Delta chief., 1883-09-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
A Condensation Of Important Dispatches
Domestic and Foreign.

anu, Sal1ornla Sapitai BLUM, SoP'ooo"
There are now 4S,O49 postoflices in
the United States, an increase of 40 per cent.
since 1876.
The Western Association of Kansas
stock-growers are making vigorous war upon
cattle thieves.
The trial of James Mutt, who killed
on Thursday of next week
Parliament was prorogued on the 25th
and the Queens speech was read. Her remark
upon Ireland were hopeful,
The directors of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway met at New York August 2sth,
but did not elect president.
All the pool rooms in the city of Phil
adelphia where pools are sold on horse races,
have been closed by the police
1t is understood by the leading Ger
man papers that Spain has been admitted to
the alliance of the great powers.
The twenty mile bicycle race at Wash
ington was won by II. W. Higham, OF England,
in hour, minutes and "a seconds.
About 10000 tons of railroad iron will
be shipped from European ports to Galveston,
Texas, within the next ninety DAYS.
The first appointee in the Treasury
Department under the new Civil Service rules
was Miss May F. Hoyt, OF Connecticut.
The Supreme Court has rejected the
appeal of O'Donnell to be tried at Cape Town,
o'Donnell sailed for England August 2sth.
A furious hailstorm on the 2Sth prac-
tically destroyed the entire tobacco crop in
Rock ceunty, Wisconsin. Damages, 10000.
A rich vein of lubricating oil was
opened at depth of thirty-6ve feet at a point
fifteen miles from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, on the 27th.
John J. Hall, of New Brunswick,
N. j., contractor for the Pcnnsyivanis railroad,
has sbsconded leaving creditors to the amount
Of $4,000.
A large number Of prominent Ger
mans have arrived in New York TO be present
At the opening ceremonies Of the Northern Pa,
c!nc railroad.
Nearly q thousand veterans Of the
Union and Confederate armies met at the Con-
federate reunion held At Jefferson City, Mo-,
last Tuesday.
The steamer George has started from
Archangel 70 seek the Dutch Polar vessel, Var
ns, for the discovery Of which . reward Of
Rs,soo is offered.
About three hundred deaf mutes At
tended the First Triennii National eonelsve
tu Me- Yovk m th. 1ash d~i.~~s. Sr,.,
Colorado wss present
A large subscription has been raised
in Fl PaSo, Texas, U secure the slsdc- Mitchell
prize fight on Mexican ssil, the town Of Paso
Del Norte being named.
The new 2-cent postage stamps will be
distributed 70 post oflices throughout the eoun-
try September lst, but are not 70 be sold 70 the
public until October 1st.
A large number Of fast horses are be-
ing sent To Louisville for the great September
send his celebrated trotters.
The plans for the proposed new silver
vault under the cash room Of the Treasury have
been completed. The storage capacity will be
equal TO %, 100000 silver dollars.
General Durbn Ward made n strong
speech at Gallon, Ohio, a few days ago in
which he violently denounced the present
methods OF civil service reform
On the 27th large tank containing
several thousand gallons Of oil exploded in
the South Brooklyn oil works. One man was
fatally burned and number badly injured.
The reports of the discovery of Miss
Mary Churchill the young lady OF st. Louis
who is supposed to have been abducted, are
her
AT Cape Town Colony on the 9th
O'Donnell, who killed the informer Carey, on
being committed for trial said TO the magis-
trate: 81 am not guilty Of wilful murder. The
killing was done In selfdefcnsc. Carey drew n
revolver from his right hand pocket, and I
snatchcd It and shot him down"
The Union Pacific railroad has enter
ed into an agreement with the Oregon Railway
J. Navigation Company whereby they secure n
California line Independent Of the Central Pa
ciGc.
Yellow fever has been stamped out at
Pensacola Fla, but the business Of the town
is utterly stagnant, owing 10 the absence Of the
greater part Of It's population who fled from
the plague.
Railway mail service has been ordered
on the Northern Pacific railway between Mis-
soula and Helena, Montana thus making n
continuous service Of I $40 miles from st. Pau