, 1884-02-29
TELseRAPHIc NEWS IN BRIEF.

1uC oCLhChSc AihSO hAhPOthihC !
reported to have been committed t
Punishment.
Nearly the whole business portion o
the town OF Tredell. Tex, was destroy
ed by Are last night.
The snow blockade on the Northern
Pacific Is raised, and trains are running
again on all the lines.
Mr.. Edmund Smith, an early abo-
l~itionist and associate of Garrison, died
yesterday morning at Boston.
The police discovered a large guam.
tity of explosives underneath the Char
ing Cross railway station, of London.
The steamer Norseman. from Liver
side q wall OF ice for a distance Of Ito
miles.
Mrs.. Macksy will be the sponsor with
Gounod at the reception OF Mile. Ne
yads, the American prims donna, into
the Catholic church at Paris.
At San Francisco, Governor Stone
man obtained an injunction yesterday
afternoon restraining Attorney General
Marshall from compromising the rail-
road tax cases.
The consul general of Greece an
nounces that his government has abol-
ished prohibition against the inporta-
ton Of American hog products. The
decree took effect on the 22nd inst.
The Chicago and Alton and Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe roads met
to make a cut In freight rates to Colo
RADIO and New Mexico points rs made
by the Western Trunk Line associa-
ton.
Rudd, Champ and Fitzgerald, who
were to have been hung Friday at Co.
lumbis, Adair county, Kentucky, for
the murder of Miller Brewster, were
reprieved yesterday by Governor Knott
until March 81, 1884.
At Paddington an internal ma,hine
wa found inside a valise attached to a
cash box. 1t consisted of twenty
pounds of dynamite, in which vas i'm
bedded an American alarm clock pistol.
The hammer OF the pistol was eleya-
ted.
An associated press Winnipeg spe-
cisl says Ryan has been remanded.
The authorities are in doubt as to what
charge to bring against him. His con-
duct is generally regarded as a foolish
joke and is not for = moment seriously
considered.
Application has been received at the
p~ostofice department for the appoint
ment of Miss Lizzie Mutt postmistress
3. Cniontown, Pa. She is the sister OF
young Mutt, recently acquitted at
P%ittsburg, upon the charge of murder
Ing Dukes.
Several Berlin parers In friendly re-
lations with Minister Sargent, assert
that the question of his recall has not
been raised. To inquiries &C the white
house in Washington, the secretary of
the president gives the unqualified ans
wer, There is no thought Of recalling
Mr.. Sargent.
A communication has been received
from the Berlin committee for the
o~bseQuies Of DR.. Edward Lssker by
Carl Schurz, chairman OF the New
York committee. expressing the thanks
of the people of Berlin for the marks of
honor and repect paid to the memory
OF Lasker In America.
A w%estbound freight train collided
with a passenger train q mile east of
Paris, Ill. The fireman of the freight
train was buried beneath the ruins and
killed. The engineer of the passenger
train had his leg broken. Fifteen
freight cars heavily laden were COM
pletely wrecked as was both engines.
The London Times in speaking OF
Minister Hunt. says: Mr.. Hunt was
southern, honest and steady and OF
venerable presence. He might well
have sat to the painter as a type of
the Puritan father. he was a promi-
nent head among the crowd Of diplo-
mats present.
In New York city a Are on the third
noor Of a frame building, occupied by
Cornelius VaR Ripper. the latter and his
three children being sufocated and
burned to death. His wife jumped
from the third story window and was
Instantly killed. The damage TO the
building was slight.
The bill granting the loan of s22,-
oVo.OV0 to the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, WAS read the third time to night
amidst prolonged cheering from the
conservatives. Before the third read
ing the mini ster on railways added a
clause to prevent the amalgamating or
working arrangements between the
Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk.
Chicago Cattle Market.