, 1881-12-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.

COLLIER mud clearing weather for the
Upper Luke region today.
--saniucl piorcy. tic we1'-known motor.
s seriously lit With typhoid fever
~ lleavy fatlurc, which nay be fol-
owed by otllers, l,as occurred ut Bordeaux.
France.
Tho landowners and traticrs Of Dublin
|iavo formed branch Of tic Property De~
fcnsc Association.
-~Jcsso George. who died recently ut
left nn cstato worth 97o0. Uoo to
yartous cllarittes.
-The indian CHIEF Arzato and thirty OF
Ills band hive been captured alA executed
near Ch,h"al.ua, a[exlcu.
--Onc GcorEe a. Wood, who pcrsotlatcd
another party III 4 recant ctection-frnud trlaI,
las been Indicted for perjury.
-Thc Senate Committee charged with
the Investigation Of tic Treasury contingent
fund I.as adjourned until Tuesday.
, .-1Ac tlatnage dime to property In War
saw recently nfter tic rint growing out Of
tic 1loty Cross Church pallc Is said to be
enormous
--(;eorgc Wesson, 4 negro. brutally mur-
dercd Ills vito at Hut Springs, Ark., Tuesday
night. Mrs. Wcsson had been unfaitllful to
her husband.
-Defatcations amounting tu millions
lave 1ceu discovered In the custoln-llouse at
TaEanrog, 1s,1ssIa. All tug officials therein
lave been arrested.
Capt. Cl,eyre. Of the British, navy. WHO
proposes trip to the Nurth Polo IN '>Ms-
1oo,,, l,as arrived Mt Toronto. liz proposes
tec.uring III several Canadian cities.
William 4. Young, one OF tho Direct
ors OF tic suspended banking house Ut llas-
kelI, Harris s. Co., Of litIEsburo, ILL.,, was
arrested at Litchtleld. ILL.,, Tuesday.
Joachim KrunM, German Immigrant
aged II, who was suffering from smallpox
whcn llc arrived, cnt Ills throat IN tho los
pltal Mt New York yesterday morning.
---The John +. King Manufacturing CON-
pany organized yesterday at Augusta. Ga.
The capital OF this company ~ placed Mt
sl.000,000. s1r. Charles Estes is President.
Tile Rev. L. 1. Calvin, who recently
voluntarily resigned tho pas.oratc Of tho
Thlrd Unitarian C!urcE, is about to ass,,tnc
| tho supcrlntcudency Of tho Chicago Athen-
| Wuln.
a reception was given at Washington.
D. c., Tuesday In honor OF 0[r. ". ". Cor
corau, who on that day attained Ills Ghl
year. Aany prominent public men werc
present.
AT tho session Of tie Socialist Conyell-
t,ou held yesterday the New York section Of
the society was ccnsured for not holding n
sympathy meeting OH account Of the death OF
rrcs,dcnt Garfield.
Tho health authorities Of New York
discovered In tenement house yesterday
six persons .lown with smallpox. Other
cases alleged to be OF a simtlar character are
being investigated. ; .
AT a rncating of the, 1rik}l-American
Club OF Chicago heih laSt; evening rcsolu
tions tic,toumcng the recent uttcrances oi
Col, W. +. 1entl on tho irish question were
unanimously adopted.
1t Is generally believed that MI. S. r
Rounds, Of Chicago, will be appointed Pub
lie Printer to succeed Mr.. Dcfrees. Frana
Ilatton, First Assistant Postmaster -Gcneral
is asserted to ilaye stated SO.
Mayor Harrison, It Is saitl, has offoret
the position Of Commissioner of lubli
Works to II. i. Juncs, the l!cad Of tho as
sessple1,t Department, a1ltl Mr. Joncs, 1t Is al
Legged, i,as declined the place.
1.-Two wagon loads of colorcd peop1'
went to Macou, Ga.. Tnesdny fro1n V"l
| ior11's plantation, twcnty miles distant. Tie
: BECAME Intoxicated, al1d OIL THO way lloil
. auaYre!ed. Two uacn wero Killed.
-Lun.Aioore, a clerk employed In Los
ton store, shot lis sweetheart, BLISS Bull
Cush,un,,, q scl,oul-tcaclIcr. ut hor hume II
uiAdeford, Me-, yesterday. ind then siIo
himself. It is believed he was Jealous.
--Chict Secretary Forster has con,
mpuded iiyo recently appointed sttpendtar
magistrates to report to the l40rd-I4lDttel
nht IT In their opinion thore Is nny need IL
addftloua! police In their respective districts
OF course there IL.
Twelve colored prisoners escaped fro'
tho jail Mt Shreveport, La. Tueseny nigh
Three of them wero nlltu: sentence of deat'
and were to be hanged In Mansfield. DE- sos
Parish. tomorrow. Thrce of tlle prlsone
have been rccapturcd.
An affrny ut Be'lfont, Alu., forty-fol
Mills from Chattanooga. resulted III II
probably fatal shooting ot ". D. Martin, Il
son John. and G. nj. FenMuli. Thu ylclit'
= are merchants of Dellfont, and tic shoot1
was caused By Jealousy.
-Mre. II. r. Coppcgo w:n8 killed at M
orlonns Tuesday night willis playing vii
l,er 4-year-olh son. The mother WIS gtsl'
the cliltl Instructions III the use OF q II
pistol. The child nimcd mid fired, and Z
bali entered tie wnino.l's brain.
At Wadesboro, n. e.. soycn stores wc
\ burned yesterday. Tho ownurs IRE Park
? & Williams, ]. II. Horton, J. a. DogKa',
r, Horton, Thomns q. 1lawson, h. u. Lie
top, md a. q. brewer. Tho loss IL estimat
- ut so3, ,0oo. Tha Insurance is $1,000.
lilo South Arklow tWiclsIow} lla
shlp ,l,as been ruiz down by fo'lr-lnast
ysssel, said to bs m American. Ths III
v belonging to tho lishtsh'p wero saved. Th'
! steau!ers laavu lett Queenstown In chase
Z the vessel which caused tiIa accident.
' "A young farner nametl Jack Will
r-.,. l,,turSorad with n l1tEr1 t1AnCG Mt ii