Delta chief., 1884-04-09
NEWS SUMMARY.
4 Condensation Of Important DISPATCHES,
Domestic and Foreign.

John Parmont, the pioneer banker
of California, is dead.
The island of Ischia was shaken by
an earthquake, on the Goth.
.Charles Reade, the novelist, is in
dangerous condition of health at London.
The public debt reduction for the
month Of March is estimated At s15,0OO,0 900.
ALI Burnett, the humorist, died of
appoplexy at his residense In Cincinnati, on
the 4th.
On the 4th, Joe AcGee WAS hanged
st Oonshatta, La, for the murder Of Green
Gordss-
Tho Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation Of David 9. ssanley 70 ~ Brig.dier
General.
On the End. as Fairview, Ksntuoky,
John ". Gibsoa sAot JsAs Mccoy Without
provoessioe-
On the lss the ofies 4 The Keys. .o~s
esst~. u Oonnellsvf1s, Pe..., hss,ed.
Lop, 1000.
The death list q the Cinsinnsssi
riots has reached Afsy-oss. TAs CITY = b.
coming tranquil.
Tho dsrmitoriss Of the Indian sohosl
= Albaqnefqus, vas AsssseysA y Ars a Ne
ahl. Les, ea,ooo.
William Jones. who tried to kill
euites1 b. shosttng i,ts tAs ps,sss ~, \
70 Be tried Aprn =.
3The public debt was diminished Ga.
-, e,s9l during March. Ths dsossss 1, nine
.osths is 81 -, ~
oOnbt Srd. at Alvarado. Texas, DR..
Mex WAS shot IN the head By his beotAer-in-
law. An election row.
The dste Of holding the Wool-Grov-
srs' convention, In CAieAgs, ~ been eha.ssd
IRON Nay nh to Nay 1sth.
The village Of Arkville. near Munois,
Indiana, vas swept Dsway By Q syeIoss a.d
several lives wess lost, % The IL.
Commander Conn, United States
Navy, vm assams The esnnandcsf he s,oop
Alert. of The Greeley relsef. .expelitioa.
The Michigan Saw works. 1t saxi-
nav, Michigan, burned o. he nd Loes.
10000 TO slso.oee; insurasss, elA,oup.
The three nights ef rioang in Cinein-
naa resulted h twessy-ai.s persons being
nnsd s.d one hundred and thirty wounded.
Tho body Of Prince leopold was de-
pesitsd b the royal vs.lt Il d. 0sorrs,s
Aapsl, Windsor. Ths funeral vas privaas,
Steve Taylor. who 10 implicated in
The county steal 1, Custer county, Montana.
has be-. captured near Ri.co., New Nsxice.
Mayor c. Y. Thurmsnd. aprominsnt
cotton operator st Shreveport, Louisiana, com
nittsd suicide on the Ord. Financial troubles.
On tho lst, the speery block, in
Sherman. Texas, burned With fsur other
buildings. Loss, unknown. Iusurance, s1s.-
600.
The cotton mill owners Of the south
purpose limiting their production, and there
BY stimulating the prices Of MANUFACTURED
goods.
The authorized agents of the Turkish
government are accused Of attempting to close
the American missionary schools in Asia
Minor.
The steamship, San Marcos ran on a
sand bar sixteen miles east Of Galveston. on
the 1st. He emigrant passengers were landed
safely.
On the 4th, Edward House. of
North East, near Poughkeepsie, New York.
while shooting at mark, happened 70 Kill
his wife.
Henry Rose. colored, was hanged at
Osceola, Arkansas, on the 4th, for the s.sas-
sination Of Dsmsey Taylor, also oolored, about
one year ago
The steamer Rebecca Everingham
burned At Fitsgerald's Landing, in the Chat,
tahoochie river, on the 3rd. Thirteen pssseu-
ners are missing.
Tho earnings Of tho Atchison Tope-
Ia & Santa Fe road for January, 1884, were
81, III, S4S, an increase Of 45 per cont over the
same month in 1883.
Twenty-Five United States prisoners
were sent on the 2nd, from Fort Smith, Ar
kansas, to the penitentiary At Detroit, Michi-
gan, in one shipment.
On the 4th, Paymaster Broadhead
United States Army, died suddenly at Boston,
from an attack Of pneumonia. He was recent
ly stationed at Tucson.
The closing ceremonies Of the .funer-
al Of Prince Leopold took place on the 4th, and
only the Queen, the Duchess Of Albany and
the Dean were present.
Enos Lewis. TRAVELLING auditor and