The conservator., 1883-09-08
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

JAY Gould appeared before the Sen.
ate Sub Committee on Education and Labor
New York, to present the claims of his
IA lway and telegraph schemes upon pub.
| lie confidence. He stated that he was born
in Hoxbury, NeW York, in 1886, and was q
clerk in a store when II years of age, His
! ohje It in securing control of the telegraph
| "a ;illt.es OF the country was to give Gen.
| E' kert the management He did not look
with favor upon Governmental control of
the telegraph, but would not Object to its
! taking the Western Union lines at a fair ap-
r;sal
The New York State Greenbackers.
| Convention was held at Rochester. Thos
X. Bee her was nominated for Secretary of
State Louis A. Post for Attorney General.
g. L Halsey for Comptroller, Julian Winnie
for Treasurer, and Edward A. Stillman for
Engineer.
The Chicago Tribune reviews the
pro pc is of the fall trade. 1t thinks %the
indications are all satisfactory, the crops
having in nearly every instance fulfilled
every reasonable expectation Chicago will
do coo sal fall trade if the outlook is not
wicked business mirage"
John Opela, a farmer near Alton, ILL.,,
missed his wife and young daughter After
q prolonged selrch their bodies were found
in small shed near the house, firmly tied
togeter by the necks with rope There
seems to be no rea son to suspect the mother
of murder and suicide
A fire at the Union Stock Yards,
Chicago, burned about sixty head of'stock
and several acres of cattle sheds causing a
money loss of about $4,000
The Missouri Planning Mill, in Cass
avenue, st. Louis, and large tenement ad-
joining, we.e burned, and four or five per-
sons were cremated
The Willard party spent several hours
at Bismarck, the principal event being the
laying of the corner stone of Dakota's new
Capitol by President Willard, the man who
completed. and Jay Cooke, the man who
projected the Northern Pacific railroad
In the st. Louis Colrt of Criminal
Correction over 800 cases agains5 saloon
keepers for selling beer on Sunday were
nolle pressed on the suggestion of the
Court This ends for the present the fight
against the saloon-keepers and is a triumph
for them.
The Cincinnati Exposition was opened
on the tn inst. by procession which came
upthe Ohio river on ten decorated steamers,
marching 10 the building amidst salutes by
artillery, whistles and bells The Chicago
show quietly opened it's doors on the same
day To tens of thousands in manner be-
coming an American city.
Pere Hyacinthe will soon visit Amer
lea again
An immense shortage is reported in
the French wheat crop.
Count dc Chambord left 10000. 900
francs % be divided between the Duke of
Parma and the Count of Bardi
The cholera quarantine has been re-
moved from the SueZ Canal, and traffic has
re ,umed it's usual course.
Prof. Falb, of London, who has made
a special study Of volcanic eruptions, pre-
diets that another earthquake will oc,ur at
Ischia on Oct Is
The Viceroy of Southern China says
no troops have been ordered to cross the
frontier of Tonquin, but declares that China
will never sanction the Hue treaty, and
that France mus5 make 4 prope: arrange
ment with the Marquis of T.eng or accept |
war
The Republican Invincibles, the old
est and most prominent political organiza-
tion in Phi adelphia has nominated Robert
T. Lincoln, of Illinois, for President in 1854
Lucas & Merritt, coal-dealers in
New York, transferred assets of s2o 50 to an
assignee to discharge liabilities of sG7O0o