Show GENERAL NEWS by W V Tl grik to ta NEW YORK nov IS there are but few ncik developments regarding tho southern boom for grant the tallene ridicules it saying large numbly of southern democrats arc quoted as favoring grants candidacy for alio third but nearly all of to have their names withheld thoe who allow choir to bo given are undoubtedly moot estimable persons jn their respective spec tive localities but the american public has now tho rare pleasure of resting their eye aion bleir names or he first time the braat boom the san has along a long article on tho ounla oun lr scheme by republican to get rid of grant altogether by giving him tho of he inter ocean canal company this wa originally engineered by admiral ammen the isun artic boses thus tharo 11 A good in c going on to take grant out of I know that somo of grants hird term boomers are concerned about it they fear grant may be in what they ernt aamena fly trap and they bave warned him aliat tho nion who ire engineering tho job have always ean liis enemies ammen is their tool the ire raMs Wa binton correa has interviewed congress ann frye on grant candidacy frye does not think grant will bo A for alic presidential houi nation unless at the corning session i question of doubt as to the mode f counting the electoral votes ifould le made prominent in that vent lie believes the people will do nomination nomi natron of grant they think lie will assert and obtain his eal if the election is dig iufer otherwise ho blame r will be the leading can didato before the convention for mayor II owell of brooklyn who in accountably lays ago is now said to have gone to isit a gold mine in colorado in lie has largo interests prof hlf from A depatch from st louia says lie friends of prof wie wi e argonaut aro karc thrown into a today to day by the reception il a letter from zenas ranner of metropolis city ills inclosing a note which was found in a bottle at a point between metropolis and pa ducaji ky on the the note reads as follows pathfinder ohio river nov 2230 pm Noar cah ky going al the rate of sixty five miles southeast per hour T V in bad condition am almost dead nith exhaustion and hunger eleven daya since burrs death good bye atio are fi with the missing mans handwriting ey that wro w ro it not for tho date of the noto ind alio locality in which it was bund they would wrote it he always capitalized the I in pathfinder and t is so ib h alsman it is not probable however ihal alic lory will be generally credited e 11 l tho tru it i ascertained demi af tho committee on grealing ohp minority now very fairly a fact which is supposed lo 10 bo duo tal that their party may be minority in tho pt congress lien hlll new VORK nov 18 of ho elopement of general sickles daughter continue conflicting the gentleman who furnished the particulars of alio rumor on sunday said yoi lie had jirard the rom everal different i HO ilso aid that an account of alio af fair hid appeared in the paris daily paper le gaikis and that it had beati the chief topic of conversation upon the european ste amera at the lime G sickle father ot gen was called upon by a reporter denied tho rumor of in elopement hy hia granddaughter lie saidea ery word of alie report is a falsehood amsa sickles ha been an invalid for over two she has had trouble with cpr brain for several montha she hao becq ick aad uber ohp care of a physician nov 18 ali cottor ofa tho the dispatch from aen ilott toombs of antiGa on alia dinst the dispatch as received has been compared with the original and found to be correct in every word finco was no garbling in alie transmission tho closing sentences are iio grantt fought for his country honorably anu won I fought for mine and lost I am ready to try ovar again to tho ubron fulfill SAX FRANCISCO boy xoy 18 an ex ploton n tunnel on the narrow gauge railroad broin S in joisa to santa eaily th thom ing from alia thus far received it that tho blast was H off about feet from tho mouth of tho tunnel which the explosion of gai generated by lio filtering of coal oil through the roof and of ehfe tunnel and two while men were at work in lie tunnel at he timo immediately about more rushell into the tunnel lyeth to aid comrade hen aly aaa about lya feat their second bifi tt the mountain to s centra th white raen and johnon aerol out ten bly burned and about tei chaam n all As near as c n bo learned ome thirty are killed the melois Mp loiS n i wrecked the engine ani works dispatched to alie acene from san jo an in bring done for the icier r from lne the th on the narrow that thrift occurred atko braf toik aiace riace pro me at dra th y yeta liefh toofe bar iten burned twenty four dead remain in the tunnel A chinaman named ah wo was taken out burned about the cheat and injured internally he was found dead in hiis cabin an hour strangled with a silk tho say that lio himself but indication are that ho was strangled by alio friends to nut him out of misery there is a hemblo scene of suffering in and ruin all around tho mouth of alio tunnel abo engine for pumping air s disabled pipes broken sheds wrecked and tho broken timbers scattered all around alio gas prevents any attempt to recover the bodies at arca onti work will bo delayed two month xo blardo isnard to attach tho contractors it is believed taft men taken from alio tunnel will brought out are fatally injured tho of the disaster is almost on top af pf tho sauta cruz mountains in tho region chero coal oil abounds and where boring for wells is actively prosecuted thero is a vein of oil running right through tho tunnel abid the soil can bo ignited in and will burn freely explosions of band fires resulting rom tho samo havo been of frequent occurrence there and have already ro suited in alie loss of several lives alio utmost precaution has been necessary in and only by tho use of tho air compressors has the progress been possible it i expected however eliat with