The daily gazette., 1882-04-04
GENER AL NEWS.


matt held yesterday indicate Democrat
ic majority of over 5000.
The city election In Dubuque, low a.
was carried yesterday by the Democrats,
They elected sll the Aldermen for the
hrst time in twenty years.
Morgan Bulkley, Republican, was re-
elected Mayor Of Hartford, Connecticut,
yesterday, by 229 majority. The other
city officers are divided, the Democrats
electing the Clerk, Auditor and Oollec-
tor. The Republicans control the Coun-
| ellis.
Mayor Green, of Boston yesterday re-
moved the three Police Commissioners
4 Of that city. 1t Is rumored that he will
appoint Ia their places Samuel Adams,
Charles 8. Prescott, and - Wales.
The railroad coal miners In the Pitts
burg district struck yesterday against
5000 men are idle.
| About half the moulders of Paterson,
New Jersey, struck yesterday for AH in
crease of is per cent. Four shops grant,
ed the demand. About 800 men are on
strike.
Nearly all the marble cutters and po-
fishers In New York struck yesterday
for higher wages and the abolition of the
piece work system. A number Of the
hod carriers in the same city demanded
and we've granted an advance of so cents
per day.
The spinneTs cf the Sycamore Mill, in
Fall River, thirty In number, did not 90
TO work yes erday morning.
1 wraaftnu -aatandaw kka Aono
gers, of the House OF Correction commit
tees were appointed to consider the mat
ters of utilizing the labor Of the inmates
in the completion Of the East Park KeseT-
Voir and the repairs OF streets. A resolu.
tion was also agreed to that no bids for
supplies be received except from persons
who are regular dealers In the supplies
advertised for.
The new Democratic City Committee,
J after q six hours session at Two O'Clock
this morning effected permanent or
ganization by the election OF William +.
Harrity, Of the Twentieth Ward, as
Chairman.
The Bi-Centenn ial Association met
yesterday and received reports from
chairmen of various committees OF ar
rangements. It was recommended that
tue landing OF William Penn at Chester,
Pa, be celebrated on October 22d.
The American Line steamship Lord
Give arrived, yesterday, with TO pass
engers. As there was case OF small
pox all the people on board were vaccin-
ated btfore the vessel was docked.
Within the past week 2616 passengers
have arrived aqPhiladelphia from foreign
ports.
The annual session of the Grand Cas-
tie OF Pennsylvania Knights of the Gold
en- Eagle was held last night. The an
nuals report showed the order to be In
prosperous condition. Officers were
chosen for the ensuing year.
The Presbytery of Philadelphia at 3
meeting yesterday chose delegates to the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, which meets on the the third
Tuesday in May, at Springfield, LII.
Deserted children, and what disposal
. to make of them, was discussed last
night at meeting tfLhe Philadelphia
Society fol-. Organizing Charity,b by Benja-
min Crew, Rev. Ii. o. Du Bois, Mrs. p.
. g. McCollln, DR.. ]. Cheston Morris
7 Miss @. K. Meredith, and Rev. Charles
G. Ames.
Nine new cases of smallpox, all
in quarantlned families, were re-
! ported yesterday IN South Beths
!, lehem. The deaths to date have
: been "a. The disease seems to have
: taken fresh start.-There were
Is deaths from smallpox in New
Orleans during the week ending
March 25th.
A fire IN Stockton, California, on
Sunday, destroyed Sperry 80 Co.'s
!. flour mill with large quantity OF
grain, and several adjoining build
a lngs. Loss, $500, 1000. Several men
+ were severely injured during the
i. fire.-A fire at Otter Lake, Wis
q consin, the same day, destroyed
" 5000 900 feet of lumber belonging
a to S. J.4 Murphy, the Otter Lake
y Lumber Company and others, and
n about twenty buildings, making IA
families homeless. Loss, about
q 3 $75, 900.
The case OF the creditors Of Arohbish-
y op Purcell Is now before the County
u court at Cincinnati. The chief question n
:. involved Is the power Of the assignee tn
: ohuIch property to pay the claims OF
q creditor.
q Baron Frederick Won Bechtolshelm,
If ex-Oonsul of Au tria at st. Louis, charged
It with smbexzlement in the Criminal
"a Court of that city, was discharged yes
= terday, on the plea of his counsel thai
= . the Court had no jurisdiction, the OF.
= fence only coming within the purvIew oi
l. the Federal courls.
~ The Yale Lock COMPANY deny posi-
lively that their locks wera used on tht
post-office boxes 10 Rsltlmore, robbed