Ellsworth American., 1883-12-13

Home and Foreign News.

The Grown Prince of Germany has
left Spain. H. will now visit the Pope a,
Rome.
Gen. Slocum will soon introduce in the
House bill for the relief of Fitz John Por-
ter.
Freeman. the Pocasset murderer, has
been found not guilty and is sentenced to
the Danyers Lunatc Hospital for life.
The Italian minister OF the Interior and
the ex-minister Of the Interior fought duel
at Rome. FRIDAY.
Tine Mormon organ is particularly
severe against the President in view Of his
uncomplimentary ellusion 10 the Twin
Relic"
Ii i, said ,ha, prominent Texans will
begin suit against the United States to
during the Civil War.
The governors and State officers Of
Rhode Island and Massachusetts made
perambulatlnI Of the new northern boundary
line between those states Friday. and after
wards diued together at Woonsocket.
The pork packing establishment of I.
NJ Sinclair x Co. Cedar Rapids one of tie
most extensive in the West, was damaged
800 900. BY fire. Friday morning. Three
hundred hands were thrown out of employ
ment
The preservation of the forests is one
of the most important economic questions
broached by the President. and Congress
should lay aside politics long enough to
give the matter proper consideration.
The navy department has issued new
map Of the North Atlantic for November.
II shows prevailing winds and other nautical
information. Such map will be issued
each month hereafter.
Two law officers quarreled in a court
room Of Prescott. Arizona. FRIDAY and came
10 blows. While they were fightin. the de-
fendant in the suit killed two men with his
knife. and was finally shot dead as h, was
about 70 stab the court reporter.
Mrs. General Sheridan held her fisst
reception in her new house, Weines lay.
Il was very pleasant social event and
served 10 introduce the new commanding
officers to social circles.
Mrs. Ruth Everett Of Salt Lake CITY
SAYS tina. the Utah women VINO signed the
petition TO Congress protesting against any
further legislation upon polygamy did so
under coercion.
The late fire in Consiantinople. renders
10000 people homeless, many Of them being
totally without means. The Sultan has
given Il 900 to aid the sufferers The
homeless people are temporarily lodged
in immense barracks.
Mr.. Hoar is pressing his presidential
succession bill on the Senate Mr.. HIS
l., l.. 4. 1
eesslCn from the presiding officers of the
Senate and House and gives it to the Presi-
dents cabinet, first to the Secretary Of
State.
The directors ofthe late Southern Ex-
position at Louisville. XIV. have decided 10
hold another in 1881. The date viii be 80
arranged a, not TO conflict with the Worlds
Exposition in New Orleans. An additional
fund Of S3j0,000 will be raised
Denver, Col. has been having an IN
precedented fall Of snow. Three hundred
telegraph poles we're blown down, all trans
DELAYED and outside communication cut of,
on Thursday. The telephone company viii
lose $4,000.
Great is the death rate iu Havana from
yellow fever and other climate causes. In
one day last month there were Is deaths
from yellow fever. Vessel, in por, are suf-
fering severely.
The administration of the House seems
Likely To he almost wholly confined to the
South Appointments have already been
made from Missouri. Arkansas. Texas, Viz
gnia, and West Virginia. One northern
man has been appointed in what may he
called the official family Of the Speaker
Only l3 out of the 26 Senators sworn
in on Dec. 3, had credentials made out in
proper form, and could have been rejected if
objection had been made. The fault, GER
tiicates included those of Senators lIoar.
Frye, Beck, Plumb. Mcpherson. \ bill has
been introduced to provide Il uniform sys-
TEN,
Under the recent decision Of the Post,
master-General, articles sent by mail as
merchandise or as samples of merchandise.
are to be rated as malable matter of the
fourth class and charged with postage as
such, at the rate Of one cent for ef ch ounce
or fraction thereof, notwithstanding any
printing such articles may bear or contain.
Superintendents and clerks at the postoffice
and its branches have been instructed that
they are to be governed by this decision,
and that the following articles among 9TH
ers, heretofore treated as third class matter,
are henceforth to be considered and charged
as matter Of the fourth-class. when sent as
merchandise or as samples Labels, pat
terms, playing cards, tickets, photographs,
Autographs. engrayings, samples of printing,
valentines, fancy Autographed and engraved
cards Gncluding Christmas, New Year and
Easter cards), address tags, scrap pictures,
and in general all articles which are evident
ly sent as merchandise OF samples, although |
bearing printing.
Mr.. Barnum has at last succeeded in Sc |
curing white elephant, and having got it
on his hands, the question naturally arises, |
what will he do with it? The price paid by |
him and his partners, James A. Baly and |
J. L. Hutchinson, is 100000 in < old. The |
first instalment Of $4,000 has been paid |
and the animal is nov under the care of |
Barnums agents in India, ]. B. GAYLORD. |
Robert White and F. II. Davis. The ami. |
NAL will probably reach London in February.
and will not cross the Atlantic before June. |
London and Paris will, therefore, have the |
first peep at him. This is the first white ele |
phant ever permitted to pass into the Christ
ian Territory. There is no breed Of white |
elephants. They are Albinos freak Of ma |
tuTe, and are rarely born. When one IS |
found in Siam Q great feast day i appoint |
ed. The King, court and priests Join in the
solemn ceremonies. 'Fhe animal Is invested
with all the trsppinxs af royalty and IN |
stalled in the sacred elephant palace. The
finder is created noble and presented with |
$1,000 from the royal treasury. These ami
mails ere not pure white, but vary in shade |
from light dvab to . ciopded cream color.
and that not always extending oyer the en-.
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