Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-03-28
pL9soSAL AND GENERAL.


the 18th.
PETER MYERS, an inmate of the Sol
diers' Home at Dayton. o., was on the 18th
found lying on the porch of saloon, so
brutaily beaten that he died from the ef-
feet of his wounds.
AT Warsaw, Russia, the hotels are
compelled to furnish the police lists OF all
strangers arriving. The action is taken on
account OF Nihilist plots.
IRELAND is officially declared free
from foot and mouth disease.
NEWFOUNDLAND experienced violent
earthquake shocks on the 10Th.
IN the Carpenter trial at Petersburg,
H., on the l9th, the defense attacked the
character OF the murdered girl. The evil
c.cnce was concluded and the arguments
commenced.
ABosroN burglar tripped and clubhea
a policeman who had arrested him, the
night Of the 18th, but was fatally shot in
the struggle.
Az oil tank exploded at Merriam &
Morgan's works in Cleveland, o., and three
workmen were burned to death.
TRooPs have been sent to preserve
order in Titschen, Bohemia, where great
factory strike is causing serious trouble.
McFADDES. the man implicated with
Tiller in the st. Louis (Mo.) Express rob-
berry, attempted suicide on the 10Th by
swallowing broken glass. He will proba-
bly, die.
GOVERNOR HoADLEY gives his per-
sonal and official assurance that the charges
of misconduct on the part of the Ohio Re-
lief Commission are unfounded.
AT meeting OF the River and Har-
bor Committee on the 18th, several Con-
gressmen and George L. Wright, Secretary
Of the recent River Convention, argued in
favor of increased appropriations for the
Mississippi.
MME. ANNA BISHOP, once widely
known and popular as a singer, died sud
denly the night of the 18th in New York, of
apoplexy.
REV. Mr.. CHUBBUCK, a revivalist
holding a series of meetings at Dubuque,
Ia, has attracted some attention by as
serting that he would rather see rumshop
than Universalist Church in that city.
THE brig Screamer, suspected of as
sisting Cuban rebels, arrived in Boston on
the 18th in tow of the revenue cutter Dex-
ter. In q collision between the two the
Dexter lost her fgure-head and bowsprit
and the brig her starboard cathead.
IT is reported that the intention of
England to address America in regard to
the making of dynamite has aroused the
hopes of Russian advocates of international
interference with the manufacture of ex-
plosives.
THE breaking of levee at Roberts s
the 18th destroyed $1,000 acres of wheat,
valued at $5OO,OOO.
The Communists celebrated the be-
ginning of the Commune of 1871 in Paris
the evening OF the 18th by banquets in sever
al of the suburbs. The speeches at these
were of violent revolutionary character.
The British Government has given
orders for the detention of the Chinese ram
Nankin, which is now in the Tyne loading
with Armstrong guns, pending inquiry
whether her action is construable as a
breach of neutrality.
A BILL to appoint State Veterinary
Surgeon has passed the Kansas Legisla-
ture.
JENKINsON, Director of the Irish
Criminal Investigation Department, has
appointed fifty detectives in London, who
will be under special pay and have special
duties. Twelve of them are English, eight
Irish and eight American, the rest Russian,
French, German, Austrian, Italian, Span
ish and Canadian. The Irish Constables
glish seaports.
Ir is reported that the Pope again
contemplates leaving Rome.
HARVARD has abolished the professor
ship of modern Greek.
Ell MAHDI VII march on Berber as
soon as he can organize his artillery.
The Terre Haute Gnd.) Board of
Trade was formally opened on the 20sh.
MOONEY, the Joliet Qll.) } convict who
killed his cell mate, is on trial for murder
at Waukegan.
A PASSENGER train ran into land
slide near Salem, o., on the 2Oth. The en-
gineer and fireman were killed and many
passengers wounded.
CHAs. B. WRIGHT of Philadelphia.
Pa, has been elected director of the
Northern Pacific Railroad in place of Hen
ry Willard.
The Irish Land Commission has taken
twenty five per cent. from the rentals of
the Marquis of Lansdowne's Limerick es-
tates.
AT Plymouth, Mass, II. L. Jackson
was fined ten dollars ON the Goth for mu-
tiiating the tomb of Daniel Webster.
Four artillery officers have been ar
rested at st. Petersburg, Russia, charged
with participation in Nihilist plots.
AN additional six feet of snow has
fallen in the mountains OF Utah, and more
slides are anticipated.
OSMAN DTGNA is reported retiring TO
the interior. General Gordon SAYS he wi l
be unable to defend Khartoum and there is
talk of sending troops to his rescue.
GEORGE ID. ROBERTS, of the Postal
Telegraph Company, made argument before
the House Postal Committee on the Goth in
favor OF the proposition of that company
to contract with the Government for tele-
graphic service.
The Cuban refugees detained at Bos-
ton will be allowed to follow their own
inclinations as to an abiding place.
The Sheriff of New York has been
indicted for fraud and eXtortion.
The Sanitary Council of the Missis-
sippi Valley is in session at Memphis,
Tenn.
The Porte has broken off negotia-
tions with England regarding Egypt.
FRANCE thinks 1j0,0O0.00O francs
about the right figure Tor Chinese indem-
nifty.