Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

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MISCELLANEOUS.
A correspondent Of the Chicago Inter
'cean, after an investigation. concludes that
ot less than $4,000 refugees have arrived in
lRnsas and are arriving at the rate of twenty
We to fifty per day. He thinks onc-tifth Of
hose who came during the warm weather arc
omfortably fixed most of them securing land
md providing for themselves, while others
re employed as labOrers; hut great many
an find no employment, and there is pros
,cct of much suffering,
The SUIT Of the 81. Louis, Alton and
rerre Haute railroad against s. j. Tllden,
Charles Butler, Russell Sage and R1bt Bay
Ard, the former purchasing committee of the
company, hns been discontinued. Russell |
Sage and the executors of Bayard each paid |
the sum in dispute some time ago and the |
negotiations with Tilden and Butler were |
brought to a successful termination. Tilden is |
reported to have paid over 100000 in the set |
tlement.
At meeting OF the iron manufacturers
of Pittsburgh, it was resolved to advance
prices one-half cent per pound. The outlook
for bpsinessis said to ba better than it has
been Cor thirty years. Prominent members
not long be maintained, as it is expected that
numerous abandoned and bankrupt mills will
soon start up, Cutting the markets with their
products and creating reaction.
Mr.. Parnell landed at New York on
the 2nd inst and received an enthusiastic re-
ception. In response to the addresses of well
come he briefly outlined the objects of the
agitation of which be is the head. Three sis
ters Of the distinguished Irishman met him
at his hotel and later in the day he dined with
his mother at the same place. He will be in
Chicago on the Goth of January.
There is considerable excitement over
the affairs of the Grocers bank, Of New York
which failed last week. The receiver says he
will be able topa the creditors and depositors
in full and the only losers will be the stockhold-
ers. 1t was stated that the bank had loaned
nearly Il 100000 on forged acceptauces and
obtained money from other banks by redis-
counting this paper.
Chicago report: The stock-yard strikers
commenced shooting on Friday Four nom
union men were fired upon, and not less than
dozen beaten. An appeal to the mayor for
additional police protection in the Halstead
street district brought out six men. 1t is
feared that these assaults are the beginning
of serious trouble.
| The probate of the will of Charles Mcr-
gan. who died leaving an estate valued at : l2,.
0000 900, was confirmed by the surrogate on the
3rd. The will leaves all the property, real
and personal to be distributed among the
heirs, as the laws of New York provide in case
of intestacy.
| A New York assessor estimates the pro
portion of personal property rightly taxabl,
IN that state, which actually pays taxes, at II
per cent. of the whole. He adds that undel
existing laws no man need pay taxes on hi
personal property unless he chooses to do so
A person known for the past twenty
five years as Charles Parkhurst who has lee
the life of stage driver and farmer durin,
that time in California, died last Sunday nea
WAtsonville, when it became known for tn
first time that she was woman.
The first collision between the strikinI
stock yard men belonging to the union, an,
. uor-union men, occurred on the I'd inst, tn
assault being made by the former, who di.
persed the workmen by means of missile.
No serious consequences.
The following dispatch was receive
: from Chicago on the 3lst: Four million dol
! lars, gold net was sent here from New Yor
to-day by James Keene, and smaller sums b
other owners of wheat in this market, to col
= duct their January deal.
+ Gen. Grant and party arrived a. Angus
to, Ga, on Wednesday evening, and larg
crowd of citizens, both cOlOred and white me
d them at the depot, and on the following day
s reception was prepared, and every courtes
: shown the party.
The dispatches from Newport announ,
I ing an acceptance of the Russian mission b
It Gov. Van Zandt, cause considerable perplexit
y there since Mr.. Evarts has stated the r.Do
that the place had been rendered to him W,
/, not true.
y Sixteen Indian students from Yankto
agency, eleven girls and five boyg--betwec
the ages seventeen and twenty, arrived
/ Fortress Monroe, Tuesday, and will enter IL
Hampton Normal school.
g The most unluCky enterprise in whiC
Y Konsas City is interested is the Memphis raj
road. Everything else in and about Kans,
City bDoms but this railroad scheme dor
boom worth n cent.
The report reached Kansas City la
, week that jesse James was dead and that h
4 hody had been delivered to his mother, MI
n Samuels, and secretly buried somewhere
ii Clay county.
}. The rooms of the Chicago mining boa,
n and several transactions in mining stool
n took place. The enterprise promises to be
d success.
+ The commission appointed by congre
II to cdalify the land laws have nearly cOmplet,
y their work 80 far as all which is not regard,
s obsolete under the practice nf the depar
ments.
2. Irwin Russell, a well knovn dale
N l onI ID at nrln W..
d day night in destitute circumstances, al
Is among strangers after few hours illness.
A. The Graphic speaking of the remark
ie bic rise in Edison's electric light shares 50,
Il as high as $4,000 has been paid for one
re these shares and haIe-holders will not sell
a Fridays bank clearings for Chicago we
n two millions heavier than any previous d
m in the history of the city, and Saturda
h. clearings five millions greater.
It's Bradford Isabel, OF Edmonson count
Is Ky, who was to have been married Christm
day to Jane Meredith, went crazy in oonte
ne plAtion of her iiltipg him.
m Hon. George S. Houston, United Stat
10 senator from Alabama, died at his home
to Athens on the 3lst. He died from nerve
ID. prostratiOn.
ed Mr.. Oliver Ames gave 81, 900 railro
On ou bond to each of the employees. in the Dost
a., a., office of the Union Pacific railroad compa
Wy on Christmas.
or| The Kentucky Legislature met at Frar
T.; ~ fort on the Slst. The house e,ted J.
az Bigger, of PaduCah, speaker.
of The citizens of Fort Scott arc quite j.
liant over the commencement of work on
1T. Scott and Springfield rond
Hard coal has been found at depth
twenty-five feet twelve miles northwest
re- Emerson Manitoba
es- Gen. Charles Kingsbury was burr
~, from his residence at williamsburg, L. l.,
~ Saturday,
ira Z. Wallace Blackman, formerly of {
nd indianapolis Sentinel, died on Wednesd
,ss aged Al.
in Eighty.four Apache Indians have 81
y, rendered 10 the United States troops in A
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