The daily gazette., 1881-11-03
GENERAL NEWS.

The Board of Aldermen of Jersey
City, on Tuesday night, passed, an or
dinance authorizing the Standard Oil
Company to lay its pipes Trough that
city.
The Colebrook iron furnaces at
Lebanon, Penna., were lighted on Tues
day evening. The owner is Robert Ii.
Coleman, nephew OF the late &. Dawson
Coleman.
The Council of the Choctaw Nation
was engaged yesterday in debating the
bill TO allow the construction of rail-
road through he Indian Territory.
The Stock Exchange of Washington,
District of Columbia, was organized
yesterday, with George Ii. Il. White IS
President, and A. q. Batemaa as Score
tary.
The Harrisburg Conference of the
Lutheran Synod, IN session at Steelton
yesterday, adopted resolutions strongly
denouncing speculative life insurance.
The City Council of Augusta, Georgia,
has adopted a resolution inviting Ed
ward Atkinson and the Eastern manu-
facturers now at the Atlanta Exhibi-
tion, to visit Augusta.
The President yesterday commissioned
Clifford Statham (Mahone's nominee) to
be Postmaster at Lynchburg, Virginia,
in place of j. T. Wilson, suspended.
Statham's commission will hold good
until the end OF the next session OF the
Senate, unless he is previously suspense
ded by the President, Or nominated or
confirmed for regular term.
Augustus D. Wheelock, bookkeeper
off. q. Walcott u Co., banks, New
York, who, it is alleged, embezLled
$55, 1000 belonging TO the firm and fled to
Europe, was brought back yesterday on
the steamer Wisconsin. He was ad
mitted to bail in $1,000.
1t is claimed that the result of actual
working for one month with fifteen
stamp mill in the recently discovered
gold bearing lode In the Summit di:
trict, Colorado, is 100000. and tina
the tailings are worth $500 per ton. Tn,
assays, it is said, run as high as $40, 100
per ton.
Large amounts of Confederate bond
were purchased in Augusta, Georgi;
yesterday, at the exorbitant price of 81
to $11 per $1,000. A New York firm at
vertises ina Chicago paper for Confed
crate bonds, offering $3.50 per thousan
for from $1,000 to $1,000 900 of thes
bonds "maturing IN 1865"
The Bishops of the Methodist Episco
pal Church closed their anunal sessio
IN New York yesterday, after adopin
programme for Episcopal jnrisdlctlo
and The holding of winter and spru
conferences in 1882. Among the assign
ments are the following: Baltlmor,
March s, Bishop Wiler, Lockhavel
Penna., March Is, Bishop Hurst. Mid
dletown, Delaware, March s, Bisho
Hurst.
The French visitors arrived In Bosto
yesterday, as the guests of the city
They were met at Mansfield by con
mittee OF reception, and large crowd
were waiting to see the distinguishe
party, who we're loudly cheered as the
aligned from the train. AT tine dept
M. Pierre Jeanudot addressed them i
behalf of the French citizens of Boston
and III. Outrey responded. The part
were then driven TO tie Hotel Vendom
where they were received by Mayo
Prince.
Mr.. John W. Mitchell, of Charle
county, has withdrawn as candida
for the associate judgeship in that il
dicial distaict. 1t is though this wi
insure the vote of Charles county +,
Judge Chew, who is candidate +,
reelection.
Mr.. B. @. Mitchell, who bought Il
main exhibition building at Fairmou
Park, Philadelphia, made the final pa
ment OF S72 800 yesterday. The work
pulling down the building will begin
the 10Th inst.