Morris tribune., 1880-04-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Weiland canal will not be opened
till May L.
The fire at Poneniah mills, Conn.,, on
March so, caused loss of $4,000.
State militia have been ordered to st.
Johns parish, La, where colored laborers are
on strike.
In New York city, April 1, an advance
of wages was conceded in many trades OF
from 25 to so cents day.
Fighting continues IN Afghanistan be-
tween Mohammed Jan and Hozards. The re-
ported defeat of Mohammed is doubted.
Another secret printing establishment
has been discovered in st. Petersburg, and 16
compositors employed in it were arrested.
The journymem carpenters of Allegha-
ny City, Pa, have struck for 81 so day 4,
They have been receiving from $1.75 to S2O0'
Dispatches from London state that the
English Catholic aristocrats will provide an
asylum for the Jesuits who may be expelled
from France
The Jesuits are building houses in
Spain, preparatory to their taking up their
residence there in large numbers when driven
out of France.
The Propellers Champlain and Granite
State left Chicago for Port Haven, April
the first boat of the season through the straits
which are now practically open.
The United States exports over imports
for the twelve months ending February %,
1880, was $212, 1868; for the twelve months
ending February, %, 1879, $293, ,762, ,167.
A Berlin dispatch states that emigra-
ton to the United States is again on the in
crease and extensive preparations therefor are
being made in every part of Germany.
The strike at Lancaster gingham mills
Clinton, Mass. ended April l, by the opera
tives returning to work at the terms offered
by the corporation, March 1, the day of the
strike.
The Denver s. Rio Grande Railway
Company are securing 1900 Canadians to
work ON the Leadville branch, which they ex-
pect to have running into that city in seventy
| five days.
The home rule league of Dublin, Ire
land, March 80, passed resolution declaring
the treatment of Parnell at Enniscorthy by a
hired mob reflects the deepest disgrace on
O'Cleary and all concerned in the outrage.
The directory of the city of st. Louis,
for the present year was issued March 81. and
contains 120,578 names, an increase OF 7,l2O
over last year and an increase of 5S823 since
federal census of 1870. By the usual rates OF
people to name this gives the city popula.
ton of over $4,000.
The public sale of stock bonds and
other effects of the bankrupt estate of Jay
Cooke s. Co., March 81, realized $46 ZOO
There was no bid for Ogoritz, Jay Cookies for.
mer residence, and one hundred and forty-six
lots of Western land, appraised at $4,000
were offered without a bid being made.
A circular was issued March 81, an.
nouncing the restoration of wages to what
they were prior to June l, 1877, on the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati & st. Louis, Pittsburg, Wheel
ing & Kentucky, Cincinnati & Muskingum
Valley, Columbia, Chicago & Indiana, Cen
trail, Little Miami & Jefersonville, Madison
and Indianapolis s. Vincennes railroads.
The Cincinnati Price Current publish
es complete report of pork packing in tn,
West, from which it appears the total mum
Der of hogs, winter packing, is $3.50, 600. Tit
increase of $4,000. The average decrease il
weight is ~ pounds. The average decreas,
in lard is $4,000 tierces. The summer an(
winter packing combined shows an increas,
for the year of 143, 900, the largest years bust
ness on record.
A London telegram of March 30, re
ports that Baroness Burdett Cortes, being ask
ed to contribute towards Lord Gladstone'
candidature for Middlesex, writes: II do no
feel disposed to join this movement because /
seems to me, that under the present circum
stances of the world, the country needs abov
all things, strong government, and since tn
dissolution of parliament in 1874 by Gladstone
the liberals havelbeen too disorganized to offe
D such government to the country
March 81, advices from Paris state tina
the religious associations of France will prot
ably contest in the courts the legality of th
DEGREES Of the government against unauthol
e lied (Jesuit) religious societies, on the groun
the laws they are based areobsolete. tn
u Union Count de Chambord's organ, Monde O.
gan of the papal nuncio, and Universe, ultr.
montana, are greatly exasperated, and declar
q the Catholics will vigorously resist the er
forcement Of the decrees. The Pays Paul d
e Cassagnac's paper says the DEGREES are onl
/, preliminary to the re-establishment Of til