The Republican journal., 1885-12-17
Generalities.

Nine flouTlng mills In Mlnneapolls nave start
ed up.
Chicago is to have the great cattle convention
in 1856.
Mr.. Spurgeon's health gives great anxiety
to his friends.
The Providence Aldermen refuse to issue
licenses to skating Kinks.
The New York Central has leased the West
Shore Road for 415 years.
Forty thousand stand of arms have been
shipped from Turkey to New York.
The estimated loss by fire in the United
States and Canada during Novembof is $500,
900
The Mayor of Salt Lake City says there is
not and has not been any danger of an outbreak
in that city.
The total estimate for the expenses of the
Government for the year ending June, 1887,
are 1889, ,5S9,3
Sir Richard f. sutton, Of Genesta fame is
soon to marry the daughter of Sir Vincent
Rowland Corbet
southern California will have only 100000
boxes of oranges to ship East this year against
400, 900 last year.
A Pennsylvania court sustains the constitu
of oeOmargarinc.
The decrease of smallpox in Montreal is so
marked that the railways will hereafter make
through connections.
A number of Germans in New York city are
suffering from trichinoSis caused by eating par
TALLY cooked ham.
1t believed that some satisfactory Presden-
tial succession bill will be passed during the
present session of Congress.
Rich veins of silver have been found in the
Red Mountain region Of Montana, and there is
Il stampede of miners thither.
\ Chicago canning company has received an
order from the French Government which will
require the slaughter Of 25,O00 head Of cattle.
The number of legal voters in Boston is 59-
034, los, of 6540 since 1884. The number Of
women registered is double that of last year--
DDS.
Miss Ada NJ. Sweet, the famous eX-pension
agent of Chicago, was married recently to Mr.
}. Bertiine Carter, a merchant Of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
The lighthouse keeper at Minots Ledge
declares that waves broke over the top of that
pile, ia feet above the level, during tic recent
Storm
The leutenant-generaI commanding reports
that the army at the date Of the last consolidated
returns consists of 2,154 officers and "a 105 ell
listed men.
Thomas Jefferson was the first Prc>id mt to
send Il written message TO Congress. Washing
ton went in person before Congress and made
an oral address.
Colonel Henry q. Kent, Of LcominStar,
Mass. has been appointed naval officer At
Boston, lie i Il veteran, and was q Repul-
licau until ls12
The Governor Of Arizona calls the attention
OF the Secretary Of the Interior 10 the large
amount of smuggling carried on between Ari-
iona and Mexico.
Governor Martin of Kansas. has called Il
special session of the legislature to meet Janu-
AIRY 10, for legislative rcappontmcnt> and other
important matters.
There are indications that tn" Sa"asta Cab
incl in Spain cannot survive, and that ii VIII be
succeeded by a liberal Ministry under General
Lopez Domingncz.
The stock exchange firm OF W. +. Connor X
Co., in which Jay Gould and his son George are
partners, will dissolve Dee. 31>t. and the G0uIs
will devote themselves to railroads.
The President rendered the >uI,-Trea>urv in
Boston to Peter Butler and he declined it, 1t
is said the President is too busy at present to
bother himself about the offices in Boston.
Joel Chandler Harris. Charles Dudley War
ncr ana Oliver Wendell Holmes were among
those to congratulate Mark Twain on reaching
his tiftieth birthday. The latter sent poem.
1t has been ascertained that King Alfonso
died i'll debt. His expenses for several years
have exceeded the amounts allowed him by the
civil list. lti> denied that his life was insured.
The late Commodore Gorringc's partly finish
cd shipyard in the Delaware. which cost 81 .0UO.-
600, Wa> sold recently at receivers sale.
The stockholders will be out, it is estimated.
900.
Prof. Alexander AgaSsiz. Curator of the
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
Univ cr>ity, is obliged by i'll health to resign his
position and viii seek rest and restoration by a
visit to Europe.
-\t recent meeting Of the trustees of Tufts
College, the following vote wa, passed by a
large majority: Nv hile the trustees appreciate
the Importance Of The collegiate education of
women, they do not deem it cNpcdicnt. all
things considered, at the present time to open
the college to them"
George Lewis Cover, brother of Frederick
Cover, the missing aeronaut, who is believed
to have been lost i'll the English channel while
attempting to make balloon trip from France
to England, has arrived at his home in Provi-
dencc, X. l., after fruitleSS search for his
brother
Twelve Massachusetts cities held elections
Dee 8. Republican mayors We're chosen in
Fall River, Taunton, Springfield, Chelsea and
Brockton; Democratic in Gloucester, Lawrence
and Lowell; and Citizens in Salem, IIaNerhill,
SomGryille and Cambridge. All voted for IL
cen>c except Someryille.
The annual report of Secretary Endicott of
the War department has been given to the
public. The expenditures for 1884 We're So
S50,999.54, and appropriations for the present
year are S36. 1872 .4l3.40-the increase of the
past year over the present being for river and
harbur Improvements.
Mr.. Iildcn has written "A letter to Mr.. Car
lisle, suggesting that the surplus revenue be
applied to suitable defenceS for the twelve i'm
portant sea coast cities of the Union: Portland.
Boston, New York. Newport, Philadelphia.
Baltimore. Charleston, savannah, New Orleans,
Galveston and san Francisco.
a convention Of fourth-claSS postma>tcrs will
be held in Chicago, Feb. 10, lSS6. to take meas
ures TO rectify alleged wrongs. Po>tmaSters of
each Congressional district will be asked to
meet at their usual places of holding the Con-
grcSSona meeting on the second Tuesday in
January and elect their delegates.
The legislative count of the recent vote in
Virginia gives the following result Total vote
for Governor 2S9,0I of which Lee (deIn.) re-
ceivce l52.5it and John +. Wise (rep.y 1910
scattering l.. Lee and Massey are declared
governor and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for four
years beginning January l>t. s6.
A Thin Defence.
The Belfast Age come, to the rescue OF
Chairman Brown and CharacterizeS the
charge that he has been selling his .'infoo-