The Virginia star., 1881-04-30

gan. were burned on the oath. Loss $7O,-
COO. The Oriental Mill, in Providence,
Rhode Island, was damaged by fire on the
25th to the extent Of tsvef sec. .nun-
Large forest fires ragged on the oath
and 25th, in Sussex county, New jersey,
opposite Milford, Penna- Forest nres
were also burning In the ''back townships
Of Pike county, and near Port Jervis, ne"
York.
The post-ofice in Norristown, Penna-.
was robbed on the 25th of money and post
age stamps amounting to about $500.
-Advlces from Lima, Peru, to the 7th
inst, report that the impending conflict
between the municipal officers OF Lima.
appointed by Plerola, and those appointed
by the Provisional Government have peen
settled by the new officials promptly taxing
possession of the offices without waiting Tor
the Courts to decide whether Plerola or
Calderon is the legal ruler. Colonel Caesar
Caneyaro, q gentleman of large wealth and
excellent reputation, is the head OF the new
citv administration, and the change, 1t Is
said. s-assures tranquility in the central
departments and the loyal adhesion OF the
people, to the Calderon Government.
"A large number of young Indians,
males and females, students at the Carlisle
Training School, arrived in Philadelphia,
On the 25th, and visited the Geological
Gardens, Girard College and the Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb. They attended
public meeting held in the evening, where
several of them spoke briefly. Addresses
were made by .Major-G General Hartranft,
General Miles, Captain Pratt, DR.. Rhoads
and Daniel NJ Fox.
Isaac N. Dement,, an emigrant from
West Virginia to Louisiana, with his wife
and four children, camped on mountain
in Stone codhty, Arkansas, few days ago.
While he and his two boys were fishing at
the foot of the mountain, forest fire sur
rounded the camp, burning his wife and
two little children to death. Dement, was
badly burned in trying to save them.
james Olderbach, while drunk, shot
and killed girl named Brooks, with whom
he was converslng, in Des Moines, Iowa,
on the goth. He says he pointed the pis-
tol at her playfully, not intending to fire it.
He il in Jail.
The foods in Minnesota are increas-
ing, causing great destruction of bridges,
houses and other property, and washing
out railroad tracks, The ice went out of
Lake Pepin on the Goth, and the Mississippi
is now open its entire length. The town
of Mankato, Granite Falls, Carver and
Montevideo are wholly or partly submerged.
The damage al Mankato is estimated at
$50, 900. SO far only two lives are reported
lost in the flooded region. The river at
st. Paul rose two feet on the 26th, and the
booms, two miles above the city, were
swept down the stream. Advices from
Quincy, Illinois, report the crevasse at the
Sny Leyee widening, and that a strip Of
cultivated land three to eight miles in
width and fifty in length is already under
water. Below Quincy the Mississippi river
is ten miles wide.
The steam sole leather tannery of A.
Gunn & Co., at Kingston, Ontario, was
bnrned on the 26th. Loss $50, 900. G.. B.
Eddls' match factory, at Hull, Quebec, was
damaged by fire to the extent of $50, 900
on the 25th. Eight dwellings on Scott
street, Quebec, were burned on the same
day, making fifteen families homeless.
Smiths box factory, at GreeDpolnt, Long
Island, was damaged on the 26th, by fire,
and several persons employed in the build
ing were severely burned and otherwise
injured. Geo. Bloomfield, aged 23 was
caught under falling wall and burned to
death, and a painter named Breckenberg,
who worked in the factory, is missing.
Three young men, of Chicantieme,
named Gilbert, Dollerle and Laroque, were
drowned recently in the Saguenay river,
Quebec, by the upsetting of their canoes,
A brakeman. named Winnena, was killed
and two other persons were injured by a
railroad accident, near Rondout, New
York, on the 26th. The wife of ex-Repre-
sentative J. d. Thompson, of Lewis
county, Kentucky, was drowned on the
Oath, by the capsizlng of small boat in a
swollen stream. Her husband held her
for nearly half an hour, until they were
taken ashore, but she was dead. and he SO
exhausted as to make his recovery doubtful
The National Committee of the Green
back party will meet in st. Louis on the
7th of June to elect chairman in place OF
T. FL. Murch, resigned, and to transact
other business.
The President has appointed William
McMichael, of Philadelphia, and John K.
Boies, of Hudson, Michigan, to be men,
bers of the Board Of Indiaa Commissioners.
Henry d. Lyman, of Ohio. has been
Chief Clerk of the Contract
Office of the Post-office Department, in
place of John l.. French, removed.
-Bishop Borgess.. of the Catholic diocese
of Detroit, has issued pastoral, forbldding
all Catholics to originate or participate in
public picnlcs or excursians ON Sundays or
holy DAYS. He also forbids the holding of
fairs for the benegt of churches, schools or
charitable institutions, without first sub
mitting the reasons therefore in writing for
Episcopal approval.
EOFtY.S0yGntn Congress.