Delta chief., 1883-09-19
NEWS SUMMARY.
A Condensation Of Important Dispatches,
Domestic and Foreign.

There are thirteen murderers III the
San Francisco jail awaiting trial.
The Northern Pacific railroad was
formally opened for business on the sth.
The Treasurer of jackson county, o.,
has disappeared with ss,OC0of the public funds
An unusually strong earthquake, last
ing five seconds, occurred at Lima an the 10th.
1t seems to be. pretty well settled that
there will be no fight between Mitchell and
Slade.
The Kansas State Fair opened at To-
peka on the 10Th under the most favorable
suspces.
The stables of the Philadelphia Pas
senger railway company were burned on the
Sth. Loss, 100000.
Late dispatches from Casas Grandes
say the Apaches are already beginning to show
signs of another outbreak.
Hugh j. Hastings, owner and editor
of the New York Commercial Ad,iertiser died at
Monmouth Beach ON the 12th.
A San Francisco dispatch of the l4th
states that case of leprosy was brought there
on the last steamer from Honolulu.
Marwood. the royal Hangman of
England, died from excessive drinking. he
bequcathed his pet ropes to his friends
Dispa, ches of the 9th say that the
frost in Wisconsin seems to have been very
general and in most directions very severe.
A company has been organized in
Chicago with a capital of $4,000 OcO to build ell
evated railways through the streets of that
city.
The police of Kansas City have begun
a crusade against the gamblers, and the au
thorities are determined TO suppress the evil
in that city.
Tho Western Union Telegraph Com
pany announces dividend OF IN per cent.
September 80, and the report will show sur
plus Of SIC0,000
A party of miners who went gold
hunting in the mountains of Alaska, are re-
ported to be utterly destitute and in a condi-
tion Of starvation.
1t is reported that the managers of
the Denver & Rio Grande are about TO place a
new consolidated or blanket mortgage upon the
property OF the road.
The reports to the Department of
Agricultural for August indicate lower con-
dition Of corn than for the previous months,
owing to the recent storms
Heavy frosts and serious injury to the
corn crop reported from different sections
of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New
York, Ohio, Illinois and Iowa
Judge Hoadley's physician in Phila-
delphia emphatically declares that the Judge
has not withdrawn from the race in Ohio, but
will remain In the field to the end.
A dispatch from Augusta, Maine. says
Ex-Secretary Blaine denies all responsibility
for the utterances recently attributed to him
respecting Buffers political future.
London advices say the spread of cat
Tie disease in nearly every part Of England
causes great uDcasincss. In some sections
only American beef is now obtained.
On the 10th the Wabash road an
cut between Chicago and Council
Bluffs from S14.5O the regular passenger rate
to $3.50. Other roads are expected to follow.
Postmaster-General' Gresham il en-
gagged in warm fight with the Louisiana Lot
terry. He is determined 'osuppress it, further |
use Of the United States mails and seems like |
ly town.
The cattlemen on the plains are be- |
coming divided into two oclasscs-stecr-grazer |
and cOwherdcrs, the former representing the |
heavy capitalists, and the latter the smaller |
owners and beginners.
Lieutenant Danenhauer, formerly of |
the Jeanette and Mr.. Tyson, formerly of the
Polaris, have expressed their willingness to
take part in another arctic expedition for the |
relief sent to the Greeley
The September cotton returns are |
said to be less favorable than those Of August. |
The principal cause Of injury is the drouth, |
which has reduced the crop In every state cx-
rcpt Floridn aud Tennessee.
Harry Hill, stakeholder in the Mitch |
ell-Sladc contest declares that the fight must
take place within 100 miles Of New Orleans ON |
the 23d Of October, either man failing to appear |
In the ring to forfeit the stakes.
Sixteen Communicates of Knights Of |
Pythias are to attend the Louisville Exposition
accompanied by twelve bands OF music. There |
win be competitive drill by the Knights and
contest between the bands.
Immense damage was caused by re-
cent rains and floods In the ncighborhood OF |
Corpus Christi, Texas. Thousands of horses,
mt In nj ,,tb lev st<