The daily gazette., 1882-04-27
GENERAL NEWS.


The President and several Cabinet
officers have accepted an invitation to
attend the annual dinner of the Schuy-
kin Fishing Club, In Phila., next
Monday.
Senator Logan expects to leave the
Hot Springs for Washing about the
9th of May. He is much improved in
health.
A committee of seven appointed by
the Republican caucus of the House to
fix programme Of the order of busi-
ness, has decided that the Tariff Com
mission bill shall be pressed for anal
action after the Lynch- Chalmers case
is disposed of; then remaining election
cases, and after them the approprias
ton bill ..
The House Committee on Public
Buildings agreed yesterday to recon.
mend an appropriation of $25, 600 to
aid in defrying the expenses of the Gem
sennial CelebI alton to be held in New
burgh, New York next year.
The Senate yes erday confirmed
Alphonso Taft, of Ohio, to be Minister
to Austria; William L. Dayton, of New
Jersey, Minister to the Netherlands;
Sargent P. Sterns of New Jersey, Con-
sui General at Montreal; Alfred 8.
Scheller, Postmaster at Lewisburg,
Penna., and Jessie E. Dale POstmasle er
at Dubois, Penna.,
News comes of the destruction of the
village of Galeyville, in Arizona, by
hostile Indi ,ns, and the massacre oI
thirty whites.
Enoch s. Matthias, ext Clerk Of the
Quarter Sessions in Reading was ar
raigned yesterday on the charge of
having consp red with Adam M.
Dundore to defraud the State of $4,000
Matthias gave bail for his appearance,
Warrants were issued in Boston tor
the arrest Of Messrs. Goff, Haldeman,
Henry and Hastings, iE connection
with the alleged mismanagsment of
the affairs of the defunct American
Electric Light Company.
Yesterday was observed as Con
federate Memorial Day in Macon and
Atlanta, Georgia.
A coalition convention of Republi-
cans and Readjusters met yesterday
in Norfolk, Virginia, to nominate &
city ticket. Mayor Lamb, the prsent
incumbent, was reRominated, and tn
rest of the ticket was divided beJweeI
the two parties with a colored man fo
Street Inspector.
The ports of the condition of Ralpl
Waldo Emerson are very untovorable
He is steadily growing weaker, th
disease, which now affects but one o
his lungs, is progressing, and his phys
clans have no hope that he will be abl
to rally. The end though not expected
immediately, is drawing near.
John Dean Young. boy in charg
of the Chicago and Alton Telegraph
Office, at the Centralia, Missouri, wa
chloroformed on Tuesday night, b
TWO unknown ruffins, and died froI
the effects Of the drug. The men, who's
object is supposed to have been rot
berry put out the lights in the Office
but were frightened off before the
could secure anything.
General Hancock arrived at Fortrel
Monroe yesterday morning, and WI
received by General Getty with Il
usual honors, he subsequently, paid
visit TO Rs.r Admiral Wyman, on th
Flagship Tennessee.
A Conference of Bishops of the Afr
can Methodist Episcopal Church WI
heguu yesterday in Baltimore, the o|
ject being the consolidation of the tw
African Church bodies.
The President yesterday nominate
Louis j. Saurer to be Appraiser, and
Fortune Reed, Assistant Appraiser |
New Orleans to be Commissioners
3. ratify the agreement submitted by II
: confederated Utes in Colorado, Henr
Page, James f. Gardner and Jaokso
Orr, of that State; TO be Indian Agent
: Jadaihan +. Mtnnis, of Colordado, Il
the Ouray Agency In Utah, aud John
Mayhugh fer the the Western ShoshoI
Agency, in Nevada. Also, William
SWiggett TO bs Postmaster at Wilmin
| ton, Delaware, aud James III. Dougla
I to be- Postmaster at Free Port, PennsJ
| VAnia.