Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-09-06
GENERAL NE WS.

LONDON, Aug. 31.---There is talk of exuhm-
ing the remains of Shakespeare to compare
the skull with the busts and portraits of
him
The French have occupied the city of Hue.
The deaths from cholera on Thursday
numbered 927 in upper Egypt and in lower
Egypt.
The government of Morocco has apollo
gized to Italy for the recent trouble at Ia l.
gier, and the difficulty has terminated.
1t has been declared in Hungary that who
ever is sentenced to death by martial law
for outrages on Jews shall be executed with
in three hours after the sentence is i'm
posed.
The members of the Dutch Exploring Ex-
pedition to the Arctic regions which sailed
in the Varna, were rescued by the steamer
Obi, and have arrived at Vardoe, Norway.
The Vsrna foundered at sea July 4.
The treaty of commerce with Spain passed
its second reading in the German ReichstaG
yesterday by large majority. Indemnity TO
the government for carrying the provisions
of the treaty into immediate effect was
granted, although the Progressists and Ac-
cessionists, and portion of the National
Liberals, voted against it.
In the Frank James trial at Gallatin, Mo-.
the defense introduced several more witnes-
ses to sustain their theory of an alibi. Gen.
Joe Shelby apologized to the court for his
conduct on the day previous. The court
fined him $40 and rebuked him for having
appeared in an unfit condition, for threaten
ing the attorneys of the State, and drawing
his pistol on the verge of the court. General
Shelby denied that he had drawn his pistol,
and said the marshal who had sworn to it
had lied.
At a recent storm on the New Foundland
fishery banks, eighty persons were reported
lost.
1t is estimated that the reduction of the
public debt during the month of August will
be about $4,000, 900.
A case of Asiatic cholera is reported in
Milwaukee. The patients family physician
pronounced the disease cholera, but other
physicians pronounce it cholera-morbus.
The Texas cattle fever has broken out in
Detroit in the herd of milkman in the
western part of the city. The whole herd Is
infected, and several have already died. A
herd of forty-one steers bought by Genes
see county farmer for feeding some two
weeks ago, have also been attacked by the
disease, and five have died.
The annual review of the Charleston CSC. }
News and Courier shows business of $75,-
900, 900 during the past year. Local manu-
facturers employed $500 persons, the value
of their products being over $9,25o, ooo The
export of phosphate were 1853, ,o6o tons, the
largest known. The products of the cotton
mills in the S ate reached $6,ooo,ooo.
Two assisted pauper Irish immigrants were
sent back to Canada from Buffalo. They
stated that eleven hundred others came over
in the same ship, and that all their expenses
were paid by the British Government. The
plan is stated to be to ship them to Canada,
and from there to the State across the bor-
der at different points. A large number
have been sent back from Buffalo previously.
A disastrous fire, the third in year, visited
Petersburg, Ind, destroying the principal
square, entailing a loss of 100000.
st. Louis, Mo-, has a bonanza. A cave has
been found underlying the streets, filled with
relics of ancient times,