The Magnolia gazette., 1885-03-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Theodore, in which Sarah Bernhardt
played the leading part.
JAMES JACKSON shot and killed his wife
at Sculleville, Choctaw Nation, on the
10th.
EDMUND YATES, editor London World,
was released from prison by order of the
Home Secretary.
THE river and railroad coal mines in the
Pittsburgh district are nearly all idle,
though the outlook for an amicable ending
is propitious.
AUSTRIA and Hungary will also raise
the duties on foreign grain.
NEwBERN, N. c., was visited on the 10Th
by a confagration that caused a loss of
100000.
REV. DR.. WALSH, President of May
nooth College, has been elected Archbish-
op of Dublin, to succeed Cardinal McCabe.
GERMANY apologies for tearing down
the British flag at Victoria. 1t was a
mistake.
THE new German tariff on agricultural
products was passed and will take effect
Immediately.
THE Illinois Legislature adopted a reso-
luton on the 10th expressing sympathy
for the Wabash strikers.
AOhD DURHAM y SulU LOT ulVOTC6, on Uue
ground of his wffe's insanity, was dis
missed by reason of failure to prove
insanity before marriage, at London, with
costs against Durham.
A NITRO -GLYcERINE factory exploded
near Bradford, Pa, on the 10th, killing one
of the proprietors and an employe.
REPORTS to the Department of Agricul-
ture show that 81 1-2 per cent. of the last
corn crop remains in the hands of farm
ers.
IT is said that Ell Mahdi left Khartoum
because he feared assassination at the
hands of his discontented followers.
MACMILLAN's MAGAZINE at London pub
fishes number of letters of General Cor
don written to friend of that city.
THE strikers at Kansas City quit inter-
fering with the movement of Wabash
trains, the company being under the pro-
lection of the Federal Court.
THE Harvard faculty have decided that
"the boys" must attend morning prayers.
A PROMINENT military officer at Kings
ton, Ontario, is informed that 3,0o0 Fenians
are drilling at Buffalo with view to max
ing a raid on Canada.
A MEMBER of the Arkansas Legislature
was arrested on the 10th on a requisi :
tion from the Governor of Georgia, on q
charge of arson committed in Georgia
nineteen years ago, but the warrant has
been quashed, on the ground of misrepre
sentaton.
BELLEVUE HOUSE, at Halifax, N. S.,
owned by the Imperial Government and
orcupied by the officers of the garrison
burned the night of the 10th. Loss, $50,.
| 900; no insurance.
| BOTH houses of the Dakota Legislature
| have passed the woman suffrage BILL
| THE Mexican Veteran Association anc
delegates to the Baltimore M. e. Confer
ence, colored, were among those who paid
their respects to President Cleveland OF
| the 10th.
| Four hundred men are out of employ
ment by the shutting down of one-thirt
| of the machinery at a Lawrence (Mass.
| cotton mill.
| WAR rumors at London almost pro
duced panic on the Stock Exchange OF
the 11th.
| THE Senate held short session on the
10th, and after debate on the matter, by
vote of yeas, SO; nays, 20, Senator Bl air
| of New Hampshire, was declared dul,
qualified and was sworn in.
THE Hazen court convened a
Washington on the 18th.
TWENTY TWO women recently graduate,
as doctors at Philadelphia, Pa.
REVEALS of religion in the churches o
Buffalo, N. Y, now in progress, are un
precedented In their results.
JACOB FREY, of Toledo, o., committe,
suicide at the grave of his wife on tn
18th.
ITALY will Immediately undertake tn,
relief of Kassala.
| WEDNESDAY, the 11th, was Nebrask
Day at the Worlds Exposition.
The French, after five days fighting
Lung.
A QUARTERLY dividend of one and one
half per cent was declared by the West
ern Union Telegraph Comp any on th
18th.
The English Government will build fift
stern wheel teamboats for use on th
Nile.
EDWARD d. CLARKE, of Mississippi, wa
nominated on the 18th as Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior.
STATE SENATOR BRIDGE, of the Illinoi
Legislature, is again very ill and is re
ported failing rapidly.
The British Government has investe
100000 for the benefit of General Gordon
family.
The Western Nail Association at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 11th, reaffirmed the ol
card rate of $2.25. Trade was reporte
better.
THE trial of James d. Fish, formerl
President of the Marine National Banl
was begun at New York on the 11th.
THE reported Russian advance in A.
ghanistan causes great deal of excit,
ment in London.
Four ballots were taken for Unite
States Senator by the Illinois Legisl,
ture on the 11th without reaching an ele
tion.
ENGLAND and Germany have practical
made a satisfactory settlement of matte
concerning West Africa.
THE Treasurer of the Salvation Army
, North Adams, Mass, has left for par
, unknown with the money of the shouter
OFFICIALS Of the Russian embassy
London deny that any preparations Fl
war are being made by Russia on ii
Afghan frontier.
BEFORE making another pilgrimage I'll
Oklahoma boomers will hear what the
representatives at Washington have
say.