The daily gazette., 1880-03-11
General News.

With visions of gold floating before
his eyes, and perhaps thinking that he
The Senate yesterday confirmed Ell
liott s. Morgan, Of Pennsylvania, to be
Secretary for Wyoming Territory.
The President has nominated Charlie:
p Goodwin to be Census Supervisor for
the Fifth District of Pennsy lvania.
While the union Pacific Express
Agent Snyder, was at dinner, in Sydney
Neb., yesterday, burglars got into the
express office, through the floor, and car
ried off bullion to the amount Of S120,-
600 to 100000. Subsequently, all the
treasure, except about $4,000, was re-
covered, being found under a pile of
coal, near the Union Pacific track.
= A detective of the Post-otfice Depart
ment yesterday brought to Baltimore
Major W. o. Bigelow Postmaster at An
napolis, arrested on the charge of having
pothecated in New York postage
stamps to the amount of $4S0O, belon. :
ing to the United States. He will have
hearing to-day.
The monument for Plymouth Rock is
being completed by Hammatt Billings.
49, v acseCA w bhC DOoIou IItTutu, MI,
Jarvis maintains that it promises to be
the only one thus far constru ted in
America which is thoroughly American
In meaning and execution.
The Art Gallery, of the Peabody In
stitute, in Baltimore, is being furnished
with plaster casts Of statues and friezes
from Italy and Greece. A consignmei |
of casts from the antique is on its way
from Leghorn to form part OF the work.
ing material of the gallery.
Work has ben resumed in the mai
mill of the Allentown Rolling Mil
Company at Allentown, basis OF wage
having been agreed upon for the presen
month.
The Conservative State Central Com
mittee of Virginia met in Richmond las
night, to decide upon the time and plac,
OF holding the State Convention TO Sc
lect delegates to the National Conven
tion. Messrs. Wise, Graner and Stoyall
Readjusters, refused TO pledge themselve:
to the support of "the Democratic OF
any other nominee for President" and
affirmed that as between Grant and Til
den they were in favor of Grant" The
NINShSi lhSmOSlo vi Int OOuUllJLet
refused to take part IN any strictly Dem.
ocratic or conservative movement, hold
ing themselves aloof "for future deyel.
eopments'" The Committee finally de.
ded to hold the State Convention iu
Richmond, on the 10Th of May.
A delegation of manufacturers of oleo
margarine appeared before the Hous,
Committees on Agriculture and Manu-
factures yesterday, and protested agai 8
any legislation which might injure thel
intereits. They alleged, among olhe
things, that oleomargarine was identi
cal with butter-both were animal fat
sand the difference IN the process O
manufacture makes no difference in tn
I ubstance."
Senator Conkling's speech on the Fit
John Porter case will not be about Fit
John Porter at all. 1t will he abon
hayes. he wants to express his opinior
that the President ought never to hay
sent the matter to Congress, and that il
doing so he CisgracefulIy skirked h;
duty. There is no doubt a great man,
people In this country who ferypntI,
nope that the giant Senator from New
York viii in the dim future he able {,
unload Hayes from his brilliant mlnt
size.
DIR. Bulls Baltimore Pills are strictl,
vegetable and do not contain any mer
curial or mineral ingredients. They ar,
safe. Price only 55 cents.