, 1882-01-27

Ana-,orIa'ion is being formed for the
promotion of bimataliIc currency in
Berlin, Germany.
Jessie Williams, colorcl was hung on
the 18th at Savannah, Ga, for the mur-
der Of Toby Luut
Gruerir Gartau has been sentenced to
hang February lOth, for murder at
Brownsville, Texas,
George Hirst, OF San Francisco, has
bought the Contract mine at Tombstone
for $50, ,OJO
Friends of Congressman Stone, Of
Michigan, are quite confident he will be
appointed commissioner of patents.
Three days pigeon shooting match at
200 birds, between DR.. Carver and Mr..
Bingham, began at London on the 10th.
The house committee on appropria-
tlons agreed to make an appropriation OF
$35 900 to aid in propagation of white
fish.
Presidents Of the trunk lines met at
New York on Monday morning. 1t is
thought all difficulties are in fair way
of adjustment.
It is announced the government in
tends proposing to the chamber OF depu-
ties prolongation of the Anglo-trench
commercial treaty one month.
An English company is making ar.
rangements for building iron works, to
be among the largest in the world, on the
Chesapeake and Ohio road
Recent land slips in Switzerland are
ascribed 10 frequent slight shocks of
earthquake. No less than twenty-one
shocks have been observed since Dec.
last.
An enormous mass of rock thousand
feet high has fallen from Botheron noun.
tain, near the town of Glanies, destroying
orchard DIS, roads and meadows. No lives
lost.
Well informed persons say that the
president will not make any new cabinet
appointments for some time to come, if
st all, and that no names have been de-
termined on.
Scoville, counsel for Guiteau, has or
dered libel suit against the Chicago
Herald company for recent publications
concerning his bankruptcy proceedings
some years ago.
Five of the 80 persons accused of dis
tributing socialstic election proclama.
ton were found guilty. The severest
sentence was imposed of four months
imprisonment.
The collective rote of France and En-
gland to the khedive of Egypt is viewed
by the foreign Office here as grave di-
plomatic mistake, which England will
rue sooner or later.
A passenger train on the Virginia Mid.
land road, ran into slide last night near
Fabre's mill, killing the engineer, John
Mention, of Alexandria, and badly iniur-
ing the fireman.
In the chamber Of deputies at Paris
the government presented bill prescrib-
ing regulations for admittance of foreign
pork. 1t excludes uncooked chopped
meat used as sausages.
Coronation of the czar, Alexander Ill,
has been postponed until July, as the
czarina expects to be confined in May.
The Winter Palace is closed for recon-
struction so as to stand quite isolated.
Don Piatt leaves Washington to-mor-
row for the city OF Mexico, whittier he
goes on account of ill-health. A western
publishing house has contracted to pub
lish his letters from Mexico in book
form.
Gen. Logeror has seized several nota-
bles at Sfax as hostages for the payment
of war indemnity exacted for France.
He threatens severe measures If the
money is not forthcoming by the end Of
January.
All mutlated silver sent to Washing
ton for redemption will be paid for only
as so much bullion, and then only in
amounts of one hundred dollars and up.
wards. Remittauces of such coin are
increasing rapidly at the treasury depart
ment.
The president, secretary and two mem
bers OF the committee of the Drum Gala
CHER branch of the ladies' league were
committed to the Limerick prison in de-
fault for holding Il league meeting the
lst OF January.
The house pension committee will re-
port favorably the resolution Of Browne,
of Indiana, asking the secretary of the
interior for all estimate of the appropria-
ton necessary annually for % years to
pay pensions.
Railway companies have received from
the minister of public works a circular
requesting assent to the reduction of
passenger fares 80 per cent, and of rates
on goods 20 per cent. Ii the companies
acquiesce the government will forego the
duties levied Oh traffic receipts.
The 18th beinga day of humiliation,
special sermons were preached in estab-
lIshed churches at Dublin. Prayers re-
ferring to the disturbed state of the coun.
try we're offered. Twenty thousand copies
OF the form Of service were sold.
Boston university, Methodist college,
came into possession of $4,000, 900, be-