The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-10-29
The pHiRr sea net Navignbie--Ice
Averages Eighty Feet In Thickness,

OF reaching the pole is proven"
SNOW storm Accompanied with Tbun-
der aud Lightning Life Insurance
War,
NEW York, October % Quembo
Apo, who killed John Kelley, was
committed to bail.
The officers Of the United States
Life Insurance Company, denounce
the injunction proceedings against
thcm.
a dispatch from Quebec reports a
fall Of six inches of snow accompanied
with thunder aud lightning,
Dn.tardIy Iutrngc-Threc Ministers
KILLED by NiIcI DistiiIcrs la AR.
knuauS.
ST. LOUIS, October %. "A special to
the G!obe-Dcmocrnt from Little Rock
says three Methodist ministers riding,
the circuit IN Pope county, were shot
by Hughes and Hall from the bushes.
They are slllioit distillers who sup
posed the preachers were revenue olli-
GERS coming TO arrest them one died
two hours afterwards. The others are
dangerously If not fatally wounded.
There ia IL large number of Illicit dis
tillers IN that section, seven of whom
were convicted this week.
Government CLERKS Going Nome 10
YOte.-Ihe EHdIan Commission. ola
Prabs.
WASHINGTON, October 2S.--The
clerks living in the Far West and
| Northwest left for their homes to day.
Those living nearer leave Tuesday.
They go to vote.
Charles NJ. Hendley, secretary, tele-
graphs from Yankton that the Indian
Commission had accomplished It's
mission aud adjourned to meet in
Washington on December ..
Probabilities for South Atlantic and |
Gulf States-Slowly falling barometer,
southeast TO southwest winds, aud
warmer clear or partly cloudy weather
will prevail.
a Terrible Weapon OF Destruction.
LONDON, October 2S.The Times
put fishes dispatch from Spe2ia
stating that the trial of the one hum
dred.ton Armstrong gun made for the |
Italian government proved emlnently |
successful. a ball fired with three
hundred AMI fnrty-one pounds OF pow.
der attained n velocity of fifteen hun
dred feet per second, smashing n
wrought-iron plate twenty-five inches
in thickness, aud completely knocking
in pieces the strong backing and thirty
inch skid Of tie target, the resistance
OF which is supposed to equal the sides
of the greatest Italian ifon.clad
The Alabama State Fair Grand
Success.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, October 2S.-
The State Grange Fair, which closed
to day, was success in every particu-
lar. The display Of field aud garden
products was .be largest ever seen In
the State. Que grange exhibited three
hundred and fifteen garden and field
products. The prizes offered by the
Montgomery Shooting Club, amount
ing to twenty-five hundred dollars,
were holly contested The silver tea
service was won by f. S. McClurg, of
Knoxville, he scoring thirty.three sue
cessive birds, the entire number The
diamond badge and championship of
the United States was won by w. Il.
Delong, of Chattanooga, 10y q score of
nineteen out OF Il possible twenty. Ex-
hibitors were present from twenty
different States.
Eastern Question and war News.
R0GUssA, October IS. The Dervish
Pasha has withdrawn from Podue2a to
the Groudy district in the rear of the
Ola. The surrender of MEDIUM to the
Montegroius has produced strong
impression in Albania. TIE Monte
groins have liberated the Albanian
prisoners taken during recent fighting
LONDON, October %. The Post says
il the armistice il agreed on, then
comes the question OF a conference.
Russia objects to Turkish part!cipa-
ton, hence it may he assumed this
refers solely to the position OF Il power
celebrating on Its own case. Obvi-
ously IL the six powers meet to discuss
recommendation made to assent,
there Is something anomalous In CIV
ing the latter the casting vote in the
decisions, but 1t is impossible for
u moment to consent TO the ex-
clusion Of Turkey from European
system, which, in virtue of the
treaty Of Paris, she forms a part, and
II ought to be practicable to find a
method by which representative Of
the Porte may sit In conference, so as
to obviate this difficulty before a con-