Delta chief., 1883-10-17
NEWS SUMMARY.
4 Condensation Of Important Dispatches,
Domestic and Foreign.

Pleuro-pneumonia has broken out
among the cattle in Lehigh county, Pennsyl-
vania.
Senator Edmunds says he will resign
as president pro TEN, as soon the Senate is
organized.
The annual meeting of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad directors declared two divi-
dends Of per cent.
The American Institute of Mining
Engineers held its annual session at Troy, n.
Y, beginning on the 9th.
The American street railway associa-
tion In session at Chicago, will give special at
tention to electricity motive power.
The Atlantic & Pacific railroad will be
opened from Albuquerque to the Colorado
river for through business on the 2lst inst.
Moody and Sankey began series of
meetings in the Royal thcater nj Limerick,
Ireland on the 10th, an immense crowd being
present.
The Secretary of the Interior has ac-
cepted the resignation of Edgar A. Marble ~
commissioner OF patents, TO take effect from
October /.
Nihilistic proclamations have been is
sued solemuly sentencing the Gar Of Russia
to death because he has failed TO grant liberty
to the people.
The Maid of the Mist ran the lower
rapids OF Niagara on the 10th. She remained
in the whirlpool ten minutes. Ten thousand
people were present.
The City OF Rome sailed for the Uni
ted States on the llth with fifty members OF
Terry have also sailed.
The Northern Pacific directors met in
New York on the 9th, elected the old board
officers, and authorized the issue Of $40 COO 0co
in second mortgage bonds.
The prisoners held on the charge of
participating in the recent train robbery at
Coolidge, Kansas, have been discharged, no
evidence being found against them.
Judge Advocate General Swain, is
OF the opinion that the President will soon par
don Sergeant Mason. The petition to that end
contained more than eo0, 600 signatures.
The funeral of Tnrgcncff. the great
Russian novelist, took place at st. Petersburg
on the 9th. Thousands followed the remains
to the grave, and streets and windows were
crowded.
Dallas, Texas, had n tremendous fire
on the 9th, the loss being estimated in the
neighborhood OF n million dollars. The loss
includes large elevator, cotton warehouse and
manufactures.
Colonel S. +. Tappen has been APP
pointed superintendent Of the new Indian
school at Genoa, Nebraska This is new In
dian training school, 10 be modelled after those
at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Hampton, Vir-
ginia.
The board OF directors OF the southern
Exposition, at Louisville, have decided TO
have n great bench show OF dogs lasting
four days and beginning October 30th.
A liberal appropriation for a premium list has
been made.
The steamer Coptic, which sailed on
the lith for Hong Kong, carried away nearly
l,20O Cinnamon, the largest number that ever
sailed from San Franclsco. An item worthy Of
remark was the fact that every one Of the 200
carried of with him from s200 to $1,000.
At Albany on the 9th, the New Mexi-
co cattle king, Frank X. Shcrwin, arrested In
Chicago, pleaded not guilty to the six indict-
ments for contempt OF court In connection with
the charge OF dcfaulting Cashier Phelps, of
the state treasurcr's Office. His ball WIS fixed
at $4,000.
Guy, the solicitor for O'Donnell. the
murderer OF Carey, says he has received only
R3OO so far for the defense of his client, which
has been spent in bringing witnesses from the
Cape OF Good Hope. O'Donnel has daily In
tervicws with Guy. He complains OF the Sc
verify Of the prison rules. :
All previous records were beaten at
the Chicago Driving Park on the 9th by the
young PAGER Johnston, driven by Peter +. John
ston The horse got warming up In 2:22ss4,
and on the second trial paced without break
or skip In exactly 2:1O, thereby making the
fastest harness record ever known.
The Woody electric headlight for rail-
way locomotives was successfully tested on the
Belt railroad at indianapolis on the night OF
the 10Th The light has the power OF 1000
candles, and casts distinct Illumination for
distance OF over mile. A company-strong
tpancnly-has been formed to put the light
in practical use at once.
The old soldiers present at the re-
union at Leavcnworth, Kansas, on the 12th
forwarded the following petition 70 Postmas-
ter General Gresham: Twenty thousand old
soldiers present here In Camp Pope respectful
ly petition you to rcinstate our comrade, Paul
IN. - A.