The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-03-08
BRIEF KILOGRAMS.

Clause one of the arms bill has,
been adopted. e~.
Union consolidated levies an
assessment of 81.
The revised New Testament will
be published in May next.
The British government is still
undecided as to which course to
pursue in regard to Dillon.
The Maine legislature will fill its
senatorial vacancy by the resigna-
ton of Blaine, on the 18th.
f. Diehl, treasurer of Marion
County, Missouri, has absconded a
defaulter in $4,000 or $1,000.
The trial of Payne, for unlawfully
invading the Indian Territory, has
begun at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Hayes and family arrived at Cleve-
land on Monday night. He was to
be given a reception on Tuesday.
The preliminaries regarding the
armiStice between the Beers and the
British have all been agreed upon.
Fears are entertained in southern
Nebraska, of the overlooking of
the rivers, which are rapidly rising.
C. A. Reimensnyder, secretary of
the city water works, Toledo, Ohio,
has absconded with a deficit of
$4,000.
The Senate now consists of thirty
seven democrats, thirty-three Tepub-
licans and two independents-Ma-
hone and Davis.
Hayes said at Pittsburg he thought
Garfield would continue his (HayeS)
policy. and expressed satisfaction at
the new cabinet.
r. c.. Bates. of st. Louis. has sold
Matte r. Hunter" to John Splan.
q. 7. Emery, of Cleveland, Ohio,
paying for her $4,000.
Charlotte Thompson, an actress
in Toledo. Ohio, had her casket con-
taining $4,000 worth of jewels,
stolen on Monday. No clue.
Thirty persons died of the plague
in Kerbela Nedjeff and Djagra,
province of Bagdad. Precautions
were taken to lOcaliZe the epidemic.
1t is officially announced that |
the AtchisOn. Topeka and Santa Fe |
Railroad made connection with the
Southern Pacific on Saturday last. |
An attempt was made on Satur-
day night, to burn the Topeka, Kan
saS, insane asylum, but frustrated |
by the splendid working of the fire |
apparatus kept at the building.
Washington was rife on Monday |
with rumOrs about the expected |
near distribution of important
a majority of which evil
IDENTIFY have no reliable foundation.
The Governor of California has
signed the amended revenue law.
which exempts from taxatiOns |
shares of capital stock of corpo-
ratiOns, and deposits in savings
banks.
The brig Emma L. Hall, arrived
at New York, announces that on
the 9th ult., a heavy sea swept
overheard the first and second
mates: and the captain was severely
injured; the vessel sprung leak.
If the democrats insist on the i'm
mediate organization of the Senate,
will abstain from vot-
ng. and this will bring up for de-
,isiOn the question of what consti-
5utes a majority of the Senate.
The home-rulers secured the in
iertion in the arms bill of an amend
nent providing that persons sus-
,ected of carrying arms shall be
aiken before a magistrate, instead
# being searched by the police.
The members of the bar of the
supreme Court of the United States,
many of. the most promi-
lent senators of both parties, met
N Monday and expressed regret at
he death of Matt. H. Carpenter.
Garfield is reported to have said
Ie intended making changes in ,
,fices as he thought the service
would be improved by such a
curse: intending to put good deal
f new blood into the Washington