The Dillon tribune., 1885-01-24
CURRENT NEWS NO1E0.
rBoiled Down from the Late Telegrans.]

Mackay will be solemnized on February
18th.
The President has decided to nominate
Wright, OF Massachusetts, as Commission
er of Labor Statistics.
A dispatch from Rome asserts that Arch
bishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, will be cre-
ated Cardinal in May.
The Emperor of Germany is i'll and con-
fined to his bed. Some uneasiness is felt
in regard to his condition.
The Kiowa Indians, of Indian Territory,
are represented to be in pitiable condition
ON the verge of starvation.
In sort of rough gh-and-tumbie fight in
New York on the 21st Paddy Ryan got the
best of Sullivan, the Boston bruiser.
Reports of the condition of the winter
wheat in Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Kentucky are not Aattering.
AS result of the further decline in ex-
change on Europe the premium on gold
coin in Buenos Ayres has risen to 20 per
cent.
Dispatches from Texas continue to re-
port great losses Of cattle and sheep by the
late cold weather in various parts Of that
State.
Sister Theresa, niece of James G. Blaine,
is gradually sinking at the convent at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, ard all hopes Of her re.
covery are abandoned.
George Thurston, in the Circuit Cour, at
Grand Rapids, Michigan, has recovered
$1,000 from Ransom G. Luce for being
kicked down stairs ten years ago.
President Diaz, of Mexico, has raised
100000, which has been set aside for
transmission to Washington as part pay
ment of Mexico's United States debt.
The Bay State Sugar Refinery in Bos-
ton burned on Sunday night; loss, $780,
600; damage to adjoining property, includ-
ing the Standard Dye Works, $4,000.
D. Z. Swain, the Northern Pacific en-
Lezzler, recently pleaded guilty at St. Paul
TO :wo indictments of grand larceny, and
was sentenced-to loH years ii the Peni-
Tertiary.
Mrs. Julia A. Roberts, well-known
worker among the poor Of Washington
City and sister of General Philip Kear-
ney, was found dead in bed in that city on
Sunday.
Admiral Courbet, in command at Kee-
lung, China, has detached two cruisers to
watch the movements of the Chinese fleet
recently dispatched to raise the blockade at
Formosa.
DR.. G. E. Smith, retired physician, in
Denver, was killed last Saturday night by
an explosion of hydrogen gas. He was
engaged in experimenting when the explo-
sion occurred
1t is said combination of Eastern cot
ton manufacturers has been formed, and
an advance in price of about IS per cent.
above the lowest point of the depression
may be at once expected.
Great excitement prevails in St. Albans,
West Virginia, over the mysterious poison
ing Of Annie, Blanche and Jennie Burns.
three highly respected young ladies of that
place. Their condition is serious.
Prince Albert Victor is to be created
Knight of St. Patrick at the coming ami
very of Ireland's patron Saint. Prepara-
ions for the event are being made in Dub
lin on a scale of unusual grandeur.
On the 10Th inst. a fearful shower of
tones fell at Ushallata, in the Argentine
Republic, lasting eighteen minutes. 1t
destroyed all grazing and cultivated lard,
eaving many persons completely destitute.
Klagenfurt. the capital of the province
# Carinthia, in Southern Africa, was Wis
ted by an avalanche on Sunday, which
wrecked several buildings and killed twen-
v Of the inhabitants. Many others were
INJURED.
The Gaul.is declares that the special in
tructions sent out by England to the Gov
rnors of the various British colonies in
he far East for their guidance in enforcing
he foreign enlistment act constitutes an
ct of hostility to France.
1t is rumored in San Francisco that Nc
the clerk in Tyler's law Office
tho obtained from General Barnes, Of
haron's counsel in the divorce case,
5000 for spurious piece Of paper, has :.
bsconded with the money.
The second fatal case Of smallpox oc.
lrred in quarantined car on the Oregon !.
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