The Grenada sentinel., 1882-08-19

The SENTINEL,
y.W. BucHasAs. Manager and Proprietor.
GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
PRESIDENT ARTHUR Is in New York.
ON the 18th of September Louisville,
KY, will celebrate the completion Of three
new lines Of railroad by an industrial street
pageant.
PARNELL and other Irish members Of
Parliament will attend the opening Of the
Dublin Exposition. The garrison has been
strengthened to guard against an outbreak.
A GENERAL order from headquarters
of the army provides for reciprocal cross
ing Of the international boundary line by
troops Of the United States and Mexico in
pursuit Of hostile Indians.
N
PRESIDENT ARTHUR and Postmaster
General Howe will visit Wisconsin, Minne-
sofa and Iowa about the middle of Septem-
Der. During his stay in Milwaukee the
Chief Magistrate will be the guest Of Alex
ander Mitchell.
THE English army Of occupation in
Egypt has been reinforced by the Third
Division of the First Army Corps. The
Coldstream Guards have been pushed for
ward to Ramleh, under command Of the
Duke Of Connaught.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has declared that the
campaign In Egypt is to protect the interests
Of the civilized world; that the Suez Canal
must be kept open, and that the war is for
the purpose Of protecting the Egyptians
from military tyranny.
THE remarkable contest in the
Twelfth Illinois District, in which the
Democratic Convention spent two days at
Mount Sterling and three days at Boards
town, closed by the nomination of James
M. Riggs, Of Scott County, on the 1,52lst
ballot.
NEPAUL and other feudatory States in
India have volunteered to furnish contin-
gents for the British army in Egypt. The
Sultan's proclamation, declaring Arab
Pasha rebel, condemns the conduct of the
military leaders as criminal, and mentions
the friendly relations of the Porte with Eng
land.
The President, who has 100000 |
available for the suppression Of epidemics,
has referred the matter Of yellow fever in
Texas to the Secretary Of the Treasury.
There are about fifty cases in Brownsville. /
The people have organized and are prepared
for the worst, though no aid is requested
from the Government at present.
VIM. CUsACK, a member of the Sars-
field skirmishing Club, speaking about the
Irish movement to give financial aid to Ara
bi Pasha, announced that at the meeting in
Philadelphia the other. night every man was
in favor Of helping, both by sending men
and money, and said: "We are in for dyna-
mite and bullets first, last and all the time"
The Massachusetts, Prohibitionists
congratulate their brethren in Kansas and
iowa and express sympathy with those
struggling in other States. The Indiana
Republicans are In favor Of such an ADJUST
ment Of revenue and tariff as will raise no
more money than necessary to pay interest
on the public debt and the expenses Of Gov
ernment. |,
THE State Department has received
through the legation at St. Petersburg a
copy Of circular issued by the Russian
Ministry in relation to the expulsion Of Is .
raelites, in which the local authorities are .
directed not to expel Israelites established
prior to 1880 and residing there in virtue of
regular permission, and on the other hand !,
directing them to take measures to prevent .
new authority being given Israelites who
have not right of residence.
The London Times says: "When the
army Of Arab Pasha has been dispersed
and Its leaders brought to account for their
we shall have to make sure the :
difficulty may not recur In new form. ,
Egypt VIII be on our hands. 1t will not be
open to us to retire from the country and
cave events to take their own course. This
d the resolve Of England, and when it be.
comes necessary to seek the sanction OF other
powers for this result, the concert of Europe
will be invoked in a sense very different
rom that with which we have lately been
amiliar." t
AUGUST crop returns to the Depart I
nent Of Agriculture from about 5000 corre- '
pondents throughout the crop-producing s
lrea Of the United States give agenerally IA 2
vorable report. During the month OF July
'otton improved. The condition of spring Q
wheat August was higher than for several q
ears. 1t is thought probable that the COM
lined spring and winter wheat product will, +
Without loss from sprouting, reach 500,0O0,- :,
90 bushels, and that estimates assuming Is -