, 1881-04-15

the 9th.
At the Metropolitan temple on the 3Slh
the younger Kalloch publicly announced
his intertion of resigning the ministry,
but OF remaining in San Francisco.
Gen, Geo. K. Leet, well known mem
Der of Gen. Grants staff throughout the
war and member of the firm of Leet *
Stocking, of New York, died ut Grand
Rapids on the 9th.
An extensive forest fire was reported
along the line OF the Lehigh and Susque
hanna railroad, Pennsylvania, and
between Attleboro and Mansfield, Mass
achusetts on the 2Sth.
Three men were scalded and mangled
by the blowing out of the main head of 4
boiler at Brown, Cornell & Cos mills at
Youngstown, Ohio, on the 2Sth. Two
will probably die; many miraculous es-
capeS.
An injunction having been served upon
the Northern Pacific railroad company
forbidding the transfer of part of its COM
mon stock, the stock exchange rule that
only certificates of common stock regis
tered March Is, or previous are good for
delivery till further notice.
Ex-secretary OF the interior, Carl Schurz
was given dinner on the 26th by promi-
nent German citizens of New York.
About 200 guests sat down at the table
and ex-Government Solomon presided
with the guest of the evening on his
right. The toasts and speeches were i'll
German,
a Fort Pierre dispatch says: Ice broke
In the Missouri at midnight Sunday, the
9th, overf1owing this post to the depth
of five feet and driving its inhabitants to
the bluffs. The flood has since receeded
uFQatIV The 4tpamnr Weston WAS
at the levee at Yankton and the steamer
Meade is floating down stream with the
ice.
The New York Post concerning mining
stocks, says: Attempts are being made
to float mines located in Fresno and Mar
iposa counties, California. As it IS well
known that nine mines out of ten in that
region have been over and over again
demonstrated 10 be barren and worthless,
the attempts are not likely to succeed. al
though unwary people may be imposed
upon.
Chicago has developed faster in the
person of VIM. Cooney of 80 North Clark
street. who went there from Sturgeon Bay,
Wis. He claims to be the Holy Ghost,
the successor of Christ, and is a remark
ably intelligent lunatic. He has tasted %
days, only drinking water during that
time, and says that he will live on faith
and water until Easter, April 18th.
Washington dispatch ofthe 9th says:
The treasury department report on TIL
chime and trlchlnOsis Is nearly ready for
distribution. The absurdity of any ma
tlOn prohibiting the entry of pork from
abroad, when In point OF fact no country
is without trichine of its own, is well
known. and it is held 20 be ridiculous To
assume that foreign variety is more
harmful than that of native production.
The Office of Geo. w. Higgins & Co.,
pork packers at the Chicago stock yards
was burglarized on the Goth. The safe
was blown open and robbed of about
$1,000. he night-wateh was overpowered
by four masked burglars who threw him
on the floor and while one stood over him
with revolver, the other three drilled
the safe door. After it was shattered by
the explosion they seized the contents
and made Oft, dropping S23 OH the floor
in their haste.
President Billings, of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, telegraphs as
follows from Woodstock, VT: There has
been no new issue and no increase of
Northern Pacific stock. The whole issue
was provided for by the plan of re-organ-
ization, and the whole amount was long
since listed on the New York exchange.
The stock now in question was held in
trust by the treasurer for those TO who
the plan said it should 60. have here
tofore hoped it would 90 out gradually as
the road was built, but parties in interest
claimed that they were entitled to its de-
livery, and counsel so decided, and it " as
distributed instead of being longer held
in trust.
Secretary Lincoln, at the instance of
Representative Page, has agreed TO au-
thorize the expenditure of the money
appropriated by the last river and harbor
bill for continuing the improvement of
Oakland barbor without inviting another
opinion from the encouragement in
regard to the government title TO the bed
of the estuary ard the training walls. He
thus follows the action of his predecessor,
Secretary Ramsey, in holding that Attor-
ney General Devens' opinion Oil this sub
ject establishes in satisfactory manner
the right of the United States to proceed
with its operations and the delay threat
ened by the proyiso attached 10 the ap-
preparation will therefore be avoided.
A mass meeting was held on the 2Sth
in Germania hall, Brooklyn, TO form
permanent organization to prevent the
contemplated increase of rents from Nav.
About 500 persons were present among
them many socialists. The speakers
were all socialists of more or less pro-
nOunced type. William Burke said that
the tenement house population here was
worse off than the peasantfy OF Ireland
Florien PAUL. German socialist, an
nounced himself as against all payments
Of rents which should include nothing on
the capital invested only the cost of each
and the necessary repairs, Otherspeakers
followed. and finally the suggestion of
Franz was adopted, and the name of the
organization changed to the anti-rent
league by a large majority.
Thomas I. Egan, a printer living at
los East Forty-second street, New York,
went out with his wife on the night of the
26th leaving their niece, Nellie Cunning
ham, aged 10, alone in the house. Soon
after two burglars who had gained access
to the premises entered the parIor, and
when Miss Cunningham screamed one
stuffed a handkerchief i'll her mouth and
the other bound her with clothes line
Having tied her so she could not move,
they removed the handkerchief, threaten
ing TO kill her if she made Il noise They
then demanded information as to where
Mrs. Egan's jewels and money were, but
Miss {. refused to tell, when one of the
rufiians struck her in the face. Still exas-
perated by her refusal To answer their
questions, the other burglar stabbed her
several times i'll the arms, face and hands
with penknife. The yolng lady became
insensible, when the robbers, fearing that
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