Delta chief., 1885-03-25
TRLEGRAPHIC BREVITTES.
The people of Khartoum are reported

to be on the verge of starvation.
The rebels in the vicinity of Suakim
are said to subsist on the pith Of the palm
| tree. ...
MIR. .Bayard is to be succeeded rs Sem
ator from Delaware by Attorney General Geo.
A. Gray.
The railway strike has terminated at
Kansas City, and freight trains are again in
motion.
j. S. Fargo, postmaster at Edcnburg,
Penn, was short In his accounts and he COM
mitted suicide.
During the year which ended March
/, 1885, Chicago killed 4,22sOCo hogs and l.
27O, 600 cattle.
The President has nominated Joseph
8. Miller Of West Virginia as Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue.
Mr.. Blaine called on the President
and the two gentlemen held long and very
pleasant interview.
Tho Mayor of Cork announces that he
will officially ignore the visit of the Prince and
Princess Of Wales.
Stephen Jones, colored was hanged
at San Francisco for the murder Of his white
mistress, June s, 1883.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has de-
cided that the prohibItory Law is constitution
al, and that 1t will stand.
In JOINT session the Delaware Legis-
laturc formally elected Hon. George Gray to
succeed Secretary Bayard
The Cheyenne Indians around Fort
Reno, in the Indian Territory, are reported to
be indulging in war dances.
The President has nominated Joseph
8. Miller to be Commissioner Of Internal Rev
enue in place OF Walter Evans.
Some of the striking coal miners in
the Pittsburg district have decided to return
to work at the reduced wages.
The President has accepted an invi-
tation from the veterans to visit the battle
fed of Gettysburg, May 4 and 5.
General Hatch claims that the BOOM
ers are still decreasing in numbers, and that
Couch's force now VIII not exceed 600.
A fire at Pulaski, Tennessee, burned
death. Loss to property, $4,000.
The forfeited land grants of the Texas
Pacific railroad have been placed on the mar
| ket by the Secretary Of the Interior.
Another Illinois legislator is reported
to be dying. He is Democrat, and his death
would restore the tic on joint ballot.
An Arabian paper reports tnat an ex-
pedition OF 15,C00 men is being formed In
Abyssinia to move against the Mahdi.
Colonel A. j. Smith Of the old Sixth
Corps has been appointed Governor of the
Leavenworth branch Of the Soldiers Home.
England is awaiting definite reply
from Russia to their latest overtures, while
Russia is pushing troops to the Afghan from
tier.
The striking miners in Southern
Ohio were forced to surrender on account OF
the vast numbers Of men who were seeking
work.
1t has been declded to erect n hospital
at Port Said to the memory Of General Cor
don. 1t will be free to all the nations Of the
world.
General Foster, Minister to Spain,
will soon return to Madrid to continue the ne
gotiations for more favorable treaty with
Spain.
Between 1900 and 1000 coal miners
in the vicinity OF Irwin, Pa, have struck for an
advance Of ten cents per ton in the price Of
mining.
All appointments to vacancies in the
departments at Washington are made under
the civil service rules and regardless of parti-
san pressure.
The Washington Republican has been
sold to Elias W. Fox and others. Mr.. Fox
was formerly connected with the st. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The strikers who interfered with the
movements Of Wabash trains at Hannibal,
Missouri, have been sentenced to sixty days
imprisonment.
General Hatch reports that some 800
boomers still lipger at Arkansas City, but he
does not think they will attempt TO invade the
Indian Territory.
The Supreme Court Of California says
no alimopy must be paid to Miss Hill, nor fees
to her counsel, until the parties appear before
the Supreme Court.
DR.. F. b. Cross has been convicted
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Of the murder Of DR..
A. B. McKune in September, 1883 The jury
fixed the death penalty.