The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
General1t1es.

The King of Ashantee has abdicated the
throne.
General Grant has been elected president of
the National Rifle Association.
A dynamite mine has been discovered under
the kremhn, where the Gar was to be crown
ed.
The British government declares it has no
interest in the disposition of the Alabama
award.
Mr.. Lowell believes that the friendship be-
tween Great Britain and America will be
lasting.
The Car has decorated all persons who as
sisted the members of the crews of the jean
nette and the Rodgers.
The entire Pan Handle of Texas, a tract Of
5000 square miles, has been sold to an English
company for grazing purposes.
Brgadier General Joseph X. Barnes, late
Surgeon General United States Army, died of
Bright's disease, last Thursday.
A priest and archbishop in Massachusetts are
being sued for damages for dcpriving sick
child Of its only toys and solace.
The case of the Jumel estate that has been
dragging through the New York courts for more
than fifty years has at last been settled.
All fishing. shooting, hunting. gaming, public
Sunday law as passed in the n. Y. Assembly.
A Brooklyn drug clerk committed suicide by
taking pruSsic acid, and left note saying that
it was nobody's business why he had done 50.
Mr. Dorman b. Eaton of the civil service
commission, is said to lie almost as much of an
exquisite in his dress as the attorney general.
Three thousand children will be thrown out
Of employment in Milwaukee by the bill passed
tba nf oh
years of age.
The semi-annua dividends payable in Boston
i'll April aggregate SS,l4i,1I6, an Increase OF
S1,0SS,951 over last October, and of Sl,670,9l6
over April, lsS2.
A Columbus D., dispatch says ex-President
Hayes states emphatically that he would not.
under any circumstances accept the nomination
of governor Of Ohio.
It i said that fifty years ago shad We're so
plentiful in the Savannah River that fishermen
exchanged them for corn at the rate of one ear
Of corn for one shad.
The Nicaragua Canal Company talks of begin
ming operations at once. without waiting for a
subsidy and building the canal ot:hand in five
years, for S43,O00,O00.
The Dominion government refuses to coneedc
any of the privileges asked by the distiilerS of
the United States regarding the admission of
W
The Navajo Indians in Arizona have 100000
sheep and 100000 goats, The result of an invest
mcnt of 100000 made in their behalf by the
government three Or four Years ago.
United States Treasurer GufIan kept his
accounts pretty straight. The examination Of
the cash in the treasury 50 far shows deficit of
five cents and an eXcc>, Of six cents.
The largest trade in cattle on record happened
at Fort Worth, Texas. a few dav> ago when
- 900 head of cattle We're sold in one transact
| ion, the price paid being S2,000,000.
Bourne. the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor of Rhode Island, was elected April 4th
by It majority of 2l40 over all and 2S65 over
Sprague. The Assembly is Republican by 4
large majority.
Government detectives have arrested persons
engaged in gliding and passing the new nickeis
a. s. gold pieces in California; ST. Louis. Pitts
burg, Chicago, Louisiana, Nashville, New y ork,
Boston, Kansas City, Dubuque and other places.
Crime has increased 30 per cent. in Chicago
under the rule of Mayor Harrison; and yer
there are those who are pleased beyond power
of expression at Democratic victory which
makes the criminal classes the masters of Il
great city.
AT St. Paul Mimi dispatch says the tide Of
immigration to the Northwest has set in at
| least Il month earlier than in former years and
thus far has surpassed anything ever known.
| All roads to the Northwest are taxed to their
utmost capacity, and the freight yards and side
| tracks are filled with cars of the goods of immi-
grants going to Minnesota. Dakota and Mani
toba 1t is estimated that not less than 10000
| passengers arrive in the city weekly, and are
| forwarded to various points. There are not
enough cars and engines to meet the demand.