, 1880-04-29
NEWS SUMMARY.

Secretary EVarts acted as pail bearer at
the funeral Of Elliott Chowdin, prominent
New York merchant "A bill to extend the
time for the completion Of the Texas Pacific
The department refuses 10 pay more for
silver bullion at the Carson mint thar is
paid in San Francisco--At Montrose, Pa,
Fred Warren shot and instantly killed
Mason Wilson; cause, unknown--Bar-
rooms in Fredercktown, n. B., have been
closed on account OF the Supreme Court de
cision on the temperance act The Re
publicans OF Massachusetts, were represented
in convention by 1000 votes-The houses
of two Protestants in Galloway have been
burned-Prince Leopold is to be made a
peer and duke, with the title OF Duke of Al
bany---Herr Brooke, German socialist, is
dead--Russia will issue new railway
loan OF e15,000 000--Queen Victoria
has started home--Birmlngham radicals
deplore the death of j. G. Wright, Mem
Der of Parliament from Nottingham
Minnesota reported In 1878, 22,293 births
(54O twins), and but 1927 deaths-The
Franklin Home for Inebriates, Philadelphia,
has turned out 500 patients absolutely cured
The metric system is taught in all the
public schools of New England; corporal
punishment has been abolished-Five
Sundays occur in February nine times in
800 years. ...". .. ... .r..
A terrific sand storm prevailed on Colora-
do desert Saturday night; several cars were
wrecked and engines verturned-No in
telligence of the missing training ship At
lanta a number of the vessels of the Medi-
terranean fleet will join in the search for
her in few days-A heavy gale at Buffalo
caused jam and great damage to shipping
A buggy and organ factory burned in
Chcago; loss, .000-Fort's planning
mill Chicago, burned loss. $25.000-A
$10,0 600 streak OF lightning struck the post
morning; three buildings burned---The
packers association at Milwaukee, Wis,
numbering last Fall 10000 members,
has disbandea; no work, no pay -
Navigation has been resumed on the Erie
canal--C. W, Smith is regarded as one of
the most successful railroad managers in the
West--Senator Hill rashly writes letter
relating to his scandal case-Gen. Grant
spent Sunday in Bloomington and starts for
Galena to.day---The Whitteaker investi-
CATION has thus for been prejudical to the
colored Conclusive evidence that
the Severance murder was committed by
Chinaman has been received--Speculatio
concerning the new ministry occupies the
entire attention of British politicians.
Jealousy prompted Dick Miles to shoot
and kill French Tunsley at Marshall, ILL.,. on
Friday--An attempt TO arrest Harry Eng
lish, noted outlaw and forger, at Caledonia
Pa, resulted in the death of two constables
4 - ~ "a
militia. He has not yet been taken. The
late terrifc.s storm was general in southwest
ern Missouri-Indians are defiant on the Col
orado river, Arizona. The agent at the Col
orado reservation has withdrawn to Ehren-
berg and called for military guard
Gladstone has arrived in London--Miller,
alias Maxwell, has been arres. ed for forgery
on the Bank Of England-Thes steamer Para
from Southampton to the West Indies was
disabled at sea and t0wed to the Azores by
the Scylgia--The Earl Of Scarborough was
fatally injured yesterday by the overturnlng
OF a dray.
A child eigh. years old was frightened
into convulsions by thunder storm in New
York and died soon afrer---The Scottish
Commercial Insurance Company, of Glas-
cow, has 800 agencies in the United States
Real estate owners of Scranton, Pa,
are required to sweep the street in front Of
their property once week - Rates
charged for cremation at Washington, Pa,
are $35-Moody is going to try whack at
the sinful at Leadville--New York pays
more for cigars than for bread----The new
iron RAILROAD bridge to be built at Minneapo-
lis will be 1,l50 feet long and will cost
$500, 000--McDaniel 3 OF Indianapolis lobt
leg by railroad accident and the courts
have assessed the company 1000 dam
ages, much greater amount thanthey think
his neck worth---Five Russian war vessels
20 to Chinese waters--The last wooden
bridge on the line OF the Lehigh Valley Rail
road has been replaced by an iron one
A Methodist minister of the interior of New
York declares $500 per year salary alto.
gether too apostolic for this age Of the world.
The New York Herald in recent issue
contained so columns Of advertisements Ii
Grain vessels awaiting cargo at Chicago have
a capacity of 100000 buahels-The gold
dinner service used at the Astor dinner Civ.
en- to President and Mrs. Hayes is worth
$25, ,000--New York reported rs failures
for the first quarter of 1880, as against 292
for q like period in 1878 and 14l for 1879
The Erie City boiler works expect to
turn out 1900 boilers this year-Two
hundred and ffty.one teachers are employed
in the public schools at Rochester-.-Sp sponge
fishing is an important industry at Key West
"A vessel is loading at San Francisco
with 100 600 gallons OF wine for the German
markets--0ne thousand cars OF Wisconsin
ice hev- been sent South in the last 30 days
The lumber OF public bath houses in
Boston vi.l bo reduced FROM 20 10 10, the
appropriation having been reduced from
s-JUUJ 20 sl2,5OO--The Murphy move
ment has reached Ia Grange, Ga.--Olta-
"a imported during the last halt Of last year
3,3jj pourds Of sugaE-Foriy.si hat
Histories IN Connecticut represent a capital
81 sl.A59. 600 ard 10y ln Nagea 81 go. 600