, 1881-11-04
NEWS IN BRIEF,

--T'o Now York Michigan Relief Fund
amounts to St:x},:1i.
-crclnnrnc. tho wilmer Of the Derby It,
1871, WAS soll to tho Earl Of Scarborough
yesterday for sa7;o00.
Samuel j. TEltlen Inns bcel, restrained
by order Of court FROM disposing Of stock In
tho New York iron Mine,
told westerly wEntis, occasional 1ig1tt
snow. followed by faEr weather and slowly
rising temperature for this region today.
a tenant farmer ,tatne,l Dohcrty was
shot dead Wednesday night III Galway
County. III tretalld, It is believed because lle
rRtd his rent.
Snow fell in Chicago, Coldwater,
Mtclt.: Watertown, Wis; Strcator. ILL.,; and
OcoNninowoc, Wis, and In other places
throughout the country yesterday.
-DrIsson. Republican was elected presl-
dent Of the French Chamber Of Deputies
yesterday b. vote Of :47 To s3 for the It,
ettiinist and 18 for tho UonaI,nrt!st candi-
date.
Tho receipts for the last fiscal year On
account of the Post-Of1lce Department were
SIC. 75.GG4, and the expenditures StS, 81 ,t}l5,
oE which amounts s., 10, ,7G} were received
and expended directly by Postmasters.
Under the act Of Feb. %, 1878, o., ,eo:, ,7o5
silver dollars have been coined, Of which ~
per cent Is In circulation. The amount
coined during the last fiscal year was
81, .o55, Of which s0,5S0, 40 went iuto cir
culatloll.
-Ade1Ina Patti arrived at New York
yesterday. SHE was welcomed by large
company of friends who went down the bay
tn meet her, and vito presented her with MI
address, to which slie replied tit French. She
vii! slug under the management Of Gye.
Mir. Dezendort, Republican Congress.
inan-elect from the Norfolk tVa.) Ills
trict. Is cut in anotner card announcing Its
Intention not to vote for or support tho AGa-
hone Readjusters. h1ahonc, will probably
b. nble to dispense Will, Dezenlorf's vote
and his support. j..
--Tlle Methodist Episcopal Conference OF
tho United States has voted S24,000 for mis-
sionary work iii Germany aud Switzerland,
S0.dl3 for missionary work In Denmark,
$l8,tes3 for Norway, $1,000 for Siberia, Sao,,-
$50 for Sweden, S13.445o for South America,
and So, $50 for North india,
Tho people OF Atsace and Lorraine arc
evidently dissatisfied Mt German rule. and
are Qulte anxious to get back under French
rule. At the recent elections the pro.French
candidates were elected from every constitu-
elcy III tho two provinces, and by sweeping
1najorlties III all but ole instance. Tile
French press express satisfaction ut the re-
suit.
THE following chanrcs will soon ,nke
place In the Uuitcd States navy: Rear.Atl.
uliral Rodgers will bo retired. Can't. Frapcis
n. Ramsey will become Superintendent OF
the Navn1 Academy at Annapolis, Commo.
dare George II. Cooper will be uromoted.
ear-Admtrnl John C. Howell will be- rettret1.
a1d Commodore John G. Beaumont will be-
advanced
-.rho ,,eo,t, a,,h,r,t,os ., p,,..h,,n NM,
Allegheny nre working yIporo,IsIy IN nrc-
vent tic soread of amall-nox IN thnsa ctttca
There were eielty.two cnscs there In f,cto.
Der and twenty-five deaths. MANY of tha
peoulc antt even soma p],ystc1ans dou,,t tho
efficiency Of vaccination. but thu outhnrttius
ure richly enforcing tim 'yacctnn.ton Inc
notwithstanding.
ruauo r,,,,,, m. -,
or, ,r ~ eos, ~ pa,'a ,u ~ "'1aes u equ',
& Co.. which grew mt of thc comnlica,,ons n,.s
Of t|1e August wheat dcol Haker,a co,,,,soI
contend that the NtcIIenrv Cincinnati cI,nna
bullct1 the market. cornered wheat which nra.
yented lin, from futf,1,tno ,iz contr,ot. ,,a
therefore nrays Tint tl1a noord of Trada ho
eniolna1 rernetnaltv fro,n ,nMorein1 th<,
margin certiticates.