The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1880-04-21


A heavy fost for several successive
nights killd the fruit crop in the
neighborhdd of petersburgh, Va, Sc
riously infred vegetables, and the
losses are bavy.
A CORRESPONDENT ut Constantinoplc
reports n hrible famine at Mosul.
Turkish kordistan. Four thousand
inhabitants He'd to Bagdad, and hun
dreds died IN the road.
A conGdig Virginia planter named
Trout wasbooked by two gypsies to
the amou1 of $4,000, intrusted by
him to the hsky seers ns charm for
the discoytS Of Il silver mine on his
property.
The sivt' Thrth anniversary of the
American bpie Society will he held in
the city If louisville, Ky, on Sunday,
May lG. 1854. This will be the first
anniversary of the society ever held
in the West.
TIL. Legislature Of New York has be-
fore t bill which proposes to impose
taI on all chdrch property in excess
of 10000. Theological seminaries
and benevolent institutions also are
included in the law.
A dispatch from Constantinoplc says
terrible distress prevails in Asin Minor.
Cattle, sheep rnd goats are being car
ried off in large numbers by disease,
and the country between Angora and
lsmid is becoming n desert.
While custom receipts for the first
week in Apnl have fallen off two
millions from the amount for the same
time last month, the revenue receipts
for the last six months of 1870 are
$4,000, 900 more than for 1873.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says in
formation from Orenburg states that
the long continuation of winter has
completely exhausted tho necessniies
of life in that region. Rumors of star
walton arc daily increasing, and five
thousand families can not obtain food.
A dispatch from Berlin to the Lon
don Standard states that immigration
to America on large scale is taking
place from Scandinavia. Two thou
sand Swedes have already left there.
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York on tho 4th inst
Owing to high winds forest fires in
Pike county, Pa, are assuming an
alarming proportion. In remote town
ships it is feared that ali of tho vnlnn-
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Aahitiona' aay'ces from INC georgia
goid he'ns IN Macoochee Va'ley snow
rlcner results than heiores reported, a
soma nugget WIS ionnd on the isth
INST weighing 1lo pennywe'ghtS' WIN,
ONT nav or gravel: lwo halius picked
M "o1 pennywelghts IN one DAY inc
mines are not Tor sale nj any price
AZ hve minutes past O'Clock, the
l4th INST, Mt San Francisco there was
experienced the heaviest shock o'
earthquakes felt there for years. No
damages recorded, although buildings
rocked SO that the motion was plainly
visible. Tho Nevada block appeared
swayed n foot opt of its perpendicn-
larity'
Cowley ia said to he the first rogn-
larry ordained clergyman over SEN
tenced to the BlackwelIs Island neni-
tentiary. lie was once chaplain OF the
institution of which he is now nm in
mate, and 1t ia recalled that he used to
display his meelInesS of spirit by hav-
ing convicts sent to dark cell Tor
coughing d1ring service.
The Miss nri republican convention,
after clecGfg delegates to Chicago,
adopted resolutions realiirming the
principles OF the republican party, m
dorsing tho administration OF Cen
Grant aud inStructing delegates Ia
Chicago to vote as INIT on all ones
tiOns, and Tor Gen. Grant as tue can