, 1880-05-20
NEWS SUMMARY.

Ontario, was burned on Tuesday night, five
children perishiHg in the hames.---Eleanor
daughter of General w. r. Sherman, was
married to Lieut. Thackers, Of the U. S.
navy, at her fathers residence in Washing
ton. on the 5th--BOSton had a $3.50, 900
fire on Wednesday night the clothing firm
or Whitten, Burdott & Young were the prin-
cipal srtlerers--A ship cana com pauy
propose to construct a canal 80 feet deep
from New Orleans TO deep water in the
GulI--Eew Hampshire delegates are for
Blaine-Four delegates, calling themselves
the North Carolina Greenback Convention,
met at Greensboro and chose delegates to
Chicago onven.ion--The Mississippi del
egation is mixed--l0 for Sherman and the
remainder 'half and half" for Grant and
Blaine--The Cohoes spinners, after losing
100000 in a three weeks strike, returned
to their work, pledging themselves not to
recognize trades unions hereafter nor die.
tate in any manner the running Of the mills
1t cost Tammany SO, 500 in railroad fare
to visit Syracuse--The average gross earn
ings OF tho Central and Union Pacific roads
last year amounted to about $4,000 per
mile-Bismarck is ready to make terms
with the Vatican, but wants acts instead OF
words--The King of Siam is in Door health
and will stay at home.
Judge Freelon has been elected presiding
Judge of San Francisco in the place OF Dan
gerield, deceased--The funeral of Monroe
Ashbury took place from the Masonic
Temple. San Francisco. on tho 6th---rhe
oil fire in Pennsylvania ragged over scope
of country IL miles in extent----P Postmaster
james, OF New York, ard First Assistant
Postmaster General Tyner are rival cspdi--
dates as, Keys successor--A possible ad-
journment is limited at for June the lst---
The Sunday civil and appropriation bills
are well under way and will te reported
within ten days-A syndicate has pur-
chased and taken possession OF the Cleye.
land Herald----The NJ. Il. Conference is
discussing some plan whereby overcrowded
eastern conferences may be relieved by send
ing their surplus ''out West'--A bill to
abolish Fort Harken and the Kansas militia
ry reservation and dispose of its lands to &C.
tual settlers has passed the Senate--Eng-
lish weavers returned to work at FIVE per
cent reduction under protest. ,
Isham Kapp (colored) was hanged at
Fort Worth, Saturday, for outrage on white
woman; the father OF the woman made the
hOObo--I hICNt OLOChcp jail On VIC
9Th, tine inmates OF the cell where the flames
were started burned to death---The regatta
of the National Association OF oarsmep takes
place July 7th, Sth, and 9th, at Philadel.
phia-Ihe Nicaraguian government has
granted liberal sessions to the American
government for an inter ocean canal---Ihe
work Of the entire session is crowding upon
Congress and an adiournment is not likely
lafD t,k x.f I'll, A ,.,A Do.
terson murder trial became insane OIL Sat-
urday, and the trial was abruptly closed for
the presont--The Senats has granted Ri
American register to the bark Anna john
SOD, owned in San Francisco, formerly the
British bark Ada Iredale abandoned for
months at sea with burning cargo Of coal
The Bird family (human) at OAKLAND,
Cal, had row over boundary lines which
resulted i'll one OF the brothers getting shot
in the head---Ths German government
will increase the military force at Hamburg
The Queen will reopen Parliament in person
on the 20th---The three most troublesome
bills on the calendar, viz: the sundry civil,
the legislative and executive, and the general
deficiency bills remain to be reported upon
----Representatiy Daggett will introduce q
bill requiring all unsuryeyed lands within
railroad limits to be surveyed and subject
to taxation---The Madison Square disas--
ter has been clearly traced to faulty con-
struction of the building and carelessness of
contractors and others The annual races
are in progress at Lexington, Kentucky
A boy II years of age. while swimming at
the Folsom street wharf, San Francisco, was
,rushed between o pilot and tug boat
lbout 80 buildings were destroyed by the
Bradford, Pa, fre---A FIRE in o tobacco
warehouse at DanvilIe. Va, resulted in the
death OF two fremen, and the loss of 220,-
600 pounds OF leaf tobacco - Bishop
Simpsons audience at Cincinnati Of 5000
applauded his sermon warmly at its close
The United BrethEen do not want the
Chinese in New Ynrk--Thomas Horne,
school teacher, shot and killed Tsylor in a
duel at Arim Rock, Mo-, on Monday
All is reported quiet In the Ohio coal re-
gion, the military having been ordered home
IA thousand dock lsborers have struck
for an advance oil wages in Liverpool
The assassin OF Colonel Comerof will not
bs executed; q sentence OF imprisonment for
lie will probably be ubstituted-The
Danish representative TO Washington has
been transferred to Rome---Russia desires
the transfer Of the Chinese embassy from
Peking to Shanghai, on account OF the ei-
element at Psking. .-.i.l,
The annual banquet Of the New York
Chamber Of Commerce WAS held 1T Delmon-
ico's ON Monday uIght---Loss by fire in
the RsIiord oil district. Pa, ID almost $780,.
coo; forest fires are still raging, and 400
men are fighting Aames--The Nj. e. Con-
ference have decided to elect four bishops
The New York State Senate passed q
resolution IL to IL to amend the Constitu.