Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-07-02

tIOuS Vi NEW Jersey nave resigned on
account of insufficient pay. They re-
ceive $400 year.
Two ballots were taken at Albany,
Wednesday. On the second ballot for
the short term, Senator Jacobs having
been informed that the Governor would
throw out his votes, thus electing the
Republican candidate who had major
ity of the other votes, ordered his name
to be withdrawn, and Democratic eau
Gus subsequently nominated Clarkson
n. Potter in his place.
Mr.. Hayes has denied to Mr.. Blaine
and Mr.. Garfield that he ever adversely
criticised either.
All the Cabinet but Mr.. Blaine and
Mr.. Kirdwook are at Long Branch.
The tobacco crop of 1880 shows an
increase of so per cent. as compared
with 1870. The average yield per acre
was much larger in the Northern than
in the Southern States.
The French Consul at Quebec has
informed the Governor General that
he has received information that the
French Government is ready to treat
with Canada through the British For
eign and Colonial offices for a reduction
of the French duty ON Canadian-buil
ships, lumber and breadstuffs.
FOREIGN.
Germany is waking up to the neces-
sity of stopping emigration and a bill
for the purpose is to be introduced at
the next sitting of the Reichstag.
The Nicaraguan Government has
expelled the Jesuits from the country,
on the ground that they have stirred up
strife against it,
"A number of workmen on strike at
Chrlstlania, Norway, having attacked
| the town hall at Drommen to release
two comrades who had been arrested,
were fired upon Sunday by the troops.
One man was killed and several were
wounded, and one officer and some SOL
dlers were injured. Order was restored.
1t is believed that the English
House OF Lords will make important
amendments in the Irish Land bill.
= The emigration from Sweden this
year is expected to amount to 10000
persons.
"A large number of men are being
engaged at Glasgow, Liverpool and
ports on the east coast of England to
proceed to Montreal to replace the
ship-laborers now on a strike there.
The 'sBlack Division" of the Mill
lists in letter to the Gar and his high
officers of state says there is no neces-
sity for them to resort to murder, as the
policy of the new Ministers is rapidly
driving the country into revolution. A
Montenegro officer, who attempted to
force his way into the Winter Palace on
the plea of seeing the Princess of Mon
tenegro, stabbed the officer on duty and
was shot dead.
The work of the British Census
Commissioners is rapidly approaching
completion. The entire population of
the Kingdom will be shown to be above
30, 900, 900. The increase in decade is
little over 100000.
-Seditious placards were posted at
Marseilles Sunday declaring that all
works where Italians were employed
would be burned down. This threat
now seems partly realized, as two oil
mills and mandatory, where Italians
only were employed, have been almost
totally destroyed by fire. The damage
is estimated at 5000, 600 francs.
-Nihilist mines have been discovered
under the Kazan Cathedral at st.
Petersburg.
Mr.. Parnell will come to the United
States in August to stump for funds for
the League. His friends in London
have not much hope of his success.
Michael Dayitt will probably be released
at the close of the session. He does
not complain of his jail treatment.
An important Nihilist, the daugh-
ter of priest of the Orthodox Church,
has been arrested at Kieff. She was i'm
plicated in attempts to murder the late
| Gar.
The Irish farmers are paying Grit
1ith's valuation freely and many are pay
ing up in full and looking to the Land
bill for relief in future.
The Russian prisons and fortresses
are full of political prisoners, who in
stead of being brought to public trial,
will be summarily deported to Siberia.
Weston retired from the contest
with Rowell Wednesday afternoon with
q score of 201 miles, and Rowell left the
track few minutes afterwards with 278
miles to his credit. A New Yorker then
offered to match Rowell for $4,000
against any three men in the world, the
latter to divide the weeks work as they
like.
The Italian loan of $3.50, 900, 900 for
the resumption of specie payments will
be put on the London, Paris, Vienna
and New York markets early in July.
Mr.. French, Auditor of Railroad
Accounts. has returned to Washington
from California. and says that the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company has
promised to pay all that the Govern
ment demands, and that the suit against
/ it will probably be discontinued