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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1832.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS IN BRIEF.
New York city’s highest temperature
yesterday was 36; its lowest, 28.
The Western Union has declared a
1} per cent, quarterly dividend, payable
January 15.
John W. Lester, clerk In the adjutant
general's office at Washington, killed
himself yesterday.
The junior class of the Ohio Wesley
au university will be expelled for a
svmpathixidg resolution with the Adel
bsrts.
The committee hope, by strict atten
tion to business, to be able to report
the new tariff bill soon after the be
ginning of the new year.
Thesub-committeeof the senate com
mittee on territories will hear Dakota
men in support of the proposition to
admit the territory as a state.
It is stated that the Chicago west
aide street railway is contemplating
running the cars by electricity and ex
pects to have trains runuing inside of a
year.
The St. Louis pork packers are tent
hly exercised over the failing off of
trade, packing this year l>eing about
half of what it was last year, which
was remarkably small.
The receipts of grain the past year
have been phenomenally light, being
twenty -five million bushels less than
the preceding year. The reasons are,
the increastd ability of farmers to bold
stocks, the low prices since the new
crop has been harvested, and the rapid
Increase of the milling capacity.
TELEGRAPHIC PERSONALS.
The president has nominated J. C.
Bancroft Davis as judge of the court of
claims.
Tom Allen, the pugilist, has arrived
In Chicago. The match with Elliott
will be arranged Friday.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Raum has gone to Illinois, where he
will remain until the latter part of Jan
uary.
