, 1880-02-12
NEWS SUMMARY

John Flanagan, wholesale iiuuor mer
chant, San Franci co, suiclded with NOR
phine---Eha now Catholic Church on Van
Ness avenue, San Francisco, was dedicated
Surday--A scuIling match of five miles at
$l0l O. side, took place on Richardson . bay
between Hoys and Leahy on Sunday, the
latter winning, making the best five mile
tiue on rycord--APer5ons at Odessa,
charged with robbing the government Of
10000 ronbles in South Russia lastJune,
have been convicted aud sentenced TO Is
years imprisonment and labor; the woman
who planned the scheme is to be in plisoned
for lifs-Seriou5 floods in Sicily and Gala.
bria are reported Miss Rogers has out
stripped all competitors in Grrek aud Latin
at the Oxford University oxaminations---
The new telescope at Yale will have 80
inch rejecting glass, the largest in America
-Nearly all the pawnbrokerS OF France
are women The mines Of Colorado last
year yielded S25. .30j, 4S3- The enrolment
in the public schools in Kansas last year was
209, 400--Ex-Senator POmeroy of Kansas,
receives $1,000 aweek from his North Caro-
lima gold mine--Kate Chase Spraguei is as
Sitting in tho preparation Of the hi graphy
of hep distinguished father--Wm. Hep.
wortt, D;As.u's death resulted from grief ut
the loss of his eldest son---St nator Blaine
is said to bo one Of the Springer heirs Who
ere about to contest tor the site OF Whining
ton Delewars---In Mich gan University
2l0 students are studying Greek--The
daughter OF Col FOrneY II about to marry u
Rhode Island illionaire-Chincse are
no longer to be employed by the State Of
Nevada in any way only as interpreters---
Bob Ingerso.l believes Grant TO be out Of
the Presidential race, and that the contest
will be between Blaine and Sherman, and
that Hendricks stands the best chance on
the other side.--A wrestling match in Bos-
ton was won by Bibby, the English giant.
-Cwo men were killed and one wounded
by being run over by an express train near
Chester, Pa, while crossing tho track in a
carriage. ge.-The Agricultural Department
of the Government will be enlarged. The
late quarantine at San Francisco wasa farce,
officers going back and forth between the
vessel and city with impunty. The Czaro.
witch announces that he will be PROUD TO
wear the Polish crown.--Yellow fever has
broken out in Brazil. Marquis of Angle
sey, Liberal member of the House Of
Peers, is dead. Mansion House Commit
tee has received a total of G2l, 200 from
Australia for the Irish relief fund. .--In-
dian tribes OF Wrangle ara at wal. ar.-There
were l,5Il fires in New York city last year.
--Arkansas ranks next to Texas as cot
ton growing State.-There are $4,000
English women in ndia.--A woman Jury
at Cheyenne recently rendered verdict ON
the death of another woman.
Important reduction in freight and pass.
age from New York to San Francisco via
Panama.--Queen Victoria will take up
her residence ut Windsor February 20th.--
The wheat croJ of Buenos Ayres is excel
lent; that of Santa Fe is very poor.--Four
hundred bandits expelled the authorities
from Brazilian village, sacl;ed the town
and burned % houses.---The Princess
Louise has arrived at Halifax after tedious
and boisterous passage, DE Lesseps has
130 men employed in surveying the Isthmus
for the inter-oceanic canal.-Empero
William will open the German Parliament
in person.---Tranquilit has been restored
and business resumed in Cahul. Com
mittees to collect funds for relief of the dis
tressed Irish are being formed in Iudia.---
British nan.of war is to be dispatched TO
Lapaz, Lower California, in consequence of
late disturbances there.--The English
Government proposes to supply seed to
small Irish farmers.--Snow is several
inches deep at Richmond, Va.---Smoke
from the furnace came near causing panic
at the Grand Opera House. Cincinnati
The Hayden, New Haven, jury stood one for
conviction and eleven ior acquittal---
Boyd's packing house, Omaha, was burned
recently; loss, $2l3, 600 on meats and $780,
600 on building.---It is proposed to con
meet the Bay OF Quinta and Lake Ontario
by canal; estimated cost, $3.50, ,O00.--
The California State Printers salary is 5000
a month; the average weekly pay OF his "a
employees is S27.--Sixty thousand acres of
fruit trees were planted in Iowa in 1871
Nevada papers urge the building Of State
Insane Asylum.--M Mrs. John Jacob Astor
has sent 100 homeless out West at AN ex-
pense Of ~, l,5o0.--Col. Kleckner, distrib-