, 1881-12-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
Newport tx. ~ Is excited over case
Of stnalI.pox which Inns developed there.
---Tarb1c. a Republican. WIS elected Mayor
Of Pensacola, Fla., yesterday by majority
Of :,7..
cloudy weather. lochl rain nr snow,
southorty veering tu westerly winds, mid
stationary or higher temperature for this IT,
g1un today.
1T Is reported that two 1ncn charged
will, murder and arson In Southampton
County, Virginia, last Fr1uay, }iayc been
captured and ynchcd.
Mrs. Gibbons, Of Ashland. Ky.. ACCUSES
her husband, III old mnn Ut ts, of the murder
Of her two children, and also Of the murder
Of Emma Thunns. Gibbons Is on the run.
Alexander johnson, colored n!au of
Atlanta, Ga., proposed to snsio Watts,
co!orud tlainsel. Shc rejected lin, wlereat
!le became e,lragcd and Killed tho girl Al0n-
day night.
,---The water In thu West I!rancll Of the
Slisqne!Ianna River ut NlliunspUrt. 1a.,
had risen tell feet aboyu low-watcr mark Inst
evening, AMI was then still rising. atld was
expected to rise twelve or fourteen feet.
William $. George, fur ntnny years
.6.litor al,d proprietor Ut tlle Lansing {Aflcl.)
Jcpubltc,lu, died yesterday at Lansing, ii,
his 9th year. Dr. Francis Dry, Il we!l-klowM
physician, died at LII :saIlc, ILL.,, III Ills Gitll
year.
~ min detained against lIer will tn a
convent ut Gratz. Anstr1a, leapcd from the
convent wall Into Il stream Mondny. She
was rescued. The Incident ]las cai,scd COLI
siderable excitement III the stalll Austrian
town.
--l,ain fell steadily NIL day nt Albany
yesterday, causing rlso Ut one foot IN tho
Hudson aud trcstlct. Warm rains hayc
fulcn for nearly IL week In the vicinity Of
Harrisburg, pa., filling the streams and caus-
| ing floods.
| -Snlnll-pox is spreading Mt nh alarming
ra,c III the Vicinity ot Navajo {Sew Mexico)
Agency. u re1ulsitton llas been ntatc Oil
tho Interior Department for the immediate
shipment Of yacc!nc points enough to vac-
clnatc 600 persons.
--1'ho runlor tint ex-senator Paddock
will succeed Mr.. Upton as Assistant Sccre-
tary Ut tic Treasury Is revived. 1t Is be-
lfeycl that patldock's name will be scnt in
soon after the holidays. II Is atsO rutlorctl
tint Ex-Appointment Clerk I4amphero will
DO 1nade Special Agent Of the Treasury.
-Guitcnu has furnished another ll11is.
trnti0n Of his incorrigIblo egotisnl-thts time
lii tho shnpe Of sort of Christmas address
| L. # Af.n 1f..3& ,a
screcl Is framed somewhat Oil the model OF
the apostolic epistlcs, and Is characterized by
thu biaspllcmous and offensive expressions
peculiar to this Incompatible wretch.
-Tllo1nns r. Wallace, a wcll-knowl,
breeder a1ld sporting man Of New York. wllt
died recently, loft IN estate worth 500, ,0o0
which he bcqucalhou to two sisters and +
brother. A second brother. whose debts
amounting to sG0,000, tho deceased llAd paid
conteslcd the will. The vii! WIS admitted Il
probate yesterday by tho Surrogate.
-}cstertlny frnm zoo ta 200 colorefl peo
Pic of E.lgctield County, South Carolina
| passed through Augusta. Ga.. on their VA,
to Arkansas. They wero untler thu lender
ship of preacher named Hammond, viii
promised to charter train for them Mt All
gusla, but failed to TO SO. Tho pilgrims 81!
they found It too difficult to earn living Ii
South Carolina.
Complaint Is nlndc that there arc to'
ma!ly watchmcn and jnnltors employed Il
the Cook County Building, alld 1t IL allegel
TINT S5,0S0 call Ie saved to the taxpayers nj,
nunlly by tho dismissal of supern1llncrarfes
1t Is clatn,ea That the unnecessary person
aro kept OIL tito county pay-rolls to pleas
Commissioners knorf, burlington, ktclln
HUT, Endcr, lshcinwald, a1d NcClaughrey
"A disastrous explosion occurred Mon
day OH tho West Point steamer Of the Clytl
I4Inc, between baltimore, NIL, and Wcs
Point, W., which resulted III the total los
Of tho bont, aid tho loss Of nineteen lives
Tho explosion occurred near tho tnrwnr
llatcl,, anu Its causo Inns not yet hccn nsccl
tatned. Among the killed vera l.. 5. Drat
fortl+ chief steyc.lore; Ftrst-0nicer Pete
Geoglcgn,,, md Quarterl.astcr William Ii
llanllon.
MIR. A. II. Mnllott, wlso will be renlem
bcred as Supervising Architect Of tho Trea
ury under President Grant. Inns filed mn NJ
pltcation for appointment Us General Snpc
intcndent Of Federal buildings now
course Of construction. 1le Is strongl
backed by Gcn. Grant and leatling Sta
warts of Now York. Should Secretar
Folgcr llIaku tue change suggested hy Gel
Grant, it Is expected TINT 1lr. Stenmetx. I
Brooklyn, Atulletts partner, will s1tcccc
. SupervIstMg-Architcc 11flE.
II ttellse fox prevailed III New Yor
yesterday afternoon, rendering ferry trav
pcrllous n,td dctalnng at tho tocks l'I''l1
river steamers. ono New llnyen b0nt, wllc
left tic p1ur beioro tho foE 6ot ill., In atte'nl'
luz to 1ulss through llesl tfntc mi, upoll Il
lutleu Of rocks OF Dlaekwell's tsln'Id, W'leI
sllu stuck inst. Thu passengers wero satc
.liscnlbarketl MD tnken bacl to Now Yor
Owing to the heavy fog Mt Baltimore n CT
l1st0n occurred between tho stcAmbnAts tn
: gcr a1l.! Pilot llnoy on tho PnpastIco1
l,tyor. No casualties aud not much injul
| t.,t lin