The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07


l7lh of this month. Bewteen thirty
and forty Sunday Schools will turn
out.
Sixty thousand immigra nts arrived
at New York during the month of
April. swelling the arrivals this year
to one hundred and five thousand, or
twenty five thousand more than dur
ing the corresponding period of last
year.
The largest vessel ever built for
Lake navigation is the schooner
David BOWS, recently launched at
Toledo, Ohio. Her extreme length
is 278 feet, and her carrying capacity
is 100000 bushels of grain. She has
five masts, and has cost 100000.
Sixty eight millions of dollars have
been INVESTED in railroads and min
ing enterprises in Mexico within the
last seven months by the capitalists
of the United States. and yet the
press and people of Mexico are jealous
of the encrochments of Americans.
The Mexicans engaged in running
skiffs across the river from San An
tonic, Texas, to the Mexican shore
are displaying hostilities to the rail-
road operations. They say if the
bridge is built it will deprive them
of the means of earning a livelihood,
and they are determined not to allow
it.
Tie Geological Gardens, at Phila-
delphia. now contain 1876 mammals
$40 birds and 50 REPTILES and betrach
ians, making in all 901. living speci
mems, valued at S4s,25i. During 1880
the visitors numbered 20S, 478 per-
sons, and the amount received for
admission was $40, 248.l6.
Seven hundred and twenty-five
steerage passengers on the steamer
Republic, at New York, were vacci-
mated on Thursday, because there
was single doubtful case on board.
Out of one hundred thousand passen-
gers arrived there since the 1st of
January there have not been twenty
cases of true smallpox.
Walter Coats has been convicted at
the Campbell county tVa.) court for
outraging Ida Turpin, his sister in
law, girl twelve years of age, and
sentenced to ten years. imprisen.
ment. A motion for new trial has
been made. The accused was min.
lister at the time of the outrage.
| The Westminster Kennel Club sat
down to an elegant dinner at the
Windsor Hotel, New York. on Sat
urday. Hon. John S. Wise, of Vir
ginia, and others spoke. From
remarks made by representative of
the West and others it would appear
that our gamehirds are fist dying
out, and that while we are improving
the breed of field-dogs there would
soon be nothing for them to hunt.
Over one hundred young ladies
were present at a girls tea or dove
party given in Philadelphia on Thurs
day evening, at the residence of the
Misses Thayer, on Pine street. All
the "rosebuds of the garden of girls. ="
including nearly every debutante OF
the past season. were among the
guests, and the party Twas just too
lovely for anything"
The flock of Southern sheep from
| Druid Hill Park. purchased a year
and half ago for the Philadelphia
Paramount Park, has increased from
forty to one hundred thoroughbred
sheep. A purchase of deer from
Druid Hill is to be made soon, to he
added to the live stock in Paramount.
That park is well stocked with part
ridges that are very tame, from being
well cared for during the severe
weather Last winter.
1t is now settled that Mr.. j. III /.
| Haverly is to have new theatre in
Chicago. 1t is proposed to erect the
handsomest theatre in America. 1t
will be IL feet narrower than Nc
Vickor's Opera House, and while ap-
parently smaller than Haverly's
present house. will, in fact, have one
third greater seating capacity. There
will probably be Zine proscenium
boxes, and in the rear of The first
balcony 20 lodges, similar to those In
most of the European theatres.
Whilea literary society Of the Uni
versity of New York was in session
the other night some of the members
of rival society tied the door with
strong wire. The imprisoned mem
bers finally broke out panel, but in
attempting to remove the fastenings
were pounded on the hands by out
siders. They finally got out by
breaking down the door. The society
which played the trick is neryously
| expecting a retaliatOry attack.