The daily gazette., 1880-08-21
General NeaUs.

The telegraph cable between Ba-
lila and Pernambuco has been re-
paired.
1t is reported that Brownsville,
Texas, near the mouth OF the Rio
Grande, was nearly destroyed by the
fearful storm along the Texas coast,
on the 18th and 18th instants, and
that many lives were lost.
Colonel Miles telegraphs that 800
hostile Sioux have surrendered at
Fort Keogh, M. T., and that 1000
more are now on their way to do so.
The others are north of Missouri
sending out war parties and other
wise annoying the agency Indians.
The will of Dudley Field, written
by himself, has been offered for pro-
bate in New Y ork. He gives to the
daughter of his sister, Mrs. Mus
graves, $4,000; to William Ash
burner, San Francisco, he bequeath-
ed his gold watch; and all the rest
of his estate to his wife, Sara Belden
Field.
The chief of the Bureau of Sta
tics, at Washington, D. g., reports
that the total values of the exports
of domestics, provisions and tallow
from the United States during July,
1880, were $12,804 ,776, and during
July, 1879, $8 ,882 ,53l for the seven
months, ended July 81, 1880, $751;
Al 1856, and during the same period
in 1878, $67 ,0S9,797.
During heavy storm on Thursday
afternoon lightning struck and set fire
to two 81, 5,000-barrel oil tanks, at Dal-
las City, Pa, belonging to the United
and the Tidewater Pipe Lines. They
are still burning.
A despatch from Eureka, New, Civ
ing list of the losses by various in
surance companies through the fire,
shows that no one company suffers to
the extent of over $15, 900 to $40, 900,
and few more than $4,000.
The case of George Smith, of Phila.
Pa, charged with corrupt solicitation
of IL members of the Legislature in con.
nection with the Riot Claims bill, will
be called for trial in Harrisburg, on
Monday next. The trials of Christian
Long and +. j. McCune, of Shippens-
burg, for the same offence, set down
for this term, will follow on subsequent
days.
The officers ofthe Grand Encampment
of knights Templar elected on Thursday
sern installed al Chicago, ILL.,, yesterday
on the reassembllng of the Conclave,
which adopted the reports of the Com
nittee on the location of the next
triennial Conclave, which recommended
that it be held in San Francisco on the
second Tuesday in August, 1883.
After three days sessions, the 34th
annual Convention OF the Supreme
| Council of the Temple of Honor and
Temperance concluded its deliberations,
at Asbury Park, N. j., last evening.
indianapolis, Ind, was chosen as the
next place of meeting. Among the dele
gates were ex-Mayor Graham, of Mem
phis, Tenn; General A. II. Bowen, OF
| Nebraska, and Charles Kelley, of Phila-
delphia, Pa.
| An excursion train with about 250
representative business men from Miss
issippi, Tennessee, Alabama IND Georgia
arrived at Norfolk, Va, yesterday after
neon, over the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad. A number left for Balti-
more and the Northern cities in the
the evening.
Philip A Biswel, of Mahanoy City
was held for trial yesterday by Uuited
States Commissioner Gibbons on the
charge If sending an obscene letter
through the mails to resident of Phila
delphta.
A cricket malch was begun yesterday
at Harro wgate between the Girard an6
Young America Clubs. When the
stumps were drawn the Girard Club haC
made l39 runs, for the loss of eigh
wickets.
The Philadelphia knights Templar
who have been In attendance at tht
Grand Conclave in Chicago, returned
home yesterday afternoon, and were es
corted to Masonic Temple by member
of various commanderies that did no
make the pilgrimage.
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