The Dickinson press., 1883-08-04

knights. Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin was
toasted, but excused himself from speaking.
Sir knight @. II. Benton of Minneapolis
proposed the health of the lord mayor, who
responded by calling for three cheers and q
tiger for the visiting knights. The affair
success in every particular. All are well.
The French government has introduced
in the chamber of deputies, and demands
urgency therefore. a credit of $50, 900 francs
for paying the expenses of scientific COM
panies which it proposes to send to Egypt
to investigate the cholera epidemic. A
paper has been read by Farfet before the
academy of sciences, in which he says cho,.
era in Egypt is likely to end in six weeks.
He says that various experiences show
that the duration of the disease is always
in accordance with the rapidity of its
spread.
Total exports of Canada in June, $40, 49,
526; local imports, 50, O9O, 651; inland reve.
nue. collected 1904 .23S; custom receipts, ST.
600, 44O.
The Irish Times of Dublin says James
Carey, the informer, has arrived at n of
the British colonies.
CASUALTIES OF THE WEEK.
A recent report of the condition of Coka-
to, the town destroyed by fire, made by an
agent of the Bradstreet company says that
the condition of things there is not as bad
as was feared. The money received from
insurance companies, while not covering
the entire alleged loss, was in the shape Of
cash, and enabled the receivers to pay of
debts, while they were really losers, largely,
@f~1I ck-oIc -rEs,l, Al~1,, -o-l l-.~ c-.-J
it difficult to dispose of at their own valua-
ton. almost every loser has expressed an
intention of continuing in business.
The people of Manteto, ILL.,, are distressed
over the disappearance of Elnathan Wright
a we'll known dairy farmer. He vent out
to his farm on Rock creek. intending to le-
tn Ii for dinner, and hiss not been seen since,
His hat was found on the bank of the creek,
which is now swollen by the recent heavy
rains.
The extensive works of the Howe Sewing
Machine Company at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
were nearly destroyed by the fire: The loss
is about $275, 600. The company employs
about 500 hands and were turning out ITO
machines per day. The buildings destroyed
occupy three sides of a square.
A passenger train which left Schenectady,
N. Y. on the Saratoga road, came in COL
lision with a wild freight, coming from the
North, about forty miles north of Shenect-
ady. Silvan Raymond of North Creek,
Warren county, was fatally scalded and six
Others seriously injured.
The steamer Hankow, now at San Fran
cisco, which carried 1 800 passengers from
London to Honolulu, reports fhy.fve
children died of measels and whooping
cough on the voyage. The vessel was fifty
four days Taking the trip.
While Secretary Lincoln and his daugh-
ters were out fishing at Atlantic City, Jes-
sic, a bright ten-year-old, hook ed a shark.
One Of the men in the party. succeeded in
killing the fish, which turned out to he o
t%hirty-pound shovel-nose.
George Davenport. employed by Wilson
& Gillespie, was drowned above Pokegama
Falls, while attempting to swim across the
river.
The schooner Sea Bird, bound for Chi.
cago, was lost on Lake Michigan with its
crew of six persons.