The daily gazette., 1880-09-06
General NesUs.

Two European steamers, the Cimbria
and the Order, brought Sl,300,000 In
gold coin to New York, on Saturday.
The Navy Department is advised that
the U. 5. flagship Trenton, Rear Admi-
raj Howell commanding, arrived al Glib
raltar on Saturday.
Yesterday was the warmest of the
season at Long Branch, the thermome-
ter, at four o'clock in the afternoon, reg
istering ~ degrees in the shade. The
temperature averaged about 93 degrees
i a the shade at all points along the Hud-
son river yesterday afternoon, and the
exodus from tie mountains received a
check.
Three men were sunstruck in Brook
lyn, n. Y, on Saturday, and one of
them died before he could be taken TO
the hospital.
A fire in Mobile, Alabama, yesterday
afternoon, destroyed the wholesale dry
goods store of X. Il. Dunlap, banking
house of Thomas =. Miller u Co.. hard
ware stores OF Ira w. Porter X Co., and
}. B. Hazard 4 Co., produce house Of
A. &. Moore x Co., tinware factory OF
f. Gomez, and warehouse aud law Of
fee. The total loss is estimated at
$3.50, 200.
In Brooklyn, on Saturday night, Will
liam Barry, being drunk, beat his wife
50 badly that she is not expected TO re-
| cover, because she refused to give him
money to buy more drink.
Ferguson kealy fell off dock and
was drowned, while drunk, in New
\ ofk, on Saturday night.
| Attorney General Devens addressed a
| Republican meeting IN Indianapolis on
Saturday night.
The smallpox continues to make terri
BILE ravagss among .he Indians Of the Up
| per Gatineau district, IN Canada.
| The PennsY lvania State Agricultural
Fair at the Permanent Exhibition build
ing opens this morning The formal
opening ceremonies will take place to
morrow. The exhibits of live stock fruits,
seeds, &c, are very large in number, ,and
of ali unusually fine character.
a cable despatch has been received in
Montreal, announcing that the French
Government has decided TO grant a
subsidy of 100000 to new French
Canadian line of steamers between
Havre and Montreal.
The hurricane in which the Vera
Cruz was lost passed east and north of
hey West. No damage was done below
Cedar Keys of the Western Cast, and no
wrecks are reported on the Florida
Reefs
| A party Of commercial travellers from
| Indiana, with their wives, % persons in
all, visited General Garfield at his home
IN Mentor, Ohio, on Saturday, and were
cordially received.
immigration at New York shows no
signs of abatemei t. The arrivals at
Castle Garden during August were larger
by several thousand than for the same
month in any year since 1872. The en-
gagements of the steamship companies
for the current month show the Influx
will continue throughout September and
it is believed that the total number OF
arrivals during 1880 will be larger than
for any previous year.
The Maine prohibitionists have re-
solved not to oppose Gov Davis, the
Republican candidate.
The police of Buffalo, N. Y, , have,
after long search, arrested gang OF
petty burglars and counterfeters
whose operations have extended ovel
large territory about there since
April last. Geo. Hawthorne, Edward
Anderson and one More are the princi
, pals.
Gen. .J. Meredith Read d,latelyAmericaI
charge d'ailaiIs at Athens, and tamil,
l were among the passengers by tn
steamer Algeria, which sailed from Liver
pool Saturday for New York. Gen. Rea,
received on the eve OF his departure iron
Athens the thanks of the King and gov
: ernment of Greece for his exertions il
d behalf of the Greek cause.
= A match took place between o.
! Leary on horseback and three runner
u on foot, in Chicago, on Saturday nigh
/. The distance was 30 miles, on a
/, eighth of mile track, and the hors
d won, making the whole distance i
3 3.072G while the men ran 27 l.
d. miles. McLeary, Scotch runner, mad
81 his ten miles in 1.09.20. White Ea
I'd gle, Indian runner, made 10 miles i
AZ ~. ~. Price, the champion of Ens
n. land, made his 10 miles in / .04 20.
IA Two stages running between Cav
po City and the Mammoth Cave, i
u u Kentucky, were stopped by higl
pr waymen on Friday night, and ii
n passengers were compelled, at I'll
&c. point of the pistol, to give up a
5o their money and valuables. I'll
100 haul aggregated in value abol
~ $1,000. After the robbery the vi
of TINS were compelled to take drin
er OF whisky with their despoilers, WI
then rode off.