Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
EASTERN

k cheering and hopeful
 NEW YORK, March 14-Patrick Egan, the former treasurer of the Land League, arrived today. He declined to give the name of the vessel on which he arrived and the port from which he sailed. He says: "rhe publications respecting my escape from Dublin are entirely without foundation. The chief purpose of my visit Is commercial His firm in Dublin deals largely ln Amer ican flour. His decision to come here was hastened by the urgent request O. Sheridan to give evidence in the extra dition proceedings and to give the lead CTS of tine movement here such luforma- tion as was in his power regarding the situation at home.
 NEW YORK, March IL The Herald's WaynesborO, Ga, special says: There IS great excitement here over the Chinese question. Seven or eight mOntCs since two Chinamen-Tan Loo Chang and Ah Sing-opened business in fans, notions and other trifies Much opposition was manifested am, the merchants and tradespeOple. C-e night the store was surrounded by large angry crowd Ut masked men, who ordered them Co leave. The Chinamen were reluctant, but blows convinced them that departure was She best policy and they took mp their march on the public road toward Augusta foi- lowed a good part of the way by dele gatiOn of tine mob. Those who remained behind at the store gutted 1t. This sud den breaking out of anti i-ChInesa spirit has caused much excitement throughout the State. Arriving ID Augusta the ref uCees put themselves in communication with the Chinese Minister at Wassing ton, who called the attention Of the gov ernment to the matter, the result uf which was an inquiry by the District Attorney and a reference of the matte to the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court. Loo Chang came back couple of weeks since and reopened business. COnser- vative citizens see the grave error com mitted and are doing all in their power ! to calm the minds Ot the people who are anxious to expel the Chinaman 0 second tune. Last week fuel was added to the fife by a commencement of suits against eighteen of our most prominent citizens. charging tbem with damages to the amount of Sl15,OOn The sI;its are brought Tn the United States Crcui. Court in Savannah. It is understood the Chinese Minister will make a test case.
 RICHMOND, Va., March l4-Col. l.. M. | Marye, associate editor of the Advance and R. r. Hubbard, prominent lawyer of Richmond were about to engage ID a duel and Marye has been arrested. Hubbard was not found.
 NEW YORK, March 1.-The assign ment of Theodore F. < James Carroll Humphrey, composing the hide and leather firm of Humphrey * O.. WIS filed to-day. It states the liabilities at l SS2647 nominal assets, SG6I, ,2Oi; actual assets Sl09,507. Among the assets are claims against Insolvent firms aggregat- ing about four hundred thousand dol lars
 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1.-The Citizens Committee for the suppression of crime in this city, have made report placing direct connection of Bowen with criminals and the police, and they have brought about indictments against twenty to forty police and detectives.
 ST. PAUL, Minn., March 14-The Montana Mail states that last week ;.t Beaver, Sead county, body os citizens overpowered the jailOr, took out JnO. $. Jessrang, held for cruel murder and the burning Of Charles Davidson, and hanged him to rafter of the jail.
 Ux1oSTowS, Pa, March 15. The ln- dignation expressed over Dnke's acquit- tai IS unabated. The jurors were publicly hissed and jeered this morning, and left the town as soon as possible. Duke has gone home to his mothers.
 HELENA, Ark, March l5.-The back water from the White river is uniting with the overflow from the Mississippi and has submerged a large region of country in Beaver Bayou and lower Big Creek. This section was never before inundated. The consequence is the absolute annihilatiOn of every kind of live stock with a large number of deer and other game. Two cabins, one occu- pied by white and the other by c)lorel families, suddenly disappeared from near South Bayou, during one night last week. No tidIngs of the occupants has since been received. The suppOsi- ton is that all perished.
 HARTFORD, Conn, March l5. The house of two maiden ladies named Jud- sOn. at East Hartford, burned lis morn
 
 ing and both perished in the flames.
 NEw YORK, March 15.-Hon. Jeremi- ah Sherwood, who arrived in California in 1S47, Lieutenant of Company I, Ste venson's regiment, afterwards clerk for Samuel Brannan, at his store at Sutter's Fort when the first exchanges of gold dust for merchandise were made, died al his residencs here last night, of pneumo- mia, aged so. He was a member of the firm of A. G. Newman < Co.,, and was formerly in the State Legislature from Westchester county. The funeral will be attended by the California Pioneers here in a body. He leaves a wife and two daughters.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 15.-Let- ters from members of the Ohio legisla- ture state that a movement IS on foot to make Senator sherman the Be publican candidate for governor, with a view of placing him in an advantageous position for the Presidential nomination in lsS4
 ST. LOUIS, Mo, March 15.-H. F. Crocker, a notorious horse thief, com mitted suicide in Texas jail to-day He left a written statement that he was born, well connected, in Georgia has been in Texas since 1873; had killed three men and one woman during that tune. He regretted tbat he could not kill two more men who had injured him, and that being without money or friends he preferred death to life in prison. He asked that his body be thrown in the river, and no word of his miserable end should be sent to his relatives.
 NEW YORK, March 16.-Robert Ma hon and Charles NJ Smith, students of Columbia College, arranged a duel to- day. MahOn and friends of the priDci- pal were arrested when departing for the battle grounds and held for examina- ton.
 USIoSTowS, Pa, March L. The Jury in the case of Dukes, charged with the murder of Mutt, have brought in yer dict of not guilty. When the Jury stated the verdict, Judge Wilson locked amazed and said: "Gentlemen, l sup pose the verdict is one you thought yoa should render under your oaths, but 1t IS one that has given dissatisfaction to