Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-16
NEWS OF THE DAY

with $4,000 liabilities. They were
extensive lager beer brewers.
Hattie DUEL died Mt Iowa City,
Iowa, on Monday after abstaining from
food forty-seven days.
Secretary Window has called in
all the outstanding skies of 1861 and
1868, amounting to 1896, 500, 400, which
mature in July next, and has offered to
holders the option of taking 81 per
cent. interest on their bonds. The
skies known as the Oregon War Debt
have also been called in.
Low Dogs band from Sitting Bull S
camp are en- route to Fort Buford under
the charge of Lieutenant Robertson, of
the Seventh Cavalry. There are fifty
men and seventy women and children.
The late Senator Carpenter was
buried on Sunday at the Forest Home
Cemetery, near Milwaukee. The funeral
pageant surpassed anything of the kind
ever witnessed in the State.
The widow of Theodore Parker
died at her residence in Boston on Sat
urday night, aged sixty-seven years.
Captain Thrasher, of the schooner
Nathaniel III. Skinner, Of Taunton,
from Boston for Philadelphia, reports
that ON the 9Th inst. his vessel was in
collision with the schooner Fred Brown
of Providence, Captain Small, from
New York, and that the latter vessel
sank Immediately. The captain, mate
and wife and three children, and one
seaman of the Brown were drowned.
Before final adjournment the Ten
nessee Legislature protested 10y resolu-
ton against the violation of the rights
of American citizens i'll ireland.
The failures In the United States
for the first quarter of 1881 numbered
1856, of which 100 were in New York
city. The liabilities of the parties fail
ing we're S24, 167, $50. and their assets
$l1 1888, 100. There is a marked increase
of failures during the first quarter of
this year, as compared with the like
period for 1880. This is to be traced in
part to the long continued severity of
the winter in the Western and North
western States, where the increase in
great part belongs.
"A Mrs. Cornell and three children
were rescued at Kansas City while float
ing down the Missouri River in their
house.
"A pork ring in the West has by
combination sent prices up to a high
figure. The ring controls the bulk Of
the pork in market.
in the United States Senate on
Thursday Mr.. Vance spoke on North
Carolina finances, denying that the
State had ever repudiated her honest
obligations. North Carolina bonds are
quoted at IS, and Mr.. Sherman admit
ted that that was fair price for four
per cent. State bond.
In New York city Edward Herman
Johannes Sagert, who had been sending
matchmaking letters to Mr.. Louis Stras-
burger, and pretending they came from
n Nihilist committee, was decoyed and
arrested by Detective Campbell. While
struggling to escape, Sagert was shot
dead, accidentally as Campbell claims.
The Connecticut House passed the
bill redistricting the State making
twenty -four instead of twenty-one Sena-
torial districts. The Senate reconsid-
cred and killed the law chasing cider
with intoxicating drinks in regulating
liquor sales.
The appropriations made by the U.
5. Congress for the fiscal year 1882 ex-
coed S177, 200, 900, or more than So, 000,-
600 greater than the appropriations
made for any previous fiscal year.
The Tennessee Legislature before
its adjournment, provided for the pay
ment of interest on the State debt.
The Portland (Me. Board of Trade
adopted a resolution urging Congress
TO distribute the balance of the Geneva
Award to those who lost vessels and
cargoes by the depredations of Confed-
crate cruisers, or by paying extra war
insurance.
The professional cricketers Shaw
and Shrewsbury have made arr ange
ments for a cricket tour through III
United States, Canada, Australia and
New Zealand. The team will start early
in September for Canada. In the
United States they will play the clubs
of Boston, Philadelphia, New York,
San Francisco and other cities.
AT Albany. on Thursday, the New
York City Citizens Committee Street
Cleaning bill was voted down by &C to
50 after long debate.
The bill to settle the debt of Mem
phis has passed the Tennessee Legis-
lature and the Governor has signed the
bill settling the State debt, and 81 1885,
600 have been appropriated for interest
on the new bonds.
Mr.. Bayard made n speech in the
Senate on Wednesday defending the
Democratic position in resisting the
election of officers. Senator Sherman
again defended Senator Malone for the
position he has taken.
The Democrats elected the Mayor
and majority of the city officers of
Omaha, and the Republicans those of
ST. Louis. The majority of Harrison,
the Democratic candidate for Mayor of
Chicago, is over 1000. In Leadville
the Republican candidate for Mayor was
elected.
Later reports from Dakota Terri
tory say. that large number of lives
We're lost by the floods. Intelligence re-
ceived from Bonhomme is to the effect
that ont of fourteen persons ten have
been rescued alive and well. Two fami-
lies named Bates and Haddeman were
drowned Seven other families were
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