The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-19
NEWS CT THE WEEK.

EIGHT thousand emigrarts sailed f.om
Liverpool last week for the United States
TIE dIesded bolt worm has made its
appearance in a cotton field 10 Loundes
county, Alabama
EMMA Webb, the actress, leaves the stage
for the stump IN opposition to the woman
suffrage movement.
THE 81. Louis artesian wei has now gone
down 5,79l feet, and i Sill unproductye 81
the moist element
THz next French Corps Legisla'if vii be
composed Of 2lS government, AZ independ-
ent, and 80 radical members.
TEE British Post Cfice Department has
completed arrangements for purchasing all
the telegr aph lines in the Kingdom.
THE Prohibitory Liquor Bill, excepting
the cider clause, passed the Massachusetts
House yesterday by vote Of l52 to 67.
II was reported in Havana on Wednesday
that Col. Tinker, who commanded the fiji
busters who landed at Nipe bad been killed.
A terrible coIiiery horror occurred at
Merthyr-Tidvill, Glamorgan county, Wales,
on Thursday, by which l20 miners were
killed.
Advices from Melbourne, Australia, report
that several members had been expelled from
the Parliament Of Victoria foI bribery, and
proceedings against them were pending.
THERE is due talk OF the impending mar
rilge Of Madame Lincoln, widow Of TIE ate
President, with Coant Schmidtvile, Cham
berlsin Of the Duke Of Baden. SO saws
Paris letter.
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has been rejected, on representations b~ the
Gre TesIern Railroad that il would an
dertak. the construction Of the work within
twelve months.
TEE Attorney General has decided that
military commanders in the unreeonstructed
States nave power to take prisoners from
the c vii authorities and order their trial By
a military commission.
THERE is considerable anxiety 10 Liverpool
concerning the fate of the steamship United
Kingdom, which left New YIk for that port
10 April last The New York agents have
not given US hopes of her safety.
THERE is much excitement in BROOKLYN
about the small pox, which is said to be
preadIug rapidly. The health officers say
there IS 10 danger ia New York city. Sew
eTal new cases are reported on ships at quar-
antine.
"GENERAL De Roda, the newly appointed
Captain General Of Cuba, il to sail imme-
dlately from Spain for Havana III reply to
the demand Of General - nice, for an imme-
diste relief from the Captain Generally OF
that Island Duioe left for Spain yester-
day.
TIE Cuban in urgen;s have been recog-
nized as bellgerents by Chill and Peru.
The ministers of both countries at Washing
ton have been instructed TO ask a withdraw
al of the promise made BY Peru to keep the
Peruvian monitors out Of conflict with the
Spaniards.
TEE Archbishop Of Canterbury has coun.
seled the Bishops in the House Of Lords not
to oppose the Irish Church bill. A BANQUET
was gwen last night to the opponents of the
bill IN London. Ii is announced that twenty
tive conservative peers viii refuse to follow
Derby's policy of rejection.
On Wednesday evening, at O'Clock, there
was q fierce tor1aa. at Williamsburg.
Montgomery county, OHIO. One bridge on er
t1e Great Miami was demolished, and another
partially unroofed. The depot rocked 50 as
to stop the clock. The path OF the tornado
was marrow and short. II did not touch
elsewhere in the vicinity.