Delta chief., 1884-11-26
TBLEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

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Ex-Secretary Window In Washington.
The Steamship Elder brought $780,
900 in gold to New York on the 18th.
The Franchise bill passed its second
reading in the House Of Lords on the 18th.
The "black Leg has broken out
among the cattle In Berks county, Pennsylva-
mia.
Several towns in New Hampshire
were shaken by an earthquake on Wednesday
night.
The Eureka oil mill at Arkansas City,
Arkansas, burned. Loss, $l25, 900; insurance,
$4,000.
The Georgia Democrats have re-elect-
ed Hon. Joseph E. Brown to the United States
Senate.
Bartholdi's statue Q" Liberty Enlight-
ening the worldn will be shipped from France
in May next.
The North Chicago Rolling Mills will
soon shut down owing to the dull trade, and
1,sO0 men will be idle.
The errors in the New York returns
were clerical, and have been corrected by the
State Board Of Canvassers.
Last week e4Ss, ,991 in standard silver
dollars were issued. For the same week In
last year ssss s,9os were issued.
According to Truth United States
Minister Lowell will take up his residence At
Oxford after he retires from ofice.
A fire at Goldsboro, North Carolina,
burned twenty-five business houses. Loss,
s25O, 900; insurance about sl50,0
Eight buildings, including the post
ofice, burned at Patterson, Juuiata county,
Pennsylvania on the 18th. Loss 100000.
Hiram Bodine. clerk in the Sixth
Auditors Office at Washington, shot himself
through the heart while seated at bis desk.
The Mayor of Philadelphia recon-
mcnds to the City Council that. the old Liber-
ty Bell be sent to the New Orleans Exposition.
w. P. Sheffield has been appointed
as Senator from Rhode Island to succeed
Senator Anthony until the Legislature meets
in January.
A band Of fifty Chiricahuas in Presi-
dio County, Texas, killed q Mr.. aud Mrs. Petty
and carried on three children. Troops are pur
suing them.
1t is estimated that 800 deaths have
occurred In the mountain counties Of South
western Virginia, from the mysterious disease
which is prevalent there.
The Congo Conference h as organized
with Prince Bismarck as President. Its SEES
eions will last several weeks and will be con-
dncted with closed doors.
Egypt has decided to respect the
wishes of France and will not permit the Krupp
guns, which were recently sold to = German
firm, to leave Egyptian soil.
E. Z. johnson, agent of the North
Pacific Express Company at Ainswoith, Wash
ington Territory, has been acquitted Of the
charge Of embezzling $4,000.
Oliver Bateman, the murderer of the
two Mclaughlin children at Savannah. Mis-
souri,, was executed in the presence Of 10000
people. He was only 20 years Of age.
julius Blank. for illegally register
ing in New York, goes to Sing Sing for eieh-
teen months, and Emil Meyer, who aided him,
will remain at Sing Sing one year longer.
The Conservatives in both houses Of
Parliament have agreed 10 pass the Franchise
bill provided the Government Immediately
produces q satisfactory Redistribution bill.
The Democrats Of Heilman, Kentucky,
In their celebration set fire to the town, and
large portion OF the business part was de
stroyed. Loss, e125, ZOO, With little insurance.
General Badeau's bogdsmen are to
be called up through the Courts to pay sl2,
900 which It Is alleged that he received as
NotaYial fees while Consul General At Havana.
Joe Cook, murderer, was hanged at
Blue HUI, near Omshs, BY . mob on tho 18th.
The Sheriff cut him down before he was dead,
but u Is thought thstohis injuries viii prove
fatal.
The charters Of 721 National banks,
with an aggregate capital Of s1so, 900 900, will
expire during the year 1885. This Is more than
one-third Of the entire number OF banks in the
country.
Three Jersey City hoodlums broke In
to the house Of an old couple named Lynch,
brutally beat the old man and outraged his
wife. They were recognized and are now In
custody.
Mr.. Stanley. the African explorer,
who was ruled out Of the Congo Conference,
has been appointed technical delegate for
the United States, and thus he gains an en-
trance.
A conference Of physicians, health