The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-21
GENERAL NEWS.

The Presidential party is now making a tou, of
Southern California.
The Democratic majority in West Virginia has
fallen off to about 5000.
A Republican Senator from Indiana will prob
ably succeed Mcdonald.
Indiana's Republican majority is nearly 6OOO
while OhiOs is over 1000.
Moody and Sankey passed Chicago last Satur-
day, bound for San Francisco.
Seven men were killed by an explosion in
Chicago distillery on Saturday last.
In New York. the wife of a man and his
mistress are quarreling over his property
Five women perished in the flames during the
burning of a Cincinnati factory yesterday
San Francisco Republicans fired 329 guns over
the result of the Ohio and Indiana elections
The Ladies' Deposit Bank of Boston has col
lapsed. Liabilities, from S5OO0OO to 81 100000
Because they lost Indiana the Democrats are
denouncing English, and some wish him to resign
The Democracy of New York have nominated
VIM r. Grace, member of prominent banking
firm, for Mayor.
There is more bullion in the United States at
present than ever before largely on account of the
European influx.
The L. : Supervisorat San Francisco is having
hundreds of voters arrested for fraud in connection
with registration.
The National Republican Committee will en-
deavOr to carry Florida, North Carolina and Vir-
ginia for Garfield.
At a Republican demonstration at Troy, \. J..
on Saturday night, two votes for Garfield We're
lost by the explosion of a cannon.
American silks now so superior to French
that Partisan ladies sending to New York for
| ''really good and durable article"
Police are detailed to guard the obelisk in Cen
/ tral Park, New York, as relic-hunters have Sc
riously marred it by chipping off pieces.
The storm throughout the States of the Middle
/ West on the 18th did much damage. number
/ of schoOners were wrecked on Lake Michigan
f,r
/ treasury department at Boston, has disappeared,
and is said to be defaulter to the amount Of
! $4,000.
The Legislature of Vermont, by an overwhelm-
| ing majority has reelected Edmunds To the
United States Senate. The vote in the Senate
was unanimous
A letter from General Garfield to the New York
| Employers Union, endorsing Chinese labor has
/ been published Garfield brands il as 'an absO-
lutte and stupid forgery"
General Grant has delivered in Boston a speech
| on the commercial relations of Mexico and the
United States, showing the benefits that would
accrue to both countries by fostering trade.
Many persons are stationed along the beach Of
Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Saugatuck,
waiting for the waves to give up the bodies Of rel
atives and friends lost by the wreck of the steamer
Alpena.
The sheds Of the Charleston Is. c. Commercial
Cotton Press and Wharf Company were burned on
SUNDAY night. The flames communicated to three
British ships and one is badly damaged \ large
quantity of cotton was burned. The total loss Is
100000.
Elkhorn Valley, Nebraska, was visited by a
fearful snow-storm Saturday afternoon and even
ing On the Black Hills branch of the Union
Pacific, snow drifted to the depth of seven to
| eleven feet stopping trains. The storm extended
into Iowa and Kansas. The weather was freezing
! cold.
When the Rock River III Methodist Confer
ence learned Of the Republican victories in Indi-
ana and Ohio, much excitement was manifested
/ dONOlOnN N.
| said they would be criticised for the demOnstTa-
ton, but he believed it escape from civil
war and he felt that the religious assembly
should lift its heart in praise to God.