Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-05-25
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NEWS SUMMARY.


Drought In Cuba. The Ch tcagO Rail,
road Exhibit Queen VictOria's
Birthday Observance.
A letter from Havana, dated the 10th
inst, reports an unusually severe
drought over great portion of Cuba.
At Caibarien, a demijohn of water, for
drinking, sold for Is cents in the town.
At Puerto Principe, the wells were
causing fears that the cattle would per-
ish in large numbers for want OF s'is-
tenance. The drought, however, was
favorable to sugar making, as the plan
tations could keep on grinding all the
cane in hand. The latest estimates OF
the sugar crop gave falling OIL OF 20
per cent. from the yield OF last year
The National Exhibition of Railway
Appliances in Chicago was opened last
night. The exercises included prayer
by Prof David Swing, an address OF
welcome by Mayor &. II. Harrison, an
address by the Hon. Elihu b. Wash.
burne, the introduction of veteran loco
motive builders and engineers 10y Vice
President A. French, and the singing
of God save the Queen,' out OF con-
pliment 10 Queen Nictoria's birthday.
A large nunfber of people were preseist.
Yesterday being Queen Victoria 5
birthday, Was observed throughout
Canada ~ holiday.
The annual dinner in honor Of the
Queen birtSlay given III Washington
by the British minister was attended
last evening by General Sherman, CAiet
Justice Waite, Secretary Teller Ad-
miral Porter, Senator Miller, Of Cali
fornia, the Ministers of France, Ger
many, Austria, Spain. Portage, Bel
GUM, Chill, Japan, Brazil, Peru, Ar
gentine Republic, Hawaii, and the
Netherlands and the Charge d. Affairs
of Russia and Italy.
While Lieutenant Steele, q! Fort Ma
ginnis, Montana, was recently scouting
with a corporal, they ran upon bahd
of 10 er y Canadian Crees, near Nusse
Shell. on the Missouri river. Lieuteh-
ant Steele and the corporal withdrew,
and returning with reintorcements, cap
tured a band of 50 indians, under the
Cree Chief Taher. The Indians have
been started for Fort Assineboine, and
will be driven back to Canada.
Violent storms of wind and rain swept
I'oNt't >bihtN 4hioS'"i', itAH'
Friday and Saturday, doing great dam
age. Bridges and farm houses were
wrecked, the crops on number of
farms were ruined, and the village Of
Moody vas destroyed. No lives were
lost, but many persons were injured
Similar damage was done in Mares and
Miller Counties.
The deHand Of the harness makers
of CinCinnAtti for the exclusion OF boys
from the shops was granted yesterday
by Perkins, Campbell & Co., and work
was resumed in their shop, The other
shops still held out.
William C. Phelan. counfrrteter
and fugitive from justice from Portland,
Maine, was arrested yesterday Ill
Montreal, with $4,000 in bonds of the
Maytlo~er Cold Mining Company OF
Utah Ia his possession.
Nina Bell ChaSr, Il wears % age, : OF
and mortally wounded herself yrs,er-
day in Providence, Rhode Island, be-
cause William Pain, with whom she
was living, was les Ious Of her.
A discovery of sl .'er ore, "assaying
S26, 600 to the ton, is reported I" ha,'
Dttn INaut ia Tue W hfN NIr'h 'i'''3 >
% miles southwest Of Prescott. Am.
iona.
Arthur Wilkes, Of the Merchant Iron
Mil, of Rome, New York, was Killed
yesterday in the mil by the slipping oi
a bar, which tire. him between Tin"
rollers
Herman q. Naeger, crested in Ne"
York on "Wednesday for shipping slunG
shots from Baltimore, was arra:gurd
yesterday and committed i'll default n.
81 900 bail.
1t was reported last NIGHT that IA
malt house and planning mill Of I..D
HUT in Chicago were destroyed b. 81.
and that the loss is SlOO,OoO