The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1880-05-14
western and southern states.

The notorious Indian chef, Victoria, and
his band of Apaches arc still upon the war;
path in Arizona. They recently killed four
teen settlers and stampeded fourteen thousand
sheep.
In consequence OF hot weather and over
providing of cars there was q remarkable
mortality among hogs arriving at Chicago the
other morning. It is said that twenty car
loads OF dead hogs came in during the day.
dead, thirty cripped, and only fourteen IN
good condition. The usual proportion is
about one dead hog to two cars.
The San Francisco board OF supervisors has
adopted resolutions Of impeachment against
Mayor Kalloch on the charge that he has con-
spired with labor agitators to destroy the
peace of the city, etc.
During a squall in the Columbia river,
in Oregon, twenty small fishing boats were
swamped and twelve OF the fishermendrowned.
The Wisconsin Republican State conven-
ton for the election of delegates to the ma.
tional convention has been held at Madison.
The delegates elected are understood to be
divided in their choice for presidential nominee
between several of the candidates.
A few days ago an anti-third-term national
Republican convention was held at St. Louis,
General Henderson calling the meeting to
order. E. G. Hubbards, OF Ke lucky, was
organization was effected, with John B. Hen
derson, of Missouri, as president OF the con-
ventiOn, thirteen vice-presidents and four
secretaries. kilograms and letters of sym
pathy were received from Congressman But
terwoIth, OF Cincinnati Rev. James Free
man Clarke, OF Boston, Governor Pierrepont,
OF w, st Virginia, Thurlow Weed and Rev.
H. w. Bellows, OF New York, Gov. John G.
Long, OF Massachusetts. and others. The
cd xr,if11 ohofo
an adhesion 10 the principles OF the Repub-
licsn party and affirm that the nomination
of a third-term candidate will put the party ON
the defensive by reviving the memory of the
public scandals and official corruptions which
brought the party to the verge of ruin"
The resolution close by resolving that I" a
national committee of one hundred be ap-
pointed and instructed, in the event of the
nomination OF General Grant, to meet in the
city of New York at the call of the chairman
of this committee, and there to act in such
manner as they shall then deem best to carry
out the spirit and purpose OF theseresolutions,
the said committee TO be selected by a COM
mittee oil thirteen and published at its earliest
convenience" A committee OF i've was in
structed to present the resolutions to the
Chicago convention.
Republican State conventions were held the
other day in Maryland, Tennessee and Miss
the delegates to work and vote for Blaine at
Cincinnati was adopted; in Tennessee the
convention favored Grant for presidential
nominee, nominated Alvin s.. Hawkins for
governor and declared against Reputation
in Mississippi an uninstructed delegation was
elected TO the national convention.
The Ohio Democratic State convention.
held at Columbus, appointed four delegates
at-large to the national convention and twenty
district delegates. The resolutions adopted
request the delegates to present TO the ma
tional convention the name of Allen G. Thur
man as presidential nominee, and instruct
them to vote as unit at Cincinnati.
Congressman Weaver, Greenback member
from Iowa, has been unanimously renomiuated
by a congressional convention of his party at
Otumwa.
Henry Horne, colored man, was hung a
few days ago at Charlotte, N. c., for burglary
At Danyille, Va, j. B. PAGES tobacco ware
house and several adjoining buildings were
destroyed by fire and two men persisted in the
flames; and ON the same day at St. Louis
10000 tons OF ice stored in the extensive ice
houses OF Huse, Loomis & Co. melted away
in the flames.