The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-29
GENERAL NEWS.

Senator Lamar is cOnvalescing.
J. u. George is the new L. 5. Senator
from Mississippi.
Frank Leslie's real name was Henry
Carter. He was Of English birth.
Senator Sharon says he has not drawn
a cent of pay for the present Congress.
Chas. De. Young has pleaded not
guilty TO the charge OF assault to murder.
Parnell is getting aid for the dis
tressed Irish all through the Middle
States.
The MIplesOn Opera Company's re-
ceipts for their two weeks in Chicago
amounted to $50. 900.
Nine boys were drowned in RandalFs
pond, near Providence, II. l., on the
26th. They were skating.
Snow fell in San Francisco on Mon
day. Many of the natives saw snow on
that day for the first time
J. p. Scribner has been sentenced to
imprisonment for life in Illinois for
numbering his two children.
Texan cowboys recently entered Las
Vegas and killed the city marshal aud
two citizens and wounded live others.
The shoe shop of the King county
peniteutiary, at Brooklyn, was burned
on the 25th. Loss, 500, 600; insurance,
S265, 600, in 50 companies.
1t is claimed that a Chicago electrician
has solved the question OF dividing the
light, aud will put it in operation As
soon as he secures patents.
From interviews with Republicans
throughout the country, the newspapers
have learned that Blaine is the choice
Of that party for President.
The Protestant Episcopal Church
wants TO raise S750,O00 TO insure the
payment Of the general theological
semiuary's current expenses.
The Internal Revenue Collector at
Philadelphia has seized the property Of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad,
for claims amounting to nearly $500 600
1t is said the Union Pacific, Kansas
Pacific and Denver Pacific Railroads
have been consolidated under the name
OF the Union Pacific Railway Company
There is rioting in Northern Virginia
between white and black labOrers, the
former being the assailants. The mill
tary is called out to preserve the peace.
Edison is erecting three new buildings
in New NOrk-One for a machine shop,
one for glass blowers, and one for four
teen dynamo machines, by which he
proposes to start zoo electric lights.
Judge Sawyer, of the U. 5. Circuit
Court, has denied a rehearing Of the
suit OF John II. Burke vs.. J. c. Flood
ct al, and the defendants gave notice Of
appeal to the L. ;. Supreme Court.
The San Francisco Supervisors have
voted q to 81 to saddle the Lake Merced
water scheme on the city. A member
gave notice of reconsideration, after
Ferry charged the seven were fixed"
An engine on the New York elevated
railroad jumped the track on Saturday
last, though the car did not go over the
rail. No one was dangerously hurt,
though several received severe Injuries.
The New York Commercial Bulletin,
by careful figuring, shows that De Les
seps' Panama canal scheme is the
"wildest Of financial impOssibilities." d"
Its income will not meet the interest on
its cost.
The steamboat Charmer, with 2,IOO
bales of cotton, was totally destroyed by
fire, on the 26th, at place on the Mis- /
sissippi fifteen miles above the mouth
of Red River. Eight lives were lost.
The boat and cargo were worth SI8O 600 |
Appropriate resolutions concerning
the death of Senator Chandler were
passed in Congress yesterday, and tie
Senate aud the House adjourned as a
national mark Of respect. Eulogies
were pronounced by members Of both
Houses,
Jas. Russell Lowell, Of Massachusetts.
has been confirmed as Minister % Great
Britain; John w. Foster, of Indiana. To
Russia; Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin,
to Spain; Philip H. Morgan, of Louis
lana, to Mexico. Consul, Lewis Rich
mond, OF Rhode Island, to Belfast.
The eolored exodus has been used bv
some uDpriDcipled men as money
making scheme. They have held out
inducements to the negroes, assuring
them Of plenty Of work aud good pay in
Indiana. The men were paid by rival
railroads percentage on all fares sold
to the migrating blacks.
The Supreme Court Of Maine has
answered the questions submitted by
the fusiOnist legislature, deciding
against that body on all points, and
holding the Republican organization TO |
be legal and constitutional Accord
ingly, the fusiOnists are giving up the
fight. They have adjourned Till Au-
gust. Several Of them have taken their
seats in the Republican Legislature. /
The fusiOnist Secretary of State promises
to return the valuation books.