The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-09-27
companies Of Mormon converts and sending
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companies Of Mormon converts and sending
them to this country.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a
circular stating that gold coin beyond the
needs OF the government has accumulated IN
the Treasury, and directing the United States
Treasurer, and assistant etreasurersz ut New
ork, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Gin
cinnati, Chicago, ST. Louis, New Orleans and
San Francisco to pay out gold soin as well as
silver coin and notes upon the current obhga-
tons OF the government.
The annual report OF the Postmaster Gen
eral for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1879,
shows that during the year 2,676 postoffices
were established and l,079 were discontinued
The total number of offices in operation june
80, 1879, was 1882. Since that date there
has been an increase of 372 offices.
The first application for gold under the re-
cent circular OF the Treasury Department was
received from National bank at Belair, Ohio,
and for S4 500. The bank had deposited that
amount in lesal tenders at the New Yorkis sub
treasury. The gold was ordered to be shipped
from the Philadelphia mint
+ Foreign News. s.
Cetywayo was utterly Frustrated when cap
only twenty-five followers, i've OF whom were.
afferward shot while attempting to escape.
Six Zulus succeeded in escaping. aSe3tl : IT,
Mr.. Thomas c.. Scott, < the we'll Known
English agricultural authority, says that the
| British government and the trade estimates
show that the surplus wheat in America, RUS
STA and in the East is $4,000 quarters less
| that the aggregate deficiency OF the various
countries and rise in the price OF bfeadstuftss
In consequence of the bad harvest and
numerous floods the distress in parts OF Hum
gary threatens to become appalling during
the coming winter. 7 he Temes. Banat district
is threatened with famine, and SOME of the in
habitants are preparing to einigrate to Servia.
Lord BeaconsHeld has been making aspeech
| to English farmers in which he, represented
that nearly all the chief farmers in the sx-
IRENE Western States were ennigrating to-
Canada. 4s.55 s . q.
There has beena bloody outbreak of Afghan
regiments at Herat, Afghanistan. The troops
revolted and murdered the civil and military
authorities. ,,is 49, A
"A Berlin correspondent reports that Count
Ledochowski, ex- Archbishop Of Posen, has
been condemned to a fine Of z, 600 marks or
seventy days Imprisonment for excommunica-
ting priest who had obeyed tie May laws
Emneror William Of Germany met with a
burg in Alsace. Many OF the shops were
closed and q multitude Of houses closed their
shutters Only the qfaeiaI buildings were pro.
fusely .decQated. Tho German speaking in
habHifants formed the bulk of the crowd insthe
streets, though the French-speaking element
IN Strasburg is still very strong
Great preparatienssage being naaes.by the
Afghan retels to resist the British troops sent
against them.
AT meeting on the land question, held in
Tipperary, Irelands Is, 600 persons were pres
abatement of rentssand the Establishment of
the peasant proprietary system.
Some severe fighting has been going on in
Cuba between insurgent bands and loyal vol
unteers. stff
| Four colored men and one white man were
publicly whipped in Newcastle, Del, few
days ago, for larceny. ~. afN
Rev Joseph P. Thompson, an eminent Con-
gregational divine, anda leading figure in the
| American colony at Berlin, where he had lived
since 1871, isdead IN lisAsixty first year. He
originated and for twelve, years was editor of
the Independent, the weA-knewns religious
newspaper. Hz5
The commander OF the Afghan mutineers
shas been executed by order ct the Ameer., I z
|: King Cetywayo has been taken to Cape
Town, South Africa, to await the final action
| of the British government The terms of
peace between Great Britain and the Zulus
have been proclaimed.
| The strike OF the Golfers in Staffordshire,
England, has been ended by the masters
yielding to their demands.
| The International Industrial Exhibition at
SydneF. Australia was openedea lew tktys ago
by Lord LOTUS 2 -
Particulars are given by cable OF a recent
terrible fire at Kiev, Russia, an important city
containing population OF about 70, 600 and
the scene OF recent Nihilist disturbances and
| executions. While furious storm was raging
the fire broke out IN seven different places.
The offices oi.tlie Ore brigade and chiet police
station gurpowder magazine and four pei
troleum stores were simultaneously set ON fire.
| The whole city was wrapped in thick black
cloud of smoke, and every now and then the
people were threatcned by series of detona-
tions and loud explosions. The entire garri-
son and the dremen of the suburbs and many
Of the inhabitants labored indetatigably to ex-
tinguish@the fire, but despite their efforts =,
Econtiaued mt The Iapla1ipg Of the second day
latter it broke out. The loss was ehofmous.
| Many lives were lost, including those OF sew
eral children.
The Spanisia Eo1ernmeuts has received
memorial ffs1I III Gdbanl slavAiiol DER asking
TOR prompt solution OF the slavery question.
| The memorial says that unless steps are
| speedily takeniF the anthoritissa the planters
must themselves seetlle sluv ess trHe to pfevent
their proper y From being bdrned.& 3ilze goNs
eminent has replied, expressing the hope that
the plantation authorities will act in conjunc-
| ton with the Captain General of Cuba and in
the spirit Of patriotism.
PrincesBissnsascss5sa and Count Arsdfass5 hate
\ come to an agreement which amounts to an
alliance between Austria and Germany :.
The Russian col INN thai issadyanicins into
Central Asia has been defeated at Cock Hepe;
with lossaot 700 men ahdbesh obliged tS FAN
| back.
A dispatch from Havana, by way OF Madrid,
states that three Cuban Shareholders owning
,O00sslaves have liberated them. all, and that
other slave owners intend doing ikswise 81
-Four large business houses IN Dublin, Ire
land, have been destroyed by fire, causing
loss OF $400, 600. = : IA s5-.s
News of The YeIIoW FEVER Rpidemic.
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