Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-07-15

of Connecticut employ 3, 131 persons
and 81, 421 ,020 capital, and the value of
the products amounts to 81, 456, $3.50.
The Census Bureau has issued a
special bulletin showing the number
and size of the farms in the United
States in 1880, and the tenure by which
they were held. The number of farms
was 4, O0S,907 OF these 2, 9S4, 306 were
occupied by the owners, 49,, 1857 were
rented at fixed money rental,
and 702,244 were rented for
shares of the products. OF
the total number of farms, 1852 were
less than acres in extent, 134, SS9 were
above acres and less than 10, 254, 749
were between 1o snd 90 acres, 7S1, 474
were between 30 and so acres, l, 032, :
$40 were between so and 100 acres,
1896, 9S3 were between 100 and 500
acres, rs, 972 were between 500 and 900
acres, and 2S,5 were l, ZOO acres in
extent and upward.
General Brown gives notice that he
shall object to any more personal de-
bates in the House, especially IN con-
tested election cases.
1t is now thought probable that the
adjournment of both houses will not
take place before the LIST of August.
The President has approved the act
in regard to a monumental column to
commemorate the battle OF Monmouth.
Mr.. Logan introduced bill in the
Senate providing that all enlisted men
of the army who have served either in
the regular or volunteer service for
thirty years, and have been honorably
discharged, shall be retired from active
service at their own request on three
fourths pay.
MIR. Deuster intends at the first op-
portunity to introduce a modified bill in
place of the one recently vetoed to regu-
late the carriage of steerage passengers
and emigrants. He has framed the bill
so as to omit the Objectionable features
for which the other was vetoed.
The House passed the Naval Appro-
priation bill. In closing the debate a
controversy arose between Mr.. Robe
son and Mr.. Whitthorne, and personal
invectives were INDUCED in on both
sides.
The Senate postponed consideration
of the Bankrupt bill until December
next.
cultural Department are very encourag-
ing.
-Guiteau's body has been removed
from the Jail where it was buried to the
Army Medical Museum.
The report of the subcommittee of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee on
Interoceanic Communication will favor
the Nicaragua route.
MIR. John Davis, son. in law of Sec
rotary Frelinghuysen, has been nomi-
mated to be First Assistant Secretary of
State to succeed j. Bancroft Davis,
resigned.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
The BON bardment of Alexandria by
the English fleet began Tuesday morn
ing at clock. All the neutral vessels
steamed out of the harbor before the
firing commenced. The American ships
Lancaster and Quinnebaug lay outside
watching the fight.
The Paris G0ul0is processes to
know that General Skobeleff committed
suicide in order to escape an exposure
of his connection with the NihiIists.
Gen. Skobeleff, of Russia, died OF
heart disease. Rumors of foul play are
discredited.
Negotiations have been reopened
between Great Britain aud Russia rela-
tive to the demarcation of the northern
frontier of Afghanistan.
The Sultan continues to consult
Gen. Wallace, the American Minister,
on the situation in Europe.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke
of Cambridge will subscribe toward the
fund for sending rifle team to Amer
ica. There will be final exhaustive
test for the selection of the team shortly
after the shooting at Wimbledon takes
place.
- The British ships at Alexandria
have cleared for action, placing Calling
guns in their tops. The neutral ships
have all gone to the outer harbor.
Correspondents mt Alexandria say
that should the squadron lombard the
forts prolonged resistance would be
made. If this were unavaiIing the troops
would retire, leaving the European
quarter of the town to be sacked by the
populace.
Correspondents believe that the
hucuiFe HAS aifeauy lett AleXanQrla,
embarking with his secretary on
some vessel in the harbor.
France has decided to intervene only at
the bidding of Europe. Under certain
circumstances her Intervention might
be directed against that of England.
In vote on an amendment to the
Repression bill the British government
was defeated by 207 to 1884, The Irish
members abstained from voting. The
bill was passed through the House of
Commons and was read for first time
in the House of Lords.
The London Times correspondent
at Alexandria telegraphs that the Egyp-
tians under General Yussuf, who were
defeated by the False Prophet, num-
bered 5000. The fight occurred near
Kordofan. The Egyptians lost six can
non.
Two hundred and eighty-three out
RACES were committed in Ireland during
the month OF June, Of which five were
murders.