The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-04-01
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

the Sabbath at Pittsburg.
The Swiss State Council, by q vote
of twenty seven to fifteen, resolved
to restore capital punishment In
Switzerland. a5AN Ene! s'tj ~ yo
ratsslslssasszlassss.a11sssu
A Grand International Exposition
Is to be held at Moscow next YEAR,
One at the city of Mexico and one in
Australia. 9niiya issaIsh stii Ia sno 4
4 Hard times III Germany are shown
in nothing more than ninthe consump-
ton Of 100000 gallons, less beer In
1878 than in 1877, ,.,..i -.
1t is stated that from 300 to 400
New York and New England emf
grants pass daily over The Ohio and
Mississippi irairoad, on n'their way to
Kansas s.igqoIq 9al g9l'ienop 81 dali
The billto provide that all the exc
cutions ofIthe death penalty shall be
conducted within the walls of the
penitentiary, passed the Ohio Senate
on the 18th Inst. =
The, remains Of Bayard Taylor
were inferred Sunday week at Ken
nett Square, Pennsylvania. Business
was generally suspended, and Gov
ernorlHoyt and a Legislative delega-
tion were present. bpa tYb4a5
U Columbus, Ohio, has been greatly
alarmed blythe prevalence of Iincen-
diarism. A mass meeting was held
one night recently, and 1000 armed
men patroied the city, which was
placed virtually under martial law
hThc terrible calamity at Szegeden
grows In magnitude. 1T is now re-
ported that from 1000 to 5000 hu-
man lives have Teen lost; $1,000 hor-
ses and cattle, and 10000 sheep have
perished; 9,70O houses were dc,
stroyed ,igd dfrT W9S f1r 6'6
The latest Information received at
the War Department seems to inCi-
cate possible attempt on the part OF
Sitting Bullto crossz 1.-the border. His
force is carefully, estimated at 1000,
all told of whom $500 are warriors,
well armed and mounted. looq q"
A famine is raging in tho most fer
tile portion Of BoliviaAtlie District
Fof Cochabanlba. In different local
titles of the department from eight to
ten persons die daily of starvation.
In one small town 206 persons died
from want Of food in twenty days.
Foolish Miss Care went from Boz
ton to Quincy, Ills., to meet a stran-
ger with whom slie lad been holding
correspondence, "wi.h a view to mat.
rimony,p but found that she had been
tricked, and was compelled to accep,
the protection Of the poormaster.
| In little over three months, there
| have been lost nineteen Gloucester
| Mass, fishing vessels valued at $50,
600; 1855 fisliermeni have beef
drowned, 65 women widowed, ,and Isl
children made fatherless. These dis
asters are tho greatest ever Known ii
the same period lloilW shl hnh
The French floating Battery, AFRO
| gante, foundered Off III yercs Wedres
day. Forty-scven men were drowned
ont ofa crew of l22. A storm aros,
during fire practice, and the Arrogan
te sprung q leak. The ship Souve
, rain, near by.d was unable 10 irende
any assistance.eH aIainoI aii isi
;, Late reports from Alaska repre-
sent the situation at Sitka as yer,
alarming. The q. S. cutter Walcot
has gone 10 intercep. a flotilla Of hos
tile canoes on their way to destro.
| the town of Sitka. On board cth
| Walcott are the Osprey's marine
and the Osprcy's Calling gun.
| Intelligence Published from Bur
nah says that the King Is construct
ing fortified works aud making oihe
warlike preparations, and that lie ha
,tsrmWoned the Burmese residenls o
! Rangoon to- return, to their owl
country, threatening to have thei
families executed iii case Of non com
pliance. : 'foiaa1N anf' aSAm % .
A Mrs. Peter Miller, OF Helena
ARR, has arrived In Louisville, AM
, though but four feet-six inches high
Is asserted to weigh 403 pounds. Sh
measures three feet nine inches acros
the back, and is thus nearly as broa,
as she Is long. Here age is 68! Sh
married at 16, aiid then weighed bu
Il00 pounds ss
. There Ia excitement in st. Loui
over the arrival OF several hundre
negroes from Louisiana and Missit
sippi, withthe intelligence that sever
I al thousand more are on their wa,
: The negroes have been deludcd b
RAILROAD circulars and designin
I agents into the belief that lands an
plows and mules arc awaiting ther
| in Kansas at Government expense.
, On the 3ri inst, a grand mass wa
7 celebrated in the Sixtine Chapel !
honor of the anniversary of III
: Pope's coronation, The entire paps
! court, in its gorgeous trappings, th
. cardinals, archbishops, and oths
pfelates, the diplomatic body in,fu
J, uniform, together with many di'
J, tinguished foreigners, presented
!. spectacle such as can only be seen ,
y the Vatican. 'li faeQ asliS
= u How PETER REsIsTED TEMPT
i TIoN.-7A colored brother Whose eys