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Show DOMESTIC BRIEFS. A. B. Stockwell ia buying Fucific nail stock heavily. A petroleum cicliange lioa been apened ia New York. W. V. Nowcomb, the well kuown negro minstrel, ia dead. Jolm B. Feltou tlitd on Wtdncaday nt bis residence in Oaklnnd, Cal., of parnlysia. Tbo president hue Rppoiulod J. Boono Indian agent of tbt BOiitbern Apache agen'jy ut Arizona. George Sherman, of the jiiEiirance firm oi Dunham & Sherman, Now York, died suddeuly on Tuoeday. General Crook has arrived at Chicago Chi-cago to hold an interview with General Sheridan in regard to Indian ailairs. The president in to visit Nw York this month and will be extended reception by the chamber of com-jmerue. com-jmerue. The stockholders of the Lake Shore railroad have elected Cornelius and Win. H. Vanderhilt aa directors of the road. Tho aum of $300,000 in gold coin waa shipped for Europe Wednesday and 100,000 was packed for Thursday's Thurs-day's steamers. The Manhattan, club called the "awallow-tailed" democracy) has mortgaged its premises to Augustus Scheli (or $50,000. Cineraon and Fiihcr's carriage factory, Cincinnati, waa destroyed by fire Tuesday night; I08B about $bOt-000; $bOt-000; insured $30,000. There has been recently stamped at the United States mint twelve million nickel copper piece for tha Venezuelan government. The St. Louis Browns and Syracuao Reds playad a game of base ball ol fifteen innings on Tuesday without scoring & run on either side. Republicans elected their city ticket it Indianapolin on Tuesday, but in ,be 6 Late there are no material changes from last fall's election. ' A Trenton paper confirms the report re-port that the Stevenn battery has boen sold to the Russian government for 3ne millioQ dollars by the atate of New Jersey. The directors of tho Lake Shore railroad have elected W. H. Vauder-, bill president. Augustus Scbeil vice president, L. D. Worcester treasurer, and John Newell general managor. The New York Sun says: California Califor-nia Kcene presented William A. Vanderbilt with a team of horses, which the latter refused to accept,, but offered to buy them at a lair price. Tbo officers of tbo Russian fleet will visit the charitable institutions ot New York city. Mayor Ely will accompany the Russian officers to Blackwell's wards and Randalls island. Dr. Linderman, director of tha mint, says that so far as fineness of 1 metal and excellence of workman- I ships nro concerned the United StateB gold and silver coui3 will bear comparison com-parison with the best produced in Europe. Gentlemen Par'eB frotu rpm. oxieans Kpeak enthusiastically 61 the good feeling and conduct of all, produced by the recent pacification. Republicans say that the colored people peo-ple are treated better than ever. About forty aiillion dollars worth of gold has been coined in the minU of the United States since the 1st of July, 1876. Adding to this the amount ol silver coinaga during the same period the aggregate will be greater than the amount of coinage ever done at the United States mints in the same length of time. The democratic Jackson association of Washington has - unanimously I passed resolutions commendatory of j tbo president's policy; one spoaker ; said that tlte president had done ao 1 much to harmonize the country and , promote its prospects as could have been expected from a democratic president. During the first eight months of the present fiscal year our importations importa-tions of gold and silver exceeded the exportation by about four million dollars. It would not be surprising if tho amount of gold and silver accumulated accu-mulated in this country during the present year from production and imports im-ports Bhould amount to fully fifty million dollars. Auditor Ogden testified before tbo New York custom houso investigation commission that there were 99 men in the department, most of whom nutw uuiuiug uuuul men uunes rrueu appointed. If competent and well-paid well-paid men were employed the department depart-ment could be managed with 20 per cent, less help. There is a dispute among the architects archi-tects of the New Y'ork postoffice as to the cause of the falling in of & portion of the roof. One party claims the truss was improperly put up and another that it was defective. Mul-lett, Mul-lett, supervising architect claims that Hill, superintending architect, is responsible for the accident. |