, 1880-12-17
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
ny TELEGRAPH TO DATE

TWO DOuleS were SntlCIltN hI ANSNN'''
A. T., on the night Of Dec lst'
A corn corner is being run at st. Louis,
and is expected to run the price to 5o cts'
Fifteen of the 95 collieres of the PhlIa
delphis & Redding Co., have suspended
for December. Three thousand men are
out Of work.
A Creek delegation IL here en- route to
Washington to work for Creek Indian
interests and oppose the settlement OF
whites in Oklahama.
A Herald's special says that President
HAYES has stated especially that he is not
a candidate for office but will retire per-
manently to private life at Fremont.
The president has approved the SEN
tence of the court martial dismissing
Captain Andrew Geddis, ofthe 25th infan-
try, and mitgated the sentence of lst
Lieut. Wallace Tear, 25th infantry, to
forfeiture ofrank and haf-pay.
The Beckwith hotel at Oshkosh Wis,
burned last Saturday; loss, 100000, insur-
ance, $4,000. Mrs. S. b. Page, a boarder,
was suffocated by smoke. Mollie Holly.
ran, a waiter, is missing and it is believed
perished. Kerosene caused the fire.
A duel which was to have been fought
between Lawrence Trmble and John
Benton of Covington, KY, was thwarted
by the non-appearance of Benton. Trim
BILE, accompanied by w, N. Wade, also of
Covngton, was at Niagara Falls but the
Benton party did not arrive.
Land League people at Boston have
sent atelegram to Parnell asking if Amer
lean counsel should be sent to Ireland to
defend land leaguers. If Parnell sends
favorable response q delegation of able
lawyers will be dispatched to Ireland at
once. Among those suggested are Iere
Black, Roger A. Pryor, Emery A, Storr
and Matt Carpenter.
The one and a half millions of Ameri-
can oysters, writes German correspon-
dent, which were planted in "The Little
Belt" last spring were inspected short
time ago and found in fine growing con-
dition. Within four months they gained
an inch in circumference, and German
professor Of zoology gives assurace that
for oysters Germany cannot be excelled.
Captain Frederick G. Cameron, who
commanded the ship Macedonia which
sailed from New York with provisions
and supplies for famine stricken sufferers
of Ireland in 164S, died on the ID. inst.
Captain Cameron also commanded the
ship Robert Bound, the first vessel that
sailed for San Francisco carrying first
class passengers,
The annual report ofthe director of the
mint states that diminished production
Of gold and silver of the Pacific coast has
visibly effected both the amount of depos-
its and coinage at the San Francisco mint
and gives the following figures: Value of
deposits during fiscal year oflSS0. S39, ,3S7,-
949; amount of coinage, S36, ,O53, 600; show
ing decrease as compared with the pre-
ceding year of little more than four mil
lion in deposits and almost exactly six
millions in coinage. The coinage at the
mint in 1880 was 100000 less of gold
and 100000 less of silver than in 1878.
Washington reports Show increased
value offarm lands, cleared and timbered,
for 1880, as follows: California 3.2 per
cent, Oregon 2.6per cent. For the whole
country the average is per cent. South
Atlantic states advanced per cent. gull
states s per cent, south inland states
per cent, chiefly owing to the improved
condition Of Arkansas lands; north of the
Ohio per cent, on account of the vast
stride in mineral and manufacturing in
dusIries, while western or prairie states
show 10 per cent. The Pacific states are
supposed to be down TO per cent, in
crease on account of the agitation OF
the Chinese question but the report in.
dcates that the signs of reaction are be.
ginning to appear
The life saving service has l79 stations
l39 on the Atlantic, "a on the lakes and {
on the Pacific. The record of the service
surpasses any preyiousyear. The casual.
ties we're greater than ever before, the
highest previous number being 2l9 anC
this year 800. o. the 1889 persons on
board of these vessels only nine were lost
Great reliefhas been afforded shipwreckeC
persons and vessels, and warnings were
given which saved many vessels. 1t |,
estimated that the value of vessels invol.
we'd We S2,6l6,000 and cargoes, 81, 1885, 900
Ofthe )tal amount s., ,620, 900 were saved
InadeC ate compensation Is fast driving
men from the business and threatens L
destroy the efficiency of the service. The
superintendent asks that the matter o
pay be left to the discretion of TIE gen
eral superintendent. The present rate il
$40 per month.
4 Washington special says: Garfield
has determined not to give the secretary
ship OF the treasury TO any New Yorb
state man. He explained that the ,ol.
lector of the port holds an office paying
$4,000 per aunum, and through whost
hands three-fourths of the customs rev.
enue is supposed to pass. The magnitude
of this position and It's necessary relation
10 New York politics is such hat il the
secretary was also from New York il
would give him personal influence thai
would be greater in his opinion than the
best interests of the civil service would
warrant. 1t is reported that Schurz dur
ing Garfield's Washington visit told the
president elect that the retention of Sher-
man in the cabinet is very important to
business interests as well as to the future
of the republican party, and that other
members of the cabinet would not feel
ohaOrinad at the discrimination