The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-26
ASSAYS ron THE WEEK.

ASSAYS FOK TAE WEEK.
Ex-Gov. H. d. Cook died in George
town, D. c., ON the e4th.
Last week IS, ,995 standard silver
dollars were put in circulation.
There was another heavy snow,
storm in New York ON the esd.
The importation of American pork
into France has been forbidden.
Senator Blaine was III with rheu-
matism the fret part Of this week.
Female suffrage bills have come to
grief in both Indiana snd Kansas.
Senator Matt H. Carpenter, of Wis
consin died in Washington on the
Gath. k
washington's birtkday was quite
generally observed throughout the
country. ~.
The women suffraElsts Of st. Louis
;,,+ard - ,... .s-Aet at the coming
spring elections.
Four hundred moniders in Cinci-
natl have struck for twenty-five per
cent advance in wages.
Fifteen collieries and 1900 men
are idle in South Yorkshire, England.
Great distress prevails.
Richmond. Virginia, celebrated
Washington's birthday last Tuesday
for the first time since 1861.
Five murderers were hanged from
the balcony of the court house in
Springfield, KY, on the 18th.
About S36, ,OOO, 600 of national bank
circulation has been withdrawn on
account of the passage of the funding
bill.
The product of gold in Australia
last year was 800, 900 ounces, an in
crease of 10000 ounces over the year
before.
There seems to be no longer any
doubt that Senator Blaine will
be secretary of state in Garfield's
cabinet.
1t Is positively asserted that the
connection betw cen the A. I. & s. F..
and the Southern Pacific will be made
March 1st.
1t is said that tn e Union Pacific
and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroads have arranged q pool for
the division of freight and passenger
rates.
E. T. Shepard has been nomtaHated
for distr3S. attorney of the ceshern
district of New York, in place OF
Forster, whose nomination was
withdrawn.
Congressman Hurd. of Ohio. il
irving to reorganize the democratic
party on the revenue reform bssis.
II is ssid that la3 congressman are
pledged 10 his scheme.
A number of national banks iu
Gw-ukse carried tbesthfsst into effect
! to withdraw their circulation in case
congress passed the funding bill.
On the thir,y-fifth ballot, on the
Esd the Pennsylvania Legislature
elected J. L. Mitchell United States
didate and is said to be opposed to
the CanAseon Clan.
The fears OF panic, as q result oi
the passage of the funding bill, have
sbated, as the government would bt
able 20 supply any deficiency in cir
culation that might be occssioned by
the withdrawal of bank circulation
The Yuquakia Ipdiaus in Sonora
threaten a general revolt. They are
already robbing and killing. They
are Ii, 900 in number, and can muster
from 5000 TO 1900 warriors. The
Mexican government is preparing to
suppress them.
A correspondent of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle writing from De,ning,
New Mexico, says that arrangements
had been made for crossing of the
Southern Pacific by the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, about fourteen
miles east of Deming. All psssen-
gers and freight will be transferred
at that point.
At the recent municipal elections
in Pcansylvanis An independent DEM
ocrst was elected mayor of Philadel-
phia. A democratic mayor was
elected in Erie. A citizens and
democratic candidate for mayor was
elected in Pittsburg, while, a re-
publican, was elected mayor in Har-
risburg.