The Republican journal., 1884-09-04

Genuine pleurO-pncumouil exist, in Illinois,
/ Warner 4 Merritt, fruit dealers Of phiadc;-
pima. haNe failed for half 4 million.
Madame Patti has signed i contract With
Mape~on to sing in America tn coming win
ter.
IIanlan, Tie oarsman. has lost the title Of
champion, having been beaten by BeQch In
Australia.
Con>piratorS in Mexico have plotted the
assassination of General Diaz and the tbroga-
lion of President Gonzae>.
The advocate for Nine. Patti has presented
petition at Paris for a diNOr from her hus-
band, the Marquis de CauX.
The plan of the expedition for the relief of
General Gordon has been settled. King John
i 10 assist by flank movement.
\ terrible plague Of locn,ts has visited Cen
iral Spain and the damage to crops about Gin
Bad Real is placed ii SI0,0O0,000
A child was beheaded on the track Of the
Wabash railroad by train before the eyes or
lis parents, who were running 10 lis rescue.
The wheat and oat harvest III Dakota exceeds
expectations. The wheat Yield Is from 20 to y
bushels per acre, and oats from 4Jt TO 90 bushels
The Grcey record. have been received in
Washington and will form the material from
which Lieutenant Greedy will make up hi. re-
port.
In The New York, Boston and Philadelphia
pool rooms the bets are strongly In Blaine.
favor. In Buffalo the betting is IN favor of
Blaine.
The Democratic Convention of the Second
Maryland Congressional district, after taking
HOS ballots without ci1ecting Il choice, adjourn
ed S~te dtc
Some relies of the Jeanette were picked up
by EsquimauX off the shore of Greenland, over
three thousand miles from the place where the
vessel was lost.
y dispatch from Victoria. b. G., SAYS that
Mr.. Van Horne announces Coal harbor as the
terminus Of the Canadian Pacific railroad on
the Pacific coast.
Yellow fever has made its appearance at Kew
West, the patient being Ensign Copehart Of
the United States ship Gaena. Much alarm is
felt on the island.
A notable piece of work was done at the
Pullman Car Company's works in Pullman. H.
one day last week. 100 cars were constructed
and painted, all complete within the regular
working hours.
The Virginia House Of Delegates has unani-
mously passed a bill amending the Riddleberger
Debt PHI, soas to counteract the recent decision
OF Judge Hughes, authorizing the funding of
coupons maturing since July l, 1882.
Maud S. has been sold to Bonner of New
York for $40 600. Vanderbilt was lately offered
100000 for her, but declined it, preferrng to
sell her for less than half that sum to Bonner
who, he knew, would not trot her In public
races.
Frank Works double team Edward" and
"Dick Swiveller," were driven by John Murphy
at Narragansett Park, Providence, II. l., last
week, to beat the record of 2.164 for IA purse Of
$1,000. They succeeded In doing so In handsome
style, with the following record First quarter,
49, second, 1.Ol4 third, LAP! mile Zig.
The first national bank of Albion, New York.
has suspended owing TO the disappearance of
the president, A. S. Warner. Warner was also
the sole managing executor of the Burrows
of which, William Il. Burrows of Boston. has
been recently poisoned by arsenic so that he Is
notexpected to live.
There are paid out for salaries and wages In
the United States almost is 100000 900 annually
In free trade country two-thrtls of this
amount would pay for the same work. In
other words the people of this country have
$1,000 100000 more to spend every year than
just that much better than they would be I'M
ers would have us throw away all this advan-
tage in the hope that by reducing the cost of
manufacturing we might compete with Eng
land, France and Germany for the trade of
few foreign countries.