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THE Central Pacific road, with 2,644 miles of rail, reports gross earnings for March of $1,643,000, THE missing skip David Stewart, nine six day out from Rio de Janeiro, has arrived in New York. DURING the past week 11,447 immigrants have reached New York, of which the City of Berlin brought 1,407 MRS. NUTT of Camden, Ark., in an insane fit. threw her five children into a well, where they perished. POSTMASTER TYLER, of Baltimore, is to lose his position on account of his treatment of Miss Murray, who recovered $5,000 damages for his insult. THERE is deep indignation at Atlanta, Ga.. over the collapse of the Citizen's bank. The state has $103,000 on deposit, the city $35,000, and the state railroads $18,000. THE butter-dealers of Washington market. New York, have resolved not to deal in oleomargarine, and the clerk was instructed to suspend any dealer selling the article, THE Texans are wild with enthusiasm over the advent of a party of Chicago capitalists, representing $50,000,000, who have broken ground at Dallas for the Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central railroad. GEN. GRANT and Senor Romero have arrived at the Mexican Capital. Romero is in bad odor with President Gonzales, and the movements of Gen. Grant are viewed with great suspicion by the Mexicans. THOMAS DE JARNETTE who shot his sister on the 8th of August last. was acquitted on the charge of murder at Danville, Va. He was convicted at the first trial. le shot his sister a house of ill-fame, that he might, as he said, save the honor of his family. THE mother of Tom Hughes, now 83 years of age, will soon come over from England with all her household goods. and will spend her last days with the colony planted by her son in Tennessee. COLORRD bishop. Daniel A. Pavie assisted by a negro professor from the West Indies, conducted services in the Main Street Methodist church at Danville V.s., whose congregation 18 the largest and most influential in Virginia. THEinterior department of the Canadian government flooded with applications from European capitalists for large tracts of land in Manitoba and the northern territories. No less than three hundred thousand acres were last week leased grazing purposes. THE street-car conductors and drivers of Cincinnati and Newport are on a strike. and street-car travel in both cities is prac tically suspended. The companies sav they will not yield to the demands of these men. as they can find plenty of men to fill their places. JAMES REYNOLDS, a policeman of Albany, N. and his two brothers were set upon by a crowd of roughs at Albany, N. Y. They defended themselves bravely and in the melee Michael Quinn, a thug, wassbot dead, and John Mackey and one Stapleton were fatally wounded. John Reynolds was dangerously wounded by a pistol-ball. THE exodus committee in Kansas has distributed over one hundred thousand negroes and turned ten thousand into other states. Southern commercial centers tender unlimited means to check the movement westward, but the colored people can not be retained. WITHIN two hours after eating freely of pork which had been lightly cooked. Frank Knize. of Allegheny City, grew violently ill, and a physiciun found seventeen wigglers in a piece of his flesh. He is improving rapidly, under medical treatment. IN the election of sachems for the ensuing year, in the New York Tamanv Society, John Kelly's candidates received majorities of from 40 to 60. This will enable the "Boss to maintain his ascend ancy in Tamany Hall for this year at least. THE state census of Mississippi, which was taken simultaneously with the Federal census, shows nearly the same population. The total number of voters in the state is 240,720, divided as follows 'Whites, 110,113; colored, 130.607 A NEW horse disease has broken out. It is a disease of the fetlock, and poisons the blood. When the disease spreads to the body of the animal there is danger of a fatal result. Owners of horses will do well to have their animals under watchful care. BEFORE signing the death warrant of Stearns Abbott, for slaughtering Mrs. Crue, Governor Long, of Massachusetts, spent three hours in the cell of the accused, endeavoring to reach the truth about the crime. Now, while the scaffold is being erected at East Cambridge, the noise of the saws and hammers is di owned by the scolding of Wendell Phillip who greatly fears that the commonwealth is about to commit murder. GEORGE M. PULLMAN took out from Chicago to the magic city which bears his name two car-loads of influential citizens. to witness the starting of the Corliss engine, of twenty-five hundred horse-power, which came from the centennial exposition and is now doing service in his mammoth car works. Visitors to the centennial will remember this huge piece of ma chinery that furnished the motive power in the machinery department. GEN. JOSEPH LANE died at his residence at Roseburg, Oregon, on the 20th inst., at the age of 79. He was born in North Carolina on December 14. 1801, removed to Indiana W. de yet a boy, commanded a regiment as colonel in the Mexican war. and was promoted to a brigadier and hrevet major general for gallantry at Buena Vista, was twice governor of Oregon territory, and United States senator in 1859 and 1861. He was a candidate for vice president on the Breckenridge ticket in 1860. Tue annual report of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railroad has been 18 sued. Total income for 1880, $13,086,118.Net 61: gross expenses, 7.742.425,98. earnings, $5,343,692 93: increased earnings over 1879, $3,078,298 80: increased expenses over 1879, $2 268,630.72; net increased earnings, 8804 668,11: total value of property, 897 980,744; balance of income account Dec. 31, 1880, 4,343,283.16 amount of common stock, $1,554,261 amount of preferred stock. 81.204.483 mortgage bonds, including $3,000,000 of pre-existing mortgage debt on purchased
