The south Kentuckian., 1879-07-22
WEEKLY REVIEW.

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| American railway securities have
advanced in London.
The plague of rats is causing wide
spread distress in India.
Mr.. Hayes will spend the summer
at his old home in Ohio.
Passenger rates from st. Louis to
Texas have been advanced. So. "
Germany, Russia and France are
rapidly increasing their armies.
Subscriptions to the Panama Canal
Company will open August list.
| A colony of two hundred Bavarians
have gone to Utah to join the Nor
mons. t- -r.tf'
Senator Chandler is a trained boxer.
He took lessons under Heenan's
trainer.
Secretary Thompson is talked of as
a suitable candidate for Governor of
Indiana. ..-.-.
Ex-Governor Ramsey, Of Minnesota.
is to be McCrary's successor as Secrc-
tary of War.
The Government sold 22l, S07, 900
postal cards for the year ending June
Both, 1879. eyes '-@ 'i aso'
Flour barrel coopcrs, of St. Louis,
struck for 2 cents per barrel higher
wages last week. mna 9o seiHo
A bill has passed in Belgium de-
priving the clergy of all influence in
primary Edncatior. m...r.,
Bismarck's financial policy is said
to be the cause Of the coolness between
Germany and Russia.
The Prince of Wales has started a
subscription for building a monument
to the late Prince Imperial.
Cox, the negro murderer of Mrs.
Hull iu New York, has been sentenced
to be hung August 18th. all aa
The Legislature Of New Hampshire
has indefinitely postponed the bill for
the abolition Of capital punishment.
The Governors Of all the States and
territories are invited to attend grand
reunion of the army Of the North
west, at Aurora. Aug. 20, q and %.
The thermometer stood at Ill in
Charleston, S. c., one day last week.
Over one hundred cases Of sunstroke
were reported sixteen Of which proved
fatal. u... aap. ..e.a,. ... i'....'...
Sections Of Vermont have been vis-
tied by a severe hail storm. Some Of
the stones were Two inches in diane
ter. Crops and vegetation were torn
to shreds. 5itln ase toe,,f,
The Empress Eugene has issued a
public address, in which she thanks
the English people for their sympathy
at the death of her son, the Prince
Imperial. asl' sqa3.r a5f
The Minister Of the Chinese gov
eminent has, at Washington, fan
with verse ofpoetry on it supposed
to have been written five thousand
years ago. ial .ii r
The London Times rates the credit
Of the United States with that Of
France. Both countries can borrow
money at little less than A per cent.
per annum. 5a,. rsU- ff vs
John Hope, convicted Of the rob
berry Of the Manhattan Savings Bank
of three million dollars in securities
and cash. has bsen 'sentenced to the
State prison for twenty years. sJ ss
The wheat crop Of Iowa is not so
promising. The spring wheat has
been damaged by the excessive heat
and chinch bug, while winter wheat is
good, though small in acreage.
About one hundred persons have
Just colonized at Manchester. Tenn.
The Commissioner of Agriculture Of
that State went to Massachusetts a
short while ago and organized the
move. iaa b6a q -au
The Prohibition Convention, of
Iowa, broke mp in confusion and dis
order on the 10th. One faction dis
approved the nomination of State
ticket, while the other made a full
nomination. ni if -.a l1d
President Standiford, Of the L. d N.
Railroad, has telegraphed the author
tiles Of Memphis that should the yell
low fever become epidemic and it be-
comes necessary to remeve the poor
that his road will take them at half
fare. f..,.. a.. l..,..