, 1881-11-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.

York capitalist, dlcd Inst night.
--Ratn nnd snow. followed by colder a',d
partly cloudy weather, for this region today.
-soycn stagc-conc., passengers wcre
5o!,rc.l tiurstlny night by two masked nlnl
armed men near Laredo, Tex.
---Twcnty.!lvc firen1cn wcro seriously III
jurcd wilc subluing fire nj f1opklhtor.
Mass, al,out midnight Thursday.
-'rhe propeller Atttdlesox burned to tho
waters caee Mt peauat,ng point Thursday
night. M particulars nra Mt hand.
.-rha Rev. j. N. Frcensnn, Of 14ockport,
n. T.. l,as decided to accept the call of
lm,na,,,,el Presbyterian Church Ut MilwaH-
kce. The satary will bc $1,000 per annn1n.
----The of1lcla1 vote for State Treasurer II,
Pennsylvania Is: lsalley ficpnbltcnn>,
aafsj5 ,or5; Nobte ()cmocrat}, a5s,tli; Wolfe
independently, 49,!Ba Plurality for BAlley,
o,sCi.
--Tl,e trnc1s-lnynR on tho t}corRla Pacific
Hallway WIS begun yesterday. Ex-seiator
Gor<lut, tlrnyc tho first spike Mt Atla'ita'
Mucl, interest is manifested III tllts project |
throughout tbs South.
-Tho tontll census Of the United states
will bo fully completed III II few days. Tho
disbursements for the work OF making tl'o
census have bccn s., ,sf0, ,0t;s 50 fHr. Congress
will be asked for s:1i0,000 additional.
-I}oge jackson WIS yesterday hangcsl ut
Hamburg, Ark, for the inartler Of Rcrbcn
Jordan lust February. l}Utll tic murderer
and Ills victim wero c0l0red. Augustus
Smith, who outraged his employers dauRll-
tcrs, was hinged nj S,nttlltieltl, Ark.
Among tho deaths announced this
morning arc those OF Lanson G. Curtis,
Agent Of tho Western Associated Press Mt
Columbus, O.; Alonzo Huntington. Attorney
at.law, Of Chicago; Harley Green, we'll
known dealer III live stock, Of Chicago.
-Thc Association, OF United Fire Under
writer's Of America adjourned yesterday,
after fixing rates for tho ensuing year md
dividing tllo United States into six districts
for underwriting purposes. Mr.. Loudon
Snowden, Of Philadelphia, was elected Tres
ident.
Tho Storm murder trial will 10 ended
today. Tho testimony Of tho medical OK
pcrts yesterday was. generally speaking, utt.
favorable to tho prisoner, us 1t tended to
establish lis sanity. lie continues to foign
idiocy or insanity, but tho general impres.
sion Is that iu is overriding his part.
There was n very heavy rainfall
throughout tho Northwestern States yester"
dry, producing ilontls and caus!ng so'ho DAM
age. Tar!s ILL.,. suffered considerably from
the floods. In tho latter part OF the tav
thcrB WAS a change. from ratn 10 snow. par-
ticuarly north OF tho PARALLEL Of Chicago.
-Secratary Folger Inns entered in earnest
OIL the duties of his Office, md leyotcs much
Of hts time oyery day 10 mastering tho details
OF business aud tho routine Of thu depart
1naut. iIe carefully studies all cnses Of derc-
lction reported to him, mud goes about his
business rs II lo meant to do his work well.
MFR. Sewall G. Strant, Of Portland. Mo-.
has brought suit for damages against scvon
students OF Bowloin Collegefor injury done
his SOIL In the barbarous practice Of lsaztng.
The boys sight was injured by piece ot
coal thrown At him by ono OF tho students.
Mr.. Strout asks $1,000 damages from eneil,
-phalcmont, Protestant Republican
member OF tho French Chambers, las been
appointed Under Secretary Of the Ministry
OF Education and Public Worship. 1t Is salt
that Gols. Chanzy Is about to resign us Min
istcr to Russin, so rs to be III Paris In the
event af n vacancy in tho Presidency Of tlls
Republic.
-The Emperor OF Germany, who WAS tot
Ill to ad.iress tile RelchstaE Thursday, droyt
out twice ycsterlRy. a semi. official letter Is
published indicating that tho Government
will do nolhtng to precIpItate party conflicts
In the KcIclstag: also that TINT bosEy vii
be soon adjourned to permit tho 1,andtag t.
discuss bill nlmtns ut polltco-cccleslasticn
compromise.
In the caso OF David Grant, leader o
the Orangemen 0f Qnobee. for falsu arrest
nga!nst Mayor Hcaudry, ot Montreal. 1t In
been held by tho Court Of Queen's nenc
that the Orange Society Is illegal under til
laws of the country, and that tho arrest O
Grant In July, 1877, was Just and propc1
The courts Of Ontario would hardly relllg
such decision.
Tho passenger train on the Springfield
& Northwestern lsailroaa due Mt Springfield
ut noon yesterday went through trcsttt
work across n rayine about two miles wos
Of tho Sangaiaon itiyer crossing, alld Wa
precipitateu distance of twenty feot Fou
taen persons weru injured more or les
seriously, though not fatally, 1t Is though
Among the Injured Ia Alr. Fred Shellcck. {
Chicago,
1T fs stated TINT tho Pope will consu
tile Bishops OF Great 13rltatn and ireland
to the dcstrability Of reGstnhlfshing llpl
mattq relations with the british Goyernlne.
Dir. Digby, agent to Lord Dlgby, n k!ni
County 1andlorti, was shot Mt yesterday, b
escaped unllurt. A Westmeath furm
named AlcA[a,us was shot anu serious
wUAndel BECAUSE la paid rent, md l}a!I
mined Dillon was killed. III Mayo.
Tho Suparior Court Ut Cook Coun
issued n nlandamus yesterday to couni
Clerk K'okke. compelling hin to oxtcn'l
tux ot two aru one-hnlf mills for park ~
poses OIL 81, ,49S, ,61.., tl.e eqsla'izo.l valua.l
OF tho West Town property, ana held u
tho net limiting tho assessment for West 81
park purposes TO 100000 llas been ropeaI
by recent legislation, which provides n!at
taxes bo ioyieA on tlo equallzed value.
--rhe main building OF ths Ohlo lido
Asriu1r mar f,o1tltnl,ts ,yn4 t1t4frnvtuI