Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-02-22
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE VIRGINIA DEAD LOCK
BROKEN.
A heavy Failure-Ne~ Orleans
Carn1val-The smaIl-pox-MUre
Flres-Suieide-W Ashore
want Mure Wagss-Jew.
eIry Store Robbed, DC.

The deadlock in the Senate of Vir
|ginia in regard to the election of Stat,
Auditor, was broken yesterday by thu
adoption of the House concurrent rcso
luton to elect Auditor, Railroad Com
missioner, Corporation Judges, and
Judges of Appeals on Thursday. The
vote was 10 to II, and the result was
reached by the return to their party al.
!egiance of three Read justers who had
voted with the Democrats to postpone
the election. Their action is regarded
as insuring the defeat of Massey, and
the choice CT Allen, the Readjuster can
didate
The carnival festivities at Now Or
leans ended yesterday with parade of
| the pageants Of the King OF the Car
nival,' Phunny Phorty Pnellows, and
"lndependent Order of the Moon"
There were t'ty'tive cars in all, aud the
procession, including eavalcades and
bands Of m1sic, was two miles in
length. All the subjects were comic.
The "Order Of the Moon" had sixteen
cars illustrating popular ballads in gro
tesque style
AT the Republican caucus of the
New Jersey Legislature. in Trenton,
last night, Geo. M. Wright was re-. nom
mated tor State Treasurer Andrew
Kerr, BIrclay Griscom and John f.
Post were nominated for State Prison
Inspectors.
Mr. Langevin, Minister of Public
Works, sain, in the Dominion House of
Commons, on Monday night, that the
Government intended to extend tele-
graph line from the mainland of Nova
Scotia to Sable sland this year.
David B. Gushing, of Providence,
committed suicide by shooting himself
i'll friends house at East Green wich,
Rhode Island, on Monday night. He
was - years Of aye and married.
The National Bank of Mexico will be
opened for business in the City of Mexi-
co to-day. The Mexican Government
has made n deposit ia the bank towards
paying an installment of the Ar nerican
debt.
The brigantine Achilles, from Mon
tevideo for New York, with hides, went
ashore at Little Egg Harbor, New Jer.
sey, yesterday morning in thick fog
and heavy sea. Her crew were saved.
The east wing Of the Kings County
Insane Asylum, at Flatbush, New
York, was burned yesterday morning,
and Two of the inmates perished. The
loss on the building is about S3O,O
The employees in the Canadian Pa.
ctic Railway shops at Winnipeg are on
strike for an advance of ten per cent. in |
their wages and a more regular system
Of payment.
The suspension o: j. b. Ficklen & |
Sohns, of the Bridgewaler Mills, at
Va, was announced |
yesterday. Their liabilities are esti |
mated at $l30,O00.
The last OF the striking aah cartmen
in New York resumed work yesterday,
their demand for an advance of fifty
cents per day having been compiled
with.
Clinton Fl. Smith, dealer in laces,
linens, etc, of Broome street, Now
Iork, made an assignment yesterday.
The preference aggregate Sill, ,SO4.
Telegrapbic communication with the
West India Islands has been restored
~ the repairing Of the cable between
Antigua and Guadalupe.
A female immigration society has ;
oeen formed in Winnipeg, to look af,er
cma!e dOmestiCs sent out from En-
gland.
A National Convention of the Union
ireenbaCk Labor Party has been ca alled
o meet in st. Louis ou the Sth of next
Mach. l
The First National Bank of Baton .
touge, Louisiana, was yesterday au It
horizad to begin business with a capi-
al OF 100000. 7
Thomas kane's cotton storage ware .
louse, in New York, wa, DANA ged by '
ire last night to the extent OF about
$4,000. t
Gottleib Engel, well known attor. r
ey Of Milwaukee, on trial for forgery, f
vas convicted on Monday.
The City Council of Chicago has or p
cred levy Of S4,lOO,OOO for the mu. g
icipal expenses OF the current year.
A fire at Liberty, Va, yesterday, de.
troyed nearly a block of buildings, fl
ausing loss of S25,O 900. 0
Colonel John II, King, of the Ninth
Infantry, being G2 years of age, has a
cen retired at his own request. 81
The Mayor of Chicago has ordered fl
10 immediate closing Of the gambling
Ouses in that city. 9,
The cOurt.martial in the case of Ser. a
9aut Mason, in Washington, continued +, II
$ session yesterday taking testimony. 81
Sixteen deaths from smallpox were
'portei in Allegheny City, Pa, last
eek.
Twelve new case of small. pox and
saths were reported in Chicago on
onday.
Diphtheria is reported to be increasing
/ Boston.