Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-09-06

has a speciai from Hong Kong that the | French Missionaries have been officially | expelled from there. The Chinese sup
 pressed an uprising which menaced the ! Christians.
 SAN FRANCISCO, August 30-GoOdall, | Perkins < O., acting IS superlntendeuts
 of the Ocean division of the Oregon Railroad k Navigation Co, received instructions from the O. R. < N. O., at Portland, to reduce salaries ten per
 cent. on steamers plying between here
 and Portland, VIZ, Columbia, Oregon
 and State of California. In accordance
 with these instructions an order re-
 ducing salaries was issued yesterday to the officers and crew of the State of
 California, which IS to sail Monday,
 but the resistance to the OIder is s0 great that all were shipped at old salaries.
 LONDON, August 3l.-Advices received by the leading China houses in London from thelr branches at EOO-ChOw and Shanghai show that there is no dread entertained there of a native uprising, and business IS proceeding as usuul. In London, premiums on vessels III Chinese seas, which have been advanced to war rates, have fallen to-day to nominal rates. General commercial confidence prevails, and an early settlement of the Franco. Chinese difficulty is looked for.
 SACRAMENTO, Aug. 30.-Suit has been begun here by Samuel Norris against Haggin k Tevis for the reconveyance of the Norris grant, and damages. Samuel Norris, an old pioneer of California, claims that he was the owner of this tract of land, which contains 4J,U0O acres, together with several lots of real estate m the city of Sacramento. That from the effect of blow over the head in 1857 he was incapRcitated for doing business and was not m his right mind until 1883. That between those dates the defendants through their agent, A. k. Grim, fraudulently got possession of his property, which k worth Sl,3i2,OOO, ! on a judgment obtained by Grim against him for S2.O5j. lie clslms that he did not find out until 1881 the means by which the property was wrested from 1 him, and prays the court tO compel the l defendants t. deed the ranch back to l him and pay him damages and costs St suit.
 lNDlANAfOLAS, Aug pt.-l4hel th culL- l the defense in the Blaine libel suit pre- l sented demurrer to the complaint, al- | leging that it does not set forth facts | sufficient to constitute n cause of action. | Miller and Elam, attorneys for Blame, | appeared in court this morning and de- l manded an immediate hearing, but ar gument on the demurrer was set for Tuesday next. It Is said that the answer of the Sentinel Company has been pre- pared.
 NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30 conven- tion of sugar and rice planters lavOra- ble to the election of Blaine and Logan | met to-day and an organization was | effected under the title of the Conserve tive Republican party. Resolutions were adopted declaring for protection and | endorsing the Republican nominees for President and Vice President.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 30.-Auother | outbreak against the Jews at Tenbre- vita, near kOvenO, in western Russia, Is !, announced. A mob pillagsd twelve | shops and twenty houses. Many Jews were wounded during the riot. One woman was killed. The police and clergy were pOwerless to quell the dis turbance.