Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-04-26
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English government.
The French in Tonquln have bombarded
and burned Hung Hoa.
Osman Dlgua has made proposals for an
understanding with the British.
NJ. Weletzki, Russian consul at New
YORK, Is transferred to London.
Another gs(ssr basin has been discovered
In Che Upper Yellowstone valley.
A beet sugar factory with capacity OF II, .
600 tons is to be started in England.
Earl Granville is preparing circular to
the powers on the Egyptian question.
Mayor Pillsbury of Minneapolis, issued an
order Sunday closing all the saloons.
The Pope is said to lie preparing an en-
cyclical letter against secret societies.
The Socialist, Provoosnik, on trial for
high treason, at Vienna, was acquitted.
freight depot, mill, hotel and several
other buildings burned at Pensacola, Fla.
Lawrence Barrett scored decided success
as Yoriek in "Yorick's Love, - in London.
Capt. All. G. luther, well known citi-
zen Of Memphis, has mysteriously disap-
peared.
The English press maintains that Ameri-
can laws ought to be changed to reach
dynamiteIs.
The issue of postal cards shows a marked
deere sse on account Of the reduction of let
ter postage. .- ts.ft-<s I's'
Liabilities of Gillespie Il Co., the sus.
pended East India merchants, will exceed
$4,000, 900.
The new Russian gold loan, which is to be
devoted to railway construction, is fl5,-
ZOO.
Rsnan,. the French intidel, addressed
free thought festival at the College of
france.
Nine business houses of San Francisco
were burnsd. Loss S175, 900, insurance
$65, 900.
Jesse Glover killed Humphrey Bunch
near Carrollton, Mo. They had some diff
Guilty years ago. -.. !...
The loss Of tho U. s. and Brazil Mail
Steamship company's steamer Reliance is
reported.
Cuban affairs verge on anarchy, owing to
the heavy taxation and reduced prices of
sugar products, llst-; If,.f. 60
A numberof prisoners vino attempted to
break Jail at Milwaukee were frustrated bS
the Jailer's wife.
osuhu conference Will the s0e1kS
friendly TO the British failed to produce any
pacific result.
Forrest T. Hines of Evansville, md,
mistoek his wife for burlgar and shot her.
She may recover.
Corpus Christi has organized special san
itary measures on account Of the prevalence
Of mslarial fever.
1t Is again reported that Gen. Gordon is
aprisoner. Communication with Berber by
land and water is cut. ,,.x.
Six men were Injured, two fstaIs, by an
explosion Of dynamite at a quarry near
Franklinton, n. G.
A party Of surveyors were fired on BY
squatters near Charleston, W. Va. and ene
OF them wounded.
The Nova Scotian legislature has extended
the franchise In the municipal elections to
unnafried women. tHs ,i"i. ,Il.
fire-damp explosion occurred In col
iery near Elizabeth, Pa, killing two men
and inturing others.
Some progress is making towards traffic
agreement between the Burlington and the
Union Pacific roads.
Henry George has sailed for New York,
his lecture mission In England being con-
sidered great success.
DR.. G. B. Tedder, of Little Rock was ar.
rested for a murder alleged to have been
committed by him in 1876.
Aguere's forces have compelled several
bodies Of Cuban troops to retire, and there
is great excitement In Havsns. .sr5ler
Advices from Berber show that the Arabs
are plundering the surrounding country,
but give no news from Khartoum.
Exports of cattle, hogs, beef, pork and
dairy products last month were only about
half as as great as In March 1883.
Rumors of cuts in coal rates, new issues
OF bonds and failure Of frsf1ic< agfeements
had depressing effect on the market.
The rumor that Herr Won Eissndecker is
To be recalled Is denied. He will probably
be transferred to some other mission.
The Dutch authorities have blockaded the
Acnenese coast to compel the release of the
ships crew captured some time ago.
Fighting has commenced in Spain and a
band OF insurgents intending to join Aguero
were attacked and thirty EIGHT were killed.
The resignation of Consul Gen. Badeau,
at Havana, is supposed to arise from some
thing connected with the Aguero expedition.
Pending legislation 40 newisettlers will be
allowed to occupy land In Fort Smith reser-
vation, but those already there may remain.
Thirty.three thousand volunteers took
part In the Easter man1uvers of British
troops at Portsmouth, Sheernees and Alder
shot.
A party named McGlsttin has been ar
rested at Bridgeport, Del, for the murder
Of Mrs. Celia Murphy near Fredericksburg,
"o' .YEEgEtJ Tifr T2sly T,r1
About s., ZOO was realized for the food
sufferers By the sale Of the corn sent to
Cincinnati ~ a -coptributien from Butler
county, Kas.
All the employees of the. Toledo, Ciucin-
natl and st. Louis ROAD. except conductors
and engineers, have struck because of un-
paid wages, ,.,.,
For nine months, ended March 81, 1884,
the value Of exported breadstuffs was Sl20,
79s $40, against SIG, 273, ,6a5 for the same
period last year.
Tensas and Concordis parishes, La,
though badly overfowed, viii probably be
able to raise q cotton crop. The water Is
slowly draining of.
II is ssported that the Invincibles keep
systematic watch on the movements of the
ihtoruers and that they are tracing McDer-
Lot and the Csreys.
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