The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-12-03
BRIEF FRLEGRAMS.

General Diaz has ace ptei the port
folio Of public works for Mexico.
The wires west were up Thursday
night, ard reported heavy rains in Cali
fornis.
A Land Lesgus was organized at
Chicago on Thursday night to aid the
Irish Leaguers.
Stocks declined steadily Thursday af-
ternoon, the decline from the highest
point being S25.
Arrangements are already being made
at Chicago for the Ssngerbund which
takes place PeIt June.
The Wycliff semi-millennial celebra-
ton by the American Bible Society took
place at New York on Thursday night
The financial programme Of the new
Russian minister is to reduce the army
and navy expenditures in time of peacs.
The, customary daily interpolation
took place in the Cham Der Of Deputies OF
France on Thursday, and government
came off victorious by long odds.
Secretary Sherman expects to reduce
the public debt from IS 900, 900 to S10,-
600, 600 during this month, and TO pay
off the balance of $4,000, 600 of per
cent.
Gould has fully decided to retire from
the U. P. directory, because Of disagree
ment and opposition from the officers 80
the proposed consolidation with the
Central Pacific.
Secretary Thompson desires q repeal
of the proviso to the act Of June II, 1878,
thus restoring to the president authority
10 int v,aiIchfnvaan of
large, annually.
Some of the democratic members ofthe
next House have suggested, informally,
that the democrats may obtain control Of
the House by forming coalition With
the greenbackers.
The treasury officials say that Burcbard,
director Of the mint, has construed the
law authorizing the coinage Of g, 100000
monthly. Their construction makes the
amount much less.
American Jews attribute the persecu-
ton of the race by the German govern
ment to jea 'ousy, because Of THAR fnsn-
ciAl success and high literary and
scientific ability.
An association for an international
cotton exhibition was organized at Al
lanta, Ca, on Thursday. The plan en-
braces an ext ibition of cotton and man
ufacturing machinery.
Counter demonstrations to those Of the
Land Leaguers in Ulster, ireland, have
been decided upon by the Orsngemen,
which will take place on the same days
and probably lead to fights.
Secretary Thompson has relieved him
self Of MAJ Y reflections in his report on
the conditioned the navy, and which
constituted the bulk Of the Associated
Press dispatches of Thursday night.
At Pulaski, Tenn, a mob ovsrpowered
the sheriff and took from him a negro
named Smith, who had been sentenced to
twenty-one years imprisonment for At
tempting to ravish girl, and hung him.
Gen. Garfeld's friends say he will
very likely have one member OF his cabi-
net from the Pacific Slope, considering it
politically necessary 10 have that section
Of the country represented in his admin
istratlon.
Parnell, Beggsr, J. D. Sullivan, Sex
ton, and Dillon are making efforts to
have the trial trsversers postponed, so
as not to interfere with their constitu-
tional right to be present at the opening
Of Parliament.
Senator Edmund's friends think he
should have been invited to the dinner
given to Gen. Garfield, last Saturday, at
the White House. Both Edmunds and
Blaine were in iowa at the time, but
neither were invited.
Senator Beck said that he should op-
pose q holiday recess lorger than one
week He says the members should
stay in Washington and attend to husi-
ness and drink their Christmas and New
Years whisky there if they drink any
at all.