Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-11-23

CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
GEN. GRANT has embodied his views
Of the Fitz John Porter case in q magazine
article.
THE New York & Texas Mexican Rail.
way has purchased four million acres of land
for colonies.
The Ninth Missouri Congressional
District election case will be heard by the
Supreme Court on December list.
THE Georgia Legislature elected Pope
Barrow United States Senator for the short
and Alfred H. COIquitt for the long term.
PROFESSOR SoULE, of the University
Of California, has discovered three new spots
on the sun, which can be seen through q
smoked glass.
j. B. LIPPNCoTT has subscribed
$4,000 toward the establishment of veteri-
nary college in connection with the UniYer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
THE Russian journals have orders to
make no allusiOn to the construction Of mil
itary railroads or the movement of troops
near the Turkish frontier.
AT the silver wedding of the Crown
Prince OF Germany, which occurs in jan
uary, the people will present tableware and
furniture valued at a half million marks.
THE Massachusetts, Senators have
united In a letter to Secretary Folger, ex-
| coriating the Collector of the port of Boston
for aiding in the election OF Ben Butler as
Governor.
APPLICATION has been made to the
Acknowledgement of the State of New York
for the opening Of proceedings to vacate the
charter of the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company.
The New York Board of Trade the
other day adopted resolutions declaring the
result Of the elections a gratifying response
to the work of that board and kindred or
CARNATIONS.
The Cuban refugee question has as
sumed a more satisfactory phase. The
Spanish Government is inclined to treat the
prisoners as political offenders and give
PARIS cablegrams state that Presi-
dent Grevy is really in very critical condi-
ton. Political circles are discussing the
succession, and the names of Gambetta,
Chanzy, and Bresson are mentioned.
A COMMITTEE appointed by the Chi
cago Board of Trade to fix settling price
on defaulted wheat contracts for Septem-
Der delivery reported $1.O2 as fair cash
value on the last day Of that month.
HARRISON, the boy preacher, has been
holding revival meetings at Grand Rapids,
Mich, for several weeks. Three persons
have been driven to insanity by the excite
ment, the latest victim being Miss Emmons,
q dressmaker.
THE widow of Ossawatomie Brown
was given grand reception in the Senate
chamber at Topeka, Kans., the other day.
Governor st. John presided, and addresses
were delivered by T. D. Thatcher, Senator
Plumb, and George T. Anthony.
COMMISSIONER PRICE has requested
the Secretary Of War to send troops from
Fort Missoula to the Flathead agency in
Montana, to keep the camp followers and
women out of the reservation and to pre-
vent the selling of liquor and trading with
the Indians.
In the trial of Arab Pasha, Suleiman
paOud confessed 10 having ordered the burn
ing of Alexandria on peremptory command
from Arab Pasha, who afterward sent in
structions to fire more places. and also
ordered him to take soldiers to Ramleh pal.
ace and kill the Khedive.
THE United States Marshal in Indian
Territory seized a quantity Of liquor be-.
longing to army officers, as the federal stat
utes permit the entry of spirits only for
medicinal purposes. A protest has been
entered by the commander of the depart
ment. in which Generals Sherman and Sheri-
dan join.
THE Chinese Minister and three mem
bers of the legation left Washington, the
other day, in a special car Of the PennsyI-
vanig road, under the escort of Attorney
General Brewster, to visit the Baldwin loco
motive works, the Altoona shops, the Johns
town rolling mills. and the factories at
Pittsburgh.
THE Montreal Board of Trade has re-
solved to memorabilia the Government to
assume the debt for widening the whole
chain of canals, in order to meet the COM
petition of the free waterways of New York.
The Dominion will also be asked to defray
the cost Of deepening the st. Lawrence be.
tween Montreal and Quebec. Commercial
leaders in Canada assert that the canals will
be enlarged until ocean ships can reach
Chicago.
THE Ways and Means Committee of
the Vermont Legislature proposes to raise
ali money required for State expenses by
taxing the corporations doing business
within the State. The railroads will be
asked for two per cent. on the first $4,000
earned per mile; express and telegraph
companies are to disgOrge three per cent.
on their gross receipts, and savings banks
half Of one per cent. on deposits, ali Of
which is to be paid to the State Treasurer
semi-annuallY.
EXTRAORDINARY electric disturbances
were reported from ell parts Of the United
States and Great Britain on the 18th. OFF,
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