The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

little money making as they went along out on
the plains. Take Dodge City, Kan. That is
surgeon from a squatter fora few hundred dol.
lars, and afterward sold by the army surgeon
for more than $4,000. That's one of numer-
gus cases. Most Of those officers who have
been long in the West, where they have any
shrewdness at all, have some money laid up
against retirement day."
Epitome of Late Telegrams.
Macpherson is said to have resigned from the
dominion abine
Germany will subsidize steamship lines to
the east and Australia.
Controller Cannon orders general examin.
alton of national banks.
The emperor Of Germany has accepted the
resignation of Bismarck from the presidency of
the cabinet His successor is Doetelicher.
Prusian minister of state.
The Conservative peers of England have re-.
solved unanimously to reject the franchise bill.
Lord Randolph Churchill was unanimously re.
elected chairman Of the National Conservative
union.
Queen Victoria is negotiating for the purchass
of the Villa Nevada at Cannes, in which Prince
Leopold died The intention is to convert II
into q convent and chapel in memory Of the
Prince.
The Tageblatt of Berlin positively asserts that
Richard Muckle of the PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
will succeed Sargent as United States minister
to Berlin. Muckle, the paper says, is an Asstian
BY birth, but personally grateful to Bismarck.
The German bundesrath has adopted q bin
to subsidize transoceanic steamship lines.
The government is authorized to grant private
companies concessions to organize and main.
tain regular mail steamer services between Ger.
many and ports of Eastern Asia and Australia
Queen Victoria has cabled the governor gen.
eral of Canada expressing the wish that the
celebration OF her birthday in the united EN-.
pire be delayed until the 20 of June, owing ia
the death of Prince Leopold. The govern.
ment proclamation will be issped to that effect
The Irish landlords are in serious trouble
over their unproductive property. Notwith-
standing the recent reductions of rent, which
have been very general and liberal, they can.
not collect even the reduced rents with any de.
gree of certainty, and they are almost without
exception anxious to sell.
The Siamese Princes have packed up thei,
golden mantels, embroidered silk and velvet
garments, and gone to New York, where they
will stay for some time before making a tout
ofth country. They have been shown q greal
deal of attentl on in Washington and are very
much pleased with their visit.
Senator Jonas Of Louisiana was a very much
astonished man on the 18th. He thought hi
read his title clear to reelection to the United
States senate, and had been congratulated up.
on his prospects, but, to his surprise.
the Democratic caucus Of the Louisiana leeis.
lature nominated ex-senator Eustis.
The Grand Duke Louis of Hesse- Darmstadt
has Informed Madame Kalemine of his inten.
ton to apply for a divorce upon the ground
that the morganatic marriage was informal.
The Baron de Starck, premier of the grand
duchy of Hesse, has announced his intention
to resign unless the grand duke keeps his mar.
riage contract.
The steamship Illyrian, from Liverpool foz
Boston, was wrecked Thursday night, the
18th, near Cape Clear Light island. All the
people were saved The ulyrian went ashore
during a thick fog. She struck q rock with
gnds, force fSe v anoek msrt large FL hole in her bo.
ment began to fill. During the night the sea
increased and the vessel rolled on her side and
sunk.
The failure of Charles searing's EXCHANGE
bank at Laporte, Iowa, was caused by the sus.
pension Of Donnel, lawson & Simpson in New
York, who had between $1,000 and 5000 Of
Searing's money, they having been his cores
pondent. His capital was $l2, 100 and it is re.
ported he has been doing a good business. He
has had a large amount of money on deposit.
some depositors having as much as 81, 900 with
him. - s''
IT senate is discussing q plan to appropri-
ately celebrate the 3OOth' anniversary of the
landing Of Sir Walter Raleigh's exploring ex-
petition on Roanoke island on the 9Th Of July
next Senator Vance Of North Carolina Ia urg-
ing the matter n 7 and wants congress to appro-
pirate $4,000 to commemorate the landing Of
this, the hrse Anglp-American colony upon the
American shores, and to erect a monument on
the spot where Sir Walters feet first touched
on virgin soil.
An outrageous scene occurred at the Catho-
lie cemetery in Rockford, Ill The burial Of
Mike Connors was in progress, when his bro
Their Thomas, rather the worst for whisky.
pulled out a knife and commenced prying Cd
the silver plate, saying he had furnished It and
proposed to keep it. Mrs. Connors shouted al
him to let up. Her brother, Morris Sisten,
dead, and 9 genuine row seemed inevitable.
when outsiders interfered and the burial pro.
ceeded.
The gates Of the Iowa penitentisry at Fort
Madison opened on Wednesday, the 18th. for
the exit, after eight years of penitentiary life.
Of Edward Bruce. who was sentenced for life
for the murder Of his friend and neighbor.
P, McNamara, in the summer Of 1876. It Keo.
kuk, in this county. It is supposed that Bruce
and his wife have gone to Dakota, where the
father Of Bruce resides. The whole affair has
been kept very secret, and no one outside Of
the prison officials there is yet aware of the
Of Bruce The citizens of Keokuk. ca.
pecially, will be surprised.
Sir William Harcourt, English home secrc-
tary, has again been nervous over information
which the police claim to have discovered Of
Fenian plots to assassinate himself. Nj. Glad.
stone. MI: Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ire.
4 and other members'o Of the governments
II y said that these threats are the cause of the
proposed cabinet meeting on Irfsh 1sdairs. on
which Earl Spencer, lord Hestenlsnt fof ireland.
has been summoned from Dublin. Lord spen.
Ger viii be guarded BY two special officers
throughout his journey, and sextraordinary
precautions are being taken Insecure the SAFE
y Of members of the government Recently
20 less then twelve Scotland yard detectives,
u plain clothes, were counted in the lobby OF
me house of commons, waiting to escort the
ministers to their homes.