The Mayor of Chicagozhas ordered con
cert saloon proprietors to employ only
male actors at their eutertainments.
Twenty-four hours after the comple
tion of the Winchester, Ill., Jail, which
cost $40,000, three prisoners made their
escape.
About 240 of the Southern matrimo
nial and natal associations have been
placed on the black list of the Post-office
Departm at.
A bill is been filedwith the Garfield
Board of Audit by a man who asks that
he be remembered to the extent of $1558
76 for anxiety shown by him daring the
illness of the late President.
A paper at Hickory, N. C., gave a long
description of a weddipg anu departure
of the couple, and it was afterwards dis
covered the groom had absconded three
hours before the paper was issned.
Foreign.
The Russian Miuitter to Japan has re
signed.
Famine prevails in Cornick, county
DouegAl, Ireland..
The Bishop of LuadolPand the Dean
of Carlisle are dead.
Mr. Gladstone has celebrated his fiftieth
anniversary in Parliament.
The Liverpool theatres will in future
be closed throughout Passion week.
The Chinese Viceroy has had a stroke
of paralysisand is not expected to sanr
vive.
The Canadian Institute proposes to ex
amine a large number of Indian birlal
mounds.
The male students of the Kingston,
Out., Medical College demand the expel
siot of the female students.
The Mexican Senate has ratified the
treaty of commerce, navigation and unity
between Mexico and Germany.
Seven hundred and ten dollars were
found on the person of a pauper recently
admitted to the Yorkshire almshonset
The Japanese Government intends
transferring a large nuaberoftpaleso
subjects, on terms -similar to those of
Chinese Coolies.
A body of 10,0t)0 Chinese, who were
nmarchibgagaagage)?aLreC)T e !
prised in a defile by mountaineers and
their rear guard cut to pieces...
