The daily gazette., 1881-08-26
General News.

A gang of confidence men In Benson,
Arizona, who have been fleeing Eastern
tourists, was broken up two days ago
and the members were driven out o.
town.
A. ]. Whltton, head of the Department.
of Weights and Measures in Montreal, y
reported to have fed to the United
States, after having defrauded bis SUBJ
ordlnates and others to large amounts.
His ruin is ascribed to gambling.
Fritz Geesman, aged SO years, who
had been insane for some time, drowned
himself In dock, at Brooklyn, on Tues
day night.
In tho Deaf Mute Convention at
Harrisburg, yesterday morning, adj
dresses were made by Ex-Governor Cur
tin and Governor Hoyt, to which John
Carlin, of New York, replied. Resolu-
tions of sympathy with President Gar
field were unanimously adopted.
Rev. Father Killain Flasch was conss-
Grated Bishop of the Roman Catholic
DIocess of La Crosse, at St. Francis
Seminary, near Milwaukee. on Wednes-
day. There were present and participate
ing in the ceremony Archbishop Hess,
eleven Bishops, Mitred Abbot and
several hundred clergymen.
A change for the worse was reported
in the Presidents condition last evening.
| During the day he continued to take
nourishment as usual, but did not gain
strength, and there was no abatement Of
the swelling In the parotid glaud. After
the morning examination the question
OF removing the President from WASH
ing was again discussed by the physi-
clans, land it was decided by the majority
that the attempt would not be prudent
at the present time.
The steamer Persian Monarch, which
sailed from New York for London on
the 10th inst, was towed back TO New
York yesterday, having lost her pro-
peller, by the steamer France.
Two men repairing the slate root Of
DR.. Cuyler's Church, IN Brooklyn, were
seriously if not fatally injured, yest terday
morning, by the giving way Of the plat
form fastenings, which precIpitated them
10 the ground, sixty feet below.
The total value of our imports OF mer
chaDdize during the twelve months end
| iiS OulJ 1COl. WAS BVV0a y6A \
against $637, At duringthe twelve
mouths ending July 81, 1880. The total
value OF our exports Of merchandise
during the twelve months ending
Juy, 81, 1881, was $3.50 ,7s2
3T1, against $s94, ,066 during: th'
precedent twelve months.
The receipts of registered per cents
| of the Treasury, under the recent no
tice of The Secretary have reached IS /,
CO0,000.
The Delaware State Teachers's Asso
citation, in sess ion at Rehobotb, yester
day elected the following officers Pres
dent, Rev. ]. M. Williams Vice Presi
dents. S. J. Wiley, j. II. Groves and II
G. Carpenter /; Secretary, James II
Groves Treasurer, Miss $. M. Fell.
Daniel C. Dejarnette, a member o
the Thirty sixth Congress, and after.
wards or the Confederate Congress from
Richmond, Virginia, died on the 22(
inst, at White Sulphur Springs.
Over 1000 persons yesterday visited
Camp Garfield, near Wilkesbarre.
A despatch from Winnipeg says that
bylaw granting bonus of $200, 900 to thi
Pacific Railway syndicate was carried
on Wednesday.
It is said in Ottawa that ssa grea
drawback to the cattle ranch business
on Bow River, in the Northwest Terri
tory, sis the preeence OF large numbsl
of Indians, who will become herders
and are entirely dependent upon th'
Government for support"
The Republican convention Of Miss
lssippi met yesterday in jackson, ant
united with the Greenback Convention
on ticket headed by Benjamin King
for Governor.
At Republican meeting in Media,
yesterday-one of the largest ever held
In Delaware County-resolution werd
adopted sympathlziDg with the Presi.
dent, and approving the proposed prose
cut ion of the Star Route frauds.
The Republicans OF Adams county,
Iowa, yesterday instructed their nomi-
nees for the Legislature to vote for Nc
Dill for U. s. Senator.