, 1882-02-24

Last Sunday an earthquake shock was
felt a. Little City, Colorado.
4 British steamer brought rs more
Chiuamnu to San Francisco, on the 18th.
ClH~ SprecGlcs, the California sugar
rcfulr. is on a visit to New York.
George Iarliue, an old organ builder,
died at his residence in New York, on the
l3tA.
Dillon Brien, prominentat at st. Paul,
in Irish charities. died at that place on
the 18th.
A. d. Billings, the we'll known actor,
died on the 18th, at New York, from an
overdose Of laudanum.
Blron Won Schaefer, newly appointed
minister from Austria TO the United
Stat"s, ul, sailed for America.
Archbishop Purcell is in fair state of
health and expects to witness TIE cele-
hra,iou OF his S2I birthday two weeks
hence
Rob,. Ayers, aged 50, is Gead He was
one of l.onisville's merchant princes, and
one of the most prominent supporters of
Henry Clay.
JuNtIst i ltltl gave u DIIllldul hluutl
party on the 18th, to his brother, David
Dudley Field, in celebration of the lat
ter's 18th birthday.
The Herzegovinian insurgents have
established provisional government.
The revolt is increasing and over 90
block houses have been destroyed.
Parties supposed to have information
upon Gould stocks are buying Wabash
common and preferred. Northwest com
mon is one of the favorites for rise.
private dispatch from Paris on the
11th, said failures were occurring in all
parts of the country, anl markets would
be necessarily distressed for at least 80
days.
A special from Olean, y. Y. says con-
cerning the oil fires in that region that
the fourth tank caught this morning.
Thus far, $50 900 barrels, valued at
$4,000 are destroyed, and it is feared
the fire will spread.
A rumor seeks verification in Cleve-
land that Mrs. Garfield has written to the
president asking him to commute the
sentence of Guiteau The Herald says:
eve have the best of authority for stat.
ing that there is not one word of truth in
the story"
There is no news received at Detroit,
Michigan. of Navin, Adrian's fugitive
mayor. Ralph j. Jewell, prominent
citizen, has been arrested for completely
in the alleged frauds, and is now in Jail,
There is general desire among mill
tary men to have the retiring bill passed
by congress, providing for all officers at
| tanning the age OF G2 years, to be COM
PEELED to retire. This feeling prevails
principally among the young officers.
The house committee on agriculture
have agreed to report favorably bill to
make the agricultural department an
executive department, and its chief
cabinet officer, and friends of the bill are
confident that it will pass congress.
The bullet which killed Soteldo
weighed 81 grains. The bullet that
wounded Barton weighed within half a
grain, and evidently came from the same
pistol. 1t is regarded as certain A. G.
Soteldo shot his brother when firing at
Barton.
An explosion occurred recently in q
| OOlllcly III fdllSy, w hltS,
Houses were shaken two miles off. The
loss OF life is unknown; as, it being Satur-
day night, few persons were in the pit
Two thousand persons are out of en-
ployment.
The president has signed the commits
sions of Frederick A. Fritley as governor
of Arizona; Geo. B. Dunham as collector
OF internal revenue for the sixth district
of -, and William H. Armstrong, of
Pennsylvania, as commissioner of rail.
road accounts.
The funeral Of Henry Tucker musical
composer and writer of popular songs,
took place on the 18th, from the resi-
dence of his family at Brooklyn. His
death was caused by brain affection, from
which he had been a sufferer for years
He leaves wife and three daughters.
Minor engagements have taken place
in Herzegovina since the 9th inst In
surgents have been worsted in every case.
| The fight on the 10th inst. near Tirnova
lasted from daybreak until afternoon
The insurgents fled, leaving 20 dead, and
carrying away abont 40 wounded. The
Austrians lost five killed and wounded.
A Vienna dispatch says In order rot
to offend Russia, Austria has entirely
abandoned the plan of partial or tempo.
rary occupation of Montenegro. Nego-
tiations, however, are proceeding with
Prince Niketa for the passage of Austrian
troops across his territory, if necessary.
This has helped to discourage the insur-
gents.
Great excitement prevails over the
announcement that an old German,
named Peter Hoffman, who died in Har-
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