, 1881-01-21

urleS more thorough enforcement ui the
I liquor laws and favUrs propoSal 10 glye
property holding women the rignt OF SUI
| tIa-e,
| Frank y Brown, age 81, was shot and
Killed by his father, special officer Charles
| 4 Blown, on the 9Th at their residence
/ luo Marycr street. Williamsburg, while
plD'e e.,iug his mother from the lItier's
violence.
senator Davis, of Illinois, on the 9th in
| trodurcd bin amendatory to the revised
statutes in relation to the immediate ctraus-
po'U,iou of ia liable goods, 1t isa copy
/ pfihe bill introduced in the house a few
weeks since 10y Page ofCa!iiorna.
pemorraticsenators ended the dead lock
in the Tennessee legislature by clcctimE
George A Morgan speaker Stewart,
! democrat, WIS sworn into the house, the
supreme court having decided the differ
cUce between the governor and secretary
of state, on his eligibility, in Stewarts
favor The republicans viii contest.
The chamber oC"OmmerCe of New York
has received letter from Edward BremiI,
French consul general, stating that the Is
land Of Tahiti. Il French settlement III the
south seas, wished to be connected with
san Francisco and also with Australia by
Il monthly line OF steamers, Offering to pay
subsidy ofS5OCO0 for that purpose.
Representatives Page and Davis pre-
scnted memorials Of leading match manu-.
iacturers of san Francisco, protesting
against the proposed abolition of tax on
matches, and Davis presented a petition Of
San Francisco letter carriers, praying for
increased salaries. They ask that their
pay be fixed at 800 for the first year and
$1,000 per annum thereafter.
A special correspondent to the n. Y.
Chamber of Commerce reported that ow.
ing to the United States protective duty of
upward Of 80 per cents al vaorem ON tue
raw article, no action of the chambers
can effectually promote the introduction
of tea lead into Japan from this country
in competition with England, AS suggested
by the consul at Hago through Secretary
EVarts.
Arrivals OF gold from Europe at the n.
Y. assay nfhce for the week ended Satur-
day the Sth were Sl,017,000, foreign coin
and bars. Total arrivals since August .
were SO, ,775 900, of which S59, $4,000 was
foreign coin and bars, and S5SSG,000
American coin. Total fOrthe same period
last year, $73,4l5,l50. Payments by the
assay Office on this amounted to 81 ,775, ,t5i
for The week, and $j9607 75i since Aug.
I'd.
Statistics Of the total quality OF grain,
exclusive flour, shipped to Europe from
New York during 1880, shows that 49, $685.
$40 bushels " ere carrihd by steam vessels,
and GG,33I I6JS by sailing vessels. This Is
an increase over 1879 of nine million
bushels by steam and five bushels by sail
The large increase in carriage by steam is
accounted for in part by the increased
unmber Of irregular steamers that came
here seeking cargoes,
A boiler in the rolling mill at Allen,
town, Pa, exploded on the 9th damaging
the mill to the extent of $1,000 and in
stantly killing John Shak, aged IS, and
fatally woundng Hugh Gallagher, age %;
James ROarity, Is; and Charles McCosky,
Is The following were badly injured:
Saml Barger, aged 26; James Harkins
age %; John Harkins, age l3; William
Gibbons and James Boyle. The boiler,
which was thirty feet long and three feet
in diameter, was rent in the middle and
two pieces were thrown in opposite direc-
tiOns distance Of 200 feet.
Members of the executive committee Of
the worlds fair called on w. Ii. Wander
bilt to start subscription. They stated no
subscriptions would be valid unless the
entire sum of four millions should be
pledged. Vanderbilt, after expressing
his hearty sympathy with the project Of
The fair, headed the subscription list for
Tie first million with large cash subsCrip.
ton in his own name, saying that he
thought there would be no trouble in Gnd-
ing one hundred men TO subscribe ten
ihDnsund dollars each. This subscription
was followed by others and in a short
time the committee declared they had
raised one hundred thousand toward the
lirst million, unCondltiOnaliy.
The following dispatch comes from New
Orleans under date ot January 9th: Capt.
James B. ERdS returns nom Vera Cruz ON
board a Mexican war steamer. The Mex.
lean government gives Capt, Eds com
pany the right to build IL ship railway
across the Isthmus Of TehauntepeC, grants
it 100000 acres Of land on the sDoIe Of
the Pacific Oh which to build the terminus
OF the railway and establish harnOr, and
empowers IL to collect and charge a toll Of
S5 per ton on freight Of ships and cargoes
passing over the road, The rIght.is also
given fora railway and telegraph line, on
which only customary rates can be
charged. In return for this Capt. Elds
agrees to carry on the railway all ships of
war, munitions, mails, etc., free ofchaIg'.
The building of the road must bo COM
menced within two years and completed
in ten years from May !, 1851.
Congress rcassembled on the 9th in a
working mood, and both hoLse5 promptly
settled down to business. Proceedings in
the house ofrepteSentutiyes were marked
with two notable events First, the pas
sage VI the army appropriation bill with.
out any political discussion, and without
any extranerus legislation upon it in the
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