, 1884-02-14
TELeeRAPRIc NEWS IN BRIEF.

Late reports make 1t appear that the
river is falling at Pittsburg.
The Mexicans have appropriated
5000, 900 to represent their country at
the worlds exhibition at New Orleans.
The Daily Star Publishing company
OF San Francisco has Just been incor.
porated with a paid up stock Of $780,
700.
At Portland, Oregon, Bill Court
wright, a noted minstrel, and Mrs.
Carrie L. Swain were arrested yester-
day on the charge Of adultery.
Simon Howard, a wealthy merchant
Of Granville, Ontario, was arrested
Yesterday on his bridal tour by Ann B.
Howard, to whom he had been engaged
since 1870.
A fire occurred on Tuesday at Fort
Sully, Dakota, burning all the barracks.
The thermometer was 25o below zero.
and the troops had to camp out upon
the cold ground.
The Virginia Legislature. by q strict
party wore, has passed the bill for the
re. districting of their state. The re-
districting shows eight districts demo.
cratic and two coalition.
The house committee on public lands
failed to get a quorum yesterday after
noon and postponed the consideration
Of the question of the forfeiture of the
Northern Pacific land grant until to-
day.
President Garrett has ordered the
free transportation Of provisions and
other gifts upon the Burlington and
Ohio road for sufferers by the floods;
also the free use of the Baltimore s.
Ohio telegraph.
Fred Stearly, the young man who
was seriously injured by the cars at La
Porte, on the Greeley, Salt Lake &
Pacific railroad. On Monday, has since
died In Denver, where he was taken for
surgical treatment.
Tom Allen, the pugilist, was dis
charged yesterday by the criminal court
Of st. Louis IN the ground OF an old
charge of fighting a prize fight in 1875.
The prosecution was made for the pur-
pose of collecting a debt.
at Chicago yesterday the gross re-
ceipts OF the matinee of the Mspleson
Co., including Patti and Gsrster, for
the benefit of the Ohio flood sufferers
was over $1,000. Mapleson and the
company departed for Minneapolis last
night.
At Pittsburg, Pa, the Western Nail
association yesterday reduced the card
rate from SO. 40 to 80, 90. The stock is
reported light and trade unsatisfactory,
owing to the food. But few factories
will resume wheu the six weeks shut
down has expired.
The national authorities at Wash
ington 30 arranged 1t that an officer of
the army shall accompany each relief
boat and superintend the issue of sup.
piles. The general plan of relief is
the same as was pursued towards the
sufferers from the overflow Of the Mis-
sissippl last year.
The democratic congressman held a
joint caucus on Tuesday night to ap-
point q congressional campaign com
mittee and to discuss other affairs con-
nected with the coming election. The
party's prospects are excellent at pres
ent, and daily growing better for a
grand national victory next year.
Twenty-Five hundred circulars were
sent from Sacramento to the demo-
Gratis throughout California, inquiring
their preference for the presidential
candidate, and showed a thousand an
swers had been received, giving eight
hundred for Tilden, o hundred and
ninety-fve for Sherman aud i've for
Field.
Congressman Dorshiemer has intro
duced a copyright bill for the protec-
ton of foreign authors whose works
may be republished in this country. 1:
provides, in brief, that any author of
any country offering similar protection
to American authors, may secure a
copyright Of his literary productions
on equal terms with native writer's.
Johnny O'Brien has been chosen
chairman of the republican county COM
mittee Of New York, and the reform
republicans are hopping mad about it.
His old friapd and feIlnw ward uorkar
Chester A. Arthur, wants a renomina-
ton, and 1t is generally thought that
Johnny can set up the pins so as to con-
troll the choice of delegates from New
York and Brooklyn more successfully
thar anybody else.