Thomas Jefferson Conant. the well-known
Hebrew scholar, aged eighty-nine.—At
Evan:ton, id., J. Nelson Simpson, aged
seventy-five.
Gen. Grant’s birthday was commemo
rated by the Grant birthday memorial as
sociation of New York by a banquet at
at Delraonico’s Monday night.
Thomas Edwards and Airs. Ann Me-
D maid of Independence, lowa, claim part
ownership in $200,000 worth of oroperty
in New \ ork city.
The Anaconda mines at Butte, Alont.,
are said to have been bought by tue
Rothschilds for 525,000,000.
T ie ballot reform bill passed the Illi
nois home ot representatives Monday by
an unanimous vote.
About 1,700 Chicago cigar-makers
quit work Monday. Some of the employ
ers have already acceded to tne demands of
their employes.
The national express company, now op
erating in the east, is to extend its lines
to Chicago and connect with the Northern
Pacific express.
Customs officials a* New York Wednes
day sec/, and i lot of Parisian-made gowns
con-igned to dressmakers in several cities,
including Chicago.
Chow Indians have appeared to Gen.
Brisbin at Fort Custer to remove herders
from their reservation, threatening, in
c.i-e of a refusal, to kill the cattlemen.
The counsel for the defense in the Mil
lington murder trial at Denver, Wednes
day morning charged that one of the
jurors had been bribed.
In accordance with the order of the
caipenters’ union, a genera! strike of all
the building trades was made at Zanes
ville. Ohio, Tuesday. All building work
is stopped.
(JAK'.K FLASHES
The naval exhibition at London was
formally opened today.
In tin- supplementary election at Geeste
munde Pi hu e Bismarck was elected to the
reichstag by 3,000 maj irity.
An incedniary fire May Ist, did great.
