Delta chief., 1884-01-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
A Condensation Of Important Dispatches,
Domestic and Foreign

DR.. L. ID. Baird was on the 9th elect
ed county physician in Pueblo.
The new Park theater at Cleveland.
Ohio, burned on the 5th, Loss, 100000.
On the 2nd Deans furniture arcade
at Louisville, Kentucky, burned. Loss, $685.
900.
Herzier Brothers Touring mill at
Millersburg, Ohio, burned on the 9th, Loss,
s6O,OaO
Edward H. Kobbe, the English forger,
has been held in New York in default OF s25,-
600 bail.
1t is thought in Washington that
McCrary's successor will not be named for
some time.
The total mint coinage of 1888 was
$50 O92, 749, of which s2s, ,47O,039 was in stan
dard dollars.
Nubar Pash, Egypt's new Prime Min
lister. has assumed his duties. soudan will he
evacuated.
The successor in Congress of Govern
or-elect Robinson, of Massachusetts, will be
chosen on the nth.
The Jail at Jerseyville, Illinois,
to DEATH on the 9th.
Proctor 4 CANDLES soap and candle
works, at Cincinnati, burned on the 7th. Loss,
s2oO,0OO; fully insured
Edward Lasker, a prominent member
of the German Reichstag died of hear, disease
in New York on the 5th.
The cooper shops and boiler shops in
the penitentiary at saltwater, Minnesota, burn
ed on the 9th. Loss, 10000.
Five frame buildings in the business
part OF Pittsburg, Kansas, burned on the sth
Loss, 1000, insurance, 10000.
Tolstoi. the Russian Minister of the
interior, has been notified by the Nihilsts
that he has been sentenced to death.
At Cloumel. on the 9th. Michael Da-
witt was given Il reception. In his speech he
denounced landlor,iism in strong terms.
The Chicago Exposition company
having failed to pay its rent, has been or
dcred to vacate the building by the Mayor.
On the sth, John Dunn. 4 contractor
was killed, and two masons were fatally In
iured, by the fall of scsfIoid in Milwaukee.
A lad named Tut.le is under arrest
at Idaho Springs for stealing money and other
articles from the store where he was employed.
The Lake View House at Conneant
Lake, near Meadvillc, Pennsylvania, burned
on the sth. Loss, $1,000; insurance, 5000
On the 9Th Benson Hawkins.a "A farmer
at South Bristol, New York, was found mur-
dered in his bed. His house had been robbed
One hundred young mules en- route
from Texas. were blockaded on the 5th within
twenty miles Of Kansas City and perished In
the cold.
The female college at Columbus.
Georgia. burned on the 9th. All the in
mates were saved. Loss, about $4,000; par.
TALLY insured.
The Pope has confirmed the appoint
ment of Archbishop Gibbons as apostolic dele
gate to preside az the Catholic Council at Bal
timore, in 1885.
Lieutenen; Augur, a son of General
Augur, escaped from Bloomingdale Lunatic
asylum and died from exposure during the
storm Of the Sth.
By the breaking of a connecting
rod on an engine, on the Long Island railroad,
| Engineer Fceney was killed and the fireman
was badly scalded.
The coroner's inquiry into the
Crouch murder near jackson, Michigan, failed
| to discover anything which would identify amp
person with the crime.
The funeral services over the body
Of DR.. Laskcr, the Eminent German states
man, were held in the Temple Emmanuel,
New York, on the 10th.
A steamer conveying troops to rein
force the garrison at suakin was wrecked In
the Red Sea. The troops were saved, but
| their ammuni' ion was lost.
Senator Edmund $ proposition to dis
franchise the women In Utah, is disapprovcd
by the Executive committee of the Woman's
| Suffrage party In New York.
A mob at Mount Carmel. Pcnnsylva-
mia, attacked Hungarian boarding house on
the 9Th, seriously iniuring two men and one
child. Several arrests were made.
A meeting Of cattle men and mem
bers Of Congress was held In Washington on
the l0th, and plans laid for pushing legislation
In that interest through Congress.
Hugo Schenckc, an Austrian cngi-
ncer, is under arrest at Vienna on the charge
/ of n,ur,Icriuu four tyirl. after so,,,rt,, ,L.t,