The Dillon tribune., 1885-12-05
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
.,,a Down from the Late Tclcgran's.l

The Carson City mint has been perma'
oen..y closed. ,.
'I Iudxe F. French, Ex.second Assistant
! e".t,rv Of the Treasury, died Nov. goth
os,,r,,ysis - Of the heart; aged y years.
:. returns Of the English elections re.
.,v.d show that 80 Liberals, 1s7 Tories
q Parnellites have been elected. The
sountie. are apparently going Liberal.
4 caucus Of the Democratic Represent.
-.,... v;l, be held in the hall Of the House
IS representatives, this, Saturday, even.
-. to select candidates for the various Of.
se.. under the next House.
A telegram from Constantinople says
th,,, Porte has notified Greece Of his
inter to expel Seggomalas, the Greek
consul at Crete. This, 1t is expected, will
,..d 10 trouble between Turkey and Greece.
Peace has been made in Peru, and eve.
,ythine has been arranged and commits.
sinner has been appointed to take com.
,r.nd OF the Government and issue orders
ar holding elections. An amnesty for all
has been declared
A Washington special says that both
Messrs. Morrison of Illinois and Randall
of Pennsylvania are drafting tariff bills to
be presented at the next meeting of Con.
,ress The features OF neither have been
made public. The same paper says that
while the Presidents recommendations on
the subject ate not known specifically, it
is known that he will favor very thorough
and earnest revenue reform.
A special to the Galveston News from
Sherman says that two heavily armed
white men were found dead Dec. I'd with.
in a few PAGES Of each other, near the
White Lead hill, Chickasaw nation. They
were employees Of one Of the largest farms
in the Indian Nation. 1t is supposed the
men quarreled and fought duel, the re-
suit Of which, was instant death 10 botl,
participants. The names are not given.
Charlotte Wickliffe, colorcd, died at Lou
isville on the I'd, aged III years. She hal
fifteen living children, the oldest nearly
100 years old, and sixty grandchildren. Shs
claimed to have handed Washington cur
Of water at the battle Of Yorktown. He,
second husband was 1lo years old.
B. Greenbaugh, United States Consul a
Samoa, in letter to the Merchants Elk
change Of San Francisco says: "An islant
never before reported has been thrown VI
by the sea about forty miles off Tong;
island, bearing toward Fiji, in the track o
California vessels. It is two miles long
go feet high, in latitude 20 degrees ans
twenty.eieht minutes south, longitude II!
degrees aud II minutes west"
A Halifax special says: The lmperia
authorities are paying considerable atten
ton to the work Of strengthening Halifa.
as military port, and the addition Of fou
drst.class torpedo boats Of 1000 hors
power each. The military force will b
strengthened by the addition Of anothe
regiment Of the first battalion Of the Berk
shire Regiment, which did such valuabl
work during the campaign in Egypt.
The committees appointed by the con
nander Of the Grand Commandery, {
Ohio, Knights Templars, to investigate tn
charges against Rev. Henry ID. Moore
editor Of the Masonic Re,ve7v, has foun
him guilty and sentenced him to indefnil
suspension. The charge arose from a
article published in the Rc1ve7v, the autho
ship OF which was attributed to the edito
Judge Foraker has given notice Of an a,
peal 10 the Grand Comnandery.
A Mansfield, Ohio, special says: Josep
Hosdowitch, teller Of the Farmers NJ
f'onal Bank, abscondcd on the 1st, takin
with him $+,soo in money and negotiab
securities. The officials OF the bank r.
ceived telegram from Hosdowi,ch t.
day at Windsor, Ontario, intimating TIL
ne would treat with them for the return
the money and committee OF the
1ectors was sent to meet him. The ban
Will not be seriously affected by the loss.
"A special from Deming, N. NJ, say
Two men were killed BY Indians on Il
a. near Sa'monville, Arizona. The
BODIES were found by stage driver on h
way TO Fort Thomas that morning. BIZ
crawford, sheriff Of Graham county, a,
.ona' and two others are also report'
n''ea' but this report is not conirme
4o'oay the hostiles were in the neig
oorho0d Of Duncan. They attacked II
eeeeon men at work on the railroad b
k0e men escanad T.,.o o.AAl> ...n,. a.o +.