, 1880-04-22
navy yard, and Commodore George d.
Cooper ordered TO that command.
vauderbsISs Immense wealth.

! navy ward, and commodore GeOrBe H.
| Cooper ordered TO that command.
ynnderbsI1s Immense Wealth.
II is said that II Vanderbilt should sell all
! bis New York Central stock he could become
| the owner of 500 ,000,0 600 in government
bonds, or about l.lith of all in existence.
AS il is he owns more than any one man
| ever held against this government, and as
much as the entire annual expenses o The
government some years ago. The checks
for interest which he will receive every 30
days will amount to half o million dollars,
or ever So, 900 day.
Death ora SILK Merchant
New York, April 13.-Elliott q. Cow
den, a large silk importer, died last night,
aged 6l, from Bright's disease of the kid
neys, after short illness. q
Fire at New York.
Simpson, Crawford Simpsons dry
goods establishment, 305 and 309 Sixth Az
enue, was completely burned last evening.
A clerk in lighting the gas set fire to the
drapery in one Of the show windows. Loss
$500, 900, insurance $l3O,O0O. ..[
Gold Discovery. ..E
ArLANT., April 13.-Considerable excite
ment prevails in White county over the dis
covery of gold in the Nachoochee valley.
The A. & u. Co Triumph.
OMAHA, April 13.--U. S. Judge MoCrary
to-day filed in court here his decisions in
the cases of the A. & p. and W. U. I. COM
panies against the Union Pacific and Amer
lean Union companies in favor OF the former.
He decides that all lines recently seized at
the instance of Mr.. Gould must be restored;
that the only recourse OF the railroad COM
pany to establish its claim is courl, and
sets forth that the II 800 shares of stock re-
ceived by it from the A. 4 P. Go. when the
contract was first made, must be returned
before proceedings are begun. AS these
shares were of small value when taken by
the railroad company, and are very valu-
able now, it is considered great victory for
the telegraph company. Long litigation is
promised. -.....,
Escape efR Desperate.
YANKroN, April 13.-J. W. Maxwell,
murderer and stage robber. escaped from
Jail by the free use Of revolver mysterious.
ly procured, yesterday. bon. .. .r....i
f Sunday Work I'm LeadvilIe.
LzApv1I1E, April 13.-On Sunday morn
ing Lawrence Fitzgerald, miner, was fa-
taiiy shot by George Tattersall while
duarreling over claim owned by Fitzgerald
which Tattersall attempted to jump. Sun
day night q second murder occurred in the
Coliseum Theatre. s. W. Overton, the
proprietor, was fatally shot by Thos. M.
gent, q bartender, while engaged in quar-.
rel. .' -EiU .H.ur.n .t. uu,a0
3 it Jack Frost visits Georgin. an
AUGUSTA, April 13.-Heavy frosts the last
three nights have killed all fruit and vege-
tables Of this section. Damage extensive.
e Shot in an Election Riot,
- DR.. W. E. Bland was shot in the election
riot at Edgefeld, g. c., yesterday and died
to-day. mss .a.. .sHt Hti..#f..
DENVER, April 13.--Peter Lavcn, ring
leader in the celebrated gold brick swindle
last October, was captured here to-day by
the Rocky Mountain Detective Association.
South Carolina .DistiIleries Destroyed.
CHARLESTON. April 13.-Internal revenue
officers have destroyed in Pickens and Cher
okee counties Q distilleries and 10000 gal
Ions of mash and beer and secured copper
stills. t u.m aE't,l ,ts
The First woman's Vote In New York.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 13.--The first
woman to vote under the new law for the
school board was Kate Stoneman, secretary
of the county woman's suffrage society, :.
member Of the faculty Of the State normal
school and sister Of Gen. Stoneman.
victorIa's Band Severely Punished.
WASHINGTON, April l3.-Col. Hatch tele-
graphs from st. Andreas in relation to his
recent engagement with Victorias band Of
Indians that Capt. Carol and seven men
were seriously wounded and the Indians se-
| verely punished tnat it will probably have
the effect Of bringing them to terms.
Eid Grows in Full Dress. - J
The Grows in full dress paid their respects
to the secretary of the interior this morning
and received a very fattering ovation from
| the clerks OF the department. These In
dams are universally pronounced to be the
| finest specimens Of the race yet seen in
Washington. One of them stands 6 feet 4
inches in his moccasins and weighs 260
pounds. Each chief wears magnificent
war shirt of buckskin, finely embroidered,
beaded and adorned with many white weasel