Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-09-13
TALK OF THE TIMES.
Mrs. Langtry is playing to crowd
ed Houses in Glasgow.

Mrs. Langtry is playing to crowd
ed Houses in Glasgow.
Michael Davitt is said to be wri-
ting a parody on "Pilgrim's Prog
ress," entitled 1.-THE Goal Journey"
The treatment of leprosy in India
is becoming a hard problem. In
the Bombay Presidency 9,4S3 cases
are under treatment.
Galveston harbors now have a
depth of fifteen feet on the bar,
due TO the jetties which are being
built for the improvement of the
channel.
The members OF the Democratic
State Committee of Massachusetts
have been formly notified that But
Ter will again be u candidate for
Governor.
According to the Medical Times
and Gazette there are 81 or b total
abstinence mel i'll the House of
Commons. The fact is referred to
as remarkable.
The University OF Pennsylvania is
having a crcmatory built for the
consumption OF the refuse OF the dis
secting room. It viii consume a
body i'll six hours.
1t is said that the Democrats of
Maryland are much dissatisfied
with the Democratic administra-
ton of affairs in that State, and
that the Republicans are hopeful of
CARVING the faII elections
jefferson Davis is still on bail,
having been released after his cap
ture at the close of the war upon
giving good and sufficient sureties,
and the bond still holds good.
a Montreal paper says mat the
reason Lord COleridge gave Canada
the go.by was that the railways in
the dominion refused the reception
committee i'll New York free passes.
1t is reported at Tralee that a
woman who testified against the
Ballyord moonlighters, i'll March,
1882, has been shot dead in Aus
tralia.
The sister of Capt. Webb became
insane when she heard of her broth
er's death at Niagara, and she has
since been found drowned i'll the
river at Lady Smith, Natal.
1t is thought at the internal rev.
enue bureau that the total annual
snuff and cigars will be about $50
100000.
Wildcats are said by the farmers
to be SO numerous in the
Berkshire Hills Of Western hIassa>
chusettS as to render the keeping
of sheep impossible.
1t is said that i'll ONE parts of
California and Nevada. where water
is scarce. the machinery Of large
mills is driven by having sand in
stead of water propel the overshot
wheels.
In emulation of tle Confederate
Bonds claimants, II Pole Is about
to sue the French Government for
repayment Off .00o,000 francs which
one of his ancestors loaned to Louis
XIV.
Poison was put INTO the food and
Uccf VI IuS HdIN tSttuene HfplOS cu ny
Mr.. Leigh, u landlord, OF Newross.
Ireland, who had incurred the dis
like of the pOpulacc owing To bis OPP
position to the land league. Two of
the haryestmen have died and the
others are i'll a precautions condition.
The recent storms have almost
destroyed the grain and
other crops in the south OF Ireland.
The authorities fear d renewal of
rent agitation owing TO the distress
consequent upon the loSs of the
crops. a general strike against
rent is thought to be imminent.
The smallpox hospital Of San
Is filled with lcrers. The
papers Of that city advocate the
building 10y the Government, on an
of Il lalaretto where all cas-
ofleprosy throughout the cOun>
try might be removed.
Private dispatches at San Fran>
state that Ii flung Chang,
viceroy of China, has granted per-
mission for a steamer to run on the
upper Rel Ho river, between Tient-
sin and Tong Chow. This
ion is regarded-as important.