The Dillon tribune., 1883-07-07
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

More deaths from cholera are reported at
Alexandria, Egypt.
The National Conference Of the Anti.
Monopolists is in session at Chicago.
In the case Of ex.Treasurer Polk, Of
Tenn, there has been no jury obtained yet.
The se,ni.centennial exercises Of Oberlin
(Ohio) College commenced on the I'd inst.
Elan, the wounded editor .duelist of Rich.
mond, Va, is reported to be in a precarious
condition.
The shipments of cattle to be made from
Wyoming next fall ale estimated at over
100000 head.
1t will take six weeks TO pump the wate,
out of the flooded coal mines OF central
Pennsylvania.
The town of Cromwell, Conn, was de
stroyed last Tuesday by cyclone, and
fou, teen lives lost.
President Arthur is to present the diplo.
mas to the graduates Of the Military In.
stisutc Of Virginia.
The venerable Archbishop Purcell is re.
ported to be dying at ST. Martins Con-
vent, near Cincinnati.
Adestructive fire at Astoria, Oregon, on
the Sd destroyed $2.s,ooo worth Of build
ngs and merchandise.
Payments of taxes under the provisions
of the Scott liquor law in Ohio have al
ready reached $ooo,0o.
The 333d anniversary Of the founding
of Santa Fc, New Mexico, opened in the
g,andest style on July I'd.
VIM. II. Vanderbilt's total endowment
OF the Vanderbilt University at Nashville,
Tenn, amounts to $7oo,ooo.
On account of the cholera the Spanish
authorities impose ten days quarantine OF.
vessels arriving from Egyrt.
The Mayor and Chief Of Police of Ell.
mira, n. Y, have been arrested ior tearing
up railroad entering that city.
Henry Wickes, an aged lawyer Of Alba.
ny, N. Y, embezzled $4,000 and sloped
n small steal for an old lawyer.
The volcano of Ometepe, in Lake Mic
aragua, is in eruption, and it is feared that
the whole island will be destroyed.
Supervising Architect Hill is charged
with fraud in the second purchase of site
for the public building at Denver, Col.
The Imperial Board Of Health Of Ger.
many is deliberating on precautionary
measures to prevent the spread of cholera.
The Governor of Victoria, at the opening
OF Parliament favored the formation of an
Australian Confederation by the colonies.
John c. Fleming, deputy Of ex.Treas.
urer Polk of Tennessee, was arrested for
making false book entries to the amount of
100000.
a terrible calamity occurred at Glasgow,
Scotland, at the launching OF the steamer
Daphne, by which sixty persons were
drowned.
On the night of July sd, at Jefferson,
Texas, Judge Haughn was assassinated
while on his way home from night ses'
sion of court
A religious riot broke out in Belfast, Ire.
land, ON the Sd inst The police dispersed
the mob, but several policemen were Sc
riously wounded.
The Marquis De Mores, Dick Moore
and Frank Miller are under arrest at Man
dan, Dakota, for killing man on the Lit
tie Missouri river.
The granite shaft which is to mark ths
spot where Custer and his soldiers wers
slaughtered has been shipped from Mon
tello Wis.,, to Montana.
The decrease in the public debt for thu
month Of June was $lS,o9S.,o1. Cash II
the U. S. treasury, $34s,3S99,o. Total o
public debt $l,SS4,l7L7,S.
The lo5th anniversary Of the Massacre
of Wyoming was observed at Wilkesbarre
Pa. on last Tuesday. A large crowd o
people were in attendance.
The proprietor Of "Cheap John" sto''
on a large scale at Chicago obtained q yer
dict for $4,000 against the Chicago Her"''
for defamation of character.
The International Cattle Show opene'
at Hamburg the first Of the week. In
burgomasters returned thanks to foretg'
powers for the aid extended.
ihe Supreme Court Of Missouri has dc
cided the high license law to be const'tu
tional, and it will now cost about $1,000
year in that State for license to run re
tail whisky mill.
Dispatches from all parts Of the countr
indicate that the One Hundred and Sevent
anniversary of independence was grand
celebrated by the 10000 600 citizens OF th'
mighty Yankee nation.
A fight took place at Bird Creek India
Territory, last Monday, ,at dance, in wh'c
over one hundred Pawnees, with revolver
took part. Several Indians were k'l'et