The daily gazette., 1882-03-24
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The senate yesterday, confirmed
A. y. Morrison, Of Illinois, to be II,
5. Marshal for New Mexico.
The President yesterday nomina..
ted John II. Smith, ofNorIh Carolina
to be Minister to LIBERIA.
The strike ofthe moulders in TROY.
New York, 700 In number, began.
yesterday. II throws 1000 out of
employment.
During last week % deaths from
smallpox were reported in Chicago
and Al new cases and IL deaths In
Pittsburg.
No new cases Of the disease were
reported in South Bethlehem yester
day.
The President has signed the Anti
Polyggmyj bill.
The resolutions looking to free
canar amendment to the State Con-
sSitutlon passed the New York
Assembly yesterday by q vote of
IA to A.
The extra session of the Illinois
Legislature, to reapportion the Sale
re Use the Criminal Code and deter
mine the Canal question, opened
yestraday. ff9F
The Senate OF Minnesota yester-
day, sitting as q Court OF Impeach-
ment, formally certified Its judg-
ment against Judge Cox, impeached
for drunkenness. The sentence ls
removal from Office and disqualilica-
ton for judicial position for Aye
years.
A mass meetIn of.citizens Of Hobo>
ken, ,NewJ srsey is totheld tomorrow
evening, to protest against further
action by the l.egislatuse on the
bill giving the water front to the
railroads.
A dispatch from Oanso, Nova
Scotia, reports that the steamer
Faraday yesterday morning finished
the laying of The American shore
end of the second trans Atlantic
cable of the American Telegraph
and Cable Company.
The boiler at Charles Leiser's ore
mine, near Allentown; burst yester.
day afternoon, blowing the engineer
James Weaver into q we'll near
by,where he was subsequently, found
drowned. Henry Lesser, aged II,
had leg broken.
The demands of carpenters o.
Ci0cinnatI for an advnnce wages Is
to take effect on the 1st of May
The details Of the demand are thai
skilled workmen shall receive So /
day; that weeks work shall consis
Of fifty nine hours; overtime be pal,
double, and wages be paid in full
every Saturday night.
A mass meeting Of citizens IRE
spective OF party has been called Il
meet in the Cooper Institute, NeN
York, on April Sd, to express sent
ment upon the imprisonment G
American citizens by foreign Govern
ments without trial. Among th
signers Of the call are Mayor Grace
oswald Ottenderfer, William Henr
Hurlbert, Hugh Hastings and othe
leading citizens.
In the Senate Of New Jersey yestsl
day the Local Option bill was passe
by yota of IL to Z. The bill ct
validate the titles of the Stats and il
leasees to lands under water In froI
of jersey City and Hoboken" wa
passed over the Governors veto, by
vote of 16 to 5. In the afternoon Sci
sion the bill for the refunding {
moneys overpaid on assessments wa
passed, and q concurrent resolutIO
was adopted to adjourn ''sine die" 0
the 31st inst.
Rear Admiral g. II. Scott, on Il
retired list, Is reported to be dying !
Washington.
The killing Of Mr.. Stephen s. Va
Rensselaer,, In the hotel BrunsWicl
New York, early on Wednesday morI
ing, was the result Of accident. 1t hI
been ascertained from The autopl
that the nature of the wound was sue
as to entirely disprove the theory
suicide, and show that death WI
caused by The careless handling Of Il
weapon.
The latest advices from the inui
dated districts of the Lower Missi
sippl Valley show that the waters q
subsiding nearly everywhere, al
there is an Improvement In the col
dition Of the people, who have bet
supplied with food by the Governme
and individual donations. More breal
, are reported in the levees in the soutI
ern portions of Louisiana, but d
; damage done Is not very great.