The Republican journal., 1882-11-09
General1tles.

tl0,MS,295 in two years.
The managers of the Garfield Fair expect
that 1t will realize profit of 100000
A Chinese coin. said to be 5000 wears old, has
been found by miners in British Columbia.
The grand total of registration of voters in
New York is 1862 against 10, 400 last year.
Susan i. Anthony is confident that the wom-
an suffrage amendment will carry in Nebraska
Thirty thousand barrels of apples were ship
ped from New York to London in one day re-
Gently.
sentenced 1G5 times for being drunk and dis
orderly.
Mrs Scovillc has been declared insane by a
Chicago court. She has mystcriouslv diSap-
pearcd.
The annual report of the Director of the Geo
logical Survey exhibits important progress in
the work.
The will Of the late widow of eN-Presdent
Fillmore is to be contested by relatives living in
Brooklyn.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who since a has
been u Professor i'll the Harvard Medical School,
has resigned.
The japanese Government has introduced
machinery from Germany for the manufacture
of wall papers
Lieutenant llarper's party on the Lena Delta
are all well, but have received no news of Lieut.
Chipp, Of the Jeanette.
English officers say that each soldier in order
to become decent Shot should every year fire
900 rounds with his rifle.
An Indiana State Prison convict says that his
low, al IA fol hon .
with i threC-minutc horse.
The bodies Of two women and man, victims
of the steamer Asia disaster, have been washed
ashore from Georgian Bay
1t il said that the cost of the British army of
occupation in Egypt will be betrayed by the
government Of the khedve
The letter carriers in Washington now use
trcycles in the delivery and collection of mails
in remote parts of the district.
The Dutch ship Narna and Danish ship ;,
bound on Arctic exploration. are reported
caught in the lee in the Kara Sea.
smugged opium and silks to the value of
about S40.0 900 We're captured at san Francisco,
Monday night, by revenue officers.
the smallest pony in the world. 1t stands l3
inches high and is five years of age.
An organization has been effected at Cincin-
natl. Ohio, for the purpose of encouraging
agricultural pursuits among ISraelites.
The employment Of Chinese as laborers in
the construction Of til" Canada Pacific railroad
is causing much excitement in Canada.
Two swinders who obtained 50 deposit from
hundreds Of girls Oh the pretence of teaching
them embroidery Were arrested i'll Detroit.
Editor Ccckerell of the st. Louis Globe Dcs-
patch, who shot Col. Slayback, was Il drummer
boy in the Union army, at the age of II years.
The city Of Manila, capital of the Philippine
Islands, has been almost destroyed BY typhoon ;
the shipping in the harbor was also greatly
damaged.
Chicago dressed beef, in large quantities. is
now sold in New York. Cheaper beef is likely
TO be the result, as the butchers will combine to
drive off the shippers
The large surplus potato crop of Prince Ed
ward Island is being worked up into starch, fac
tories for making which have recently been es-
tabshed on the island.
The interior department has decided that
seven years absence shall be presumptive proof
of soldiers death, warranting the payment of
a pension to his family.
Walt Whitman, the poet, is seriously i'll at
his residence in Camden, New Jersey Few if
any hopes are entertained of his recovery. His
illness is Bright's disease.
4 factory in Balbriggan, Ireland, famous for
the last hundred years as producing the finest
hosiery in the world, has been destroyed by
fire. 1t was owned by a Mr.. Smythc.
-Four men and one woman. negroes, were
hanged at Eastman, Ga, for the murder of Il
white man under peculiar circumstances Of at
rocity during riot at camp meeting.
The steamer Victoria, from Boston, landed
146 bullOcks at Liverpool, recently, the largest
cargo Of cattle imported this season without loss,
owing to the improved system of ventilation.
Ben Butler will be actively supported by a
certain powerful syndicate of Boston capital
lists, who feel certain that if elected he would
help the passage of an elevated railroad bill.
At Chicago a man attempted to interfere be-
tween husband and wife, who were quarrel
ling when the woman slapped his face and her
husband severed his il gular Tein with knife
The tanners are taxi ng measures to do away
with the commissions of middle men in their
business, by establishing central leather depots
where all tanners can place their goods on sale
The Bureau of Statistics at Washington re-
ports a constant increase in the percentage of
exports from the port of Boston. while the eX-
ports from New York, Philadelphia and Balti-
more have diminished.
In 1880 there were 260,O9- farms or planta-
tions in the late slave States. In 1880 there
We're ,93,69S, a most encouraging exhibit of the
development OF individual farming efforts on Il
smaller scale than formerly.
The Washington special of the Globe tells
the public that ex-senator Randall has distrib-
uted 100000 among the doubtful Congression-
nj .JJSts tl,n pl..
which will make him Speaker.
There are in use in the city Of New York 2000
wells, the water of all of which is impure. The
well water is mostly used by brewers, soda
water manufacturers, hotel and restaurant keep
ers and families in tenement houses.
Hon. Edward Mcpherson, Clerk of the House
does not think the Republicans will lose in Con-
gresSmcn from Pennsylvania He thinks that
they may lose district or two, but that gains
will be made in other districts to offset the loss
eS.
At civic dinner in London, Oct. 26, Lord
Charles Beresford, who commanded the gun
boat Condor in the bOmbardment of Alexandria,
sad the American marines at Alexandria rem
dered valuable assistance in saving many build
ings during the contagration.
Prof. Tyndall unveiled the statue of Thos
Carl Ne on the Thames embankment at Chelsea
England Oct. %. In his address Prof Tyndall
expressed wish that Il memorial should be
raised at the same place to Ralph Waldo Emer-
son, the purest and most penetrating spirit that
ever shone in American literature and the life
long friend of Carlyle.
The annual convention of the Woman's Ma
tional Christian Temperance Union began at
Louisville, Ky, Oct. %. Miss Willard, the
president, delivered an address. Committees
on resolutions, plan of work and on the annual
address were appointed. A devotional meeting
was then held, under charge of Mrs. II. W.
Smith of Pennsylvania.
The official returns from Ohio offer some in
structlye comparisons. The total vote is about
634 ,0OO-l0, 900 greater than last year, but con-
sideraby short Of the votes in 1879 and 1880.
In the former year the vote for Governor was
6l0,711. In 1880 the total vote on Secretary of
State was ZIG, ,1S6, and for President 724,967.
The Democratic vote was considerably less this
year than in 1879 and 1880, but is $4,000 in eX-
cess of the vote in 1881.
The weeks "walk' in New York city ended,
Saturday, with a victory for Fitzgerald. The
score was as follows Fitzgerald 517 miles laps,
Noremac 567 miles laps: Herty 54l miles lap;
Hughes 52J miles. The gross receipts. incud-
ing bar and other privileges are $263.3, the rent
is $4,000, and the other expenses. including 10
per cent. to Peter Duryes and advertising, will
reduce the net receipts to almost nothing. The