The conservator., 1882-12-23
THE SOUTH.


Washington. .1he steamboat Kate kinnp,
with SD bales of cotton on board was de
Stroyed by fire at the dock in Shreveport
La Flames spread to adjacent buildings
and loss of sl5OO00 resulted
IHE tobacco trade in Virginia i,
paralyzed because of the pending change.
OF the laws concerning it in Congress- It.
y tsAasn4itactlre Is generally stopped and fear,
Vi SuHeflng among the poorer classes OF
both races are felt among the people
Newport jackson county, Ark was visited
by destructive conhagration Sixty build
| lngs We're destroyed, involving IA loss OF
S2'",on Insurance, Sl50,OoO
NEWS comes from Texas of the lynch
ing of two brothers, George W and Jim
fraley, the latter mere boy Both were ar
! rested in the COmanche country. CHARGED
with stealing cotton They were placed un-
! der guard at Hazel Dell At nidnimht y
mob. armed with shotgunS overpowerpl the
guards took the prisoners to the woods
and hanged them both on the same limb
imprisonment for six months is the penalty
prescribed in Richmond for two medical SIN
dents and their colored assistants cauoht
roDDlng grave. An incendiarv fire at Cor
slcana, Texas, wiped out number of btlsi-
ness houses. destroying property valued at
slou, O0O. 1t is estimated that the Southern
~CCcoA e1oI) W LII exceed I,UUbUbU bales
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON has bee9 ast0nished at
rumors that Justice of the Supreme Court
lost several thousands in a gaming house
and only left the table when the proprietor
refused to further honor his personal
checks
THE Supreme Court of he United
StHtnC made i
SUBJECT OF political assessments. 1t upheld
the recent prosecution Of Gen Curtis in .
New York, affirming the constitutionaIitv 0f
the statute under which he was convicted
JuStlce Bradley, ina dissenting opinion de-
cared tnat Congress had no right to inter
lefe with the lnalienable right Of the citizen
10 be imposed upon if he saw fit to submit
to it,
IHE Western DistiIlers' Association.
In session at Cincinnati, has resolved to tax
each member cents IA bushei on % 0nercent !
which will WELD $500 to 81 no0 |
per day Each diStiller will receive a rebate
OF ~ cents per bushel for running less tllau
Lhe allowance. "A fire at Grand Forks, Da-
kota, swept away buildings and goods val
led ut 100000 Great difficulty IN obtain
ng water was experienced
SECRETARY LINCOLN sent to the Sen
tie letter stating that he can dispense with
10 clerks without injury to the public sarv
ce. The House Pensions Com1Dittpe have
naily agreed to report favorably uu0n n
MI TO pension all the Surviving soldiers of
ne Mexican War, with the notable excep-
ION OF jefferson Davis.
GENERAL.
PETER THOMAS, cOlOred, was lanoed
Mansfield, La, in presence Of 600 persons
or the murder of Dick Bright. James l. ;
ilmore was hanged at Deadwood y T. for ,
le murder OF Il Mexican. and John Rndd
as executed at Searle Ala, for choking
ucy Lee to death u
1HE coast of Newfoundland has lust i
zen visited by the worst storm of fifty A
'ars The blow lasted twenty-four hours, f
rocked numbers of vessels, and caused the
- - "l some thlrUy or forty human lives
1teen vessels were wrecked at TwiIlin- c
tie alone, and some fifteen ptOple were i,
owned The sailors whose shps were .
rtunate enough to ride out OF the "
orm describe the sight as the ~
ost fearful they ever looked mon ot "
a The descendants Of William Black | +
ore, who settled on this side Of the At I"
lulc III Colony times, claim hcr>hip to the \;
ound upon which stands the United M M
ltes Capitol Building, the White House y. "
cc'in'u'N' navy ana OLnef Government =,
lldn9s, and hundreds OF fine dwellings, %
d business houses. us well as thousand, N
acres OF land III Georgetown D. C.. Mary y q
III, and Washington county Pa The ~
hclpal Claimants live i'll PITTSBURGH, and Ut Ut
papers nave been drawn up for the nsti- ''i
Ion OF an eIectment suit.
POLITICAL.
Ross }. ALEXANDER, who ran against
late ]. r. Updegraff in October last. has no
IN nominated by the Democrats of the ON
entt enth Ohio district to fill the vacancy fol
he toltT-seyenth and FOrty-eighth Con- on
sses caused by the death Of Nj Upde- tn
IT. Sc,
FOREIGN, no
HREE persons We're hanged inthe Gal fro
: urelanD Jail for the Maamtrasna mur brC
$. One OF the men, Myles joyce, protest pu
lis Innocence while standing on the scat Da
ii La'o,i- " Iile iurhlSn sultan the
rrocamatlons have been posted in the ri
cts Of COnstantinople and many persons cio
G been arrested ~
,E. LEssEPs Informed the Fra-ch ira
graphical Society that the Panama canal am an
.d be finished in 1888 The rate of NOR arr
y on the lsthmus he said. does not ex- dist
that in France. and fears thai the peo
Ii would be DESTROYED by earthuuakns doe
groundless .... Important Ministerial WrC
lges are taking place i'll her Mai me;
S Council at Windsor. Lord the
" becomes Secretary for the The
nies; Lord Kimberley goes the
the India Office; the Marquis of Hart bill
On succeeds Nj. Childers and Mr.. Child :,
caves the War Otfice to relieve Mr Glad NJ
9 as Chancellor of the Exclnquer. on
ork, while toaSts We're being offered at the
leuct given to Parnell, stranger pro- j..
Il the health of the Queen of the Bel @ uraN
), apd.Shen an. attempt was made to ~ ~
. hlm he drew revolver tie tfom
disarned and given into custody. tlon
gate the elt-accused participant in the 'lI pIla
nix Park assasslnations, now denies that t1 "el'
'er made confession, on that he knows SeNe
France the 1aet ele14an 1,,o+h, l7 Mr.
~ un francs comnared ,t-itn ~ "a,',ta mitt
q last year. The increase is principally I2 Deh
'nufactured goods The increase in ex- fio'L no,
Tor the same period was I41. .UUO. 900 NJ.
S compared with the same period last catls
noml
of tn
RNELL, In recent speech at Cork, stone
le would always oppose any attempt of desk
ovelnment To land ap,io-ro,,.o; =; - was
"a ,:, ~ '' ~ q A'P lain
ica II 81, c@oilolt1on CON on the shores Of Mr..
nte +be n,7, elu oaiu, England desires to ing t.
be placed on land in America provided tbe
ear of thoi,. ilot1s 70 falSe crops the pack;
that 100000 of arrears of rent nII,tf,
be wiped out by the Arrears of Rent Vntod
He believed that since the commence offerf
or the agitation E3, OUU, UUO reduction of s5O N,
had been obtained for the people hoIid;
Gallagher telegraphs from Killybegs, Mr.
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