The daily gazette., 1880-04-01
General News.

~ gs The Eiedtion Committee of the House
will hold special meeting to-day, when
It Is expected that q decision will be
= fYfS reached In the Donnely-W Washburue
The Senate, yesterday, confl med
.vo,eph G. A. Wingate, OF New Hamps
hire, to be Consul at Foochow, and
ID III Guido e. Hinchman to be Postmaster
at Dover, n. j.
1t is believed that the Public Debt
Ssy q Statement, to be issued to-day, will
sskfe.s q show a r duction OF about $l0,O00,O0O.
The receipts from internal revenue
for the nine months of the current fiscal
year, which ended yesterday, were
$So,500,000, and the sustoms receipts
gggn$lS7, 100000.
ed-u' Ebenezer Hawkins, a wealthy farmer
! of Setauket, l.. l., shot himself dead
-. - yesterday morning.
81 - , Robert, Upshaw, respectable citizen Of
O Monroe, Ga, com nitted suicide yester-
day. No cause is assigned for the deed.
Aman known as Frank Howard was
shot dead by q man named Atkins, al
Peyton, W. Va. OIL Monday. Atkins
said, was "couhdence operator.
Secretary Sherman addressed public
meeting in Mansfield, Ohio, last evening
He spoke of his candidacy for the office
l-ssyrF Of Prrsiden and discussed the poll cal
o. issues OF Che day.
~ - The Demo'rstic State Convention of
Nebraska met in ColumbuS yesterday.
Telegraphie communication being inter
- rupted, Dothing ~ known of the prOcer-
dngs. 1t was believed that Tilden dele
gates would be chosen.
mass meeting of the Readju>ters of
re. ...,. Petersburg, Va was hel1 in tina, city
~'~'s Tuesday evening, 10 arrange for the
spriDg aud autumn canvasses Among
the speakers were State Auditor Massey,
General William Malone aud Judgt
Arnold. Resolutions were adopted
looking to Uuion Of all VirginIans
Y E opposed to "funderism,", Bourhonism
nolitcal prescription; approving the
action Of the Legislature In electtng RI
ssjuster officers, and repeating th'
NJ, tfet Punch bill, and condemuing the
eant Governors veto Of the Debt bill
Jehn W. Ryan for many years a
prominent citizen of the old District OF
Southwark, died on The Both ut.
..'' Additi oDal returns of he election in
SIN Francisco show that the Ciizens
..... Union ticket received l6,3D votes
against lO,246 for the Working Mems
tickets, with 1900 ballots to be couu ted
The Republicans cast nearly full vote
4n. the falling off being on the side af the
D.. f...u werkinR men aud their allies among the
D. m5cracy.
ONE of the stanchest and shrewdest
Democrats in Maryland, who was re-
Gently asked what were the chances
% ofthe Democracy in the Presidential
contest, promptly replied "first rate,
II the Democratic States are permitted
nm TO name the candidate at Cincinnati"
- There was heap of wisdom in that
remark !-BaIt. Gazette.
The Bribers to be Pursued.
,skosi. HARRISBURG, Pa, March 81 1880.
s.I 1t is given out tonight that if Kemble
i- and his assoc ates in crime do not make
their appearance by tomorrow evening
demand will be made ou the Governor
for requsitions for the delivery of the
fugitives to the Pennsylvania authorities
This determination indicated tbit the
,.---. hiding places of the corruptonists ar
known. Although he Sheriff Ct this
county has not yet served the process
.i for the arrest Of Kemble and Others il
is reported that detectives are on the
track oi all tie fugitives. 1t las been
repeatedly stated that bribers plead d
guiity on the strength of an assurance
from Attorney General Paine that he
would vote for pardon. As two other
members the Board of Pardons were
known to be favorable for a pardon his
vote would have turned the scale of the
applicants for Executive clemency in
their. favor The Attorney General
denies enphatically that he ever gave
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