, 1881-11-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.



variable wl'tfs for thts re9ton totlay.
Tile Itcv. Genrsc Granville Bradley
ftns been Installed Deau IT Westminster. uicc
Dean Stanley, dccrnsett.
There were coined during tho month of
October Gis.50d cngles; 7:Ii.00o haIf.eagcs: !:
2.'ED'mo silver dollars, aid 4.:E0,0o0 cent
Pieces.
Nehemiah Perry, formerly member Of
Congress frnn tho Newark IN. ~ District,
ald hts wife died yesterday fro,n pneumonia.
Col. Robert d. Coleman. 4 welI-known Ilu,cl.
'"alt Ut Baltimore, died yesterday.
--'rl,c l.cv. DR.. Cortland Whitehead, Of
South Bethlehem, 1'a, Inns accepted the
3'sltoprfc of thc Episcopal Diocese OF Pitts
D'ifg. 1t Is proposed to erect Protestant
Episeopal Cathedral at Albany, n. T., at an
-Posttnaster-t;cnera james continues
MS Investigation into tho star-route rasca1l-
lies with good results. f1e reduced two
alontann ,naEl routes yesterday to the orjR.
1nal contract prtce, thus savlng the taxuay-
ers sl7,0 annually
Tile hinge works and carpcnter sllon of
Oliver Bros. & Phillips Allegheny Mill at
l'lttsbarg. pa.. were destroyed by flro tast
evening. The loss is yar'ously estimated at
between s4o,o0o and si0,o0o. T'.u insurance
Is estimated Mt S:5,U0o.
-E,,Rland WAS visited by q severe s1,ow-
storm yesterday, which was ACCOMPANIED by
IL rather brisk Eale. III SONIC of tue midland
cn'tnties tue ss,uw fell to depth of two feet,
England llls fured rather badly In tlle mat
ter OF weather during tile year.
-Thc tratte III Confederate bonds It'll
soIe of the Pennsylvania and Virginia cities
continues tn be rather brisk. Tho price
paid Is 81 per $1,000 of bonds. Thu pur-
ci'ascs arc mudo for Eng!1sll parties. Thc
English parties are not likely to realIze
m'lcl, Oil the Investment.
Tile editor Of Il l'renc, PAPER published
at Cairo stntcd III Ills journal tint Malloulet
WIS false prophet. Ills pnper hns been
suppressed. The Shutk decreef that he
should die. but lie sought tl1e protection of
the French Consul, who scEt lin to France
to avoid the threatened tloo,n.
---0'Conner, La1sd-Lcag,1er, addressed
largn nMl enthusiastic audience 1T Water
bury, Conr., Inst night. Mayor-e!ect Ken-.
'rlck presided. Father Walsh, the Treas
urcr of tile National Rand League Of the
United States, reported that lie had sent
s"et s%oo eo,t to the ls's"e 4 Ireland during the
p"s' sc"1'
Prof. Robertson Smith. who was sus-
pended from teachfng at Aberdeen Untver-
stty becallsv Of Ills un-Presbytcrfan views,
WIS presented with S5,o00 worth Of books by
"'i''1eFs NJ Ettlflburs yesterday. 1t was
A.so announced that Ills adnIrers would pro-
WHY WIZ ill!h VIII. salnry greater than that
""'cn WIS pa'a 'llll "iflle III Aoerdaen.
Tile lnterest-bearlng debt of the United
Stntes Is S1,5GJ, TX, 750, The total debt is
S3,0l4, ,l54, $50, and the tleht less cash In tho
Treasusyts 81, ,7$',SH, ,Aj0. Tile debt wns re-
taeett ei3. ,.t5S during the month Of ucto-
net. ntu a"Flne inc folr months ending Oct.
'l' to91' aae 1eauctloh has bccn S5''o1l,H5.
1t Is estimated tllat the recent overflow
OF tic Mississippi has caused damages be-
tween keokuk, H., and Louisiana, No.,
amounting to s9,Gp0oo. There was fall Of
one Inch IN tho river ut Quincy yesterday,
but 1t VIII take several dnys set before bust
ness III the river towns will be fully re-
s"!nea.
-Tl'o International Arbitration and Peace
Association met ut London yesterday and
adopted resolutions expressing satisfaction
Mt tho salutlnE Of tho British flag ut York.
town recently. Tho association says tho IN
ciAent f'as no parallel In history, nnd must
be regarded rs Indicating that all annlosftfcs
cneendored BY the War of Independence
hnve becn forgotten.