The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10
FRIDAY.

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Gillian shows that tbs let receipts
of the Government the last fiscal
year were more than hundred mil
lion dollars in excess of the expendi-
lures. The gross assets Of the Gov
eminent are more than 1881, 900, 900,
having increased over S64, 100000
during the past year.--Adelina
Patti and Nicolini reached this port
yesterday.-A meeting of the La
dies Land League has been held in
Dublin, Miss Parnell presiding.-
Gambetta has denied to the Prince of
Wales that he met Prince Bismark.
Republicans are max
ing a concerted effort to have rep
resentative from their section in the
Cabinet.-The counsel for Guiteau
yesterday made application to the
Court for more time in which to pre-
pare his defence, The experiences of
the assassin at the Oneida community
are made public by Mr.. Scoville.
President Arthur arrived 10 New
York yesterday afternoon. The Pres
ident took rooms in the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and spent part of the evening
in his Lexington avenue home
The prospect Of the Cuban sugar crop
is exceedingly promising and the es-
Inmates are that it will exceed that Of
former years by from Is to 30 per
cent. tenant farmer has been
shot dead in the County Galway, as is
supposed, by Land Leaguers.--
Spain desires to facilitate trade be-
tween the United States and Cuba.
The liberal party in England is
believed to be losing ground.
The Nihilists threaten to prevent the
Cars coronation unless he comes to
terms.
SATURDAY.
The Belfast division Of the Land
Court has reduced the rent of some
holdings % per cant George
Bliss, Of New York, appeared for the
Government in the Star Route cases
yesterday, and argued to sustain the
procedure by criminal information;
Mr.. 1ngersoll began bis reply
The British Minister to the United
States reached Philadelphia yesterday,
and met with cordial reception.
Heavy snowstorms are reported in
New Hampshire and northern New
York. An accident to steam
boat at Keokuk, Iowa, causing a
shocking loss of life.--Another ar
rest was made for embezzlement in
the Mechanics National Bank of
Newark, yesterday.
MONDAY.
A very searching investigation is to
be made of the affairs Of the Treasury
Dspartment.--Th attendance at
the Atlanta exhibition increased forty
per cent, last week. "A fire at New
vile, Pa, destroyed the United Pres
byterian church, entailing loss of
SIS, 000.A FIRE at Hoboken, New
Jersey, destroyed the Eagle Dock,
some shipping, and other property,
and causing damage to the amount of
several hundred thousand dollars.
The Pennsylvania railroad roundhouse
at Princeton, N. j., was burned; the
loss will be $15,000.-In Reading
yesterday all the beer saloons were
closed for the fret time In its history.
A man calling himself Henry L.
Williams Of Ontario received $500
from bank at Williamsport on Fri
day upon two forged drafts.-
Mr.. West, the new British Minister,
arrived at Washington on Saturday.
There were $50 births, 285 marriages
and 673 deaths in New York city
last eek.---Guiteau's counsel say
the question of malpractice will not
be raised in the triaI.--The United
States has refused to interfere in the
negotiations for treaty between Chill
and Peru.-Colonel Watson B.
Smith, Clerk OF the United States
Circuit Court at Omaha, Neb., was
found dead on Saturday morning,
lying outside of his Office door, where
be bad been shot by an unknown as
sessin. Sixteen thousand applica.
tions to fix fair rents have been made
to the Irish Land Commission.
TUESDAY.
The President, by appropriate proc
lamations, set apart the last Thurs
day of November-the Oath inst
AS Thanksgiving Day.-A training
stable at Danville, KY, was destroy
ed by fire and some valuable horses
were burned.-Secretary Window
denies the correctness of the reported
scene in the Cabinet The Amer
lean ship New Era has been lost at
Cape Bsjeador. -Prince Bismarck
has brought an action for SANDER
against Herr Won Bunsen.
WEDNESDAY.
The returns from New York State
indicate the election of the Democrat
10 State ticket by about $4,000 ma
jority. The Democrats gain members
of the Legislature in several Of the
districts heard from. Roswell P.
Flower, Democrat, is elected to Con.
gress from the Eleventh district by
nearly 1000 majority over W. W.
Astor, Republican Seth Low, Repub-
lican, is believed to be elected Mayor
Of Brooklyn by a small majority.
In Massachusetts,, Governor Long,
Republican is reelected by about
10000 plurality, and there is about
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