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Show Ycrk U about to marry Miss Woolaey, formerly of Hartford, eirit.r to Susm Coolidge, tho authoress. The Wilmington (Del.) city govern ment lias a majority of democratic aldermen for tho first time since negro euflrage was established. The secretary of war has been authorized to instruct General Ord to follow the Mexican marauders, if nectary, from Texas into Mexico. Two eoloreJ convict who attempted to encjpe I rum tho sU'.e penitentiary at Columbia, S. C, w-rj recaptured alter being shut and mortally wounded. In a chain pinn $1,000 billiard game, three hull French caroms, at Tammany hall, Thursday night, between be-tween Scxtnn and Dion, S:-xton won. Score, GOO to 442. I A new daily morning paper is to be published in Washington in tho in- I lerest of the administration. It will be the organ of the while houso and advocate the remonetizition of silver. Tho government haB about perfected per-fected new supply contracts fcr continuing con-tinuing work on public buildings in various citing, so that the cost to the government will he reduced -5 to 50 per cent, from present prices. Gen. Ord has been instructed to protect the Mexican border as best be can until Minibter Foster -shall have had reasonable time lo make a formal demand upon the Diaz government to suppress lawlessness along the Rio Gran tie. The senate judiciary committee of South Carolina recommend that the seals rf circuit judgea Carpenter and Cook be declared vacant on the ground that they were elected when there was no vacancy, These judges arc both repuhtioAiis A new election elec-tion will be ordered. Friends of thn president say he will recommend lo congress legislation in aid of a Southern Pacific railroad without specifying any particular scheme, but basing his recommendation recommenda-tion on general groundd for national aid to construct a road to the Pacific by the southern route. An illicit whisky ring has been discovered dis-covered iu Mercer county, West Virginia, Vir-ginia, to which every lawyer and ottioer of the court is Baid to belong. The gang includes a newspaper editor, who is aUo one of a gang of counterfeiters. A United States commissioner, com-missioner, who was in league with the ring, has been removed. |