Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-11-06
NEWS IN. BRIEF.
GENERAL ronx1oN NOTES.

IN IL VvO 1xN. D1GxxlAs
GENERAL FoRAIoN NOTES.
THE Pail Mall Gazette editorially declarel
that the treaty Of Berlin il failure; that il
will be impossible by it to arrive at pacific
solution, and the sooner this fact is recog
nized the better.
The Porte asked Prince LAbanof to ex'
plain the return of the Russian troops 10
the position recently evacuated by them,
and also the refusal to reinstate the Turkish
authorities in the district between Tchorlu
and Adrianople. Sixty thousand Russians
entered Roumelia by way of Bourgas.
In circular to the signatory powers in
regard to the new rebellion south of the
Balkans the porte describes the condition
of the Hussulmans in Bulgaria and Ron.
melia ~ intolerable and declares foreign
power ID cooperating with the Slavonic
committees At Sofia, and aiming at the ~.
tablishment of . new independent state.
In another note addressed to Prince
Labanof, the Russian ambassador at Con.
stantinople, the porte charges Russia with
connivancc at the plans Of the rebels and
demands her aid in suppressing the rebel
lion begun under the eyes of the Russian
roops.
THE news from Bulgaria 10 alarming.
Notables are organizing movement for the
determination of the Mahomedans, and
Russians are encouraging the secret COM
mittee in procuring arms. A great struggle
is likely to take place during the winter.
An attempt was made to assassinate King
Alfonso, at Madrid, on the 25th inst. A coop
er named Moncasi fred pistol shot at the
king, but fortunately his aim was defeated.
Moncasi confesses that he is a member Of
the international society, and that the deed
was premeditated. The criminal was with
difficulty secured from the populace, who
desired to lynch him.
The marriage of the Countess Bismarck,
Prince Bisnarck's daughter, with Count
Rantzan, takes place on the 9Th Of Nov.
A VIENNA correspondent says If the latest
news be true, affairs near Constantinople
are more and more assuming the same semi.
hostile phase as before the meeting of the
Berlin congress. Turkish troops have been
moved into the positions vacated bv the
Russians, and earthworks are being prepared
and armed before Coustantinople and
Gallipoli. The Turks are arranging to in.
crease their forces and are summoning half
pay officers to active duty. A special
committee for defence of the capital has
been Termed at the Seraskierate.
The damage by inundation on the Dam.
ietta branch of the Nile is estimated at $2,.
100000. Two hundred and fifty lives have
been lost. The government is accused of
neglecting all precautions against such
calamity.
MATHEW BUCHANAN 4 Co, merchants
of Glasgow, have failed. Liabilities, f12,-.
100000. The Drumpeller Coal Co. also
failed assets $4,000.
WASHINGTON.
The fall term of the Circuit Court of the
District of Columbia, commenced on the
2Sth. Among the cases for trial is that of
the widow Oliver against ex-senator Gamer.
on, of Pa, and that of Thomas Biggins
against Gen. Grant.
INFORMATION has been received at the
war department to the effect that the Mexi.
ican Gen. Trevins, commander of the troops
on the Rio Grande. has arrived at Piedras
Negras, where Gen. Ord, who commands the
United States troops on the Rio Grande
frontier, has gone 10 meet him for the pur-
pose OF consultation as to plans to be pur-
sued to maintain order and prevent cattle
stealing raids into Texas from the Mexican
side.
CHAs. ETHRRIDGH, representative of the
New York Loan and Trust company, at st.
Paul, absconded several days since after
having drafts cashed at Milwaukee, Wis,
to the amount of $2l, 900. He is supposed
to have taken refuge in Canada.
THE packing house of Christian Klinch,
at Buffalo, New York, burned on the Goth,
consuming nearly four hundred live hogs
and large quantity of pork, lard, etc.
The supreme court, according to reas-
alignment of its calendar, will next month
hear arguments involving the constitution
ality of all laws hereto 'o:e made bearing ON
the question of polygamy in Utah. The de-
eision will involve the legality of all laws,
national, state or territorial to crush out
Mormon mode Of life.
THE official estimate required for postal
service for the next fiscal year, aggregates
$36,551 800. Estimated total postal revenue
will fall short of supplying this sum by
$5,907 ,S76. Amount appropriated for cur
rent fiscal year 10 $32, ,256, 1888, Of which
$4,772,274 comes from the general treasury.
1t is estimated therefore 81 ,6S5, ,63l more
than this years appropriation from the
treasury will be required for the next fiscal
year.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DKvENs, has over.
ruled former opinion from the department
of Justice to the effect that the national
banks in making up capital subject to duty,
may be permitted to deduct United States
bonds at the face value, and now decides
that they may deduct the amount invested in
such bonds, not only their face value, but
the premium added. 1t il said by the treas
ury officials that these decisions will reopen
some $1,000 assessments, made by the treas
urer since the passage of the national bank
ing act, and considerable money will be re-
quired to refund the erroneous duties col.
lscted from banks under previous rulings.
THE WEST.
AFFAIRS ON the Mexican border are rep.
resented a. more peaceable. 1t IL asserted
that there 10 larger number of incursions
into Mexico by the Indians than there il Of
Nexicsns into Texas.
THE Cincinnati Enquirer publishes stat
istics and approximate estimates of the
corn crop of 1873, ~ followsr In 81 coun-
ties in Ohio the number Of acres planted 10
/, ,9S5, 900; the yield of bushels, 62,S65, 600;
being IN increase over last year of about
l 1,50O, 900 bushels. In forty.eight counties
in Indiana, the number Of acres planted IL
2,02S, 600; the yield in bushels A, S,920, 900,
being shout 100000 decrease. In ten
counties in Kentucky the number of acres
10 l29, 900, and the yield in bashsls, s,0oS,-
600, being SOC, 600 decrease.
HKnHY RUDD, of Little Rock, Ark, has
bsen appointed agent for the Indians Of
Hooper valley agency, Califoruia.
The work Of repairing the east bank Of
Missouri river, opposite Fort Leavenworth,