The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-12
one end of its shell the word "Union" was
cut In large letters
NEWS NOTES.
Something About What is Going on in this Busy
World of Ours.

The general deficiency appropriation bill,
which was reported to the house Saturday,
appropriaates $6,729,59i. OF this amount
SAB, GA is TO enable the Secretary of the Navy
TO pay to the officers and crews of the United
States naval vessels under command of Flag
Officer ID. q. Farragut the difference between
the amount of bounty heretofore distributed
and that to which they are respectively entitled
under the decree of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia for destruction of the
enemy's vessels near New Orleans in April,
1862.
The annual commencement exercises at the
United States Naval Academy took place on
the 9th inst. Hon. S. S. Cox delivered the adj
dress TO the graduates. AT night there was
the usual bali in honor of the graduating class.
General Abe Buford, of Kentucky, once
famous for his achievements on the turf, COM
mitted suicide on Monday morning, at the
residence Of his nephew, Benjamin E. Buford,
in Danville, Ind General Buford came TO
Danville Wednesday last to visit relatives and
attend the races this week. Two statements
were found, one dated this morning, saying
that financial misfortunes, the death of his
family and the troubles of his brother, Tom
Buford, who killed Judge Elliott, were causes
Of the act.
The condition Of the cotton crop is stated by
the Agricultural Department to be as follows
Taxing the Wil0Ie DSlG GOgeIher, III Is I0unu
that there has been no increase in acreage,
while the condition Of the crop on May 81 was
no better than last year, which was lower than
for several years. The average condition Of
the crop on May 81 1883, was reported by the
Washington Agricultural Bureau at ninety-six.
At New York, on Monday, under the appl
cation Of the United States Trust Company, as
trustee under the first mortgage of August 8,
/ 1851, TO secure an issue of S50,000,000 of per
2 i II III !
dore Houston were appointed receivers of the
New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railroad
Company by Judge Brown, of the United States
Court.
Noah III. Swayne, late Associate Justice of
the United States Supreme Court, died in, New
/ York on Monday. he was in his eightieth
! year.
1t has been reported for several weeks that
| Secretary Frelinghuysen had under consider
Grafton the policy of acquiring certain c0nces-
sioDs from Nicaragua for the construction of q
navigable water way across that country from
ocean TO ocean, and that the matter had been
a subject of discussion between himself and
/ the President and other members of the Cabi-
/ met. 1t is understood that the subject has
recently taken definite form, and that the Sec
Rotary, requiring sum of money, estimated at
/ 100000, for the purpose of carrying his views
u into effect, recently communicated with a COM
mittee of the Senate on the subject. The
matter was under consideration by the Senate
in secret session on Monday, but no conclusion
was reached.
General James Watson Webb, the distin-
1 guished Journalist, died al New York on Satur-
! day in his eighty-third year.
At Chappaqua, n. Y, on Sunday afternoon,
I the horse Of Miss Gabrielle Greeley, daughter
of the late Horace Greeley, ran away, throwing
Miss Greeley out OF the wagon and breaking
her right shoulder and bruising her internally
Henry c. Work, the noted song writer and
composer. died at Hartford. Conn, Sunday
/ evening Of heart disease. Marching Through
/ Georgia" GTandfather's Clock" and g Dear
/ Father Come Home With Me Now" were
written by him.
The schedules in the insolvent assignment of
James ID. Fish, late president of the Marine
/ Bank of New York show total nominal assets
Of 81 us, 1872: total actual value of assets $685.
594; total liabilities. s., 23O, PSI.
The report of Assignee Warner, of the Penn
Bank Of Pitsburg, shows the amount due indi-
yidual depositors is 81, 1885, POS. Amount of
overdrafts. $l,250, 1853. The majority of the
directors withdrew their accounts May 26, the
day the bank closed the second time.