Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-06-11
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

OF Legislature at Albany. the second
weeks balloting for United States
Senators to succeed Messrs. Conkling
and Plat, resigned, opened with large
list of absentee members. Only 100
votes were cast. For Senator for short
term the vote stood: Conkling, 26;
Cornell, Is; Wheeler, IA; Rogers, 10;
Jacobs dem. J, %, and six scattering.
The ballot for Senator for long term re-
suited Plat, %; Depew, 81; Cornell,
8; Miller, 8, Herman Dem. }, 26, and IL
scattering. The convention then took
the usual one day recess.
The Southern Confederates are Or
ganizing to welcome the Federal Army
of the Cumberland TO Chattanooga,
Tenn.
The steamship Chong, manned and
differed exclusively by Chinese, sailed
from Hong Kong for Victoria, b. c., on
the LIST instant with 500 Cinnamon to
work on the Canada Pacific Railway.
Lee Chin has been indicted at Chey-
enne, Wy, for marrying white woman
The Chinese Ambassador at Washington
has taken up the affair, and diplomatic
correspondence is probable.
In New York the General Term of
the Court of Common Pleas has decided
that holder of newspaper stock, unless
he controls the publication, cannot be
sued for libel.
Heavy frosts are reported as having
visited Northern New York and Canada,
causing considerable damage to fruit
and other crops.
Two freight trains were wrecked
and two men killed Sunday, on the
Chicago and Northwestern Road, near
Cedar Rapids, because telegraph oper-
ator forgot to deliver his orders.
Ben James, colored, was hanged at
Marion, G. H., s. c., Friday, for the
murder OF David nj. Howell on August
9, 1880. When the trap was sprung his
neck was not broken and he struggled
violently, drawing his knees up to his
breast.
The Boston Produce Exchange re-
solved to support the Worlds Fair in
that city.
The boat race at Brunswick,
Me-, between the Junior, Sophie
more and Freshman classes of Bowdoin
College was won by the Juniors in 19m.
9s. The distance was three miles.
On Sunday the Rev. Mr.. Talmage
took q solemn oath on a King James
Bible that he would never use the Re-
vised Testament either in his pulpit or
in his house.
The meeting of Confederate bond
holders in London the other day was
called by spectators who bought the
bonds for a song from the original pur-
chasers and who are now trying to
create a market price for them.
Large meetings have been held at
the manufacturing towns in Yorkshire in
favor OF retaliatory duties on American
and French goods.
The Comptroller of the Currency re-
ports that of $44, 685, $50 of six per cent.
bonds, held by 467 banks, all but $685.
500, owned by two banks, have been ex-
tended at 3! per cent. One thousand
three hundred and forty eight banks
held 1859, 403, $50 of the five per cents.
all of which, it is estimated, have made
applications for extension, with the ex-
ception of banks holding from SO, 000, 600
to 100000.
The Virginia Readjuster Conven-
vention on Friday nominated Col. w.
e. Cameron for Governor, ex-United
States Senator J. F. Lewis for Lieu
tevant- Governor, and Captain Frank s..
Blair for Attorney General.
As Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nieman
were driving home, near Des PLANES,
ILL.,, on Thursday, during heavy thun.
der-storm, they were both struck by
lightning and killed. Mrs. Nieman's
dress took fire and was burned nearly
off. There were no marks on their per-
sons.
Work at the Pennsylvania coal mines
will stop on the 9th, 10th and 18th, ed,
oath and 25th of June, and on the 4th
9th and 9th of July.
The losses to Iowa farmers this year
from poor seed will amount to 80, O0O,-
600.
The Iowa Greenbackers have noml-
mated ID. M. CLARK for Governor, j. M.
Holland for Lieutenant-G Governor, A. d.
Dabney for Judge of the Supreme
Court, and Mrs. NJ. E. Nash for Super.
intendent of Education.
"A colored boy carried can of dyna-
mite into blacksmith's shop at Low
moor, Va, on Thursday, and caused an
explosion which killed him and three
men.
Patrick Luby. age seventy, and one
of the oldest residents of Union Town.
ship, n. j., was thrown from his car
riage, and falling under the horses feet,
was trampled to death.
The proposed amendment to the
Pennsylvania Constitution prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of liquor was
defeated in the State Senate Monday.
Governor Bell, of New Hampshire,
was inaugurated Thursday. His adj
dress gives the State debt as SO, 372, ITO,
a reduction since last year of $139, 696.
The savings banks deposits amount to
$32, 097, 734, an increase of nearly g.
600, 900.
BY the explosion of boiler in dye
works in Philadelphia, on Wednesday,
three persons were killed and ten chill
dren more or less injured.
Levy, the cornet player, has been
arrested and required TO give bond ut
the suit for divorce of his first wife.
About 700 delegates were present at
the Iowa Greenback State Convention.
Resolutions were adopted favoring old
time Greenback principles, and indors-
ing unequivocally Woman Suffrage; also
one committing the partv to the anti