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Daniel Webster are now living,
Cook county, Illinois, five pei
cent bonds selI at o.zr per cent.
premium.
Worms have considerably
damaged the cotton crop in
North Louisiana.
Governor Porter declines to
call an extra session Of the leg
islature Of Indiana.
A Chicago girl, IL years old,
is the mother Of a child weigh
ing thirteen pounds.
It is now believed that the
embezzlement OF Captain How
gate is nearly $4,000.
Chicago has a fixed day in
1882 when all telegraph wires
must GO under ground.
The Grand Duke Of Baden
has made up his mind to restore
the castle of Heidelberg.
Pennsylvania iron interests
registered orders last week for
10000 tons ofraiIroad iron.
George W. Riggs, the Wash
ington banker, left an estate es-
timated to be worth $4,000, 900.
Queen Victoria uses Indian
mating instead of carpets in
most Of her private apartments.
It is said that Rubenstein
would rather be celebrated as a
composer than as a performer.
Complete returns show that
the majority in North Carolina
against prohibition was over
IIS.ooo.
John Mccullough was vel
coined to New York last Mon
day by two yacht loads of
friends.
Arescent visitor to Bucking-
ham Palace writes the pictures
there are perishing for lack Of
care.
Italians say they prefer Cali
fornia to any other state, be-
cause Gifts being a wine max
ing country.
Miss Hardness, who won the
prize in Paris for violin playing,
IS the daughter of a Boston
news carrier.
The Humane society in St.
Louis is taking steps to prevent
street car horses from being
overworked.
George Randall and Family,
of Vidalia, Louisiana, were
poisoned on Sunday last by
eating corned beef.
The hop crop OF the Pacific
coast in 1880 reached 1890
bales, Of which California pro-
duced SoIS bales.
At the bull fight at Marseil-
les on Sunday last it appears
that there were 27 persons kill
ed and 500 wounded.
Hon. Peterson Thweatt, form
erIy comptroller Of the state OF
Georgia died at his home in
Atlanta last Saturday.
SGath, who has been study
ing up Indiana politics, says
there IS no chance for the re-
suscitation Of Schuyler Colfax.
Mrs. Annie Loptslzi, q pol
ish woman Of La Sale, Ill,
gave birth to three boys and
a girl, all of whom are doing
nicely.
State militia to the number
Of 10000 have already given
notice Of their intention to par
ticipate in the Yorktown CEN
tennial.
The republican state conven-
ton Of Massachusetts will have
y delegates more this year
than last. In all they will num-
Der 1895.
The Chicago and Northwes-
tern road viii spend 100000 at
Milwaukee in the construction
Of ship from Union dock to its
freight sheds.
The burning Of its machine
shops caused the suspension Of
the iron works at Reading Pa,
throwing nine hundred men out
Of employment.
If the Worlds Fair is to be
held at Boston in 1885. the
Transcript thinks it is time the
TACT was announced to the pub
lie in an authoritative form.
The last foreign mails an
nounce the death Of Mr.. Edward |
John Trelaway, whose name is |
closely connected with those of |
Byron and Shelley.
The republican city council
Of Philadelphia demand of the
tax payers SIosI4o, $40 to run
the municipal government next
years, 66o.64I increase on
the present fiscal year.
The latest news sent out from
Pink Cottage, the Kentucky
hospital of miracles, is that a
woman's awfully curved spine
out while prayer
was being made for her.
The total decrease in the en-
tire shipments of breadstufs for
the whole country during the
current year is quite SEC, ooo,-
900 worth, the bulk of which is
to be charged to New York,
It can't be true that James
Gordon Bennett is to employ
an Englishman to conduct the
Herald. How would it sound
Tor the principal editor to al
ways be speaking of the paper
IS the 'Eraid.
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