The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
NEWS OF. TIE WEEK.

Colonel Smith. of Winnipeg. is rails
) ing a regiment for service IN Egypt
A cremation society with capital Q
S25. .oo0 has been organized at Dayer
port. Iowa.
Oliver T. Morton, son of the lat
senator, has commenced his labors d
editor OF the indianapolis Tines
Polk johnson has been sentenced a
Knoxville, Iowa, TO Imprisonment 10
lie for killing ". III. Mcbride yea
ago.
TIE department Of agriculture esti
mates tie cotton crop at 5. .eG6 .Oet
bales, or 80 Per cent. of last year.
crop.
The citizens of White Rock. Texas
met and passed resolutions requiring .
Mormon elder named r. NJ. Stevens to
leave the region.
The freight shipped eastward from
/ Chicago last week was 81 $50 tons. OF
( which the Lake Shore road obtained
/ pa per cent.
A regiment sell cted from the Cana
/ dian militia has been rendered bv Can
! tain Williams, OF Ottawa. for active
service in Egypt.
DIV. Miller, a carriage manufac-
1 turer OF Cincinnati, has made an az
/ slgnment, His liabilities ale believed
& 10 I've dpGul Sl0u.uNu.
y monument in memory of the u. .GOO
Iowa soldiers Who died in Tie War j.
10 be erected al Des MO.nes on the
grounds of the new Capitol.
Smith Weed states that the secre-
talyShip of state viii be rendered 10
Thomas +. Bsyard. but whether le
viii accept is not yet known.
Five of the largest IRON works in
>sn Francisco ordered n reduction a.
lop per cent IN wages, and fifteen hunu-
rsdWorkmen promptly struck.
Edward L. Weiz ar. of Philadelphia.
who had failed three times through
speculation. killed himself because his
check Tor S603 was djShonored.
Lee Linn, editor of the Courier ut
Wabash. Ind, had his second shooting
a1tray. Saturday. with William Hickey.
and put two bullets in his breast
The telepht he was successfully used
Sunday morning by the mayors of New
I 1ork and Chicago, who held pro-
ionged conversation over the wires.
The Texas house has passed a bin
fOrbiddinC the carving of deadly wea-
pons, making the highest penalty $50
ana Imprisonment III county lailS.
DR.. John Romig, who died Thurs
day at Allentown. Pennsylvania. es-
tabllshed i'll that city, in 1886. the
urst homeopathic school in America.
James Armstrong. Toronto police
man, was dangerously wounded hy a
noted horSe-thief named Thomas Lit
tie, who had thus far eiuded capture
G. +. Adams. president of the Union
PacIiic road. tenders Secretary Teller =
draft for any amount found due the
government on the annual settlement.
Two burglars who had been operat-
ing at Mount Carroll and Leaf River.
Illinois, were tracked eighteen miles
10y citizens and lodged in Jail at Ore
gon.
Ely d. Mailliarl. an aged resident Of
Avon, Illinois, who died Tuesday. was
Europe and during his exile ia New
Jersey.
The police commissioners Of Boston
have received eight hundr, Il rrvoiyers
with which to arm the foTco. The cap
talns Will be held responsible for the
weapons.
The winter-wheat crop is far from
promising according TO latest accounts
from various States. which report a de-
acreage and Il poor condition
of the plant.
BY fall of scaffold on the Sus-
luehanna bridge at Havre de Grace,
five workmen were precipitated through
the ice into the river, and two OF them S
were drowned.
A stock company has been organized
az Davenport, Iowa, for the purpose OF
building crematory. The movement
originated among some of.thc leading
German citizens.
On account of the freight blockae-.
the railroads centering al Chicaco have
given notice to consignors That grain
ears can only remain on side tracks for
hours.
The Arkansas senate passed reso-
luton urging It's representatives. at
" ashlngton to favor negotiations with
The Indians for the opening OF O6labo-
ma to settlement.
The farmhouse of George Liverpool.
near Reading, PENNSYLVANIA. was en-
,ered by burglars, who chloroformed.
he family and secured Sl,2,0 in cw
-ency and notes.
Russeil Sage, the noted dealer IN
puts and calls, was arraigned in a po-
Ice count in New York b, Il customer.
who charged larceny in connection with
l stock transaction.
Civil-service examinations for tho
Washington departments will be held
1t Chicago February "a, at Springfield
ILL.,, February 26, and at indianapolis,
Du.- Il tbTudTy =.
Madame airline, from whom the Gus
oms officers al Chicago n Gently took
FOODS of the dutiable value oI So 500.
las offered the secretary of the treasii-
y $1,000 as "a compromise.
In the superior court at New YORK.
Judge Friedman arraigned eN-MaVot
Idson FOR contempt. and ordered him
!neu so and imprisonment in tie
ounty jail for fifteen DAYS.
The president-elect was accompanied
O CIreystone. Saturday morning. by
Daniel Manning. Two hours were
peut at Mr.. Tildcn's dinncr-table ana
longer period IN his study.
Citizens of Bland county. Virginia.
nounted and armed. took from jail
orng co ored murderer and riddled
i'm with bullets. A similar execution
ccurred at Franklin, Texas.
The wagon-works Of Fish Brothers
, Co.. located in the lumber districts
i Racine. Wis. had ut midnight been
Fell nigh consumed 10y fire. The prOl-
rty recently lnyentoried S45n.C01.
The president of the Erie road il
aId tO have issued circular anucuuc-
ng withdrawal from al agreements
1lth competitors. anu ordering his
gents to meet cut rates to secure bus
ness.
The ice in the Yellowstone river at
rlendIve IS gorged for several miles.
he ferry cable has been swept away.
nd the We ST bank is SO deeDy flooded
lat citizens have removed their ef-
scIs.
James ". Peters, Of Shreve Ohio.
iot Miss Laura Chester in the head
nd b:ck Tor rejecting his addresses,
no then lodged bullet at the base OF
IL own brain. Neither is likely to
uryivP.
Nine business buildings in Tuscola.
illinois, valued at so, COO. were Thurs
ay evening destroyed by fire. Tho
lilace of Battle Lake. Minnesota. is
ala 40 nave Deen nearly wlpeu OUT Dy
conflagration.
A small house ON the county poor
arm near Cero Gordo. Illinois, Oc-
upied for some time by three dement,
q women was on ned by the upset
ing OF lamp, ana ats tenants perish
d in the flames.
A dispatch from San Francisco stat 8
hat the Cbins government intends
o make an International matter of the
ecent expulsion of Its citizens from
eureka. and 10 claim indemnity from
be United States.
Becky Jones. the famous housekeep-
T of the Hammersley family in New
ork, having spent several months in
ludlow street Jail for contempt, has
Iecided te tell jury all she knows in
egard to the will.
At Hammondsville. Kentu ky. O.
i. Dudgeon killed himself with a
azor because of the death of his in
ant child and the fatal illness of his
wife. The remains of the family were
,uried in one coffin.
ID. J. MoTrell formerly a member OF
congress from Pennsylvania, and now
holding the presidency of the Cam
bridge Iron company at JohnstOwn,