Delta chief., 1885-03-18

Commons that England did not need the
fr1endship Of any country in the world in order
to maintain her position.
The French have destroyed the line
Of forts which guarded the Chinese frontier,
and have blown up the fortihcations that were
known a. the Gate 70 China
The Commissioner Of the General
Lamar to suspend all proceeding relative TO
the Backbone" land patent.
The Presidents message recalling the
Nicaraguan, Spanish ,and Dominican treaties
from the. Senate caused those documents to
be returned to the. Executive.
The British bark Allahabad left Hong
Kong November Il, 1884, for Portland, Oregon,
and has not been heard from. 1t is supposed
that she has gone to the bottom.
Over $4,000 trade dollars have beeu
sent to the Philadelphia Mint since March l.
and letters Of inquiry about them are being re:
ceived from all parts OF the country.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
decided to cut of the heads OF some forty OF
the special agents, whose places will not be
filed from the ranks OF the applicants.
The King of Korea has cordially
thanked.the United States Minister for his hu-
name and courageous conduct in protecting
the Japanese during the Korean riots.
The Mayor, City Council and Sheriff
at Atchison, Kansas, declared that they were
| powerless TO protect the railroads, and the
company has notified Governor Martin.
Charles }. Riggen, aged rs years,
mourned ov..' the less OF his money by the
failure OF the Loveinpton, Illinois, bank, and
after killing his wife he shot himself fatally.
1t is expected that the coal miners OF
the Monopgahela Valley will soon strike for
an advance Of half a cent a bushel In their
mining scale. About 5000 mel will be affect
| ed.
According to the Statistical Depart
ment OF the Agricultural Bureau, the farmers
we're holding, on March l, about o7S, 900 600
bushels OF corn, and 1876, 900 900 bushels Of
wheat.
There are some 80, 900, 900 Of an un-
expended balance Of the last appropriation for
riy ers and harbors still remaining, and the
largest portion Of It is to be expended in the
North.
At the earnest request Of Queen Vic
toria the Emperor William Is laboripg person
ally to bring about an amicable solution OF the
Afghan trouble. Bitmarck Is doing nothing
to assist.
William Peyton, alias Dick Buckley,
was killed at Sheridan, Wyoming, by man
with whom he quarreled, and who emptied a
shotgun into him before he could use a re-
volver.
Governor Martin at Atchison, Kansas,
after an interview with the strikers at which
they stated their terms urged .hem to send a
committee 10 ST. Louis to meet the railway
managers.
Italy has 5000, 600 francs in the
coinage OF the old Bourbon Government which
It desires to recoin, and the Government
thr eatens to terminate the agreement against
silver coinage.
A requisition from Georgia for the
arrest OF Representative Hudgins Of the Ar
kansas Legislature on the charge OF arsop,
caused the flight OF Hudgins. A sheriH's posse
are In hot chase.
Major j. l.. Haworth, Superintendent
New Mexico, while on n tour OF inspection
He leaves n wife and two married daughters.
at Olathe, Kansas.
Tho London Daily Nous says the
British Government demands that the Rus
slams shall retro from the Russian frontier,
and that the choice Of peace or war rests with
the Russian statesmen.
An army Of boomers from Texas and
Arkansas are moving westward scross the Sac
and Fox reservation in the Indian Territory,
and General Hatch will endcsvor to turn them
back. They number 500 men.
A regiment Of Skin from India WAS
brought face to face with the troops OF Osman
Digna near suakim, and the Indian troops are
credited with excellent fighting qualities The
Arabs we're forced into fight.
The engineers who were surveying
at Coal Harbor, British Columbia, for ter
minus for the Canadian Pacific Railway have
been directed to abandon the work. The point
is not satisfactory to the Government.
The United States Marshal with a
strong force Of deputies succeeded in starting
freight trains on the Wabash road at Hanni-
bal, Missouri, after a slight contest with the
strikers in which two men were arrested.
Joseph c. Mackin and William Gal
lagher, who were convicted in Chicago, OF at
tempted election frauds, have been sentenced
to two years at Joliet, and fined 5000 each.
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