The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-03-17


[ HE aUGBEIAN,'
AND DISTRICT REPORTER.
I'd It ;he >t-nficr at Rugby, Tenn.
as >pcoud-rosS mail matter.
Saturday, March II, 1888.
.i0N AND FOREIGN NEWS.
Two French columns had marched
TO quell an lnsurrection IN Soulher AL ezra
OH the oth.
NINETEEN nations were repre- 1ented
In The recent trace mara c0n\ entiOn at
Paris, France.
THE German Fin cor has given 5000
hiN N iul tbt AtlIl VI VI 'hth HO't suhOt-
er, in Auterica.
The nti-Monopolst' of Nebraska
have raised $l3J, 900 to publish n new morn
Ing paper at Lincoln.
AN electric tram Car rec atty tested In
London, En-. ran distance Of four miles,
fulfill the condi ions 81 N for II.
THE Pennsylvania >enFe has passed
q Ill to lorftit tnr rapcaisnS o telegraph
co,ttp MES that con Oil ate with competing
lines.
THE Secretary of the Interior has
leased several tracts OF the Yellowstone
Park for periods Of ten years at two dollars
per acre.
THE recent fight of Patrick Eagan
was charge - a moral acknOweGl III nl of
Land League ,omplIcity with the Irish H.
Vincbles,
TIE Georgia Democratic State Elk.
ecutive COMMITTEE has called convention to
meet at Atlanta, April 10, TO nominate u
candidate for Governor.
The river was slowly falling at Mem
pAis and Helena on the On, but reports Of
great distress in the inundated districts
were cons antly coming, In.
A MEETING of the committee of Eng.
lish holdersof Virginia bonds at London TIT
other day resolved to take all possible
measures to vindicate their claim.
THE Secretary of the Navy has in
srucIed the Naval Advisory Board to i'm
mediately prepare plans for the five nev
war ships provided for BY the late Congress
Two new breaks occurred in the Pan
ther Forest Lsvee, above Helena, Ark, Oh
the 9th, making four in all, and the Who'll
aggregating two miles in length and five fee
IN depth.
IT was reported in Washington tn
other day that Senator EAnunds woul
only retain the place OF President of tn
Senate until next December, when h
would give way for Senator Anthony.
THE editor, the proprietor and thu
printer OF the Free Thinker, OF London
Eng, have been convicted OF blasphemou
libel. and were sentenced to twelve, nine
-and InrJe months Imprisonment, respect
lively.
PROFESSOR WIGGINs, the Canadian
wealher-propAet, was up to the 9th inst
the principal sufferer by the great Storm h
predicted for that dale. Nervous excite
mont over the anticipated devastation ha
caused his utter prestration.
A RELIEF committee which returne,
to Indianapolis. Ind, on the 10th from
trip down the Ohio River, reported the cor
dtion Of affairs at New Franklin, Ind
Untontswn, n.y.; Shawneetown, Caseyvile
Rose Clare and New Liberty, H., deplors
bic IN the extreme.
A REPETITION of the recent Pennsy
vasia coal mine catastrophe was imHincnt
Mount Carmel, Pa, few days ago. TT
earth above the Reliance COlliery was cracl
ing, and there was only thin shellof frozt
ground between the pits and twenty NH
residences and the Reading Railroad dep
and tracks.
THE Secretary of the Interior has d.
cfdcd case involving the claim OF the STA
OF California to tract OF land # about 100
600 acres lying upon the borders Of Lal
Tulare. The decision approves the Creigl
ton survey, and awards the lands to Il
State Of California under the swamp lar
grant act of September %, 1850.
THE Michigan Democratic Sta
Convention met at Lansing on the 7th al
nominated John w. Champlin for Judge
the Supreme Court, long torn, anu Arlh,
L. Clark for Regent Of the State Universit,
The nominations for Judge for the sho
term and second Regent were left for Il
Greenbackers, who were formally invited
unite with the Democrats on the basis
such Joint ticket.
GOVERNOR BUTLER, of Massach,
sets, lately vetoed bill to incorporate t
Union Safe Deposit Vaults, and the me
sage though written and signed on the
of FebIuary, WAS dated the 26th, when
reached the House. On that day Govern
Butler was beyond the State lines, an
under the Constitution, was not Govern,