Delta chief., 1884-11-19
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Pennsylvania gives Blaine a plurality
Of sO,5oO.
Marmaduke's plurality in Missouri is
estimated at 5000.
The Paris police have closed thirty.
three gambling clubs.
Rebuilding has commenced at Silver
Plume with great activity.
There were 400 cholera patients in
the Paris hospitals on the 14th.
General Butler was hung in etligy at
Westburyport, Massachusetts,, on the 14th.
Joe Corners, a miner, was accident
ally shot and killed at Prescott, Arizona, Tues
day.
Several towns in New Hampshire
were shaken by an earthquake on Wednesday
night.
Governor Crosby, of Montana, has
been appointed First Assistant Postmaster
General.
4The potato crop of 1884 is estimated
by the Bureau Of Agriculture at l9o,0OO,oO0
bushels.
Six females at Louisville, Kentucky,
are engaged in a go-as-you-pleas walk OF l6s
hours duration.
A white man and negro fatally shot
each other in political fight at Winfield Kan
sas, Sunday.
Railway rates from Kansas City to
f,Nf e,-o AL. ont.
our dollars.
Palatki, Florida, was almost totally
destroyed by fire on the 10th. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
A severe earthquake was felt at Yo-
kohama and Toxic, Japan, on October Is. The
damage was light.
The Secretary Of State Of Missouri,
estimates Cleveland majority in that State at
from Il, 600 to 10000.
The Russian police have made eighty
arrests at Rostov including many Of the aris-
tocracy and many ladies.
The issue Of silver dollars last week
WAS $3.50, ,966 against s5ll,oOo for the cores
ponding week in last year.
The best business square in Millers-
burg, Kentucky, burned on the 1ith. Loss,
ESQ, ,OOo; partially insured.
St. John declares his intention OF
soon entering the field in behalf Of National
Prohibition.
Letters from General Gordon have
reached Debbeh and Indicate that the reported
death Of that officer is untrue.
Maud S. trotted mile in Lexington,
Ky. on the 1lth in 2:9i4, thereby beating all
former records BY one-half second.
From Sunday at midnight until Mon
day noon there were hfty-fve fresh cholera
cases in Paris and twenty-five deaths.
The so-called arid region in the vi
cinity OF the Tooth meridian is the largest corn
producing district in the United States.
The Washington Monument has
reached the height OF SEQ feet 10 inches, and is
now the tallcst work OF man in the world.
The next House of Representatives
will stand: Democrats 1s5, Republicans al,
Greenbackers l, Republican gain Of q.
1t is stated that France has concluded
not to ask an indemnity from China, and that
peace negotiations are nearly completed.
The Director General of the New Or
leans Exposition announces that the buildings
are ready for the arrangement Of exhibits.
j. o. P. Burnside, late disbursing
officer OF the Postofiice Department, has been
adiudged insane and placed I'm the hospital.
The net earnings of the Union Pacific
ROAD for the quarter ending September 30,
we're q, ,s5s, 900, or an average OF e7s6,0 900 per
month.
The corporation Of the City Of Linn
erick almost unanimously decided to pay no
attention to the second writ for the extra po-
lice tax.
The Canadian Government declines
to take part in the Worlds Exhibition at New
Orleans, or to aid exhibitors in transporting
their exhibits.
The wayward daughter Of Mr.. Moro
sini, who married the coachman, is TO appear
on the stage as q singer and afterwards In
opera bouffe.
The French Government has rumors
OF General Cor Ions death, but the English
authorities believe them to be a repetition OF
previous rumors.
Edward White and negro known as
Punch Collins are in jail at Santa Fe charged