Delta chief., 1885-04-01

George 1. Roth, hrsman, lest bis lie.
The birthday of the German Emperor
was duly observed by 10000 Germans and
German-Americans at the New Orleans Expo
sition. They cabled their congratulations
The steamer Michigan, railroad
boat plying between Grand Haven and NIL
waukee, was cut down by the ice and sunk.
The crew reached the shore after much suffer
ing.
William Shields, an old man, who
was appointed postmaster at Westchester, Pa,
March 8, drowned himself because his official
duties were too intricate for his comprehen-
sion.
The resignation of Hon. Henry S.
Neal, Solicitor of the Treasury, will take effect
when ibis successor is ready. Alexander Nc
Cue OF Brooklyn, New York, has been rendered
the office.
Mrs. Z. B. Crocker offers to the Art
Association of Sacramento an art gallery
and collection of paintings valued at $780,
600, II they will tultaits It0t0 for It
maintenance.
The Executive Committee Of the Wo-
man suffragists has sent q letter to President
Cleveland, asking for the removal Of Governor
mans Suffrage bill.
John Pearce, a resident Of Rock
Creek, Tennessee, WAS anxious TO marry Alice
Penny and he procured license, but the girl
declined to marry on Sunday, and Pearce I'm
mediately killed himself.
General Baker was nominated by
General Wolseley to serve upon his stan. but
the Queen frowned down the appointment.
She will not forgive his affair on the railway
which caused his social downfall.
A suit has been commenced in Chica-
20 kgainst the Pennsylvania railroad to en-
force compliance with the law requiring the
roads to give live stock five hours rest in every
twenty weight hours while In transit.
The London Times learns that the
Russian Government has ordered 5000
troops TO be massed at Baku, on the Caspian
sea, and has instructed the Governor OF Csu-
casus to go to St. Petersburg for consultation.
By the explosion Of steam boiler
at Charleston, West Virginia, George weich-
er was killed. The explosion caused tee burn
ing Of Ruffner Brothers grocery, where It oc-
Cured, and the Hale House adjoining. Loss,
$4,000.
A British naval officer was sent to
America TO inspect . newly ly-invented torpedo
think It desii able TO make the result Of his in
vestigation public. It probably refers to the
Ericsson torpedo.
Robert Ireland, who was piper in
an English regiment, and who deserted nine
years ago and came 10 America, was dccoyed
across the border into Canada last week and
arrested. His wife at Mott Haven, New FORK.
has Just learned Of 1t.
Thomas j. Navin, the ex-mayor of
Adrian, Mich, whose sudden disappearance
from Oregon created some excitement there,
was taken back to Adrian, where he pleaded
guilty to charge Of forgery and was sentenced
to ten years imprisonment.
The citizens Of Gilpin county held
meeting few days age to discuss the railroad
question. Strong resolutions were passed IA
voring the Rollins bill and . committee Of
twenty-five appointed as permanent commit
tee on Railway Legislation.
The agents Of the Oklahoma boomers
In Washington are pressing for . change In
the Presidents order forbidding settlers from
entering the Indian Territory. They claim
that the settlers are e1asperated because the
cattle companies are not expelled.
j. w. Smith, the confidential clerk OF
the st. Helena mine at Las Dcicias, sonora,
has absconded with 4 gold bar valued At ei3,
900, which he was conveying to Hormosilla.
The company offer 1900 for the capture OF
the thief and the recovery Of the bullion.
The Minister from Japan has written
. letter to Secretary Bayard expressing the
warmest thanks Of his Government TO Lucius
II. Foote, the United States Minister to Corca,
for protecting a party Of Japanese subjects
try.
The extension paper Of Oliver Broth
ers & Phillips, the iron manufacturers Of Pitts
burg, who recently suspended, has been signed
by all the creditors. The works have closed
down for the purpose Of taking stock, but II IL
expected that operations will be resumed next
Thursday under the administration OF the
trustees.
The Directors of the Union Pacific
Railway on the 25th elected the following ON.
GERS: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., President; I;
Elisha Atkins, Vice-President; Henry McFar
land, Secretary and Trca urcr; o. NJ. Mink Of
Boston, Assistant Secretary and Assistant
Treasurer; James w. Hall, Assistant Sccrcta-
ry and Assistant Treasurer in New York. In
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