Daily Republican., 1880-02-26
NEWS SUMMARY.

Striking Mines-UntFuthful Re-
port OF Indian FiGhts-The Gov.
ernor OF Virgfsia bearing down
On the BeadJ dJuAters-impeashf
AJadge-Otheri IBcidents, Acct.
dents, Grimes and Casualties.
The striking miners ct the Drum
mond Colliery, In Nova Scotia, have
left the company's houses and occupied
vacant houses In the village Of West
vile. They say that II their demand Is
not granted they will ask increased
pay in the spring. One hundred and
fifty men are idle at the Londonderry
iron mines, owing to strike Of the
puddlers.
The Governor Of Virginia yesterday
vetoed bill passed by the Read juster
majority in the Legislature, which re-
quires the appointment Of subordinate
officers and guards at the penitentiary
to be made by the Executive with the
consent of the Senate. Heretofore the
appointing power has been vested sole
ly in the Governor.
The War Department has recently
received dispatches from Colonel Hatch
regarding Indian affairs in New Mexico,
in which no mention is made Of the al
legged defeat of Captain Ruskin's COM
pany by Victoria's band Of Indians.
The report of the fight is therefore re-
garded as unfounded.
In the Maryland House of Delegates,
yesterday, memorial Of citizens of
Cumberland and Allegany counties
asking the impeachment of Associate
Justics Pearre, of the Fourth Circuit,
for corruption in Office and gross i'm
morality, was referred to o special
committee of seven.
Rev. A. w. Paige, member Of
Hartford county, Conn, pleaded guilty
in the U. s. District Court at New.
Haven, yesterday, to the charge of
sending obscene letters through the
mails. He was find 5000 and costs,
amounting to $40, and committed to
jail In default Of payment.
The question whether pieces Of mu-
steal instruments, such as violin
strings, screws, etc., when imported
are to be classed as musical instru.
meAts, and subject to like duty, has
been referred to the Attorney General
for an opinion.
Delegates to the Chicago Convention
were elected in all the Congressional
Districts Of Indiana yesterday. Most
of them were uninstructed, but tels-
gram from Indianapolis says, IL favor
Blaine and Sherman 2.
II is said that deputation of Do.
minion farmers will wait upon Sir
Leonard Tilly and ask for increased
protection on agricultural products.
They desire an additional tax of two
and half cents per hushel on corn,
and two dollars barrel on pork.
The Vermont Republican Convention
met yesterday in Montpelier, and chose
delegates to the Chicago Convention. A
resolution was adopted presenting Sem
ator Edmuuds as a~candidats for Pres
idept.
The Evangelical Conference commen-
ced at Weissport, Pa. yesterday. Over
one hundred ministers are present.
Yesterday session was secret.
The President yesterday nominated
Henry Sterne, of Indiana, to be Consul
at Pesth, and James B. Mitchell to be
Collector of Customs at Yorktown, Va.
James Podgets, a musician, was fa4
tally shot by Joseph J. Fields, farmer,
in quarrel near Winchester, Ill.,, ON
Tuesday. Fields is in jail.
John McDiarmid Campbell was fatally
poisoned on Tuesday by dose of car
bolic acid, which his wife gave him in
mistake for quinine.
A despatch YVES received by the In
dian Bureau yesterday reporting every
thing quiet at Los Pinos Agency.
The Republican Convention of Hi
nois will meet at Springfield on the
10Th Of May.