The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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4 corner in barley in san Francisco (
sent the price TO SI-40f-
Commodore {. X Garrison died Fri
day noon at his resideneein New \ ork-
The capital of West Virginia is be-
inr removed from Wheeling to Charles
From six 10 twelve inches of snow
fell "Wednesday throughout Northern
Michigan
Lucky Baldwin has shipped ten fast
horses from Los Angeles for the last 1
em race-uacks.
The Illinois senate passed bill ap-
propriating S200, 000 for the erection Of /
4 soldiers home.
The Governor Of New York has afIiN- !
ed his signature to the bill Tor a reSer- I
walton at Niagara falls.
Slosson defeated Sehafer in billiard /
contest in New York Thursday even
ing. winning the tournament.
Crop reports from California show a
greatly leSsened acreage of wheat and
a much larger area devoted To fruit.
The St. Paul road has made q reduc-
ton in freight rates 10 Iowa points,
thus involving local traffic IN the war.
John L. Stoyau, bookkeeper Of the
Georgia Chemical works, AT Augusta,
is a defaulter to the amount of $4,000.
Mrs. shay. of Chicago. died in the
dental chairo of Or. ". +. Day, after
chlorofuUm had been administered 10
her.
George ". Gilbert. of Detroit, for
many wears cashier OF the Mlchlgan
Central road, died Wednesday morn
ing.
Passengers arriving at New \ OK
from Bermuda report that the island
is being put IL an effective state OF oe-
Tense.
Governor Oglesby has prohibited the
shipment of cattle into Illinois IRON.
Missouri. except upon clean blll OF
A farmer named Jacob Scott. 76
years Of age. residing in the vicinity OF
Rochester. New ork. killed ms wife
with a revolver.
\ we'll of natural gas at Bowling
Green, O., which has been daliy weld
/ ing one million cublc feet, proved 10
be only a pocket.
In a New York hospital, Wednes-
| dav. a piece of muscle from the leg OF
/ a live deg was inserted IN the Wouhdeu
/ arm of a young woman.
John Mccullough, the actor. IS wan
/ dering about 81. Louis mqurlng Ior
1 streets and buildings which belong TO
/ Chicago and Cincinnati.
/ The car of the national fish commits
sion. fresh from the Alpena hatchery,
/ deposited three million whItetiSh III the
/ lake at Michigan City.
! The Temperance alliance at Musca-
| tine. Iowa. seized siNty-two barrels OF
/ LIQUOR. Friday, under the search clause
of the prohibitory law
! Chebovgan reports the Ice broken
/ through the Straits of Mackinac, and
| grain vessels can pass through 10y avoid
ing the immense Hoes of lee.
! Drawings Of the fortilications and
harbor of Victoria. British Columbia,
| were last month taken by russian
spy. who pretended to be fur-buyer.
\ syndicate of ChicdGoans has pur-
| chased a ranch on the Cherokee strip
| and two leases near the PaWnee agen-
CIV. with 1880 head of cattle, for $780,
000.
The wife of Rev T. O. Osborne. of
Green Bay. has obtained a divorce on
the ground of incOmpatabllty OF tenn
per. and was given custody OF the only
child.
! Governor Oglesby has appointed J.
". Vance as adjutant general of Hi
nois; Elisha b. Hamilton, inspector
general, and Frederick l.. Matthews.
surgeon general.
The Pittsburg and Eastern railroad.
which was chartered in Pennsylvania
with 4 capital of 81 ,625, 600 Is to run
sixty-five miles, from Port Perry tC
PunXsutaWney
Over two million mackerel were re-
Gently caught in one day a hundred
miles off BaTuegat, and fine samples
sold in New \ Ork for 81 a wagOn-lOad
or cents dozen.
\ movement towards peace has beer
. made by the managers of the leading
western railroads, who have agreed 10
meet in Chicago next Monday to con.
slider the situation.
Senator Stanford attributes the i'm
prOvement in General Grants cancer
Gus affection to the use of clover tea
which was suggested by a large mum
! Der of letter-writers.
The New York stock market is il
the dulIest condition known for many
! months. The only semblance of ac
! tivity is in Union Pacific. Wabasl
t common has dropped to y.
! Colonel MatsOn, formerly United
} States consul-general in India, told al
interviewer in New y Ork that India i
rife for revolt against British rule 2nC
anxious for Russian successes.
! Rev Uriah J. Giddings, who died a
p Normal. Illinois, was one of the Oldes
and best known Methodist preacher
in the state, and was a cousin of tn
late Joshua r. Giddings. Of Ohio.
J +. J. Baldwin. OF San Francisco
! has been sued by the daughter of
/ former tenant at Los Angeles, 70
0 S50O,000 for breach of promise. Sh
r claims to hold a written evidence.
e 4 large number of Illinois cattlemeI
gathered at Springfield Thursday, an,
t | passed a resolution asking the legisla
e ture to appropriate $3.50, 900 to staml
4 out pleurO-pneumOnia III the state.
r A c. McCord, Of Des Moines, ha
t succeeded in finding at san Francisc
? a witness able to establish the identit
of Orton, the TichbOrne claimant
whose testimony has long been deslI
: ed.
= Conrad Baker, Ex-Governor of Indi
ana, died Wednesday afternoon of pan
: aIysis. He studied law with Thaddeu
i Stevens in Pennsylvania, and Of lat
+ years has been a partner of Thomas \
q Hendricks.
Aizpurn, the rebel leader at Pana
n ma, Internationally surrendered TO tn
r Colombian troops. who now occupy tn
g city. Business has been resumed. ant
Y the United States marines viii doubt
\ less soon be recalled.
4 The North Chicago rolling-mill. 10
Gated at South Chicago. has been com
PEELED to close ON account Of a strik
for higher wages by two hundred pit
T men. Twelve hundred wOrkmen ar,
: thrown out Of employment.
The Russian corvette Strytax LET
:, Norfolk, Virginia, at ! o'clock on Wed
: neSday morning. Y cablegram frOI
st. Petersburg says the government ha
: purchased five steamships in the Unite
I states, to be used as cruisers.
= Judge Asa Fowler, formerly lay
j partner of eX-PTesident Pierce at Cor
cord, died in California on SUNDAY
Col. ). I. Spofford. for many year
e hotel proprietor at Des MoineS. ende
n his days at Adrian, Michigan.
e a rescuing party from LeadvIll
4 went out TO the Homestake mine an
: took out eleven c0rpses from the bunk
c house. The victims were buried in
= snowside about February 20. as
/. shown by letters and papers found.
o Frank F. Hardy, of Chicago. a sales
; man for the Detroit stove company
= killed himself in the reading-room of
: hotel in Galesburg, Ill, by lodging
t Dullet IN his heart. He left a note Civ
ing liquor and gambling as the reasons
The late trip Of President Cable t
New York resulted in an agreemen
: between the Rock Island and th
Northern Pacific roads to extend tn
Minneapolis and st. Louis track to ST
Paul. Work is to be begun within tel
= days.