News Summary

The postmaster-general of the dominion luis taken steps to prevent the further use of the Canadian mails by Americau seedsmen, who think they see in the Canadian treaty a loop-holo by which they can avoid the American postage rates. A general overflow is threatened on the Upper Missouri. People living along lts banks are li'nvin i their homes. Rivors of Northern Ohio are on the rampage. Hundreds of acres of land are flooded. Recent enormous rainfalls in Georgia have resulted in great damage to farm and railroad property. A convention to induce immigration to MissHsippi has been called to meet in Jacks. n May 24. Rivers in Alabama and Virginia have overflowed and great damags has been done to property. Abner L. Benyon died in exilo at Toronto recontly, aged 53. He was president of the I'acific national bank in Boston, which suddenly collapsed year9 ago and created a great exciteraent at tho time. He fled to Canada, whero üe has been compelled to remain ever since. The senatorial investigation into alleged 1 olitical outrages in foxas indkatns that the trouble was nothing more than the usual quarre'.s and fights, which are common enough in that climato. A special session of the Texas lcgislature lias been called to meet April IC Tho Hon. W. E. Smith, late asslstant secretary of the treasury, died in Plattsburg, N. Y., recently, agod 50 years. The Canadian Pacific gets nearly $30,000,000 for its Manitoba monopoly. VVilliam Baker, a switchman, was groud to pieces under a train at St. Joseph, Mo., the other day. The Virginia republican state convention will be held at Petersburg on May 17. The arrangetnnnts for the reunión of the survivors of the army of tho Potomac with the survivors of the army of Northern Virginia, at Gettysburg in July, are nearly completed. The customs collector at Bufltalo bas been instructed by the treasury department that clothing and other dutiable goods purchased in Canada by residents on the frontier cannotbe admitted freeon their return to the United States. Tate, the defaulting treasurer of Kentucky, has been formerly impeaehed. Winter wheat in Missouri and Illinois is not so badly injured as has been re ported. Threo children of T. S. Richardson of Macon, Mo., were burne 1 to death in their straw play house. The Hon. David N. White, formerly editor of the Pittsburg Gazette, and one of the founderi of the republican party, died at his home in Sewakley, Pa., recently. Milwaukee & St. Paul engineers and firemeu aro on a strike. The company are endeavoring to keep thines moving. The l'cv. Clayton Muinma of Readinp;. Pa., and tho licv, John Connard of Den ver, Lancaster eounty, Pa., while walking on the tracks of the Pennsylvania ic Kchuyikiïl VaLey railroad near Readinsj. were struck by au oxpress train and in stantiy killed. A city ticket composed of women for the council and a woiuan for mayor was elected at Oskaloosa, Kansas, on the -il insr., by sixty-six majority. They are representativa ladies and a reform admin istration is looked for. Heavy earthquake shocks oocurred at Holbrook, Arizonn, Apri' 'l. Uno man was killed and tliree otbers in jured in an election day flght at Lima, Ohio. The supremo court has made an order denying tli9 ruotion heretofore made for a re-hearing o: the Maxwell-Prellar murder case. Easter Monday was celebrated at the White House grounds by the children of the capital in their annual diversion of egg-roiling. The public landa committee of the house has decided to report bilis forfeiting about 40,000,00) acrei cf the Northern and Southern Pacific railroad land grants, and the Ontonagon & Brule river graut. Thirty-three counties in Missouri have voted in favor oL local option. Rumored that President Cleveland has prepared a letter declining re-nominatiou. About 40) persons, including the foreign elegates to the women's council, attended a roception given by Senator and Mrs. Palmer the other evening. Mrs. E. C. Stanton and Krederick Dougluss were attractive features of the rnception. Capt. Moore, of the landing bureau of Castle Garden, reports that ,945 steerage passengers arrived at that placo during March, a? against 31,100 for the same time ast year. The total for the first three montlis of the year shows an inercase of ",000 over the same period fof last year. Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Eugineers, f a vors a congressional inquiry into the strike on the C. B. & Q. system. The gozeruor of Minnesota hasdosignated April 28 as arbor day, and the governor of Dakota has appointed ApriUüforsouth Dakota and May 5 for north Dakota. Tho jail at Friar's Point, Miss., was destroyed by fire the other night, and flve pri-oners wero vrmated. A mob of striiiers attacked a train of the Chicago & Alton road in Chicago the other night which was protected by armed ?uards. A number of hot were ex. changed and one of the guards was killed, and another mortally wounded.