Delta chief., 1883-08-08

There have been IL, 900 deaths from
cholera since the recent outbreak of that dis
ease.
The telephone line between Washing
ton and Baltimore was opened on the oath, and
worked admirably.
Hanlan was winner in the boat races
at Minnetonka on the I'd against Teemer, Lee,
Plaisted, Hosmer and Riley.
Nine of the fourteen prisoners in the
Berrien Mieh., county jail, escaped on the
2sth through tunnel under the cells.
Kansas dispatches state that nearly all
kinds of crops in that state will be unusually
heavy this year. The corn crop Of last year
was 100, 600, 900, and it will be exceeded this.
O'Donnell, who killed Carey, the in
former, was committed at Capetown for trial on
the charge Of willful murder. In the ordinary
course Of events he will be tried at the Port
Elizabeth assizes in October.
The long deadlock in the New Hamp-
Austin ]. Pike elected United States senator.
Pike is sixty-three years old, lawyer in active
practice, and has been a representative in
Congress.
Uncle Sam is getting even with Eng
land by an order that all the neat cattle arriv-
ing in the United States from any part of the
world except North and South America shall
be subjected to quarantine Of ninety days,
counting from date of shipment.
The Democratic state convention at
St. Paul, Minnesota, nominated the following
ticket on the I'd: Governor-W. w. McNair:
Lieutenant Govenor-R. 8. Fraze: Secretary
of State-J. J. Green; Treasurer-John Lud-
wig: Attorney General-J. W. Willis; Railroad
Commissioner-P. Lindholm.
There has recently been transferred
from the War Department to the Abandoned
Property division Of the Treasury Department
a large quantity Of Confederate scrip, bonds,
etc, representing several millions OF dollars,
which it is said will be macerated and converted
into pulp on the order of Secretary Folger.
The Cologne Gazette reports two Ger
man artists killed in the Ischia disaster. The
same paper estimates that 8, 900 perished on the
island. A Naples dispatch says that seven Eng
lishmen were killed. 1t has been ascertancd
that Miss Van Allen, who was mentioned among
Charley Ford, one of the notorious
Ford brothers, and the slayer Of Jesse James,
was arrested at Kansas City on the I'd, on an
old indictment for the Blue Cut train robbery.
1t is generally believed that the state can bring
strong proof against the prisoner in the testi-
mony Of Dick Liddel, member Of the gang, and
Express Messenger Fox, who was disabled dur
ing the attack uDon the train
The Ward Iron Company, of Niles,
and New Philadelphia, Ohio, has failed. Their
liabilities are estimated at 100000, and their
available assets are said to be less than 5000
They employed 400 men. The bank of A. q.
Bentley d Co., of Niles, closed its doors on ac-
count OF run on It by the creditors OF the
Ward Iron Company, but It is supposed to be
able to meet all its liabilities.
An Atlanta, Ga, dispatch of August
Sd says: A large and enthusiastic meeting Of
the best citizens of Banks and jackson counties
was held at Maysville last night to take action
with regard to the raids OF lot Of lawless per-
sons upon negro houses and whipping and
shooting the negroes. A strong tone condemn
ing such violence was evident For some weeks
past thd9e has been gang of Kuklux In the
vicinity of Maysville, who have been commit
ting outrages. Several negroes have abandoned
their houses, and 1t is feared have been killed
Some murders have been reported, but the
truth is not known, as many conflicting stories
are told.