent severe weather to
the extent of 100000 bales.
The United States Treasurer has SS5,000,0OO
worth of gold bullion on hand, most of which will
be coined in pieces of 81 and SO.
At Robinson's ranch, Colorado, on the 26th ult.,
Lieutenant-GovernOr Robinson was shot and so
severely wounded that he soon died.
The banks of New York are trying to escape
taxation, which would impose upon other prop
erty-Owners Sl,70OOOO additional in taxes.
Father Gavazzi, noted italian clergyman, ar
rived in New York on the 2Sth ultimo. He comes
TO America TO collect funds for the support Of the
Free Church of Italy.
The wharves and sheds at West Point, Va, Of
the Richmond, York River, and Chesapeake Rail-
road Company, were burned on Monday night.
Loss, S250,0O0 insured.
The Johanna Heinrich, from Hamburg to San
Francisco, has foundered of the southern Califor-
mia coast The Captain and part Of the crew have
arrived at San Francisco.
san Francisco hoodum named Gates fatally
stabbed George Kennedy at Boise City, Idaho, on
sunday and the police had hard work to prevent
the lynching Of the murderer
Garfield snubbed ''Towpath" club on the 9th
ultimO. He il not ashamed of haviu" been u
canal boy, but says il Is mere incident in his
life and was of no Importance i'm shaping his after
career.
The Captain of the British steamer Sandring-
ham, which was taken into the L. =. dock at Nor
folk for repairs iuSutcd the navy officers and the
stars and stripes, and was ordered 10 take his
vessel TO a private dock.
The returns from every State i'm the Union
show that Garfield received 4,439,4l5 votes Han
cock, 4,43jOl4; Weaver, 5,72y; Dow, 9,6A;
scattering, l.793; total, 9 l92,j9j; Garfields plu
ra!ity over Hancock, 3 40l.
General Grant and ex-Minister Romero Of
Mexico attended Mr. Beecher'S church in Brook
lyn last Sunday. After the benedcton the con-
gregatiou remained i'm their seats The pastor
said the church was ''for the worship of God, not
Of man., and appealed to the assembly to dis
perse. The seats being still retained, Grant and
Romero left, and were followed by the congrega-
tion.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company has
hoated S40,OOOOOO in six per cent gold bonds
with forty years to run, To syndicate Of bankers
OF Eastern cities, represented by DreXel, Morgan
* Co., NinslOw, Lanier X Co. and August Bel
mont X Co. Part of the amount is bought "firm,'
and part on "option,n giving the company time
to finish the road the bonds to be issued only n
the road is completed and accepted 10y the Gov
crnmpvt.