The Irish standard., 1886-09-25
THE WORLD AT LARGE.

Succ1, the Italian faster, has success
fully accomplished his task.
Nov. lS hiss been appointed Thanks.
giving day for the Dominion.
The Austrian Reichrath has beer
summoned to meet On Sept. 90.
/ Beach defeated Gaudaur on the
Thames on Saturday by lengths.
/ The hostile Arabs of the Soudan are
threatening the Egyptian frontier.
Mr.. Gladstone's health has been muck
improved by his sojourn in Germany.
The Utah commission is in session al
Chicago preparing it's annual report
Democrats Of the Sixth Wisconsin dis
trict nominated Andrew Halen, of Osh'
kosh.
The Danish Government has embar.
coed a Danish paper published al
Omaha.
| The sugar yield Of Louisiana will
fall about fifteen per cent. below that
Of 1885.
The President has issued q commission
to William Groome to be postmaster at
Vicksburg.
| The Indian Rights Association have
taken the warpath on behalf Of Agent
McGillicudy.
The Egyptian Premier has been sent
to England to assist in settlement Of
Egyptian affairs.
The United States Senate Fisheries
Committee will leave Tor Canada On the
2Sth to investigate,
Ninety thousand cotton spinners in
Burnely have resolved to strike against
a reduction in wages.
John ). O'Brien has resigned the
chairmanship of the New York state
Democratic committee.
Cardinal Jacobini, papal secretary OF
state, who has been critically i'll for sew
eral days, is now better.
A packet of letters written by Aaron
Burr to Peter Won Gaasbeck, Of Kings
ton, N, Y; have been found.
The masters and mates OF the British
vessels seized Off Alaska have been con-
victed by the court at Sitka.
Jerome Brown, Of Lee e. Brown, Sar-
anac, N. Y, is in Canada. His short
age is not definitely known.
The bodies Of six Of the eight men en-
tombed in the Marvine shaft, near
Scranton, Pa, have been fonnd.
Herr Kraeker, a member Of the reich
stag, has been fined 1850 marks for an
infraction Of the anti-socialist Law.
Lizzie Krepps, Bessie June, Elmlra,
King of Norfolk, Adonis and Hartford
were the winners atSheephead Bay.
Wilson Barrett, the English actor, has
sent s., 900 to the Charlestown sufferers
and will give banquet in their behalf.
At Seoul, the capital Of Corea, the
cholera mortality is estimated at 500
daily. So far some $4,000 deaths have
occurred.
Col. William Elliott, Of Beaufort, was
nominated for Congress to-day by che
Democrats Of the Seventh South Caro-
lima district.
Geel, the Socialist, has been con-
demned to eight years imprisonment
for shooting Police Commissioner
Storck at Amsterdam.
The East St. Louis authorities are i'll
Glued to believe the story of Arubuth-
not, the self-confessed murderer Of
Mayor Bowman.
The resignation Of Prof. William Fer
rol, meteorologist Of the signal service,
has been accepted by the secretary Of
war.
1t is estimated that the contributions
in aid OF the Charleston sufferers will not
cover one tenth Of the damage done by
the earthquake.
A. H. Snet and Malotte, two persons
convicted of murder and sentenced to
death by the British Columbia courts,
have been respited,
Since the beginning of the issue Of
the combined letter sheet and envelope,
one month ago, 100000 Of the sheets
have been sent out to postodices.
The recent gale on the Labrador and
Newfoundland coasts. caused more dam
age to property than was at first sup
posed. On the northern coast Of Labra-