The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-05-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

glish consols through London speculator
TO enable successful speculation in this
COLONEL FRANK G. NEsBIr, the new
chief clerk of the Agricultural Departs
ment, arrived in Washington on the 23d,
qualified at once and took possession of
his office.
The Comptroller OF the Currency has
authorized the First National Bank of EN-
mettsburp, Ia, to begin business with
capital of $4,000.
"A PITTSBURGH (Pa.) man died on the
oath from too much roller skating.
THE British ammunition factories are so
pushed that they arc enable to su pply all
the demands.
E. G. HrRBARD was executed at Trini-
dad, COL, on the oath.
GENERAL GRANT was not feeling so
well on the oath, and was very restless in
the evening.
Wool sales at Boston for the week ended
the oath amounted to 4,6)0,000 pounds.
MILITARY preparations continue in En-
gland, and the reserves are rapidly mobi-
lizing.
THE mail steamer John Miller was
stranded on sand-bar near Vicksburg,
Miss, on the oath.
PosrMAsrER-GENER Villas appointed
sixty fourth-class postmasters on the
oath.
IT is reported at Alexandria that El
Mahdi attacked and defeated the Italians
near Massowah.
REPORTS received at Dallas, Tex, indi-
cate that losses by floods in the State are
very large.
EGYPT, il is said, will apologize to
France for the suppression of the French
newspaper Bosphore Egyptiea at Cairo.
THE anniversary of Shakspeare's birth
day was celebrated at the New Orleans
Exposition.
ONE thousand striking coal miners have
returned to work in Pennsylvania at the
operators prices.
The Americans have taken possession of
Panama. The insurgents were recalled
to their barracks by bugle sound.
THE decision of the Supreme Court in
the Virginia coupon cases has created in
tense feeling in the State.
THE examination of Captain John
O'Brien for violation of the neutrality
laws was commenced at New York on the
oath.
THE opinion is gaining ground at Berlin
that war between England and Russia
will be declared before the end of the
month.
THERE were 1893 failures in the United
States during the seven days ended the
oath, as compared with 1856 In the preced.
ing week.
A MEMBER of big meat-canning firm at
Chicago states that they have sold meat
to England at the firms own prices.
THE Duchess of Edinburgh, sister of the
wife of the Gear, of Russia, is distresse ed
over the strained relations existing be-
tween Russia and England.
A LONDON syndicate propose buying
the large tracts of land in the kingdom
and selling out in small lots on deferred
payments.
MISS CONSTANCE EDGAR, step-daughter
of Jerome Bonaparte and great grand.
daughter of Daniel Webster, took the veil
at Baltimore, Nd, on the Gath.
TRINITY RIVER, in Texas, was rising sc
rapidly on the oath that fears were enter
tanned of a flood worse than that of 1864,
when SO much damage was done.
A CABLE dispatch from London received
at New York on the oath stated that the
joy plan for the reorganization of the
Wabash had been adopted.
N. G. EVANS, a police officer of New Or
leans, is charged with having murdered
his wife and man named Casper Wen.
ger, whom he found together in the bed
chamber.
NEALY SMITH, fifteen years old, was ar
rested on the oath for breaking into the
Post-oflice at Calvert, Tex, and stealing
small change and stamps. He also hat
other plunder amounting to several hun
dred dollars.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has CIV
en- orders for the immediate repair of the
revenue steamer Mani attain, now at Bal
timore, with view of utilizing 1t as Q
quarantine boat at the Cape Charles sta
tion.
The Post-office Inspector received in
formation that Postal Clerk Wells, wh,
ran away with the registered mail be
tween New Orleans and Port Eads, La.
was at Ell Paso, Tex, on the 22d. 1t is sup
posed that he crossed the river to Mexico
and thereby escaped his pursuers.
THE President has appointed Henry F
Kernochane, of Louisiana, to be Naval or
| ficer at the port of New Orleans, and Cor
nelius Schenck, of Oregon, to be appraise
| of merchandise in the district of Villa
mette, Oregon.
| The Secretary of the Treasury has de
| tailed three clerks to the Second Comp
troller's office to assist in the settl emen
Of accounts, particularly those of pensio
agents, which are somewhat in arrears
Arrangements have also been made fo
the more prompt examination of these &C
counts in the Third Auditors Office.
| The three hundred and twenty first an
niversary of the birth of Shakespeare wa
celebrated with interesting ceremonies an
a festival at Stratford- on-Avon on th
23d.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has ar
pointed George P. Tingle, of Montana, an
Charles Ryan, of Indiana special agent
for the Seal Islands in Alaska, vice b. 4
| Mr.. Tingle's compensation Is fixed at th
rate of $40 per day and Mr.. Ryanrs at tt
rate of IS per day and expenses.
HEALTH officers of number of the lead
ing cities held a conference at New Yor
on the Oath to agree upon uniform meas
| ures to prevent the introduction of choierI
The steamer City of Mexico was seize
by the United States authorities at Ne
York on-the 25th for violation of the net
trality laws.
THE trial Of Richard Short, who Stable
Captain Phelan in New York, is set Fl
the Goth.
| THERE are now 10000 Russian troops
Poland.
AMERICANS, 800 strong, entered the Gil