The Dillon tribune., 1883-07-28
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

ASASssCPo udS WIIItcI U ITlcnOly letteT
to Premier Gladstone.
The Lord Mayor Of London banqueted
the American Rifle Team.
Jean Adolph Jerichan, the great Danish
sculptor, has died, aged Is years.
A Durham, South Africa dispatch re.
ports the killing Of King Cetewayo.
President Arthur is to open the Louis
willie Exposition on the Ist Of August.
Ten thousand people attended Robin.
sons circus at Salt Lake City Thursday.
At Columbus, O., on the 25th, 2s,ooo
ex.soldiers were present at the National re-
union.
The Mexican National Bank reports
profits for seven months Of this year Of ten
per cent.
The Paris Municipal Council rejected
the proposition to raise loan of a,oooo-
COO francs.
The produce exchange Of New York is
anxious for the telegraphers' strike to come
to an end.
The Central Pacific Railroad has de-
clared dividend Of S. per share, payable
August 1st.
A reunion of Morgan's confederate COM
mand took place during the week at Lex.
ington, Ky.
The Sioux held their annual sun dance
near Rosebud Agency, Dakota, on last
Wednesday.
The schemers In the 100000 pound
butter deal at Chicago will lose ST., ,oooooo
in the operation.
Paris will be Represented at the next
Worlds Exposition BY two members Of its
Municipal Council.
An unknown creditor contributed $4,000
tn the "conscience fund" ofthe U. S. Treas.
ury on the a3d inst.
Fully ten thousand veterans were In line
on the parade Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic at Denver.
The striking telegraph operators through
out the country are hopeful Of making a
success of their strike.
The Jury in the case Of Polk, the ex-
treasurer Of Tennessee, It is thought will
find verdict Of guilty.
The city Of New Orleans has quaran.
tined against vessels arriving from all ports
infected by yellow fever.
All foreign vessels entering the Atlantic
ports will be stopped If there is yellow fe-
yer or cholera on board.
Chief Usibequ routed King Cetewayo, in
Africa, and an immense number Of Cete.
wayo's followers were slain.
Seventy.fve people have died at Mem
phis, Tenn, and vicinity from the bloody
fiux within the past fortnight.
Capt Matthew Webb, the noted English
swimmer, perished in the attempt to swim
Niagara river whirlpool rapids.
The New Hampshire Legislature keeps
on balloting for U. S. Senator with but
little show Of making choice.
The Denver Exposition draws an i'm.
mense crowd daily. The Exposition In
every respect excels that Of last year.
BY the giving away ola pier at Point
Tivoli, ten miles from Baltimore, on the
a+th, sixty excursionists were drowned.
Up to yesterday, Friday, there was no
prospect Of compromise between the strik.
Ing operators and the telegraph companies
Sixty Catholic funerals took place in
Baltimore on last Wednesday. The dead
were the victims Of the Point Tivoli pier
disaster.
Another Of the Nations heroes has pass.
ed to "the other shore" Gen. o. c. Ord
died from yellow fever At Havana, Cuba
on last Monday.
The cholera Is making fearful ravages In
Egypt. On last Tuesday 4Sl people died
at Cairo from the disease. The day before
4s9 died In that city.
The town Of Elgin In Olmstead county
Minn., was entirely destroyed by cyclone
on the asnd. Many persons were wound
ed and number killed.
The military display Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic At Denver for magnffi'
cence has not been equaled before by any
meeting Of the 6. A. R.
At meeting Of the Cuban Patriots, In
New York on the aand, il was urged that
Spanish promises should be disregarded
because they never were fulfilled.
While desperate prize fight was going
on near Nanticoke, Pa, band Of women
broke into the ring, and brandishing pistols
and knives, put a stop to the fight.
Last Monday, in Nachitoches Parish
La, Mrs. Gabriel Mclaughlin, respecta.
bic lady, aged s., was outraged by negro
who then beat his victim to death.
In a battle between the Chilians and the
PeraviAns under Gen. Gonarstay, the lat
ter's forces lost from 500 to 1000 men, II
pieces Of artillery and 500 stands OF arms.