Fair play., 1880-02-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

+ 4 Dispatch fr"in Geneva. switzerland.
saws that Lake Zurich is frozen over, an
event :" rare that i, has ..;,.Iirrcd hu, fn,ir
times the present century.
Richard Of:"rnan. ESD, "f New Ynri,
Secretary of the Irish Relief C"mmitter. has
received Il cable dispatch from Edward
Dwyer Grey. Lord May"r of Dublin, and
chairman Of the Mansion Il"rr>c Re
lief Committee. dublin, -ta'in. that
the distress in the wcst of lr,ian,;
is rapidly Increasing. and is as>uniin. ca-
iarni'n!I> proportions. Mr.. Dt"rln:n >Iii
that h.; was daily in Receipt nf information
from ireland. alto the tffec; that the ,l.'>ti-
tuition in Connaught ard the N"rihwe>, and
southwest and the islands ,yin" III these
parts Was rapidly developing dimensions far
exceeding tii. worst fear "f the people. In
>..lnc districts the distress iiIi fimr>, taken
The character "f i fimin,. and The .s"a.c>t
fears are entertained FOR >i,.iu. and early
summer. \ London telegram "f III .:1'!I
SAYS that tilr,, deaths from starvation have
occurred in County I."t!th. The Pop, il-
contributed I",'as' francs Ia the r'iicf fiiid.
\ Fort Bnf"rd ii>!.n,..h SAYS liz" nraiiara
aud eros NruIr, Indians !,HN" hid Il blood,
r-i, "r"wiuc "'it of the attempted capture
.y fh. latter "i :, herd ii ;".n" r"l'Hi l., t!n'
former tribe. Fifteen braves wrr. killed.
Great ..x.itrmri.f prevails ti"rIc 'Ir ol"w-
-r"t,. on ;I.-culnr 81 the l. ar "f = general In!
dian uprising.
Kcy. Mr.. G"wl.y "f New I"rh. manager
Of the .>hclrri'- Fold" IIi- lrrcu r"m-
mifi,'ti /" Jail upon - >.par.t" im'iic;m. nj.
charging him with i'll treatment OF aud
cruelty 10th" children PLACED ln.!rr hi care.
Bail va> liked al so" upon each inlir'me;!t.
\ icir-ation of southern It">. under the
charge az t"i. Page, arrived in Washington
on the ::IS'.
Thr House Commit. "n War iaiin> lla-
decided 10 report adversely iIr"n - south
-rn w.,r ciiim-. for Im"i!n'- rin"in" from
';.up Ia >::a.Dn.
Thr -,tcr.-i Storm e.! the -.a:I>"n occurred
throughout N..w York and li"m:, the Atlantic
c"n-t on the nj =ht "f tn" ID. >msw-,riit>
~ feet deep in p!ir.'- ir" reported. and
TN wind blew hurricane. \ brakeman "n
the Hudson River Railway and n"w>bry
an a N"w JERSEY road were blown from their
trains AMI killed. The dama:c To- >hippin.:
The New York HI"iT has op"n-d an
Irish relief fund aud headed it with lii"
handsome >im Of !>lD,GD0. TIL" Uafuid
-ay-: ''H"iurn> lay counties from Ireland
show that l:.3 persons are slowly -iar,-
in-. and tho outlook for the comin- month
i :inomier than prediction has yet painted.
Local efforts are h"r"min. feeble. People
i"uk I" he world for >IIccOr.S
The report Of three deaths from starvation
in County Lo,iih, Ireland, is contralictcd.
The British Parliament was opened on the
9Th. There was royal procession to the Par
Lament House. The Queens speech was read
iy Lord Cairns. In reference TO the distress
in ireland, the speech says the Government
'.ha'c called upon authorities charged with
tn" duty "f administering relief Ia make
ample preparations for ih,. distribution If
food and fuel, should such step i"-nIue
Necessary. and they hay" al>n stimtI-
lated IN" employment "f Labor bv
advanr"> on terms more liberal than
those prescribed by the existing law...-..
\ proposal will be- submitted T." ",oI for pro-
,i'li'g funds required for these exceptional
advances on security of property admins
tered iv Church Temperatures Commission
rrS."