The patron of husbandry., 1882-05-27

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TOPICS OF THE DAY,
uews frsn Everywhsra.
DE LONG and eleven men have been
found by Engineer Melville. They were all
dead.
A ALoNDoN cablegram reports full
rugged ship ashore at Swansea, and all or
board drowned.
A TRAIN on the Canada Southern
Railway took the Vanderbilt party Ill miles
in l09 minutes.
Iris rumored in Washington that Sen,
ator Ben Hill has resigned, and that Senator
Joe Brown will follow suit, the cause being
i'll health.
FoRTY-THREE of the Egyptians con,
cerned in the conspiracy against Arab Bey
have been sentenced to exile. Several 9TH
ers will be hanged.
THE Garfield monument committee
proposes TO open subscription lists on Dec
orati n Day in every city and town through
out the country.
THE white outlaws of Arizona are
commanded by Presidential proclamation tc
disperse, after which regular troops will be
used to quiet the cowboy.
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THE exodus of Jews from all parts oi
Russia has commenced, bringing about
great confusion in the foreign corn trade,
which was almost exclusively in their hands.
AS the result of vote taken by sixty
one presbyteries, instrumental music will
be introduced into the United Presbyterian
Church of North America. The ballot stood
616 to Cos.
THE will of Miss Sarah Burr, of New
York, which bequeaths nearly $3,000,000 to
charitable institutions, is to be contested by
ten second cousins, on the ground that she
was not competent to make will.
A DISPATCH from Santa Fe, n. Mex,
says a column OF Mexican troops under Col +.
Garcia routed the Indians on the ID. Col.
Forsyth went in pursuit and killed seventy
eight of them, taking thirty three prisoners.
A SUBCOMMITTEE of the House of
Representatives, after investigating the
question OF lapsed land grants, decides that
the charters OF the Northern Pacific and
the Atlantic & Pacific Railways are non
forfeitable.
THE Mexican authorities report that
Ill
structed by the Central Company, 26S by
the National, and SO by the Tehuantepec.
The statutes of the Gould and Degrees COM
pany have been approved.
CAPTAIN HowGArE has written to a
friend in Washington letter begging for
money. He states that he is now more of
a prisoner than when in the District Jail,
and that if a date for his trial is fixed he
will be on hand to make defense.
MAJOR EVANS telegraphs to General
Crook a rumor that the Bannocks and
Snakes had broken out at Fort Washakie,
Wyo., and that arms had been issued to set
tiers by the military. These bands number
over two thousand. and are brave and cum
ming.
In the star-route cases in Washing
ton courtroom, the other day, the lie was
rof,~r,Eod bet-ssos.- George -plis- .ss<s4ss,I,
IngersolI. After the Judge had quieted the
belligerents he adjourned the hearing for
ten days to secure the attendance of j. W.
Dorsey.
THE public debt decreased in April
sA ,415, ,s23. The total indebtedness is
81, ,945, ,526, 500. Deducting the cash in the
treasury vaults, there remains outstanding
81, II, $50, sos. Secretary Folger has issued
a call for the remaining per cents of 1861,
amounting to $11, 200.
THE Duke of Manchester and party
are on American soil. The leader says his
purpose is to proceed to Manitoba and pur-
chase a large tract of land, to be retailed to
farmers on easy terms. He might make an
investment on the American side if the land
were offered cheap.
CHARLES II. REED is looking up the
law points for his argument in the case OF
Guiteau. The assassin still coolly claims
that the Lord will take care of him. From
the sale of autographs and photographs he
gave Scoyille $500, and paid like amount
Tor having his book printed.
The steamer Giamorgan, just arrived
from Liverpool, was badly scratched by ice.
The vessel steamed 160 miles on the south
ern edge of an ice-field and passed fully one
hundred large icebergs, on which were
polar bears and many seals. Several ice
bound sailing vessels were sighted.
In the Italian Chamber of Deputies,
recently, Blanca said Europe had no reason
TO fear invasion by the products of America.
Tile question Of disbanding the huge armies,
and giving back to agriculture and manu-
failures the forces penned up in barracks,
would be the next one to consider.
PROHIBITION is enforced with dyna-
m ite in Cedarville, Ohio. One end of C.
SUeeney's saloon, near the railway, was
blown out on the 4th, the owner, his wife,
and children being thrown from bed to the
floor. An attempt was made to destroy
Caildwell's drug store, but the charge did
not explode.
SENATOR BLAIR, of New Hampshire.
appeared before the Peruvian investigation
committee, the other day, and read a long
defense of his action. He admitted having
accepted retainer of stock for his services
cause of the probability that the subject
would come up for congressional action.
MAJOR TUPPER, of the Sixth Cav
all:y, has had a fight with Apaches at Clover