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Island Benjamin H. Hill. jr., of Georgia. to DO
attorney for the United States for the north
arn district of Gnarpia.

Island; Benjamin H. Hill. jr., of Georgia, to DO
attorney for tho United States for the north
ern district Of Georgia.
THE 18th was President Cleveland'S forty
eighth birthday, and he received many con.
gratulations from visitors. Among the
callers were W. H. Vanderbilt, of New York.
Generals Hancock and Howard, and Sena-
tors Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Mcpherson,
Harrison and Voorhees,.
THE Senate CONFIRMED the nomination OF
Joseph S. Miller to be commissioner OF inter-
nal revenue vice Evans removed
DIR. FRANCIS WHARTON, IL D., OF Penn.
sylvania, has been appointed examiner OF
claims in the state department, to succeed
Judge Henry O'Connor.
Foreign.
IN the British house Of conn ons remle
Gladstone announced that an agreement had
been arrived at between Russia and England,
by the terms of which neither the Russian nor
Afghan forces would advance any further on
either side of the frontier.
DCELING still prevails to a great extent in
Germany. In a duel the other day between
two officers one was killed after t~wenty-seven
shots had been fired.
AN immense sensation has been aroused in
Paris and in Irish circles everywhere by the
rItIlCu SOSeIllllclU ullcoU aiINl CAp0loAOii
from the country Of James Stephens and four
other prominent FeniunS.
PRESIDENT BARRIOS. Of Guatemala, has
issued n decree proclaiming himself chief OF
tho republic OF Guatemala and the Central
American union aS n single republic, assum-
ing the title of "Supreme Military Chief Of
Central America" taking as such absolute
command, and declaring that any one pro-
%nouncing himself opposed to the union or
embarrassing his movements will be treated
as a traitor to the great cause of nationality.
GENERAL AGUERo, the Cuban revolution
ist most feared by the Spanish authorities,
has met his death in Cuba through treachery.
He was betrayed by two negroes, who Vlo-
lently assailed him, and with a machete split
his head open. Jose Morejon, Aguero's sec.
rotary, was also killed in the struggle.
AT q meeting of the Gordon Memoria
committee in London. the Prince Of Wales
presiding, it was decided that the memorial
TO the defender of khartoum should be a
great hospital and sanitarium, to be erected
at Port Said, Egypt, and to be open to the
people Of all nations.
A FIRE has destroyed the town hall, six
mills and several other buildings in Hull,
England. One policeman was killed and a
number Of other persons were injured.
DISPATCHES received from the various OBJ
ScryapOrleS Indicate tLluU SuCCeSSlul OUScI
lions of the partial eclipse Of tho sun were
made.
The revolt in Cochin China is spreading.
Annamites have attacked and captured the
town of Ocnom, and massacred the European
residents, burning alive the native project
and his wife. The northern provinces are
held by insurgents, who massacre native al
herents of the French.
Two thousand more troops are about to
start from France for Tonquin to reinforce
General Delisles army.
RUSSIA, it is stated, will not advance any
further toward the Afghan border except for
some extraordinary reason.
By an explosion Of fire damp in a coal
mine at Camphausen, Prussia. PIT miners
were imprisoned. The explosion occurred at
an early hour, and hate in the afternoon sew
enteen men had been rescued and ninety
eight bodies recovered. This left lO2 men
and boys unaccounted for, and it was con-
sidered certain that they had all persisted, as
the main shaft and mir apparatus were de-
stroyed by the explosion.
AN army of u, G0) Mexican troops has been
ordered to the Guatemalan frontier, to watch
President Barrios and balk him in his
scheme Of annexing the other states of Cen
trail America.