i clear tunnel alio natural current of air will bo sufficient bernrd to MASS nov 18 two young sons of ir P burned to dath by fire which an incendiary started in a room aliey occupied want jabot dan nov 18 tho survivors of admiral Farra guts heft havo formed an association tho object of which is to secure the settlement of tho prize money duo abo fleet for tho captures made at NOW orleans in april and decreed them by the IT S supreme cobit the toe ST louis nov 18 brown manager of alio western union office refused before aliu grand jury today to day to produce tho dispatches required ornim ho subsequently made a liko refusal before alio criminal court and wis committed to jail for contempt but was not actually incarcerated car pending the appeal to the supreme court in tho of alio llio djs bill case was decided against the city tho city will leavo to kiy tho gaa company nearly in all tho will then bo able to pay per cent dividend stock sold last week for OS but after tho do casion wad announced was bid foi it shipping dmitr nov IS tho tug of left capo vincent yesterday with four tugs three dredges and eight schwa in tow for JUil lalo during tho nighta golo op lake ontario was encountered and tarco tugs alt of alio small dredges and were lost one tug wa picked up today to day and tho seymour lias arrived at sacketts Sac ketts harbor of tho only six persona acro saved twenty two loit tho seymour had alne weather until after passing galloup islands off ac ketts harbor when a galo from tho northeast with a heavy snow set in the tug and taw got within ito or si miles of oswego alien tio lights lost tho steamer endeavored to leold alio fleet till da light but tho sea and galo scattered it yono bernona per nona including tarco women and one girl were drowned tho tug chaia M of buffalo which was picked up on tho lake and towed into this port today to day was abandoned and half full of water tho engineer ans daod th in me nov 18 excitement over the expected counting out of the republican legislature runs high here today to day by the early trains a largo number of republicans public ans from a parti of the tate arrived tho hotels arc crowded lion daniel F paris governor elect and cx II amlin israel washburn lot M morrill anson morrill nelson dingley and sidney are present lion nathan webb ex united states district attorney is here as counsel and cx governa and caborn chiv hiv tele graphed that they will como Senator harmo is cicro and reed and lindsey of tho house member of tho far tho current year and the committee for ire in town and in addition a largo number of sc natora and representatives elect choso whoso beata anro ato on hand the governor and council arrived during tho day and assembled in tho beato house at I it had been given out generally tho tha flioy would at cinca proceed to opan ohp at t a committee of one from each county waited upon alio governor who was unable to hoc them as there would ba no session tho djs noon V sub of was then appointed lengthy consultation with tho governor re bulling in an from tho latter that ilio returns woid not bo considered open in tho sons of allowing any amendment or under tho until alio com of alio council on elections should report tho results of ther canvass to tho governor and council and that there would be twenty daya graap from that timo for any legal correction i it is rumored that tle town of aillery is to bo thrown out aa alleged two notices of lection in etcar of posted tho th rowine out would chango tho result in cw yorla anty hy throw ing oit ait republican ami electing tarco senator alm r lar cafe 19 m ohp cay hi auburn l U alleged the ap tico of election iraa fit dayn only instead of seven if this i thrown dijt H atu chance the voto in bounly A clianna on alleged technical will chabbo tho in tho tante denata and alvo tho democrat am nineteen cna tora ami the twelve alio accia voto as cast giam the republicans nineteen fand all others awro A eltos estos es Tos atai aln fani waa arrested on saturday last charged with murdering her husband to whom been married two years lie died suddenly on saturday tho coroner h considering tho case vill va nov la the richmond light infantry organization dates back to 1793 held meeting hero tonight to night and decided to participate in the unveiling cere monies of tho thomas statue at on wednesday tho company will leave hero tomorrow to morrow night under tho command of apt john S wise son of tho lato bov henry A A aro 18 A Strowder bienes committed a fiendish murder last evening two south oath city ire went to tha house of samuel udell a gun through ho window by which cdoil sat and fired killing him instantly st ho then threatened to murder mrs odoll with a butcher knife odell had made threats oga irist henes for frightening MM adoll when abo latter was in a delicate condition and bienes claimed ho was acting in self defense threats of lunching lynching lyn ching arc made irist CHICAGO nov 13 being gen grants last day in chicago during his present visit ho hai been kept busy at noon the ayal legion of alie chicago comman dory gave him a lunch at the chicago club house and voted him into membership of eliat society by acclamation SAN FRANCISCO nov 18 general freight agat non railway arrived in city yesterday and giai sinco been in conference with mr Sti ibb freight agent ot the central pacific railway A revision or modification ot freight is in contemplation and an exchange views it likely to lead to important changes in the rates of freights from now york to san francisco after looking the field over and receiving tho opinions of on alio llio question of renewing timo contracts will bo advanced terrible kansas nov IS at this morning john keep employed in tho coal shaft was struck by a falling nusa of rock and fell it a distance of CIO foot lie was terribly mangled when found at the bottom of tho abaft tho fall was purely accidental ci |