, 1881-10-05

ThJS1 FIVE CENTS,
81 1WS IN BRIEF,
49, weather, northeasterIy winds, and
stationary or lower temperature for this re-
| gtoIl todny,
| lHoQro1s Inns. been scratched for tho
Cesarcwttcll. TN Foxha'l aro now centcrel
Tic l'opes Of American sporting mel.
! JAMES md Harry Garfield have returned
| to Williams College. liarry is not quite well
enough to ressimc Ills atllslles Just yet.
1'nE Mrs. Garfield fund now amounts to
s:fS'.l lie. Tho sum Of SlD,l75 itas been su,}-
scrIbed for tic Grandma Garfield fund. uos-
toll las this far contributed sls,570 to the
Mrs. Garfield fund. :
FluESDs of Secretary Blaine say there Is
no truth In the story tliat lle desires to re-
1nan Ill the Cabinet. On the contrary, STR.
I}fafiie wishes to retire soo,, utter Congress
meets nlld after lie has presented Ills report,
DEEE0ATEs to attend the Massachusetts
Democratic State Convention Mt Worcester
are nrr(yfn4 III that city. 1t Is expected that
theconventton will rcnonlinatc the Desnocrat-
[c ticket ot last year, except the Lieutcnnusr
Governor.
Gr1TEAU was Indicted yesterday By tie
washington grand jury. George ScoyElIe,
Of ChIcag0. his brotllef-ln-aw, will defend
tho assassin. Gultcnu will plead mot
guilty." The defense will bo on the ground
OF Insanity.
ForR persons, supposed to be ex-conyicts,
entered II lloHse pn West Twcnty.secund
street, New York, yesterday, brlltally n.y.
saulsed III Invalid mother, n,l{i killed ler
babc, only Is tays old. The police are look
lug for the yllluins.
GEORGE II. ROWLAND, Of Pike County.
Pennsylvania, at o,,e t1Mn a member Of tho
pennsylvania Senatc, was arrested yester-
ttay Oil tho Charge Of extotting illegal fees
Tor collecting pension. Tile complainant
Is woman 0rer co years of agc.
TllE paying teller OF tho Dushwlck Savings
Bunk uf brooklyn was arrested yesterday on
tile Charge Ut tuking S4,Oo0 OK the funds Of
the bank since tho 1st Of January. and con.
ccalIng his steatIngs by false entries and
forgery. SInall salary is tic reasol1 assigned
for tho theft.
Il soUT1l-1'oCSp train on the Louisville &
Nashville Rai1soatl jumped tho truck nj
Do!isc Station, A!a-, yesterday, and the cars
were thrown over. Gen. John II. Dunn, OF
thu Interior Department, and circus agcnt
were bruised. a colorcd trump WHO was
stealing Il ride was killed.
PRESIDENT Allri1CH. III company with 31r.
Read, Ills prtvnte secretary, md AIr. Jamie.
son. Of tic railway mail service, arrived at
Washington yesterday afternoon from New
I0rk. The party wcru driven to Senator
Jones' residence immediately. President
Arthur spent quiet evening, and had few
callers. -.:
THE Hon. Nelson W. A'drirh received u
majority Of both Houses Of the Rhu.e Island
Legislature yesterday for United States Sen.
ntor to SUCCEED Gun. Burnside. IIu will bo
elected totlny. Mr. Aldrlch was 4 llenlbct
nf tic last Congress, nll4 was reelected last
November. I1o ts nov In his 10th year, aud
Is Il natIyo OF CONNECTICUT.
THERE was net reduction In the cost Of
tile star-r0ute atl1 stenmbnat naval servlcB
during tho month Of Suptulnber of Str3,47S.
Brady llas 10 connection with the Pnst-Of1fce
Department HOW, and Mr. tanles rules tllers.t
Tint lnnkts I'LL the difference III the worIl.1
The American people would 1fku tllat Atr.
.Aillcs should be permitted to rule.
THERE was sl,arp decline in tho price Of
grain III the Chicago market yesterday
Wheat declined ;4e3!t5 cc,,ts, corn cents.
and oats zsG9l cent per buslel. TIlere WAS
also dtcl'lo In the price OF mess porl, and
lard. Thu New York nnrkets declined Iii
sympathy with the Chicngo market, but re-
covered somewhat towards tie cl0su of b,lsE.
hess.
The manager Ut tho Paunma Canal::Con,-
pany Inns arrived Mt Now York a,1d reports
TINT work OH tic canal IL progressing favot-
ably and rapidly. There are NOW 100 nlen
ut work. alisl 1t IL expected ttAt 5000 will bo
ut work by December, Tho sum Ut S950,0N
Inns been already expended u,l the work. nnd
drafts fnr S500, 600 more arc It. tie hands Of
tho bunkers.
TIE Chicago Democratic Club, d sort Of
esth0tlc organization 0f local Iourbuns, met
lust night aud elected otllcprs for the ensuing
year. Thu club will hereafter bo known ~
tho lroQuo1s. The lluin0 was selected prob
ab!y with the lden ot excluding the "s|Iort-
lIalrs." No slort.'latr can pronounce tho