The Hickman courier., 1873-07-12
HEST.

in the region OF country tributary to Sioux
City, embracing northwest Iowa. north Ne
tra=la- and southern DAkotah the in
wheat is one-half greater than last year.
Corn. though not large crop, is without ex-
eeption better than the average. Small grain
especially promises an unusually large yield
A dispatch from StanIey's Yellowstone
expedition. dated Camp, seventy miles west
of Bismarck, DakOtah. June 13, states that
the health of the whole command was good.
The Indians we're Offering no serirous resist
snce to the locaters OF the railroad through
their hunting grounds. Abundant game was
found twenty-seven miles west of the Missouri
river in the surveyed line of the road and the
country thus far traversed is an excellent one,
well grassed and watered.
A terrible explosion of nitro-glycerene
and giant-powder occurred near the corner OF
Tsylor and streets, in Virginia City, New,
killing ten persons and wounding many others
4 large number Of pesOns are missing proba-
by buried beneath the debris. The buildings
in all directions are shattered. Many narrow
escapes occurred
The Central Pacific having refused to a.
liver government freight at San Francisco
without prepayment, the government viii
bring suit against the company. ~
Information from one of the engineers
employed to examine the famous Emma mine,
wi-9l which Minister schenck's name was at
one time connected. shows that the mine is q
total failure The British stockholders paid
fI.6Oa.cOO and are now es40O00 minus. and
have little or nothing on the mine. This il
the official report to the stockholders.
The managers of various lines of railroads
in Illinois held meeting in Chicago last
week. to come to & final conclusion on the
free pass question Previous to the meet
ing. Az circulars had been sent to as many
different railroad companies in the United
States and Canada, asking their cooperation
for the abolition Of the system. To these cir
cuIars only twenty-seven replies had been re
ceived. and Of these only few were willing
20 unite in the movement The meeting OF
these officials was not unanimous. but they
finally resolved that the system CT issuing free
pass es should be discontinued, except to EN-
ployses. after the 3Oth Of June. and tISt then
- ANNALS should be taken up they ex-
pired and not renewed. Preachers are placed
on the same level as other citizens, and vii
not be allowed half-fare tickets.
FoRETGN INTELLIGENCE.
The Great Eastern has laid the new cable
from Ireland to Newfoundland.
The Mahommedans are carrying on crue
persecution among the Sclaves Of Bosnia, il
European Turkey, most of whom f3long Il
the Greek church In six weeks 30 OF then
have been killed in one district The loca
Turkish magnate gives the poor natives NJ
protection and the representatives of tn
Christian powers at Constantinople hav
called upon the sultan TO stop the outrage
and bring their perpetrators to Justice
The Ctthoiic clergy of Brazil are forbid
den by council of state to publish the bulls G
the pope until the government has accorde'
its permission, and the same authority denie
anvc civil effect to sentences of excommunica
ton
The archb shop of Cologne and his su
fragans have been summoned by the German
government to explain their reasons for ez
communicating two priests for joining the oil
Catholic organization
"A letter from Geneva to the World give
a conversation with the late empress o
France. She says her visit to France is for
political purpose, and it is useless TO try +
conceal it, She believes there soon viii be
general return of the people to order, an
said the Piedmortese government at Rome
anti Christian and Pagan courts at Berlin, an
the wild commands at Madrid are filed W.
fear at the awakening Of Catholic France
Now that the wTetched Theirs is gone, al
moves well; Mcmahon is prudent and love
France The future, said Eugenie, is ours
and France wiz lead the reaction against th'
forces which have seemed to threaten the ex
istence of society and religion throughout al
Europe. She saw in the future that Franc
again would be at the head of the nations
the nabbers driven out of Rome, the pope re
stored, Germany divided into harmless states
and Australia again strong.
-Finiing themselves worstedin the appeas
to arms which they made to support their ag
gresgions on the Acheenese, the Dutch hav
descended to negotiations. They offer to repa
the Asheenese government the cost Of it