The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-04
GENERAL NEWS.

ll9 during February.
Surgeon General VIM. Maxwell
Wood, L. S. Navy, is dead.
There is a chance that the villainOus
Utes will escape punishment.
The coinage at the Washington mint
luriug February was s., l29, 969.
Trowbridge has been confirmed a
Commissioner Of Iudian Affairs.
The Chinese are being driven 10 New -.
York by the California agitation.
PiuchbaokIs nomination for naval Of
fcer at New Orleans is withdrawn.
The Sioux will not permit railroad
uieu 20 survey across their reservation.
John Petty, Of Stockton, Cal, was IA
tally shot on the 28ih ult by Henry
Parker.
East-bound freights from Chicago
have been reduced five cents per 10 Z
pounds.
The Pacific Mall has sold its China
line To- the Union aud Central Pacific
Railroads.
&C. Flood has sold his mining inter-
ests to Msckay, aud will devote himself
% banking.
Rev. c. L. Walker, Methodist eler-
gyman at Fall River, Mass, has been
'churched."
A Washington City girl is suing Sen
ator Hlil Of Georgia for SO, LOCO damages
for seduction.
The House Ways and Means Commit
tee have decided against revision Of the
tariff this session.
Tideu iustigated the printing Of Bay
ards secession speech. The latter's
friends will retaliate.
J. Lloyd Haigh, whose forgeries caused
the Grocersi Bank Of New York TO sus-
pend, has been indicted.
Bergen, in Genesee county, \. Y,
was almost destroyed by an iucendiary
/ fire on Monday morning.
In prize fight i'm Philadelphia, Pa,
Ell Douglass fractured Frank Harris's
skull, and be cannot live.
Assembly man Hogan OF New York
and his brother have beaten a police
man, Carter, nearly To death.
The wages Of operatives in Lowell,
Mass, have been voluntarily raised by
manufacturers and corporations.
Braunhart, the California Legislator,
has been released from the custody of
the Sergeant-at-Arms Of the Assembly.
\ pedestrain named Hoag has died at
Whitehall, \. Y, from the effects Of
morphine given him during contest.
The L. 5. Supreme Court has declared
illegal tue West Virginia law excluding
co.ored citizens from jury duty ia that
State.
The Controller, the City Treasurer and
I the City Clerk or Elizabeth, \. J., have
/ been Indicted for conspiracy TO defraud
/ the city.
Wan. Bates was killed near Seward,
/ Nebraska, on the 2Sth ultimo, in a row
I by citizens over the district school di-
. rectorsuip.
Denis Kssrney has been lobbying at
+ Sacramento, aud will be prosecuted, as
. it is an offense under the famous New
Constitution.
JAY Cooke & Co.'S estate is to be sold
10 Philadelphia and Is thought will pay
of the creditors. Toe sale will com
mence March 3lst.
/ In New York municipal elections, the
/ Republicans and Democrats are about
evenly divided. To Iowa, the Republi-
cans are successful.
The bark Oregon c1llided with the
ship Germauia in Puget Sound yester-
day. The former would have sunk but
Tor her cargo OF lumber.
Employees Of the Vulcan Steel Works
at 81. Louis struck when asked to sign
a paper agreeing To work for Eastern
wages and not form labor unions.
Goodly numbers of emigrants are
aveiling themselves Of the low overland
rates 20 go East from California. The
Chinese also take advantage Of the low
rates.
Dr. Brandreth, OF Sing Sing, has left
SlOO 600 to seven daughters, aud the re-
mlinder Of his property TO his six sons,
providing they nay his widow $1,000
per month for life.
A Washington City girl, while going
to church, was knocked down, dragged
into park outraged aud robbed on
Friday night. Tom Smothers, the as
sailant, has been arrested.
The Brown family Of Indiana are
shown To have committed more atrOc-
lous crimes than the famous Bender
family. Brown was recently killed by
his wife aud her paramour.
Quite number Of unemployed men
are given work at Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, and are paid by popular
subscription, each subscriber having the
right TO name some needy man.
There is war between the IVestarn
Union aud the American Union Tale-
graph Companies, and the latter have
taken possession of some of the former
compauy's property at different places.
The Republicans carried the CITY cleo
tlons IN Maine on Tuesday. Last wear.
IN Portland, the fusionists had 40 ma
JoFlty in total vote Of ) S44 This wear
year The republicans have ,234 major
ity IN vote Of $3.50. This is regarded
as rebuke to the fusionists.
Information comes by telegraph that
school for the PRONUNCIATION of the
principles of socialism has been estab-
Ilshed IN New York, with an attendance
OF sixty seven. The children have been
recruited principally from the Germans.
The Supreme Court Of Massachusetts
mas set aside the verdict of manslauph-
ter IN the case of Chas. H. HartwelI.
conductor Of the freight train which il
was alleged caused the WOllaston dfs-
aSter str on the Old Colony road in October,
The Alexandria has brought to New
York the crew aud passengers Of the
Hindoo' from New York to Hull. which
was abandoned. The Alexandria sIsO
iell IN with the brig Julia, from Port
Z 'oeiio for Swansea, and took off her
crew.