The Republican journal., 1881-03-31
aeneraI1tles.
ant has gone to Mexico.

Gen. Grant has gone to Mexico
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher is seriously ILL.,
Gen Adam Badeau declines the Danish mission
Edison took out his }Olst patent few days ago
A Georgia girl seven months old, weighs fifty
pounds.
The Texas legislature has defeated the prohibi
tory bill.
A million in gold bars arrived from Europe
Monday.
Kansas will receive many immigrants from Car
ada this year.
Much dissatisfaction is felt in England at the
treaty with the Beers.
About $4,000 worth Of cotton was burned at
Norfolk Va, on Sunday.
The Hon L. P. Morton's house in Washington
has been leased by Senator Hale
Ex-Gov William Beach Lawrence, Of New FORK.
is dead. He was in his Slst year
The Readjuster State committee of Virginia has
endorsed Senator Mahones course.
Beecher has sold his residence in Brooklyn and
will hereafter reside on his farm at Peekskill
"A great day for Blaine is the comment on
Garfields nominations to the Senate, Wednesday
prOHlDllOn STATE convention has been called
to meet in Raleigh y. g., on Wednesday, April
9th
Mr. Charles Budd, OF Carthage n Y named his
oldest daughter Gala Budd and the youngest Rose
Budd.
EySecretary Schurz was entertained at dinner
by the German residents of New York Saturday
night.
Floods in the valley of the Platte river have de
stroyed several hundred thousand dollars worth of
property.
The school superintende of Kansas City, Mo-
says that study after school hours should not be
means Of punishment.
The exports of breadstufs from this country in
January and February, SSl, were larger than in
the same months of $50
Ex-Sec. Schurz was gi;en a reception in Boston.
March 22d, and made d speech defending his adj
mlnlstratlon of Indian affairs.
Chas. OBrien second mate Of the ship Orient
was burned to death Ill fire at a sailors boarding
house IN New OfleanS Saturday.
a San Francisco despatch says it has been whis-
pered for months that sister OF De Young y i'll
avenge her brothers death upon kaltoch
George Stevenson the inventor OF the locomo-
tive, born June 9, 1881. and it is proposed in
England formally to celebrate his next birthday
800 rent payers in Brooklyn met Saturday and
protested against an increase of rent They form
ed league aad decided to resort to "B)Ycotting
Senator Don Cameron is going to California in
his own car, which will be switched oil at points
of interest. Walker Blaine will be one If the
party
The London News says the Fortune b., fishery
troubles with Great Britain are likely to be set
tied. Great Britain offers lump sum or arbitra-
ton. Secretary Blame accepts
The public debt Of the United States is >6S per
head Of Spain, Slji; of France. Sl36 Of Eng
land, Sll1 ; of Holland Slll of Canada S2S of
Mexico S33; of Switzerland. 50
Peasants are tockng to St. Petersburg from all
parts OF the country on a pious pilgrimage to the
spot where the Emperor fell. The duchess Of FL
inburg visited the spot, and engaged in prayer
The Beers of South Africa have agreed 10 the
British terms, which give the former local govern
ment The military men don't like peace and say
that England ought to have first beaten the Beers.
Emigration from Germany for America is so
large that the steamship companies have been or
dered to charter extra steamers. $50 emgrantS,
mostly Germans, arrived at New York ednesday
Senator Carpenter left no will, says d Milwaukee
wis dispatch. His estate is estimated to be
worth from u % 900 to $50 600 Mrs Carpenter has
retained ex Judge Jere Black to manage the affairs
OF Her nuSDaQu 5 estate.
Two burglars entered a house in New York
Sunday night and bound, gagged and Tortured Miss
Nellie Cunningham to force her to tell them where
toe money and levels were She refused and
they went without accomplishing their object
The Philadelphia Record has published tile con
tesslon of Dean John Buchanan, the bogus di
ploma vender now under imprisonment. in which
he gives full account of his mode of procedure.
In all about 10000 names are tangled up in His dis
closures.
Two feet of snow on level have covered the
plaiLs about the Black ILLS nearly all winter
and the cattle on the ranges have suffered to a
| fearful extent AS reports come H. however. the
percentage of loss is found to be smaller than was
anticipated
The remains of the Emperor Alexander ii was
deposited IN the imperial vault in the church of
Petropauloskv fortress, St Petersburg SUNDAY
amid salyos Of artillery The church was dcnseiy
crowded and the cataIalque strewn with flowers
and wreaths.
Perley teegraphs the Boston journal that See
rotary Blaine has finally purchased the capacous
lot or the corner Of Rhode Island avenue aud Six
teenth street, on which he will immediately com
mence the erection OF more commodious house
han the one which he now occupies
Rev J. F. Brown gave a lecture at Newmarket.
n. Ii March 2lst pretending to expose Masonry
\ riot occurred, Browns charts and papers were
destroyed, but lie allowed to 20 on promising
rot to return Prominent Masons tried to queiI
the disturbance, and prevented violence.
The st Paul Pioneer Press publishes a series of
interviews on the seeding prospect in the North
west The snow is rapidly disappearing aud some
Of the fields are now bare and farmers expect to
begin seeding about the middle of April No ap-
prehensions Of flood felt unless there should be
a heavy rainfall.
Bradstreet in discussing the outlook in the West
and Northwest, says that, notwithstanding the in
terrnptlon to business caused by the heavy SHOWS
the volume Of trade this spring promises to be at
least as great as that of last year The loss of live
stock will not reach 10 per cent Winter wheat
has not been seriously injured This showing is
much better than was expected
In the - months ended March list, 90! Ial
hogs were packed in Chicago, an increase of " t.
Dol over the previous year Out of this vast drove
OF porkers We're made 3l6S74 terces of lard 2G8.
go barrels of pork, - NJ SOB pounds of green
meats 3s l66.035 pounds Of green and dry sated
ll,32,S95 pounds of Cumberlands 706I2 SIG
pounds of short ribs, 33 100 9l6 poun Is of short
clears 52,579, llO pounds of long clears