The Newtown bee., 1880-06-23
Western and Southern States.

Among tho nominations not acted on by the Seaate, and which expire at the closo ot the session, was that ci eX-G Jyernor Hart nit as col cctor nt Philadelphia,
 Ihe Senate on the last day of the session rejected the nominafon of Charles Pelham, of Alabama to be associate justice Of the supreme court oi New Mex co.
 o the last night ot the session Representa- tive Gal field was serepaded at the Riggs house.
 During the session of Congress just termin- ated 1 l97 bills and joint resolutions were introduced in the Senate and 4. 289 bills ant joint es lution5 in the House oi Representa- t.ves. The number introduced during the first Cor extra) session were respectively 773 and 2, 526, making grand total ot LISA bills and joint resolutions introduced thus far during the present Congress.
 The steamboat Carrie Thorn, bound fol Brownsville, Texas, with cargo consisting of ,000 pounds of wool and hides, struck on snag and sunk.
 At the Prohibitionist national convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, 142 delegates were present, representing twelve States. The Rev. Dr. Miner, of Boston, presided. Judge Black male a speech. For President, Neil Dow, of Maine, was nominated by acclama- tion, and for Vice. President A. M. Thompson, of Westerville, O..
 The American Institute of Homeopathy has been in session at Milwaukee, Wi,., rep resentatives from all parts of the country | being in attendance.
 United States Senator Vance, o. North | Carolina, and Mrs. Florence s. Martin were married the other day at the residence of the bIide's mother in Oldham county, Ky. Sena- | tor Vance was widower.
 Tho Arkansas Greenback State convention l las nominated O State ticket with William F. | Parks for governor.
 1 The Indiana Republicans have nominated | Albert G. Porter, first comptroller Of the l United States treasury, for governor. Judge J. B. Howell, an cx-United States l Senator Che was electsd in l870) ot Iowa, died at Keokuk in that State @ few days ago, aged sixty -four years.
 During a fight between four dfsorderly cattle herders and sheriff posse near ] Cimarron, New Meyico, every one of the fo mer and one of the latter suffered doth.
 Samuel Howard was hanged at Bas'rop, I rexns, for the muder of Alexander Farmer, | bis brother-in-law, n 1878. sa | According to the ctnsus returns Chicago has a population of 475 900.
 | By tho fall of a carload of tools down gold l mine ct Coll Hill, Nev., four miners were in- stantly killed ard four o hers severely hunt. l The Colorado Greenbacb CTS have nominated t.ev. A. J. ChifteDden for governor.
 Cincinnati Is shown by the census to have | q population in round numbers of 300,0OU.
 From Washington.
  The President has appointed ex-Governor l John F. Hartranft, collector of customs for l Philadelphia, the Senate having jailed to con- l firm his first nomination.
 The following is summary oi tho appro- i priations made by Congress during the recent session.: Regular pension bill, $32- ] 404,000; pension deficiency, $9,322 999 P; I postofice appropriation, $39, ,093, 420; post office deficiency. $l,z50 GOO; military acad- eny, S3l6, ,234 36; forfifications, $s550, %; consular and diplomatic, ST, ,I84 ,l35; navy, l $l4, ,405, ,797 70; army, $26, ,425, ,800; Indian, 1 $4, ,656, ,3f420; Indian deficiency, $l35 GOO; 1 legislative, executive and judicial, Sl6,274,- 223.50; sundry civil, $22; ;523, ,82l 60; river ] and harbor, S8, 1928 500 District of Columbia, | $1,7l4, ,498 b7; agricultural, S253, 300; regular deficiency Lill, $4577, ,002.04; printing def- I ciency, $350, co; House and Senate contin- gent fund deficiencies, S39, ,0l2; miscellaneous (estimate) $2, 400 000; total, I86, ,805, ,05S. 40. The mi cellaneous" estimate includes l $l,C95,O00 for public buildings not provided l for in the sundry civil bill; $200, 900 tor new I military posts; about sS400, 900 for war claims; l $l0O,000 to carry into effect the French treaty; $120, ,000 for the Yorktown celebra l tion; $75,000 for the naval observatory, and l about Bl00, ,000 tor additional pension clerks. l Last year appropriations, Including $2, ,43l,- I 438 appropriated by miscellaneous bills and l $26, ,000, GOO for arrearages or pensions, aggre- gated $l92, ,860, ,237.l7. The department esti- mates upon which the appropriations this year were based aggregated $l93, QUO GOO. ] General John A. Sutter, the discoverer o1 l gold in California and one of the earliest pioneers on that coast, died in Washington a few days egc, aged seventy seven years.