The National tribune., 1884-08-07
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts of the
World.
crrnrs AND CASUALTIES.

Afsoa. & thriving village Of New York was half
destroyed Iy fire on Che Sd inst Loss. SIS oo0.-
Heavy rain and wind storms did considerable dam
age in Mary laad and West Virginia last week
-Four girls aged respectively H. Is nine and seven.
were Killed by l;eltning while in bed. Mary
vile kan.--lNvo girls Of good pareniage aged 10
and ~ years. committed suicide by hanging near
Csdsdes. ala. GA the 2ath glt young man sudden
~ dis pl,eafed few days before, eid it is believed
the elder gTl ruined by him, and that IN their
shame both KILLED thcHiselves.--A negro who at
tempted - assault young white girl near Annis
ton, Ala last week, is said TO have been disem-
boueied and seailpeG by The mob before he was
hatlg cdA HIysaersous disease. attributed 10 the
heat and lad water. hss appeared among The
work men on Il new bridge at Needles. Cal, and
can.sea general panic---A large machine shop
tie d. Loss. S6a.Ug1.--Police Officer Henry Rob
erfs. OF baltimore, Nd. committed suicide on the
81 inst. by taking arsenic, because his vile was
addicted 10 strong drink.-AIost OF ihe business
portion q Emporium, Pa, was destroyed by fire
tlIe I'd inst Loss about SasO,0O.
POLITICAL.
Gov. Cleveland was formally notified OF his NOM
ination at the executive mansion 81 Albany the
2eh tlt and Mr. Hendricks received the commit
zee of notification al the Grand Union Hotel at
Saratoga on The following day. NJ. Reynolds
WAS nominated for Congress and J. ]. Hartzel
chose, Presidential eeclor 10y the Republican Con-
veniiun ~ Grafton. W Na- on the 5ist Git ana the
State Republican Convention az Ei4lkersscrg The
DAY before nominated Judge Maxwell for Gov
esnor.-'flac following Congressional nominations
were made on tise let inst: Thomas ID. Johnston
(fsessl). OF the 9th bal0t Ia the North Carolina
District Fred G. Barry Ieeln., Fourth Mississ ippi;
A. L. Thomas DEM SSth bss lot. in 18th Missouri.
- speaker Kcifer has been defeated for re-
Dofaiinafion for Congress by Capt. Bushnell
Maj C. G. DoNcy iias been nominated for Congress
by the Republicans Of ihe Ninth District OF Indiana
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
IT is thought that The Government exhibit at
the New Orleans Exposition win surpass in in
terest as well extent that made at the Centen-
nial The display to be made by the Fish Commits
sion will be burger than that sent 10 Paris last year,
Ninnn.. two wears ago.---IiieTe were ls more
failures inte Quilted states and Canada during the
week ending oa The let lnsi than during the pre-
ceding seven days.-HepOrxs from - different
counties in ceHtrll. southern and southwestern
Kansas indicate that Kansas viii aca another to
two consecutive years Of great crolls---Tbe de-
in The public debt for the month OF July is
g. $50, 2os-e5
ABOUT wELL-KSowN PEOPLE
II Is stated that Gen. Grant is 20 receive $1,000
for bis articles The war in the Century Magazine
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
Advices from Central Texas state that unless
there Is a rainfall within the next few days the cot
ton crops Will lie badly damaged though in some
sectors the cotton may stand the drought 10 days
l51gcr The situation however, is critical ri many
points, bat with general rains IN the next eight
days full average cotton crop may be expected.
The schooner Freddie arrived at Brownsiown.
Mas, the 81 inst. from the Grand Banks being
the first arrival Of the season she brought IN 700
oulntals Of cpcfsh.--Another successful trial of
the electric street motor has been made in
Cleveland, q. BY throwing back handle similar
70 4 brake on the front platform a powerful cur
rest OF electricity turned from the iron con-
dncing rods laid between the track into the
dynamo machine. This &c. the gearing and pulley
wheels ia motion aud the started of at lively
nate. towing behind il ordinary horse car. Ii
Eiided along smoothly and rapidly without appar-
tni means OF loccn5otion. A rate Of about eight
miles lfour-cCIsiderallly faster tan street-car
horses accustomed 70 trsvci-gas achieved
without dficulty.-Reports received at Omaha go
20 show thai cattle in the West no longer fear
Tex III rlo Sc
The report OF NJ. Niinfno. Chief Of the Bureau OF
Stss tics shows that the balance of trade in favor
OF the United States during the last fiscal year was
S,1ss ~. ag4ins balance in our favor during
The year ended June 30 1883, of 500 655 sS5. The
total value q the exports OF merchandise during
Che fiscal year JUS closed amounted 20 $40 5l3 500
against SEA. So ~ during the preceding fiscal
year. falling of OF $50 So The imports o
rnefchnnGze amounted to s657 ia 55s as against
s7 lst SO during the preceding fiscal year. fall
ing od Of s., 365.ssl-
ABROAD.
War between France end China is deemed i'm
miBenf and psnic exists at Foo Chow.---0f the
three birmingham England dynarniiers on tria
the lest inst, John Daily was sentenced to pena
Eer<itude Cor life James Eagan penal servitud,
for 20 gears. and Mcdonnell released on bail
The British steamer britannia which LEFT New
York July Ic Tor London coiliced on the 3Dth u.t
with iile steamer Bsilcsirn, and sunk. The crew
recued by fl1e BeilcaiT8l and landed st South
aIupt0n--Mt. Morton, the Americas Minister
has subscribed n thousand francs toward the funs
~hicsi the American artists IN Paris raising 70
the purpose Of presenting that city with bronz.
model Of Ba5@hoidi's statue Of Liberty Enlighi
enlnT tho World. A magazine of collier,
near Glasgow. Scotland. was broken into feS
nights ago and dynamite 70 the amount of 6
pounds WAS carried of. No clew Is yet reported
An establishment Tor the manufacture OF ex
paossve bombs las been discovered in the Rue st
Jaquez.--A collision occurred about midnigls
the fth inst. between the steamers Dione ant
Camden on the Thames just OF Graycsend, Eng
1Rna. hy which the former Was sunk The Dion
had a large crowd Of pleasure passengers on boari
nearly 81 al whom were drowned.-Tbe Iydiai
Monarch spoken IN mid-ocean on the 3ist us
by l.le Austr2l- She had burst a cylinder and "A
eIaaarnriain 70 reach New York by sail.--Au
glls1tn Days Company continue 20 draw larg
houses ia LosldOsl-A dispatch from I,oudo
states tllst American frrate believed he tn
Lancaster. A. ashore southeast Of Shingle Bank.