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Show DOMESTIC BRIEFS- Congressman IVtulIer of New York, denies that he intends to resign his sent in congress. Rothschild, Hermans & Co., TS'ew York dry poods importers, have failed; liabilities $100,000. Senator Dorsey of Arkansas be-lievcB be-lievcB that very few southern demo-cm demo-cm ts will vote for a republican Bpeaker. John H. Lick is to receive $535,000 from the trustees in the settlement of his claim on tho estate of his father. A Boston man who knows Hayes predicts that ho will veto the Texas Pacific subsidy hill should congress pass it. Tho suspension is announced ol Baldwin tfc Flagg, hat manufacturers, Youker, N. Y.; liabilities said to be about $160,000. The Hayes administration has decided to retain Kussell present minister to Venezuela, pendiug further investigations. A benefit at Debar'a opera house, St. Louis, for tho destitute servant girls of the Southern hotel, will probably pro-bably realize 2,500. Tho death is announced in South Carolina of Marvin N. Rocers, senior partnor of the New York clothing firm of Rogers, Peel fc Co. Rsv. John Lancaster Spaulding, appointed bishop of Peoria, will ba consecrated in the New York cathedral on Sunday next by Cardinal ilcCloBky. The testimony in tho Emma mine suit at Now York was finished on both sidea on Wednesday, and the counsel lor the defendants have begun their arguments. It is reported that Tilden is trying to have Muller, congressmen elect, resign to make way for Dudley Field, whom Tilden is anxious to have in the next congress. About 1,500 coopers in the employ of the Standard oil company, Cleveland, Cleve-land, Ohio, struck on Thursday morning on account of 10 per cent, reduction in wages. Joshua Hart, manager of tho Eagle theatre-, New York, has commenced a suit against Misa Ama Dickinson for damages growing out of the termination termina-tion of her dramatic engagement. The New York Typographical Union has adopted a new and reduced dcale prices: for daily morning papers -lt cents per 1,000 ems; for daily evening and weekly papers 35 cents. A. B. Foster, Canada's railw.iy kig, has failed at Montreal; Hahil-ties Hahil-ties $2,390,000, chiefly du in London for purchase ot the Canada Central railway and forsteel rails. A portion of the amount is due in New York. Cyrus G. Clarke, convicted in New York ol the forgery of twenty one j bonds of the Central Pacific- railroad of California, with intent to defraud the East River bank, has been sentenced sen-tenced to five years in the states prison. Amount of fresh beef Bhippcd to Europe from tho United States during tha eighteen months ending March last 34,278,810 pounds, valued at1 $325,483. There has been an increase of shipments from 36,000 in October, 1S75 to 6,707,855 in March ( this year. The secretary of tho treasury thinkB that if congress does not interfere with him he will be able to resume specia payments and fund the remainder re-mainder of the six per cent bonds into four per cents by January, 1S79. If 9n account of the European war some of our bonds are returned, so much tho better for 113. |