The daily gazette., 1881-09-10
GENERAL NEWS.

A. DR.. George w. Bookwalter, of An
1 sonia, Ohio, was arrested at Union
City, Indiana, on Thursday, with
seven hundred and fifty dollars in
counterfeit two and a half and five
dollar gold pieces in his possession.
The remains of Sidney Lanier who
died at Lynn, North Carolina, on
Thursday, were taken to Baltimore
Yesterday, and, after service at
st. Michael s Episcopal Church,
were inferred at Greenmount
Cemetery.
Four men attempted, yesterday
morning, to rob the vault of the Balti-
more Savings bank, in Baltimore.
They entered the treasurer's room,
where there were several customers of
the bank, and one of them engaged
the attention of the treasurer while
another walked back towards the vault
in rear apartment. A clerk, observ-
ing the movement, followed and arrest
cd the robber in front of the vault,
whereupon the others ran out and es-
capped. The captured robber gives the
name of Thomas Smith.
Charles Mulberry, a music teacher Of
HazletOn, Penna., was found dead
from sunstroke on the road near Lewis
town yesterday.
Colonel Richard S. Jefferis, prom.
nent lawyer OF Atlanta, committed
suicide yesterday morning at the Ala
sama White Sulphur Springs.
Pink Flagg, a notorious gambler,
arrived in st. Louis on Thursday night,
in search of his wife, who had left
their home in Joplin. He found her in
house of evil repute, and shot her,
infiicting fatal wound.
Yesterday was observed in New
Hampshire, under the Governors
proclamation, as a day Of prayer for
the President,
At a meeting Of the National Asso.
citation, of Amateur Oarsmen, in Wash
ington, on Thursday evening, resolu.
tion OF sympathy for the President was
unanimously adopted.
The Chamber of Commerce in Gin
cinnati has ordered committee to be
appointed to solicit aid for the sufferers
in Michigan.
The Mirectors of The Pullman. Pal
ace Car Company, at a meeting in
New York, yesterday, declared an ex-
ira dividend of 11t per cent. payable
on the Both inst. out of the profits Of
the Detroit mandatory. They also
increased the capital stock to the
amount of 100000.
Further particulars of the deyasta-
tion by the forest fires in Michigan are
published. The 10 of life in the
Peninsula by Monday and Tuesdays
fires is estimated at between 200 and
300. the interior counties fewer
liyeswere lost than along the Lake
D4snofe, and the destruction of property
was not so great, but the aggregate OF
loss and suffering is fearful. At last
accounts rains had fallen in many of
the districts, and 1t was hoped the pro-
gress of the flames was checked.
Secretary Kirkwood returned to
Washington yesterday from Long
branch, and was at his desk in the
Interior Department.
The remains Of Archbishop Henri,
OF Milwaukee, were lying in state at
the Cathedral in that city yesterday,
and were visited by thousands of per-
sons of all creeds.
Il convention of coal miners will
meet in Pittsburg on the 18th instant,
to consider the expediency of demand
ing cents per bushel on and after the
10th, and of striking on that day in
case of refusal.
The report of the chipchona planta.
tions In Southern India shows that
there are now more than 1850, 900
trees planted. The bark produced
not only supplies the medical depots
of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, but
gives a surplus of about 5000 pounds
for sale to the public. The report
evidences the great progress made by
chinchona in Southern India since it
was first introduced twenty years ago.
The U. 5. steamer Michigan, of the
Lake service, arrived at Erie, Penna,
on the 7th instant.