, 1881-11-01

---tThe public debt of tile United Stairs
wns rctt,1ceu nbout 9i5,000,oE) during the
month ttst closed. Tho reduction fur the
first four months of tile current fiscal year
has BEEN $57,000,D00
~ copy of Tie bill on which Congress-
mnn Clark, OF Missouri, seeks siiyorcu from
his wi[o WIS served on that la1y yesterday. 1t
cltnrges drunkenness, tho use Of opium, nnd
an uugoycruabtc temper. 1t loes not charge
inil1ellty.
file total vnltte ct tho petroleum md
petroleum products exported during tie
nine lnuntl,s ending the %0t'l Of September
wns S'4.iEj,.!xi, agninst 81, 4,9So::..' worth ex-
ported during the corresponding period of
last year.
-Thc estimates for expenditures By the
United States Postal Department for tile
current fiscal ycar are S4}.CGi.:N0. Tlle es{1-
illatcs of the postal revenue are S42, III ~.
thus leaving only deficiency Of Sl0,57S IL
be supplied by taxntlo't.
--Congressltn,l j. q. Burrows, Of M1chi-
| gal,. announces himself q candidate for tie
| Speakersl,ip, and las already commenced uil
active canvass. lie left Kalamazoo for
Washington Saturday. Kassoll seems to leau
| aI! tie other candidates thus far.
| --I,ece1pts uf grain at Buffalo 50 far this
seasUlI show Il decrease Ut 43,0Gt.:}7o bushels
rs compared With tha corresponding part of
last ycar. The shipments Of coal from Buffalo
| ills year show MI increase OF 4a:3.4 4a:3.4,2 ,2AO tons
over the safle period Of laAt year.
| William Duckett was fired $4,000 yes
tertlay by Judge Johnston, Of the Qnchec
Court Of Review, for having tnkcn Ills seat
| md voted iii tho Quebec Legislature as q
member from one Of tho electoral districts
without having tho legal qualifications for
membership.
-Ernesto 1iossi, the Italian tragedian,
,naue his tirst appearance before New
York audience III Booths Theatre last eyen-
lug, ant1 was we'll received. The play was
"Othcllo." ard In the opinion of some OF the
critics he Is superior to bis great country
man, SalytuI.
Judge Anthony rendered. a decision on
tho Taylor dlvosce case yesterday, annu!l'ng
the first divorce on the: ground Of gross
fraud, md titus deciding that Taylor second
marriage wus Illegal. Judge Anthony un-
stintcdly denounced Taylor for Ills 1uean-
ness, perady. arld scoundrot(stn.
Tile Anti-ScmttIc Club Of students Of
tho LEIPZIG University sent bismarck II tcle
gram expressing regret at tho result Of the
recent elections III Berlin. Bismarck has IT,
Piled, and says that he Is neither surprised
nor discouraged, atIltng .sontentiously that
"c|'ronic diseases require time a,d patience
for cure.'
valentine Yeske, n Cincinnati butcher,
nude niurderous assault OH Ills wife last
night with knife, gashipG her throat III Il
fearful l.unnor. lie then dFoW the knife
ncrpss his own thront, if.:EctinE whit IL be-
ltevel to b. fatal wotnd. Ills wife will
probably recover. Yeske las been drinking
for sovoral days.
THE Board OF Cook County Commits
sonprs yesterday appropriated S070, 600 to ba
levied by taxation to meet thu expenses OF
tho various county departments during tho
next fiscal year. There uro large sums
standing to tho credit Of tho various funds,
owing to the economical management of tic
Republican County Doarl.
Senator Malone expresses himself rs
: quito confident OF the SUCCESS Of tue Coalt.
tlonists In Virginia ut tho forthcoming cleo
t[on. Tho white vote, l!e thinks, will be
pretty fairly divided, and tho vast minority
!. OF tue eolored voters Will certainly vote
against the Bonfbons' l'lo democrats ad
init some fears, particularly as to the Lcgis
}aturc.
All insane man called at tho Whit
llonse to see DR.. john Noctling. who TIT
llo'y Spirit, lic said, had told lllln was Presi
dent OF the United States. Tie guard sa"
ut once that 'lo was crank. and tried to III
lncc h!nl to leave. 1le refused, and was then
arrested, but not without iiefco struggle
However. a slx"shootcr was 1olenu III hH
pocket
Il -Tlia Prince OF hVnles was III Paris yes
: tortfay, and tlfned will Sir Charles Dix
:, mid Gambetta. Tiulo was when tho Prlnc'
and D1lko were not Oil dining terms, wlicl
i>llke was tllo most determined opponent
= my Increase III tho l'rfl'co's yearly allow
anco; but Dixie is now IL member OF tn
I}ritfsh Ministry. plNl pN QsplrAut for