, 1881-03-18
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY,
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shot himself on the 24th.
1t is stated upon excellent authority
that State Senator VIM. II Robins IN of
New York, will be named for collector of
the port of New York, and that Chief
Judge Folger accepts the secretaryship of
| the treasury.
The republican state convention at
| Lansing, Michigan, nominated Hon. Isaac
Marston Ior Judge of the supreme court,
and Hon. Jas. +. JOY, of Detroit, and ex-
Gov Austin Blair, of jackson, r re-
gents OF the state university.
1t is believed that the governor Of Min
nesOfa will appoint ex-Secretary Ramsey
! to hill the vacancy created i'll the senate
! by WINDOWS resignation. Kirkwood's
vacant seat i'll the senate is variously ss-
signed by persons familiar with Iowa
! politics to James F. Wilson, Gov Gear or
Congressman Undegraff. Senator Blaine
Will of course be succeeded by Congress
man Frye
The grand jury at London, Ohio, has
indicted Mrs. Martha Daraley, and her
daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Corzailiius, for the
J murder of Armstrong, Mrs. Corzaillius'
| late husband. The Indictment was found
on the confession Of one Henry White
head, Il convict, that Mrs. Daraley had
confessed to him of having smothered
Armstrong with charcoal fumes, and to
cause suspicion had shot him in the head
after he was dead.
In the Whitaker court martial at New
| York cadet Burnett, recently stationed
| in New Mexico, but who found Whitaker
when he was bound. gave public exhi-
| bltion of the manner in which he was
| lying. having a cadet jacket, bedstead,
and the whole outfit in the court room.
lie tied himself as he claimed Whitaker
Was tied, and created quite a sensation
under the coaching of the judge advoca
| general.
The trial Of Col. Cash for the murder of
| Col. Shannon in duel is in progress in
Darlington, South Carolina. A jury was
formed without much trouble, composed
exclusively of whites; the defense chal-
! lenging every negro called. Eye witnesses
| testified to the facts of the duei substan-
TALLY as heretofore published. Several
swore that Cash was urged by his son
| just before the principals took position, to
| be certain to kill Shannon, and Cash re-
| piled that he would do it sure US there
| was q world.
SantI Fe dispatch of the 23d says:
! The first of the week shooting afiray
occurred in a gambling booth in a Sc
cluded spot five miles from the stage road
| between Fort Wingate and Bacon's
|
called for drinks. The proprietor stated
that he sold no whisky, but if the men
wanted 10 gamble they could be furnished
with whisky. -Four men then sat down
| with the proprietor and after playing
some time row began, resulting in the
death Of all of the card players, each being
shot several times. No arrests.
The Post, democratic organ. Of Feb
9th says: As the senate has no other exc.
cutive business that will consume much
time, 1t might very properly proceed to
consideration of the Chinese treaties,
which were laid before that body some
| months ago. Senators have thus far
given little or no attention TO anything
connected with these treaties beyond in
stituting a solemn inquire as to the man
ner of their leaking out.
| President Garfield sent the names of
I the members of his cabinet to the senate
on the fifth and they were all confirmed
without opposition. They are as follows:
| President Garfield has sent to the senate
the following nominations: James G.
Blaine. of Maine, secretary of state. Will
| liam Window, of Minnesota. secretary of
the treasury. Wayne McVeagh, ofPenn-
sylvania, attorney general. Thomas L.
James, of New York, postmaster general.
| Samuel j. Klrkwood, of Iowa, secretary of
the interior. Robert F. Lincoln. of Illi-
nois, secretary ofwar. William H. Hunt,
of Louisiana, secretary of the navy.
| A Buffalo dispatch TO the New York
| Times relates the discovery of gold and
| silver quartz ledge in the town of Ham,
burg, nine miles from Buffalo, which APP
pears well authenticated. The names Of
several prominent men of that station are
given in connection with it. The ledge
was discovered last August. Pieces of
rock subjected TO careful assay, yielded
Sl150 to the ton. Mining operations were
] commenced last October under the super
intendence OF Charles +. Reeves, formerly
| of California, and excavations reveal
snnken ledge with an overhanging wall
on one side. The latest assay from the
lowest depth excavated. shows S692 to $3.50
to the ton. A company has been organ
| lied embracing Theodore S. and James
! Hustled, John Austeths of the firm OF 5.
| o. Barnum, Son & Co, Chas. A. Rupp, a
prominent builder, and l.. A. Banks.
The most surprising and startling thing
| connected with this matter is that gold
aud silver bearing quartz should make its
appearance where the geological condition
| of the country would seem to contradict
the possibility of its existence.
A Danville, Pa, dispatch of March 9th
| saws: The main building of the state hos
| pltal IOr the insane At tiliS place caught
lire last night In an unoccupied ward in
the east wing, which was being repainted.
| The condition of roads was such that as
sistance from this place, a mile and q half
distant, could not be rendered until the
fire had gained great headway. A steam
fire engine belonging to this borough was
dragged through deep snow by six horses,
but soon after going into service 1t was
rendered useless by breaking some of its
machinery. Assistance was ;elegraphed
for from different towns in the vicinity,
but before it could be furnished the whole
wing of the main building vas destroyed.
a portion O: the latter having been blown
up for the purpose of saving the west
| wing. At about 6 O'Clock this morning
the fire was thought - be under control,
but again broke out aud this afternoon
reached the west wing. The hospital was
supplied with water from a large reseY-
voir, but it was impossible to get suffi-
cient force on to be of avail. Nearly five
hundred patients were in the Institution,
all of whom were removed without con-
fusion or loss of life to detached buildings
in the rear of the main building. At the
time the fire was discovered the inmates
were in the hospital chapel at evening
service, and this circumstance assisted m
keeping the nnfortunates under control
and together. Most of them will be dis
L So ,ttxt.