Show NEWS by W U to U A chii nil ROCHESTER feb A coven teen year old boy fired a ball through y lii castera ci stera heart with a pistol which bo did not know was loaded the name of ho boy is john campbell i hiiri CHICAGO feba A washington bays considerable today to day about a scano which occurred at ahe meeting of the senate census committee yesterday when senator gordon denounced as an falsehood the made to the committee by JL stephens there i a bitter feeling between gordon and arii and some of the latter think it will culminate in a hostile meeting yet senator Cun klings health is extremely poor ion ahl feb the bouso of of the iowa legislature this morning adopted by a vote of 57 to 31 an amendment to the constitution to be submitted to the vota of the people making free white women eligible as members of the legislature ta prett of tk world NEW feb the camieri al bulletin says private and better than the newspapers af aid place the surplus of wheat this season in australia and new zealand at thousand tons respectively so great had been the pressure for celi to carry australian supplies that the freig lits from that country to england have risen from to per ton from these sources apparently expects to draw bushels ke ports from bouja diiro warrant the expectation of an unusually large crop but no are given chili friso us an unusual surplus of ehrat for export no definite esti the chilian crop have yet ap apparel Karel putting together the exportable surplus from all foremen the aggregate may perhaps be taken at bushels above the average of late yeorg and what WM expected when the estimates of the result of the harvest of 1879 wore made up the bearing of ins new fact upon prospects ot our own reports is too obvious to need much comment english of wheat are ample enough to enable that country to wait for from the pacific and it ia to be expected that every effort will be efte o postpone purchases in abo united states oat CHICAGO A irilene washington aag A fact of some import aino ain o connected with the harrisburg convention lias not yet been reported five seats were contested the holder loftlee oft Lee seata beeall blaina men the contests were referred to the machine committee and all con tet tants seated they were without exception cameron men this made n dit terence of ten votes on the test ballot but for this arbitrary action of cameron tho managers for grant would hav bad ten A specials bay there was a disgrace ful squabble which ended in a bisti cull two parties of ne at n district republican convention to ap delegates to the chicago convention the contestants te vreed partisans of grant and of stir chalca KEW feb the tribune Tri iune ay of 36 republicans in the new jeidy louse of assembly 20 prefer blaido as their presidential candidate 10 grant and md figure r late industrial statistics furnish abe facts we sent last year to europe hides alt iron establishments in youngstown ohio are running on full time tho combined length of new railroads projected for 1880 will be brockton mass shoe shipment almot four times as great as they nere a year ago tool works have re work after fter an idleness of twelve all woolen mill in eastern connecticut are running of them night and day in abc cur chops in middletown pa which are soon to resume work inen will bo employed emp loye silver mines have recently been diacove wl in garrett chanty md to the too the fifteen car manufacturing antin this country turned out in eleven months the lead mines near phoenixville Phoenix ville PA that have been idle for twenty two ears are now being worked over 1500 pernon are employed in chair booking iu gardner bags turning out over dollars worth annually the southfield corset hops at new mig ara night and day and turning out dozen of corset weekly tb delaware rolling mill ta N J which has been again in operation under a new management all iron mines in new careey arc being worked thoroughly and ten of her fifteen blast furnaces are running with three to be lighted soon up the union steam forge hill N J have increased company the of their men 13 per cent and their works are and dar running nm abr nil country COB feb 26 aw jani i an bounced oh good authority a preparing to bend to the people u ireland eliop load of grain M hii contribution to their relief ciui irra NEW ind feb A fire to glass woran to mo civo to fifty thousand dollars II 11 i believed beli ered to hire beca incendiary insurance arner art clr feb tha report telegraphed to one or two california that senator grover is dying in new york state of the brain is softening of wholly untrue ilia wife tim awn ill wit his recently been a little under clr bill a letter vrn re ali city from him lo loday day in which under date of danville N Y feb atu he writes about gaiters in hi bual clear and busi style and aya he will ros tarn to washington very eoon turf fab an thi yeturu of today to day the nama of abrea banera ban kra ameles ion jones BM 71 ani hammel milton use 70 and gerge nel BOO age at feb avral lutc had boen received far in thia country from belgium ad dressed to one collins brooklyn N Y tho postmaster general at tho request of the attorney of the bel consul general ordered these fetters it appears that two men fraudulently obtained an amount of money from an old naval officer in belgium and forwarded it to friends in brooklyn it is supposed these are the loiters As the law requires letters to be delivered only to the persons addressed an official application is expected for the return of the letters to belgium in anticipation of this the postmaster general has referred the subject to the attorney general for decision taxation on representative davi bill provid ing for taxation of all opium manufactured in this country for smoking purposes is heartily approved by the commissioner of internal revenue and will be strongly urged upon the attention of the house ways and means committee as soon as the funding question and a few other special subject ahall have been disposed of it is mr Paris intention to obtain an opportunity to make an argument before tb committee in person in explanation and advocacy ol 01 this bill and also of bis bill providing for a protective tariff tax on rice nut oil and mustard seed oat he no appointment to succeed indian commissioner bayt has yet been determined ter mined upon secretary schurz is said to have remarked today to day upon being asked when a new commissioner was to be appointed that he intended to clear out the house before putting in a new tenant from this it is of course inferred that additional removals of indian bureau officials or employees may be expected shortly trill ATLANTA G feb T the court refused a new trial to cox sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of col alstom the case will be carried to the supreme court of the united states |