The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-10
GENERAL NEWS.

The Indian troubles in New Mexico
continue.
Arkansas delegates to Cincinnati
favor Field.
Prince Leopold and Princess Louise
are 10 Chicago.
Michigan's delegates 10 Cincinnati
are anti-Tilden.
John Brougham, the actor, died at
New York on Tuesday.
Two mysterious murders occurred in
New York on Monday.
The Chinese Minister TO Washington
has arrived at New York.
Denis Kearney is at Chicago attend
ing the Greenback Convention.
The Greenbackers have assembled in
National Convention al Chicago.
General Burnside has been reelected
L. ). Senator from Rhode Island.
Eliel Dintzinger * Co, Of Chicago,
suffered SO 600 loss by ERE on the 9Th.
Business in Washington was neg
lected while the ballOting at Chicago
was IN progress.
w. Z Elan, Of the Richmond WHig,
was wounded by q Colonel Tom Smith
in a duel on Monday.
The appropriation for steam fog sig
nails at iiliamoOk Rock has been in
creased from $50, 600 to SO. 600.
The Il transitional Typographical
Union met at Chicago yesterday, the
representation being unusually large.
TIE recent election in Kentucky
shows Tildeu 10 be the fayorite Of the
Blue Grass Democrats for the Presi-
deEcy.
The r0li-cail of the House Of Repre-
sentatives was interrupted on Tuesday
by cheering when Gartield's name was
called.
The 5000 appropriation for light
house aud fog signals al Point No Point,
w. T., has been stricken out by the
Senate Committee.
Personal property assessment in San
Francisco ia 1879, S3S, All, 30; 1850, $751;
$4,000. The gain is attributable TO the
new method of assessment.
Among the delegates to Chicago was
Norton Of Texas, whose long gray locks
testify that he has kept his pledge not
to cut his hair until Clay is President
Judge Sawyer has decided that the
California law prohibiting Chinese from
fishing in waters Of the State conflicts
with the Burliugaus treaty, and is
void.
Secretary Schurz has settl q the Ore
gOn swamp land case by deciding
against the United States. This suit
has been pending for twenty years, and
Oregon is at last the victor
The Secretary of the japanese Lega-
ton at Washington City has committed
suicide. He left letter saying he had
forfeited his honor by joining in the in-
surrecliou against his country in 1877.
General Grant received the news of
I Garfield's nomination with the express
/ sion that he "is satisfied and "it is all
right" but il is evident be feels the
humiliation, though bis friends are more
deeply hurt than he.
Senator Blaine received the announce
ment Of the first ballot at Chicago just
before he left the Capitol. He remarked,
/ with uurutiled calmness and cheerful
ness Of tone and manner, 81 do no.
/ think shall get the nomination"
/ New York's Chinese are already
coming source Of trouble. The No
street heathens had a grand row al
| club room while celebrating a hOlid
on Monday. When the police appear
/ the Chinese attacked them, and seve
were hurt. The police can tind out l..-
/ tie about the disturbance OF the cause --
/ H.
/ Eph. Holland, the notorious eamb
/ and Democratic politician of Cincinna
/ recently threatened to tell some We
uppleasant things about Tilden's non
nation in 1876, aud was allowed to know
that he would be assassinated II ne
broke silence. As it seemed that he
would stand his ground, an attempt
on his life was made on Tuesday when
a man named WoOdrough shot him as
he was standing on Fourth and Race
streets. His wound is dangerous, and
may prove fatal,