Democratic messenger., 1881-04-09
NEWS OF THE DAY

Otau OOurt.
"A delegation of colored Republi
cans from Baltimore waited upon Presi
dent Garfield and claimed share oi
patronage on the ground that negroes
constituted more than a majority of the
Republican voters in Maryland. The
President told them that color could in
itself he neither a recommendation nol
bar.
Prof. Vennor predicts that April
Will end wet and cold, and be altogether
disagreeable month.
The reduction in the public debt OF
the United States for March is SO, 1872,
Sl9, ard for the nine months ending
April /, Sos, ,40S, ,702. The total debt,
less cash in the Treasury $3.50, Sl4, 692,
23), is 81, ,S73, 763, ,593. SO.
The Massachusetts House of Repre-.
sentatives on Friday struck out of the
PrOhibitory bill the section referring il
10 the people, and then defeated the
bill itself.
On Friday bitter personal debate
took place in the United States Senate
between Senators Vorhees and Malone.
Three persons were killed andseven
injured in railroad collision at Roth
say, Mimi, On Thursday.
The funded debt of the city of Phil
adelphia has been reduced during the
last year from S72, ,264, sos. rs to $40,
O32, 430.47.
"A bill has passed the Connecticut
Legislature declaring cider an intoxicat-
ing drink, subject to the same restric-
tlons concerning its sale as other
liquors.
Two railroad accidents occurred
Thursday, one near Council Bluffs, la.,
IN which eight men were probably
fatally wounded, and one at Canton, o. i,
by which a number of persons were in
lured, including members of the River
King concert troupe.
Serious floods with great damage
and loss of life are reported from the
Upper Missouri.
In Randolph county, Ala, family
of four were killed by the fall of their
house, which was blown down by the
wind. They were buried in one grave.
james Currie, who murdered the
actor Benjamin G. Porter in Texas two
years ago, was shot dead in New Mexi-
co, on Thursday, by bartender acting
IN self-defense. Currie was in the sa
loon drunk and threatening. The bar
tender was acquitted.
Lieutenant r. NJ. Berry, of the q.
). navy, has been appointed to the COM
mand of the Jeanette search expedi-
ton.
The Executive Committee of the
Worlds Fair decided to take no action
as to a permanent President until
April 15, when it is hoped the neces-
sary 100000 will have been SUBJ
scribed
Mrs. Oswald Ottendorfer, Of New
York, has given $50, 900 rs o fund in
promotion of the German school system
Ia memory of her son, the late General
Herman Uhl.
in the United States Senate during
discussion between Mr.. Hill, of
Georgia, and Gen. Logan, of Illianois,
the latter took occasion to declare as
false the statement that in the early
stages of the war he favored the Soath,
and was opposed to action preventing
secession. Mr.. Hill charged that while
on the stump opposing secession, he
was met by the statement that Gen.
Logan and other prominent Northern
men would join the South
The Governor of Wisconsin has
signed the bill recently passed by the
Legislature prohibiting the practice of
treating. The bill provides that any
person who shall hereafter ask another
to drink at his expense or any person
consenting to drink at another's ex-
pense shall be liable to arrest and pun
ishment. When the bill was introduced
into the Legislature it was referred to
as an impracticable idea, and nobody
thought it would become law.
Two hundred travellers, belated in
Council Bluffs, Ia, by food, demanded
that they should be supported while so
detained by the railroad company, which
failed to forward them to their destina-
tion. The demand was agreed to.
FOREIGN,
Three thousand persons perished
by an earthquake at Scio on Sunday.
II was felt throughout the Archipelago
and in Asia Minor. Chic or Scio is the
ancient Chios, one of the numerous
cities that claimed to be the birthplace
of Homer. The island belongs to Tur-
key, and lies on the west coast of Asia
Minor. It is 32 miles long, l8 wide,
and has an area of 400 square miles.
The inhabitants are mostly Turks, and
number about $4,000. Chic, the CHIEF
city, is on the est coast.
Six persons we've drowned in the
Thames on Saturday by the upsettine
Of two eight oar boats.
"A war OF races has broken out in
the Valley of Canette, Peru, where
more than twothousand Cinnamon have
been murdered by the negroes anG
chalos. On one plantation six hun
dred inoffensive men were murdered il
cold blood. All the cane fields, sugar
houses, machinery, etc, have beer
burned and destroyed, and property t.
the value of millions has been wrecked
by these miscreants. All the foreigner
have fled to the valley, which is one o
the most fertile and productive in Peru
Some of them have been killed. Tn,
work of murder and plunder is still
going on.
In a hurricane on the Ashburtoi
River, on the northwest coast o
Australia, on January and Z, thre
Europeans and many natives wer
drowned, and twelve pearl fishing boat
we're wrecked.