The Republican journal., 1886-09-30
Generalities.

Emperor William is ILL.,
More money is needed at Charleston.
Millionaire Walters, of Baltimore, has Just
paid $500 for an orchid.
Gambetta> body is to be removed from Nice
to the Pantheon in Paris.
f. p. Roe, the novelisJ is going to Santa
Barbara, Cal, for a year OF so.
Mrs. Frank Leslie says she lives the life Of
man without mans enjoyment.
The amount of the relief fund received at
Charleston amounts to S309,1'S.
Lieutenant Greeley says he misses the good
old north pole draughts this weather.
OIeomargarine manufacturers ,akc exception
to the new law taxing bogus butter.
The estimated corn crop of the country is
considerably below that Of last year,
Henry Ward Bcecher, now in the North of
England, will sail for home on October %.
EX-Empress Eusene has Just passed month
at Osborne as the guest of Queen Victoria.
The cruiser I.anstlowne has been put back by
the Dominion government to lighthouse duty.
The experiment of cooperative mining is be-
ing tried in the coierieS near Huntsville, Mo.
Mrs. Laura G. Holloway of Brooklyn has
been selected associate editor of Literary
Life.
Julius Baum 4 Co.. wholesale cothierS of
san Francisco, have failed for nearly million
dollars.
Judge Stewart of Baltimore, Md, has render
ed decision that a business agreement made
by telephone is valid.
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to all the Grand Army posts of the country to
send aid to Charleston.
Rails have been shipped from England for
the proposed Hudson Bay Railroad, and work
will be begun forthwith.
The Chiricahua and Warm Spring Indians
are now in Florida. and will occupy the hunt
ing grounds of the Scmnoes.
The Treasury Department rules that impor-
tation Of jeWclry and precious stones by mail is
prohibited and punishable by law.
The Canadian General Methodist Conference,
at Toronto, decided not to extend the terms
of the pastorateS in that denomination.
Umbrellas with glass lookout in front are
new and Of Partisan make. They come in
black and brown and have elaborate sticks.
Intelligence has reached London from Lloyds'
agents at Zante alleging that the recent earth
quake in that ncighborhood originated in the
sea.
EX-Comptrocr James 5. White of Mlwau-
kee, Wis, has been sentenced to two years and
six months hard labor in prison for cmbezzle-
ment.
In the tive-cent savings banks of Charleston,
s. g., the colored people have S124 1886. So on
deposit. The largest depositor has $4,000 to his
credit.
The Post Office Department has arranged
with the AleXandre Steamship Line for the
carrying of the mails to and from Mexican and
lucatan ports.
A grand memorial arch intended to commem-
oratc the Naor of Connecticut soldiers in the
war of the Rebellion, was dedicated at Hart
ford the 18th.
The largest apartment house in the world is
soon to be built in Chicago. 1t will be 31SN213,
seven stories high, and will cost between $780,
900 and $500, 900.
Mrs. Catherine Lowe, a widow whose hus-
band mySteriously disappeared some years ago
from Andover, Mass, has followed his exam
pie and a tragedy is feared in both cases
Mr.. Beavor-Webb, the designer of the
Galatea. is said to have been offered the post
of agent for the Leeds Forge Company in
America, and will hereafter reside here.
The Charleston (S. C.) authorities are closely
watching the character of the materials used
in the rebuilding there in order to prevent dis
asters from the use of inferior materials.
Dominic Downs, of Boston, attempted to ar
CUE in the Baptist Association of that city, but
was informed that he was out of the pale of
the Church and could not occupy the floor.
The American Minister at Pekin has submit
teh to the State Department at Washington a
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missionaries at kWal Ping, China last May.
The troubles and petty disagreements in the
coast survey office at Washington still continue
to the great annoyance of treasury officials and
a complete reorganization cf the bureau is pro
posed.
It is reported from Cincinnati that the Pope
has ordered the payment of all of Archbishop
Purcel's debts within the next five years, in Or
der to terminate scandal that is injuring the
power of the church.
A Waco, Texas, special says that Oliver
Gathcns a very black, hard-working and we'll
contented negro there, is the husband of Mrs.
Lucy Parsons, the Chicago anarchist. and that
she ran away with Albert II. Parsons.
The series Of oleomargarine stamps has been
completed. The first of the series, of the
denomination of 5000 is for the manufacturers.
and bears picture of the treasury building.
The second stamp of the series is intended for
packages.
The Washington Star says that Secretary
Manning will go to Australia as United States
Minister instead of returning to the Treasury
Department. 1t also says that hint to his ap-
p0intment, made to Austria, was received with
great favor.
United States Minister DENLY, at Pekin, re-
ports to Secretary Bayard, that the Chinese
outrages on Christian missionaries are becom-
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doing all in his power for the protection of the
Christians.
The acting secretary of the treasury has is
sued the 142d call for the redemption of bonds
The call is for Sl50O0,0 900 of the per cent. loan
of 1882. All the per cent. bonds will be paid
now and hereafter, until further notice, upon
presentation.
A bronze monument, fifty-one feet in height,
said to be the highest bronze monument in the
country, has been erected at Mauch Chunk, Pa,
by the Chapman Post, and it will be unveiled
on the 2Sth inst. The stone base is fifteen feet
high, and the rest is bronze.
A Philadelphia lawyer is accused of attempt
ing to bribe a clerk in the Treasury Depart
simply offered the clerk cigar, but the clerk
asserts that it was roll of money and not a c-
gar, which the lawyer held in his fingers and
extended towards him.
The Sun says that the activity in building in
New York city is greater than ever now that
autumn has come, and it is probable that the
amount of capital expended on new structures
for the whole year will be between $65 ,OOO, 900
and $10,000,000 as against $45 200, 600 in 1885,
This indicates how rapidly New York is still
growing.
A warrant for $45, 900 has been issued to the
assignees of John Roach in final payment for
the Dolphin and for the care of the monitor
Puritan. This is accepted in settlement of all
claims Of John Roach against the Government,
| and the Dolphin becomes in law, what she
long has been in fact, the property Of the
! Government.