The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-01
THE WEEKS NEWS.

The following is a brief summary of all the i'm
pOriaDt evenis, which have happened throughout
the world for the week ending Tuesday:
man named Tierney Sunday safely crossed the
Englhh Channel on floating tricycle.
Hon. Montgomery Blair died last Thursday at
his home at Silver Springs. near Washington.
The Zulu Insurgents not only killed Kng Cete-
wayo but put 70 death all his wives and many of
his chiefs.
The eholers continues 10 rage in Egypt In
Cairo, Aiexsndria aud other p9iSts tue daily death
rate runs from go to 500 and upward.
s J Howard. a colorc1 man, who died last
Wednesday in Brooklyn. at the sge OF eighty.f0ur
years left a fortune Of nearly 100000.
Eight colored persons were drowned at Clare
mont, Va, L.; week, while az emptng 10 cross the
James Rverto attend prsyer-meeung.
Miss Walker and e:Rnt other young ladies of
Hunnville. Ala challenged male nine tn < me
OF ba bal last week, and beat them by 20 to IL.
At Northeast IIarbor. Me-. last Friday, runa-
way team caused tne cea tn OF Miss Case. Of BOs-
ton. a"d IL flcted serious injuries upon Miss
Callie White OF Baltimore.
The liquidation nv Mexico OF debts due 10
srani-h subjects is said to have brought about the
r cal 81 the spanish Minister, and serious COM
nercisl trouble Is expected to result
Alta Bniversalist lawn party. hello at the resi-
del &C OF w. y farley. IN Joliet, III last Thurs
day, over loo persons were mors or less seriously
poisoned by the aay0TinI in the Ice cream. N
The Democrats Of Minnehaha County, Dakota
Territory, but favoriDg its admission as State at
the earliest date III can De legally accomplished.
The French commander at Hanoi made a = rite
with SEQ men Saturday. A dispatch from Paris
say that there were COO OF the enemy killed in
the engagement, with loss 10 the French OF only
eleven
Fer the Information and encouragement of those
Seeking ppointmerts under the new civil service
rules il Is stated that vacancies occur in the In.
terror Department at average rate Of twelve and
one-hslf each week.
An immense jam of logs in Grand River. Mich,
swept away two rail way bridges at Grand Rapids
last week. Millions of feet of logs have gone on
down the river toward Lake Michigan carrying
everything before them.
Sir Charles Dixie stated IN the British House of
Commons that there is no Asatic cholera In
Eur pc, and that three suspicious In En-
gIaT proved TO be sfmple cholera. of which this
year there had not been the ordinary average.
Several hundred of John Morgan's confederate
command held reunion on the estate of Henry
Clay last week, In tents furnished by the War De-
pertinent M0rgans daughter was on the ground.
Generals Preston and Duke delivered addresses.
The story o. a ses-serpent set affoat week by
two citizens OF Green Bay finds corrobo-ation in
the statement OF fisherman. at Balleys Harb0f,
named Cady. who reports seeing strange creature
thirty feet long aud two feet in diameter. which
made for him as he stoned 1t.
An excursion train, bound for the Thousand Isl
ands. on the Rome, Watertown aud Ogdensburg
Road. last Saturday, while running at the rate Z
with freight Car which the wind had carried
upon the main track from siding. Twenty-Five
were killed and thirty-dre wounded. The scct-