The Dillon tribune., 1884-10-18
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
rl,oiled Down from the Late rcie.ramS.l

master General.
Blaine is getting grand receptions on his
tour through Michigan.
On the 1stl, the Vermont Prol,ibitionists
iudorsed St. John for President
The issue Of silver dollars for the week
ending October nth, was sSs,o9S
The President appointed Paal Fulton
consul general to Bucharest, Austria.
\ tremendous ovation was given Gov.
Cleveland in New York and BROOKLYN on !
the 10Th.
Martin +. Post l,a, been re nominated
by the Democrats Of Wyoming for Dele.
gate to Congress.
The ravages Of cholera throughout Italy
for Oct. 10Th, show !; total Of I73 fresh
cases and IS deaths.
Jack Burke, an English puyilist, cl,al.
lcnges Dominick McCafficy to tish, him
lor gate receipts ora purse, with hard
gloves.
III the Niitchell.NlcCaiery mill at New
York City, last Saturday night, McCatlerv,
the Pittsburg puyili>t, won the fight in
tour rounds.
The .Noyfh German t;o:cffr says: The
idea Of Il Congo Congress in Berlin is
warmly approved by the governments OF
France, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Austria
and Russia.
1t is believed in parliamentary circles
that If the cabinet consents the French
Chamber Of Deputies at its next session
will vote to abolish the duty on cereals.
1t is reported by telegraph from Havana
that nearly four hundred sugar estates in
Cuba have been either destroyed Or aband-
"ned by owners during the past ten years.
The international Prime Meridian Con
ference at Washington adopted the merid.
ian Of Greenwich. The representatives Of
France and Brazil did not vote and the rep.
resentativc OF San Domingo voted against
\ st. Petersburg dispatch says that Gen.
Gourk is to be made Minister Of War; Po.
bodonosscif, Minister of Public Instruc-
ton; and Degautf President Of the Coun-
ell Of Ministers.
\ special from Grant, Pa, says that four
masked men broke into the residence OF
Nelson HelfriGk, near st. Bonitace, Cam
bria county, and forced him to give up
$1,000 in gold and currency which he had
<ccrctcd.
\ letter from the French consul a,
Shanghai to Sensior, European consul
there is published. The writer promises
the French will not attack Shanghai or
Woo Sung, unless China violates the law
ofneutrality.
The German army commissary has re.
ccived orders to purchase all grain, bread.
stutfs and provisions for horses direct from,
the producers, and avoid all m!ddlcmen
The order is directed against tho grail,
spectators Of the country chiefly Hc.
brcws.
Australian advices state that llanlar
will'row Beach for the championship Of tl,e
world on tho first Saturday in May, 1855
lie will row Clifford for 600 some tim.
within the next six months. Both race
will occur on the Paramatto river.
Five thousand troops have been fur
nished General Tealentinc, Governor o
tho State Of Salisco, Mexico, to suppress
the outlaws infesting tina. State. Th'
movement has no'political significance, Th'
national force now being sent is sufiicien,
to suppress the brigands for all time.
1t is believed that the Franco. Chimes,
war will not interfere with Il revision O
)apan's treaties. The conference will b.
opened soon as the foreign ministers hav,
received their instructions. 1t is believe,
the basis Of the revision has already beer
agreed upon, and only minor details ~.
main to be discussed.
\ dispatch from Paris to the Londo,
Exchange Telegraph Company states tina
trouble between the government and bud
get committee there may precipitate cab
met crisis. NJ. Ticrand, ministe: Of finance
and General Compcron, minister Of war
talk of resigning. An important meeting
Of the budget committee will be held in /;
short time.
La LibrvM says United States Minister
Foster, prior to signing the treaty on bc
half Of the United States demands that tn.
reciprocal advantages accorded in the trea
'y should be confined solely to Spain ane
America. Hc claimed it would be inpos
>ible to conclude q convention betweer