The sun., 1888-01-05
General News ltens

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At San Francisco the liabilities OF George
| w. Meade & Co. are $3.50, 900; assets.
| $40O,OO
made an assignment. Liabilities, $50, 900;
assets, 10000.
The mercury takes big drop all over
the Northwest-cold weather and snow
cause trains to be delayed at nearly all
| points.
At New York, John Thompson, import
| er OF fans and millinery, made an assign
| ment to David E. Richardson, with $42.-
600 preferences.
At San Francisco, Judge Hoffman
rendered q decision in the United States
district court, in which the right OF the
Chinese to import opium is sustained.
The Sun win publish an interview with
Jack Dempsey, in which he says he will go
to England to fight ''Toff" Wall for the
middleweight championship OF the world.
Smith has replied to Sullivan's chal
lenge that he is ready to fight Sullivan aft
er the latter's m atch with Mitchell for any
amount OF money Sullivan chooses to
name.
E. C. Harvey of Mandan, Dak., has been
appointed clerk in the Office of B. P. Grant,
of the Northern Pacific, in place of NJ. V.
Richards, resigned to 60 to the Baltimore
& Ohio.
Jack Dempsey and Dominick McCaffrey
met at the Coleman house, New York, and
drew. up an agreement to box ten rounds
in public on Jan. 81, at time and place to
bs agreed upon.
The articles OF Incorporation of the
Warmers and Merchants State Bank of
Minneapolis were filed. The capital stock
is $25. 600. with the privilege OF incre asing
it to $50O,oO0.
Sullivan has challenged Smith to fight
for 81, 900 a side, the affair to come off a
fortnight after SulIivan's match with
deposited ESQ forfeit.
In October, 1886. there were $4,000
members Of the Knights of Labor organ.
ization. and in October OF this year 30O,-
900. 1t is now stated from headquarters
that there are but zoe, 900 persons mem
bers of the order.
Proceedings have begun asking for the
disbarment OF e. C. Assay, a very promi.
nent member of the Chicago bar. The
charges, are that Assay received $4OO with
which to settle q case and that he convert
ed it to his own use. Attorney Assay denies
the charge.
Articles OF consolidation of the Indian
apolis & Wabash Railway company with
the indianapolis, Quincy & Missouri River
Railway company, under the name OF the
Indianapolis, Decatur & Western Railway
company, have been fled in the Office OF
the secretary.
The steamer Roman, which arrived in
Boston, brought q stowaway, q Scotch
boy OF eighteen, and permitted him to
land and escape. Commissioner OF Emf
grafton Colcord has fined the company
81. 900. and the vessel is detained in port
until the boy is returned or the fine paid.
A decision was filed at Minneapolis in
the case OF the Northwestern Oil company
against H. B. Willis, state oil inspector.
The suit was instituted for the purpose OF
compelling the inspector to inspect oil in
small tanks, for which service the state
does not allow compensation. The dscis-
ion was In favor OF the company.
Mrs. Lille Drake Of Constantine, Mich,
lost her husband two months ago. Re-
Gently Mrs. Drake eloped with Frank
Shawl, o seventeen-year-oldsc schoolboy, and
the couple were marrird at Kalamazoo by
o nearsighted preacher. who accepted the
lads word as to his age. Mrs. Shawl is
thirty-fiv years old and has q daughter
who 10 but one year younger than the boy
husband.
Albany by the issuance OF an order by
Gov. Hill removing from Office John Jay
OF New York city and Henry A. Richmond
Of Buffalo. members OF the state civil SER
vice board, the third member, Hon. Angus
tus Schoonmaker. having resigned. In
their stead Gov. Hill appointed Gen. Dan.
iel E. Sickles OF New York city and James
H. Manning and George H. Treadwell Of
that city.
Col. w. p. Cough, assistant to Presi-
dent Hill, Of the Manitoba, was asked
about the rumored purchase by the Mani
toba Of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
road for the Pacific coast end Of the Mani.
toba's projected transcontinental line.
Col. Cloush said there was nothing what
ever in the story, and that the Manitoba
had not yet determined to build beyond
it's present Western terminus in Montana.
He said the company was acquiring infor.
nation concerning the country west Of
there in order to be able, II IL was ever do
terminsd to build further, to do IL intelli
gently.