Savannah weekly echo., 1884-02-03
LATER NEWS

The New York State senate has paesed /,
resolution providing for an investigation oi
the manufacture of oleomargarine.
ANOTHER cremation has just taken place
at the Lemoyne crenatory in Washington
Penn, the body burned being that of Albert c.
Rupe, a manufacturer at Las Vegas, n Ii ,wlc
died in New York of consumption The re-
mains were taken to Washington b. TIC
deceased's wife and father-in-law, ami tns
burning Of the body occupied about two
hours
I A DISPATCH from Gunnison, Col. saws
that terrible explosion, presumably caused
by re-damsg occurred II coal mine az
Crested Butte. The fuff force OF the ex-
pioSion may be realized when it is known
( that the engine and machine sho,s.
which were located 100 feet from ito
mouth OF the mines, were totally wrecked.
There were sixty seven mea in tho mine at
the time of the explosion Four of these
escaped but the rest were literally buried
alive. A hundred miners empIoyel in an
other mine at once set to work to recover
the bodies OF the victims, nearly all Of whom
were foreigners.
IHE resolution asking United States Sem
ator Malone to resign passed the Virginia
senate by twentythree yeas to ten nays-o
strict party vote.
1HE subcommittee Of the House committee
on agriculture agreed to report, with two
amendments. the bill prepared by the Cattle
breeders convention for the extirpatioa of
diseases among domestic animals. The ap-
preparation determined upon is S25O,ODO, in.
stead of $5O),00, and the States are REQUIRED
10 contribute sum equal to that appor- |
toned among them by the general govern.
nent
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, recorder of deeds |
tor the District of Columbia and formerly !
United States marshal under President Hayes |
ana well known as a colored politician and |
speaker, was married the other evening &c
Miss Helen n. Pitts,a white lady about thirty.
SIX years cd, formerly resident of Avon. N,
y, Who has been copyist for several years ir
the office of Mr. Douglass. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Francis j. Grimke,
astor OF the Fifteenth Sire It PRESBYTERIAN
church (coloredl, at his residence in Wash
ngton There were present, beside the con
racting PARTIES, only two witnesses. Mr.
Eouglas has been a widower about twc
years and is row nearly three
'core and ten. He has four
crown children, and his marriage was
great surprise to them as well as to the rest
If the community. Miss Pitts has been
prominent in Washington as writer or
voman suffrage and moral reform,
IMPORTANT anne ndments to the pension Law
re under consideration by the appropria
ions committee.
A RECENT Washington dispatch says that
---- Alng of the present session OF
Congress eighteen postmasters of the presi
dental grade have resigned their offices.
Officials at the postoffice department
declare that such a number of resicna-
tons IN SO short a time is unprecedented.
The reasons given for the designations are
dissatisfaction with the recent adilstment.
resulting in some cases in lowering of sala-
rleS, and with the small allowances made bv !
the department for clerk hire, Office equip |
ment and other items, which compel the |
postfnasters to spend their own means in
of the postal service
HON. JOHN NEW departed from Wash
lngton for Indianapolis, but before leaving
sndered his resignation as assistant sacre-
ary OF the treasury. His reason for resign
ng was the urgent pressure of private busi-
ness
MANY persons have been killed and great
mount of damage has been done to houses
md shipping By heavy storm throughout
treat Britain
FOURTEEN valuable stations were burned
death at fire which destroyed Lord
'orreys stud stables near Oxford, England.