, 1881-12-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.

-lair weather. winds mostly northorly.
stationary or lower temperature.
PROF. j. +. Ililgartl has been appointed
Superintendent OF tho Coast and 0eodetic
Surveys.
: A convict escaped front the pcnftonttary
1T Pittsbur9, Pa, yesterday In IN empty
slOc-box,
Tho reports tint President Arthur Is to
be married soon are pronounced false and
malicious.
-The wito Of ox-,Iustlce Swayno, Of tic
United States Supreme Court, died III Wash.
inxton ycssor,ay.
MIR. &. r. McKcnny, ct Minnesota. Inns
been appointed Enrolling Clerk Of tho l1ouso |
Of Representatives.
-Dylngton Hotel md 1'lnck Mt Fort Val
ley. Ga., was destroyed by tlre yesterday.
Tho building was heavily Insured.
-Tho Governor OF Cnba l,as discovered
fa,so certificates by wllcI, Ito negroes who
ought to be FREQ nre held In bondage.
Gabriel Scott, who Is represented rs Il
Chtcagoal1, is reported rs looking for Ills
wife, who ran nway with ono Of Ills clerks,
iii Brooklyn.
-1Ix-Senntor Howe has tclegraphcd to
Washington tint he will assume tie duties
Of tho Office Of postn,aster.Gcncralb between
tic lst and 9th OF January.
"A musical festival, 10 which nll the
vited, will DO llcld III Philadelphia. beginning
June 20, anti lasting week.
The brig Mary Allerton, which put out
to sea yester.lay morning from Mobile. Ala,
returned III the afternoon on fire, and wRs
beached. Tho vessel md cargo are n total
loss.
bishop Andrews, OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church, will leaye Washington,
u. G., for Mexico next week to establish,
missions there. lie will DO absent three
months.
-postmastcrs complain that there has
been Il loss OF revenue under the present Bye
tcm'of partial prepayment OF postage on
tirst-c1ass matter, and aro agitating for tho
abolition Of the practice.
Three noted Mexican bandits, two
bearing the SAME name. Manuel Asunlo, and
tho ttl!rd named Lucas Franco, wore capt
nred near lscnosa, Mexico, Wednesday, BY
ylgiIantes, who Ind tlleln hanged.
Two Of tho Fail lsivcr t,tass.) mill
owners have informed tho splnners TINT III
consequence Of the high price Of cotton and
tho low price Of cloth they cannot my tile 10
per cent demanded .by the operatives.
-Ex-Goy. Davis, Of Texas, who was
pressed by his friends for tho Postmaster
{'eneraishlp, Is now candidate for the Scc-
retaryshlp OF the Navy. Ills friends insist
that he shalt hayo somo Cabinet position.
The Coroner's Jury iii tie case Of james
Conroy, the Northwestern Railroad conductor
Killed by the accident at tho North Branch
Wednesday, returned verdict yesterday In
for the accident.
1T Is understood TINT ex-senator Pad
dock l,as been offered tile position ot Assist
AMI. Secretary OF tho Treasury, rendered W.
cant By tue resignation Of Mr.. Uffon, but
llas declined to accept, a1td Inns so Informed
Senator Saunders.
Tho steamer Henry Edge, from Ant
werp for Boston. Is now th1rty-three days
att. 1t Is, understood that - per cent pre-
MUM has been offered OIL Its cargo and re-
fused, which indicates that serious fears arc
entertained for Its safety.
Coy. McEnery las convened the Loufsi-
ana Legislature In ton dnys' additional extra
session totproytda for the passage Of license
and revenue bills, md one authorizing the
Fiscal Agent to convert NIL moneys In his
l,ands Into United States bonds,
THO Archbishop Of Canterbury Inns
written letter to his clergy, informing them
that MI cffurt will he n,ntte tn csfntfsh tfnsnr