The state journal., 1884-03-29
GENERAL NEWS In BRIEF
Items Gathered. from all Parts Of
the Country

fall.
James Gordon BENEFITS yacht Ma
mouna is cruising in the Mediterran-
can
The Marquis Tseng, the Chinese
ambassador, has been ordered to re-
turn to Paris.
Governor Robertson, Of Massachu-
sets, has signed the bill providing tree
text books for scholars in the pubic
schools.
A mask Of Wendell Phillips. tazen
while he lay ot Faneuil Hall, by Paul
A. Carey. Of Boston, is pronounced
very suoct ssfu.
The Duke Of Westminster, whose
wealth is estimated at 100000 900,
averages 2 per cent interest on the
whole sum yearly.
The Calling gun company,at Hart
ford, Conn, has received an order for
ten more guns for the Chinese govern
ment, to be delivered in sixty days
Elk Congressman Frank Morey is a
Republican nominee for the Senate Of
Louisiana, "upyn the platform Of the
Mississippi Levee, as the district
convention declared.
VIM. GrAtz,of Lexington, Ky, age
SO, died recently. Several years ago
be willed a park to that city on con
ditioa that no dogs or negroes be adj
mitted into it. Peace be to his ashes.
The effort Of the colored men to
get repre- entation on the delegations
to Chicago will probably prove success
ful in many Of the states. tx Cover
nor Long, of Massachusetts,, has ex-
pressed himself as decidedly in favor
Of the movement.
Robert Smalls, Republican and col
ored, was elected Representative in
Congress from the Seventh District
Of South Carolina on Wednesday
Of last week, practically without OPP
position, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Congressman Edmund
w. M. Mackey.
Speaking Of Jefferson Davis the
Little Rock (Ark) Gazette, whose
Democracy is unquestioned, says:
'He has chosen to sit down, bewail
fate, and await for the shadows to
close over him. But the world
moves Few Southern Democratic
Journals are thus sensible.
Postmaster Thomas Coggeshall, Of
New Bedford, Mass, has been in the
employ Of the Office without break
for half century. When he first be-
gan work as clerk the mails were
carried to Boston in Is hours by
stage, and TO this city in four days
when navigation was closed.
The trustees of the Brooklyn
bridge are planning to reduce the
tolls, more particularly upon vehicles.
The reason is plain. The roadway
occupies half the bridge, yet the in
come from it is smaller than from al
most any other source, and has dwln-
died till it is about $50 day less than
it was last summer.
Colonel "Bob" Ingersoll cannot see
that any one Of the Republican pres
idential candidates is ahead now.
They are all running neck and-neck,
he thinks. "Gresham's chances he
believes, care good TO- day. He comes
from the right state. He is man Of
a splendid record, brave soldier an
intelligent and upright jndge-prob
aly no man with cleaner record.
George W. Williams, a represen-
tatiye of the colored race and formerly
a member of the Ohio Legislature, is
decidedly opposed to Mr.. Blaine's
nomination to the presidency. His
hostility is SO strong that he will bolt
the party if MIR. Blaine heads the
ticket. Mr.. Williams appears to be
much at sea in his presidential prefer
ences. He is quite as pronounced
against Arthur as against Blaine
Some Of the colored people Of Del
aware are tired of voting without get
ting any Of the offices The Del
aware Republicans have been paying
the taxes Of these people good while,
in order that they might have an op-
portunity to vote. If the colored
people will help turn the Democratic
party out, there may be some Offices
TO distribute. Unfortunately, at pre-
sent there are not enough Offices to
60 round. Judge Wales term Of Of
flee will not expire for some years yet
and it really looks as if the colored
voters of Delaware would have to b.
patient The disadvantage Of every
body's wanting an offics is that i
makes offices hard to get.