The daily gazette., 1883-02-20
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Ninety.one deaths from smallpox wer'
reported in New Orleans last week.
The loss BY the burning of the new thea
treat Alt Arad Hungary, yesterday, p o.
timated at $50, 900 honns. y 7iiafa
The circulation of standard silver dollars
for the week ended February ", 1888, was
Sl6O, ,9gai fof the corresponding period last
year, $l35, ,4o6. AA h-H A
The Cramsr House In Abba, Iowa, was
burned Yesterday morning. and several per
sons were injured, but mot severely. The
loss on property is $50 900.
The Secretary Of War has Informed Gen
| eral Hazen that he shall request the Presi-
dent to appoint afcouft-martiAl for investi-
| CATION Of the Generals official conduct
Valentines knitting mill at Bennington,
Vermont, was destroyed by fire last night.
Loss 100000. II had recently been enlarged
and repaired and had just begun running on
| full time.
Yesterdays ballot for United States Sena-
tor IN the Michigan Legislature resulted IN
Newton (pemocrat) getting 32 votes and
Ferry 13, the remaining "a votes being scat
tered among many candidates. tHga
In Richmond, Virginia, yesterday morn
ing, while depositions were nbeing taken In
The contested election case of John T. Mae
sAy va. John s, Wise, wortis passed between
the contestants and 'Wise slapped Massey
IN the face, Both were arrested and held 10
appear before the Police Court to-day, Iaf
tits believed IN Washington that an extra
session Of the Senate will be necessary to
consider and act upon the Mexican Re-
ciprocityI Treaty. The injunction Of secrecy
was removed In yesterdays executive ses-
sion, and the fu1 text Of the treaty Will be
found published upon our fourth page.
Flemming; the Chicago bucket-shop ope-
rator, discharged by magistrate az Peter
boro, Ontario, was re-affeeted In Toronto on
Sunday night on the charge of having de-
frauded George schram of that city out of
$3.50. FlemmIng was arraigned yesterday,
pleaded not guilty and was remanded until
to-day, bail being refused.
In the Chancery Court ct Chicago yester-
day, Judge Blodgett granted an application
of the Western Union Telegraph Company,
against the incorporators of the new "West-
ern Union Telegraph Company, Of Illinois,"
restricting the latter from taking any steps
under its charter, until It's legality has been
passed upon by the Courts.
The total exports of domestic breadstufTs
from the United States during january last
amounted in value 70 Sl5,874, ,DS6, against
I'll ,917, ,524 during JANUARY, 1889, During
the seven months, which ended on January
3ist last, these exports we're valued at $780,
SOC, $40, against Si24, ,12t ,4S9 during the cor
responding period Of the preceding year.
An attempt was made on Saturday night
10 burn the town Of Red Bluff, California.
The school house was discovered TO be on
fire but the flames were soon put out, and It
was then found that the interior had been
smeared with coal oil. The floor and walls
Of the Court House had also been sprinlled
with the same fluid. One man has been ar
rested on suspicion. Others are watched,
and q vigilance committee IL talked Of.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court yester-
day announcedla decision in the case OF Tag
gart against the Commonwealth. The judg-
ment OF custer entered by the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, No. 3, against Taggart was
affirmed, the office defined TO be county
office, and that vacancy therein must be
filed by the Governor Of the State. The
opinion Of the Court was delivered by Mer-
cur, Chief Justice Gordon, Justice, dis
senting.