Delta chief., 1883-12-19
NEWS SUMMARY.
A Condensation Of Important Dispatches,
Domestic and Foreign


Augustus P. Martin has been elected
mayor of Boston.
O'Donnell's wife sailed for the Unit
ed States on the 18th.
Some fifteen buildings were burned
at Pine Bluff, Ark, on the 10th.
Tennyson's title is to be Baron Ten
nyson Deyncourt of Aldsworth.
The New Orleans Produce Exchange
was formally dedicated on the LIST.
The Standard theater, New York, was
burned on the14th. Loss, S75,CC0.
The Athena worsted mills at Millbury
Mass, burned on the sth. Loss, 100000.
The Republican National convention
will be held in Chicago on Tuesday, June 3,
1884.
Mrs. Langtry's special car was
stoned by roughs near Connellsville, Penn,
on the sth.
Rich discoveries of copper and gold
are reported from Padmore, on the Canadian
Pacific road.
The President has nominated ROYAL
A. Johnson, of New York, to be Surveyor Gen
eral of Arizona.
"A new telegraph company has been
formed in New York, called the Commercial
Telegraph Company.
The mavor of New Laredo an other
officials are said to be involved in the recent
Mexican train robbery.
On the 9th, the Annisquam mill at
Rockport, Massachusetts,, burned. Loss, s400,-
coo; insurance, 100000.
Hicks Pasha's body is reported to
have been found with sword in one hand and
revolver grasped in the other.
And immense amount of powder and
dynamite has been washed ashore on the Hol-
land coast from wrecked vessels.
Five companies of Egyptian troops
were annihilated by a force of hill tribes
short distance from Suakin, on the sth
The British authorities have declined
to postpone the execution of O'Donnell, as re-
questcdby the United States government
The Reeves Block and the Blake Block,
at st. Paul, Minnesota, burned on the 18th.
Loss on the former $4,000. Fully insured.
On the 18th Frank James was re-
leased en- bail, and Immediately rearrestcd on
charge of killing Cashier Sheets at Gallatin.
The Western Union has declared
quarterly dividend Of ~ per cent. The net
revenue for the quarter amounts to ss1, ,i75,Ooo.
President Arthur has been formally
requested to use his influence to secure a res
pitc for O'Donnell. His response was favor
able.
w. p. Galloway, station agent of the
international road at Palestine, Texas, was
arrested on the 18th, charged with embezzlipg
5000.
ter who mysteriousy disappeared two months
ago committed suicide. His body has been
found.
Miss Annie Martin and Susie Martin
were seriously injured while escaping from
burning dwelling in Baltimore. The former
may die.
Big Bill Kinney, after being acquit-
ted OF murder at West Union, West Virginia,
was taken from the jail and hanged by mob.
on the 11th.
On the night of the 9th, William
Ramsay, Saginaw City, Michigan, book keep
or mistook his brother for burglar, and fatal
ly shot him.
Negotiations have been opened be-
tween Spain and the United States for improv-
ing the trade relations between Cuba and the
United States.
of Dublin refused their aid in behalf Of JoseJb
Poole, now under death sentence Tor John
Kcnney's murder.
On the 11th, the court house at But
Ter, Pennsylvania, bnrned. All the records are
saved Loss, $4,000 One fireman was prob
ably fatally injured.
The excitement growing out of
O'Donnell's sentence han caused the British
authorities to place extra guards at all prisons
and Government offices.
The Provincial Secretary of British
Columbia says there are 10000 destitute Chi
ncsc in that country who can only subsist by
numbering and stealing
On the 18th Charles Mclaughlin, a
prominent Californian, was shot and killed by
Jerome B. Cox, with whom he had been In It'll
gation for seventeen years.
Joel Fowler was sentenced at Soccor-
ro on the 10th, to be hanged on the 4th OF Jan