The Magnolia gazette., 1884-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

TUE lines of the new Bankers and Mer-
chants' Telegraph Company have been com
2leted from Chicago to Milwaukee and
Madison, Wis, and are rapidly working
tnwa-d st. Paul, MINI.
FoE six months ending June 80, the total
value Of exports of domestic cattle, hogs
ard baef, pork and dairy products, was
,4l9 against $j4,357,7J3 during the
some period last year.
1NE death from cholera occurred on the
5tl,, in each OF the following Italian towns:
Oshe,ria, Villa Franco, Cairo, Montenotte,
Senrgos Sesseno and Campagnino. A
fresh Gaze also occurred in the province OF
Turin.
TBSEE transports left Brest on the 9th
with troops and stores for Tonquin.
THKnE were ten deaths from cholera at
Marsci;les and one at Toulon for the TWEEN
ty-four horrs ended at p. m. on the 9TH.
The total namber Of deaths to date is 2.
200.
TIDIN4s have been received at Amster-
dam of the Dutch Arctic exploring expo
dition. William Barents anchored at the
Island of Vardoe, in the Arctic, Off the
north coast Of Norway, on July 10, and
proceeded northward on the 18Th.
DURING the year ending June 80, the
number of immigrants arrived was 5Q9,s34,
being 81, 400 less than the preceding fiscal
year, and 2G0,5S less than the year ending
June 80, 1882.
THERE have been seven hundred and
fifty-eight new money order offices estab-
lished by the Post office Department, to
begin business at once. These offices are
distributed throughout all the States and
Territories.
THE Catholic Total Abstinence Union
met at Chicago on the OH.
OK the 9th the steamer Illinois arrived at
Queenstown from Philadelphia, and re-
ported not having seen or heard anything
Of the disabled steamer Lydian Monarch.
The Aldermen of New York ON the 9Th
voted in favor of horse railroad along
Broadway.
In South Africa the Beers and follow
ers of Montsiva recently had battle
wherein the Beers were defeated.
On the 9th six revolvers, found in dust
bin near Covent Garden, London, created
a sensation in the city.
THE French Assembly has adopted
resolution declaring all monarchic pre-
tenders Ineligible to the Presidency.
THE Secretary of the Treasury will shut
down on paying gold for ordinary Govern
mental expenses wherever possible.
AN agreement has been made by Eng
land and Holland to wipe out the Rajah OF
Tenom if he still refuses to release the
crew of the steamer Nisero.
On the 9Th the Amalgamated Associa'
A., - T,o,, and Steel Workers, at theil
meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa, indorsed Johr
Jarrett for Chief of the Bureau OF Labor
| Statistics.
COMPTROLLER CANNON has authorize
the First National Bank Of Cheboygan
Mich, to begin business with capital OF
| $4,000.
ON the 9th w. I. Colley, clerk in the
Internal Revenue Bureau, was dismissed
and arrested on charges growing out Of
his disposition of forty ten cent Treasury
Department stamps, called mas no longer
| available for postage and given by him to
another man, who sold them to merchants
at their face value.
| ORpERs have been issued from the Navy
Department directing Rear Admiral John
Lee David, commanding the Asialic squad
ron. TO take whatever precautions may be
necessary to. protect American citizens II
the event Of an outbreak OF hostilities be
tween France and China. The dispatci
instructs the Rear Admiral to regard as ~
] full force and to strictly carry out the IN
structions on the subject issued by the Sec
| retary OF the Navy when bostilities wer'
eFst threatened some months agol