, 1880-03-18
NEWS SUMMARY.

The old historic ship house at Sachell's
hnrbor which was erected in 1878, was
blown down in recent ale---Alexander
H. Stephens wei chs 90 pounds, gain OF %
pounds since war times--A sugar-6eGt
factory is soon to be located at Carthage,
N. N.-Four negroes have been lyuched
for rape within q circuit OF 20 miles in Viz
ginia within 10 months There are lOO,-
quo church members in the British aIny
-Four double pudding furnaces are TO
be added to the Keystone mill, Pittsburg--
Through trains from Boston to Chicago yia
Hoosac tunnel are plomised-C.othing
cutters in New Yok have organized a labor
union----Iu the New York bureau Of stats.
ties last week We're registered lS2 marriages,
5l5 births, 5l9 deaths-A woman at
Rosclyn, L. l., was taken from her hus-
bands funeral to an insane asylum a raving
maniao-Brooklyn is so deeply in debt
that little error of $5,0O0;0O0 has been
unnoticed long time---Peleg Sprague, of
Boston, who entered Congress in 1924 still
lives, though totally blind--rreasa
Brown, OF Hartford, recently deceased, had
held his Office SINCE 1S57--Lacli OF frao.
tional currency causes great complaint in
the West----SpeGker Randall is still hope
ful Of adjournment by the midlle of May
- elias. DeHouug is in Washington
Edward Mcpherson has been succeeded Gs
editor OF the Philadelphia Press by Chas r.
Smith, late Of the Albany journal. ..
Business troubles caused New Yorl, man
TO suicide on the eve OF bis marriage Tie
Naples ovation to Nordenskjold was a regal
egniticence-A slugle firm in New York
sold $4,000 worth OF valentines---In the
last DO years there have been 20 Indian
commissioners, and most OF them wen: out
OF service with regulations like Hayt's, con-
sderably Observation-Disclosures COM
mittee is wrestling nightly with the future
to the total neglect of present needs An
unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck an
express train in New Brunswick, the object
being gplunder-TheT Tennessee Democratic
Convention will meet in Nashville June 9Th
"A bill to establish territorial govern
ment for Alaska has been reported 1.-The
Irish famine is reported well in hand
and the danger of general starvation has
passed Captain Eads has scheme in
connection with the ship railroad
Page has introduced bill to abolish tae
duty on printing type---Tbe Weston.
O'Leary walking match is in progress at San
Francisco Sierra Nevada Jevies On assess.
ment Of $2--Great Britain is watching
eagerly for foothold on the Isthmus---
Hartman is now in London---Montigny,
French dramatic author, is dead-The
Queen has been advised to dissolve Parlia-
ment at Easter---The resumption of hostil.
tiles IN Afghanistan cannot be much longer
delayed. .a' al ".... .ti
Citizens protective union is doing good
work in San roneiseo----K Kearney's insane
threats are yociferously applauded by tho
rabble that hangs on his words----About
rs guests were in the Grand Central Hotel,
Oakland, when the fire broke out; yall es-
capped with most of their personal effects ~
The knight Templar, from Liverpool to al
riea, was captured while endeavoring orun
the blockade insurrection broke out in
San Domingo February 20h; the leader,
with confeG was killed, and l6 per-
sons are under arrest---There are Sn New
York $4,000 house servants RECEIVING from
$40 to $40 per month-At the beginning
of February the elevators at Baltimore con.
tained 1254,7S3 bushels of grain.---The
strike at Cohoes, N. Y, involves SIX mills
and 10000 operators; 275,000 spindles are
idle and the daily loss in wages is $6O,000
thousand deaths from diphtheria
have occurred since November in the Rus
sian provinces-Farley presents to Con,
gress memorial OF the California Legisla
ture asking $500, 900 for protection Of rivers
from mining debris.