The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-07
CONDENSED NEWS.

The statement of the bank of France
for the week shows decrease Of specie
of l05, 0OO,O goo francs
The new hospital for the insane of
eastern Illinois has been located at
Kankakee, and work will begin at once
upon it,
A royal order has been issued nomi
mating u staff for the Greek army and
commanders of various brigades, regi>
ments and bNttaIions,
The Missouri Pacific ROAD has begun
to make wholesale discharges of the
men employed upon that road who
were engaged in the strike. The city
of Kansas Missouri, suffers severely by
this action.
Italy has Il joint interest with Ger
many in the result of the approaching
FIR ench elections and an understand
ing has been arrived at 10y which Italy
will follow Germany in the Eastern
question.
The loss of Allegheny county, Penn>
sylyania, by the fire, is footed up as
about 5000, coo, which is in effect what
they pay for their fun of whipping
Philadelphia. The jealousy between
the two cities excited each party be.
You'd reason.
More than five million cans of corn
are Low packed in Maine annually, and
sold in every part of the world, yields
ing business to that state OF about
81 100000, and giving profitable EN-.
ploym ent to from eight to ten thousand
Peep lie during the packing season
Eighteen women clerks in the treas
ury department have arrived in New
York city with commissions, appointed
by Postmaster-General Key, to count
l76,OO0,O0O OF postage stamps of differ,
ont denominations reported in the
vaults of the postage stamp agency.
The Greek foreign minister has sent
a dispatch to the minister at CONSTANT
nople instructing him to verify the
massacres at Tayecna, and il the vic
Tins are Greeks To demand full redress
and indemnity rs well rs eifcacious
guarantees for the security of Christians.
st. Louis was so well pleased with
the action of her militia that she has
concluded to make it u permanent in.
stitution in that city. The battalion is
to be called the Merchants Battalion
The state militia law which went into
effect August !, is very liberal, and will
doubtless prove efficient.
The whaler L. j. McKennon, from
the Arctic ocean, reports having receiy
ed information of the natives at Point
Hope, through Captain Ravens, of the
brig Ninandra, that the men who were
left on the abandoned whaling fleet last
season are at Point Belcher. Nothing
is known of the abandoned vessels.
Yesterday was election day in KEN
lucky for state officers and Legislature,
and Illinois selected its circuit aud APP
pellate judges. In other states local
elections were held but few of them
being of much Importance. IL will be
four weeks until the next state election.
Vermont will roll up republican ma,
iority on the 4th of September.
King George, of Greece, has present.
ed memorandum on the military 20
stion OF the country to the ministry of
war. The king is of the opinion that
both land and sea forces should be
placed in a state of readiness, and
measures taken TO defend the frontier
Of Epirus and Thessaly, those provinces
being invested by brigands. The news
is published ofan insurrcctionary move.
monnt against the Turks at Tervena in
Albania. The Turkish feet has return.
ed to Suda bay.