Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-06-09

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Satadog; Juue 8, 1888.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWs
Turkey is reported as turning to
Russia or aid against English aggression
in Egypt
TIE Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed a ill prohibiting the consolidation Of
competing telegraph companies.
THE Annual Min5terium of the Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran Cnurch was held
on the 3lst alt. in New York City.
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The cottage at the various United
States Mints for May was S4,72l,2O, Of
watch s., $50 900 was s. andard silver dollars
THE estimated decrease of the public
debt for May is about $3,j000J0. Bond re-
demption during the month, $lO,5N,0)O;
payments on account of pensions, 81,
900 100.
GOVERNOR BUTLER having refused tc
sign wa,ran for the payroll Of employees
OF the Massachusetts, State Board of Health
it was minated that legal steps woult
b. taken to compel their payment.
CUALLENEL LACoUR,. French Minister
OF i1orei n AFT lir', says by the first o. mex
Tonquin to enforce her demands and that
China will be soothed with diplomacy.
THE Memorial Day observances were
seriously interfered with by the rain il
many places on the Both, but were carried
out with unimportant notifications OF pro
gramme. The observance was general.
THE New York police say the Brook
Ign bridge panic was not caused by pick
pockets, but by bad management of TIN
trustees in failing to have sufficient specia
policemen OH duty to control the crowds.
In the case of General Butler tn
trustees of Harvard University have re
fused to comply with the time-honored pre-
cedent of comforting the honorary degree
OF Doctor of Laws on the Governor of Mas
sachusetts.
It is said the Pope will soon supple
ment his recent circular to the Irish Bishop
with an encyclical letter denouncing secre
societies and enjoining the clergy to re!ns
the sacraments to all persons connecte,
with seditious movements. 49,. Is
THE State Department. at Washing
ton has been notified that qualifications o
the treaty between the United States an,
Corea have been exchanged at the Coreal
capital. This is the first treaty between
Corea and q Western power y
THE business failures during the sev
en- days ended on the LIST numbered 16l, a
against l5S last week. The New Englan,
States had 81; Middle States, lG; Western
AZ; Southern, 26; Pacific States and Terri
tories, -; New York City,S, and Canad
and provinces, %.
THE South Boston Mass. } Iron Work
has made contracts with the War Depart
ment aggregating about 81 q, 900 to construc
four twelve-inch rife guns at $4,000 each
one large mortar, and convert ity ten-inc
smooth. bores into eight-inch ride cannon O
all average cost Of $500 each.
THE, gold and silver mines of tn
United States yielded in 1882 $32 ,500,OO
gold and $46,so0,OOO silver, decrease i
gold as compared with the previous yea
of $2,200,O00, and an Increase in silver {
$3,SOO,OOO, as shown by a, special report {
Director of the Mint Burchard.
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IT was authoritatively announce
from the War Department on the 3lst thu
General Crook was proceeding against ii
Apaches in Mexico in accordance with
definite understanding that he had all tn
men and supplies he wanted, and that b
would account for everything in due tim
In view of the appearance of yello'
fever on ship-board at Havana, Cuba, I'll
Marine Hospital officials have cabled th
proper authorities to examine the vesse
leaving Cuban ports for the United State
There were twenty deaths from yello
fever during tho week ended on the I'd
Havana.
An agreement has been reached b,
tween the iron manufacturers of the Pitt
burgh District and the Amalgamatcd A
ISOLATION on the basis Of last years seal
and there will therefore be no strike ther
This action would probably determine IL
manufacturers elsewhere to come to a Sc
Element with their workmen.
NORTHERN and Central Indiana W,
swept by a cyclone on the hight Of the 2st
with disastrous effect. The greatest hav'
was wrought at Clay City where six pc
sons were said to have been killed and
large number hurt, while many buildinI
were wrecked. At Meals Mill seven pc
pie were killed and several injured. Mu,
damage was done to farm property and
some villages in Shelby County, and aero
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