, 1881-12-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

--1sy resolution Of botl, Houses, Congress
will today adjourn 10 Jim. 3.
President Arthur llas signed tic bill
granting Ito franktng privilege to Airs.
Garfield. II.
---]aIncs Graves. a Glycaf-nItl "cr1t,k,"
shot Etlhin Splt|en, II years old, dcad ycster.
day 1T Newark. y. j.
.-~-Ouly llrty-fnnr porsoNs wGro Killed In
the colllety explosion ut l,nItnn tt;ng.). First
reports placed tlle fatalities at 200.
Cloudy weatl.er, with lntn or SNOW,
winds tnostly from tic northeast. md stattotl-
ary ut higher temperature for this regtol,
to.lay.
--Colcctor CLARK. Of Ailnntn, Ga.. fns
scizud si.Ico Dec. ten tltst1Eleres, 10000 eaI-
luis of inusli alltl beer, and has made eleven
nrrcsls.
--Ex-Sccretnry Diatno Inns ncccptni thc
Invitation Of tic Ituusu null SGnate Commit
leo to pronounce cntogy upon preslte1lt
GarNcid. =
An explosion Of gnson,cter III tic rear
Of the Northern Hallway Station ut Vienna.
AnstrEn, caused tho d3ntli of four persofls.
Several PERSONS were injured.
Judge Dovens, Attorney-0eueral1 1l,tler
President iIayes. llna been appointed to sllc'
ceed Chlef-Justfco Gray rs hend Of tho Sill
premc Court Of Massachusetts.
ALI the lurymen IN tho tiuiteau cnso at-
tended tic funeral of lie wife OF Juror
Ifobbs yesterday. They wcru accompanied
by Deputy ATara!lal hid 1}allfffs.
--Gcn. 1'ra,o, wllo was President Of peru
when the disastrous war with Clilfi br''ke
out, nrr1,tat In New York yesterday from
Asptnwall, accompanied by his soft.
---.A bill .was yesterday introduced in tho
Senate to exempt pe,,slala-nlolley fru'n seiz.
lire or attachment ly trocess of law. n1ul ulso
pension money wl,un Invested III llo'ne*teals.
--13y Il gas explosion III tie Dttn Gallery,
at rottsyillu, l'a., ft,lr perso1,s-'fllnnlas
A[caly. Frank Dnrmar, Patrick ktcrnInc,
,,ut Mlchucl Cayanalgll--wcfo seriously In
inrctl.
William 4. Trcscost was yesterday
confirmed M Special Envoy Extraordinary
a,.,l Minister l'lcnipoentlnry III tho United
Sutrs 10 the Republics OF Chill. l'er,l, s1lh
bolivia.
MIR. William E,n,aetl has sold out Ills
interest ln tho Aeattcn1y Of Music oi Chicago
to Mr.. Unn Shelby, 0f Buffalo, who Will bc-
to,ue soc proprietor Of that house Ut nlnlIst-
lnrnt oll tho tst 1T .lalit,ary.
~ tlepntation Of tic English Royal
Geographical St,clety Ind M Interview viii,
the English First 1.nrtl nf tho Admiralty yes
tcs.lay lu relation 10 tic expedition Of Mr.
Leigh Smith.
--Aylwartl, tho Feiliar uoor lea!er, sIas
arrIyed in Eug'atld to lecture In hctalf nj
tic Beers Of The Transynal agaltst tie
Augta-Gncr cotlvcl,tuus. lie Ind better lrci-
IRE IN America. Ills trtsl,ry would lIclp
hIn hesc.
~ change l,as bccll lna.te In tho dlplo-
matte representation Of tho Netherlands Mt
Washington. Rudolph Van l'estcl, the
present Minister, Inns been transferred to
Constantlnople. Mr.. WrckterlEn ''as been
appointed his successor at tho United States
Capital.
--Ex-So,latDr Hannibal liantin presented
his credentials NJ Minister tu Spain to King
Alfullso yesterday, nl,l recalled tho lsEntEl;
feelings wl;l. which tho American pfople
received tho news or the kind sentiments Ut
tho Spa',isl, King Oil the death Of President
{iarlielt:
--Iho DuEtoh {Mass.) authorities state
That tho ln,lSkcts shipped to Liverpool {f:n-
glaiull ~ hardware. nra old ones. and that
tho lisl;is, Consul was informed Of thu fuel
Tie lrisll aro very trnublesulllb people to tho
British. Eyury EngiIsll,ann seems 10 sre lsl
lrlsller il, every bush.
.-Grcat difficulty is encountered by tile
Hebrew E.nlgrnl1t Atd Society III Ncw iorIl
III providing employment for the Jcwls,
refugces from Russia on account of It gell-
cral prejudice against them. About 2oo ot
these refugees arc nav being cared for oil
Wards lsIa,.l In the East Nlyer.
--spuntor rionr. of massachusetts,. III
teu..s tn press his resolution In fayor of
female suffrage, liz g,lve notice yesterday
thut hp wonltt tntrotllcu bill In favor OF
female suffrage, an. Tint ilo v,,lld particu-
larly direct his attention to tho enfranchise-
me,It or wor;lc,, In the Trrrltorlps.
-..r.o,,ort ,rc,yo,lc tim actor. ID IN San
Ero,.,vco ttn IL ,noi,,o IN nnt1rrstnut wbv