The conservator., 1882-11-18
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

GEN. GRANT has contributed to the
North american Revieac lengthy article Oh
the cas-, of FitZ John Porter, commend
ing that he should be declare by Congress
/ to have been c. nvicted on mist ken testi-
mony, which woul make h.m a Major
! General of volunteers
1 The Porte has informed the Khedive
that it must first decide upon any conven-
tion made with England Earl Granville has
informed the Turkish Prime Minister that
Great Britain Is radically opposed to the dis
patch of Turkish Commissioner to C ID
....Suleim N ID loud testified at Caro- that
Arabi Pasha gave him pc emptory orders to
burn Alexandria, and stated he was also
commissioned by Arab 10 kill the Khediye
in tn. Ramleh Palace His testimony was
corr ObOrated
A YOUNG Colombian named Portes,
accompanied by some friends who hal set
tied in a dense forest tract on the Putumayo
river, tributary of the Amazon, were re-
Gently killed by Indians, who apped their
at OciOuS work by cooking and eating the
bodies of the victims. . .Thirty-two Stqtes
are represented at Ind anapoiis in the Ma
tiOna Grange, which holds secr't Sc sons.
Gov RObie of Maine and Con re>sman
Aiken, of South Carolina, are among the
delegates.
Two FREIGHT trains collided near Hud-
son, Mimi, causing general wreck and the
burning of caboose. One man perished in
the flames, another was instantly illed, 4
three pr ons were morally injured ] 4
number of cattle ere shockingly mapgfu.
=. Brave Bear was privately executed at
Yankton, D. T., for the murder of
T tivess quest n5S 70 aSsass @ = Sss tt!.ya ~
| Astr ncmers at Keokuk claim that he tele-
scope revea ed the figures "a on tn face of
tn sun. Mrs. E. X Hart, sister Of Oliver
Z. Morton, died at Keokuk.
/ The Legislature of Alabama organ
lied by electing George P. Harrison Presi-
dent f the Senate, and W. F. Foster Speak
er of the House. The bonded debt of the
State Is 80 497 800, upon which there is al
annual interest OF $34+, coo. The cash inthe
treasury Oct | was $421 coo. Tne Govern )r
recommends a reduction of xaton
Senator Sherman called at the White House
to ask the appointment of Warner Bateman
as the Judge for the Southern district
OF Ohio AS Bateman prepa ed the legal
portion of Sherman's report removing Ar
thur t, ON the New York Custom House, the
Pres dent is understood to have been highly
indignant over the demand. . Pope Bar
row, one or the leading lawyers of
Georgia, has been elected to fill the unex-
pred Senatorial term of Ben Fl. Hill, son of
The latter rece wing 80 votes. Ex-Gov. Col
quit secured the long term, after a bitter
contest. Il he Rhode Island suffrage
amendment to the constitution Of tn It state
submitted t the people at the recent cleo
tion, was rejected by a vote OF 5,125 to
4,39S
The Ways and Means Committee of
the Vermont legislature proposes to raise
all money required for State expenses by
taxing the corporations doing business with
i'll the State. The rairoa will be asked for
2 p r cent on the first $4,000 earned par
mile; press and telegraph companies are
to dis9Orge per cent. on their gross re-
ceipts, and savings banks haf of per cent
on d po it's, a OF which is to be paid to the
State Treasurer semi annually.
The Governor of Virginia has COM
muted to Imprisonment for life the sentence
o. Mary Booth, negro girl of IA years, who
was to have been hanged at Surrey Court
House for poisoning Mrs r. G. Gray and
Travis Jones. Joseph Cole gave an ele-
phant a chew of tobacco at a circus in
GAINESVILLE, Ga, when the animal ki led the
offender with his trunk.
The Bar A sociation of Washington
recently recomm nded that Charles s. Bun
dy not appointed a Judge of ro ce
court, Tor which action Bundy has br5ught
emit FOR