The daily gazette., 1880-02-14
General News.

The gross earning of the Northern Pa
eific railroad for January, 1880, are $751;
o43; for January, 1879, were $37, Ola; in
crease, $50.
The Pembina branch of the Canada
Pacific railroad was takelI possession of
by Superintendent Lynkey, oil behalf of
The Dominion Government, on Thurs
day.
The sale of the Cairo and Vincennes
railroad was confirmed by the L. s. Cir
cult Court, at Springfield, Ill.,yesterday.
The road WAS sold Oh January STD, for
$2,OOO,OOO, to Joseph w. Drexel and
Chas. E. Tracy, trustees for the English
bondhoders.
r. T. Wilson 4 Co. refuse TO purchase
the Macon and Brunswick railroad, be-
cause The Governor Of Georgia ''refuses
10 warrant aud defend the title to the
lesses, except so far as he was authorized
by the lease act TO do So"
The committee appointed by Mr.. Jas.
Gordon Bennett, 10 disbupe the New
York Herald Irish Famine Relief Fund.
consists of Cardinal McCloskey, Colonel
Hartman King, WIN. Shaw, NJ. F., of
Cork, Professor Baldwin and Mr.. Cbas.
,. Parnell. MI. Bennett announces thai
II MIR. Parnell declines Le will appoint
another gentleman. Cardinal McClos-
key, Col. King aud Professor Baldwin
have already accepted. The Herald
fund now reaches about $4,000, whilst
the total collections in the United States
and Canada for Irish relief exceed S5l5,-
600.
The President has signed the bill for
the conversion of national gold banks.
The delegates to the Republican Con.
vention Of New Yrk chosen in Troy
Yesterday are unanimous for General
Grant.
Speaker Randall denies most positive.
" that he has promised the n Dor TO Mr.
rlhley, OF ONO, on Monday, for tn.
purpose OF moving to suspend the ruler
and pass his bounty equalization. Tn.
Speaker has IN ade no arrangement ot
the kisd.
Iu the Senate Committee on Terr,to,.
les; yesterday, Mr.. Vest from the sub
committee appointed to consider th,
SUBJECT, reported the drafi of a bill pro
'iuing Tor the organization of Terri
torial Government in the Indian Terri
tory. The bill was ordered 10 be printed
for examination next week
John Kelly, the Tammany boss. baf
his shoulder dIslocatsd by falling from ,
sire It car In New Yerk yesterday morn
ing.
III Is reported that all the minArs in III.
mbtfiand coal region of MARYLAND
ABOUT ~, ,OOO IN number, have given no
uce mat, atter the 2d inst, they viii
ton. 20
"A tornado visited Nashville, Tenn. n,
thursday night, causing damage I,
uiiuiugs to the amount of Sl0O 600. Sew
| etal persons are reported to have bae,
killed. A violent rain storm. accomnani
ed by thunder and lightning cause,
much damage in Lincoln COUNTY Kv
the same night.
Heavy rains have canse a sudden ris
In the Ohio rver aud It's tri butaries. an
a disastrous food is feared. Considerabl
damage has already been done at sever,
points and railroad bridges have bee
swept away. A house, near Mayfield
KY, has been swept away, and fAmll
VI nine persons IL owned.
The ice in yhe Hudson River. north n
Poughkeepsie, began to break up YES
tetday, and II was moving south of tina
city.
Willard Freeman, of Newton, misse
MS footing while getting on a train 8
CentreVille, N. j., yesterday, and wa
killed.
James Cavanagh, aged "a years, ws
Killed by railroad train while drurt
at Elizabeth, N. j.. yesterday morning
The damages done by the recel
storm to hotel and cottage property O
the New Jersey coast, from the Higl
lands to Port Pleasant, is now estimate
at 70.O0O