Sharp County record., 1886-12-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


,painst the steamship lines to force theln
to carry the American mails.
INDIANA refuses to give up McCaW'
at Lincoln, H., for murder, but {
will try him herself on a similar charge'
President CLEvELAND's expression VI
desire for the negotiation OF a new COM
mercial treaty with Mexico has been wei.
received by the press and government VI
that country. ., ua
SENATOR c. W. JONES, of Florida, ana
his son, who arrived in Detroit, Mlch'' Oh
the 9th, from Columbia college, were ouC
riding on that day, when arunaWay thfeW
the Senator out of the carriage Dauly
straining his side. He will be lald up lor
some time. but expects to be in Washlng-
ton after the holidays.
PRINCE ALEXANDER had a private au-
dience with the Queen at windsor on Ihe
9th, and remains Her MaJesty's guesU aU
the castle. At his brothers request nc
has become sponsor of Princess Beatflces
hahv which was christened with water
bron oht expressly from the River Jordan
TUE importation of gold from Europe
into this country still continues, anu VLeao
is now at the New York assay once sto,
| OOO 900 in bullion against 81, ,O0o,oOo III Au-
| gust The former amount does not lluch
| exceed what was on hand last year aI Cnls
time. ans, ,o.,,o,,oa
FIRE at Attica, O., on the 10th, DESTROYED
q whole block in the business part Oh Vhe
town. ,,oo,,
TWO THOUSAND Punjab police have Deen
ordered from the Punjab, Northwest Bflt,
ieh India. to Burmah, and 5000 more VIII
nrobably be added to this number by suo-
sequent order. c.5o,io
The Salvation Army attack on Sedalia,
Mo-, is marked by some very HVely "ii"
exciting scenes.
A CRUSADE against underground lnsur.
ance companies has been inauguraUeo aO
Chicago. c,o
captain WEED of the bark Cremona,
which was lost at sea on the Sth inst, has
arrived at New York =.
i w. BROWN, a Canadian Orangeman, IS
thought to have meet with 1oul play Ill
Paris, France r;,+
OSCAR A. SIMoNs, president OF the FIRST
National Bank at Fort Wayne, lno', COIL
mitted suicide on the 10TH
Mn GLADSTONE has expressed his dlsap-
nroval of the anti-rent campaign Delng
conducted by the National League IN Ire
land. = N,,,
CONGRESSMAN ABRANI DowDNEY, OF New
\ Work. died at his residence in New 1orB
9 Citv on the morning Of the 10th OF apo
pleXy. .+oa 70
JoHS LANE, a printer is reported 10
t have been murdered at Los Angeles, lex
| AFNLING scaffold killed VIM. Klrkpat
{ ,ioly q carnenter, at Danville, ILL.,, on the
S 10th. ,oi
EDWARD HANLAN, the oarsman, sallel
from England for America on the lOth'
S A rERRY-BOAT collision occurred on th'
East river, New York, on the 10th, ana an
|. other on the North river, both caused by
! dense fog. - Nov,
York, has been summoned 10 Rome oh "C
: count of his advocacy OF the Henry Ueofs
l. movement. ,,,
- THE Ouartermaster-Gener OF the arm
: has reported favorably on the claim OF IN
" St Iouis Christian Brothers and place
the amount at $4,000.
Two IIFEBoATs were sWamped ana Ihel
II crews drowned og<he 10th while trylng
: I 'aiu d VeSsGI III ulSsress or SouthporI LII
: gland.
MoTH and Shields, who wrestled in Kan
sas City few days since, are having a
) wrangle over the gate receipts, and make
ugly charges against each other
IMPORTANT arrangements have been
made with number of the Northwestern
Indian tribes for cession of lands by the
= commission appointed to negotiate with
them.
IT is rumored that the Western Union
and Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph COM
panies have arranged to advance tolls at
the first of the year and to work toge ther
! in harmony.
SEVEN members of the "Bald Knobbers"
; of Southwest Missouri have been arrest
ed on warrants issued by the United
States Commissioner, and are now at
Springfield awaiting trial District-At-
torney NJ. E. Benton is after them.
SEVERAL New England Congressman
have been looking over the field to deter
mine if possible the chances of passing
the Bankruptcy bill at this session. They
have concluded that the prospects are
very discouraging
In a recent dispatch to the State Depart
ment, Mr.. Tree, the American Minister to
Brussels, reports that the government OF
the Independent State of Congo has CON
tracted for the establishment of a regular
line of Belgian steamers between Antwerp
and the Congo.
; DR. JUNKER, the African explorer, tele-
graphs that he arrived at Zanzibar from
the interior. He reports that he left Emir
Bey well, and that the latter had reduced
the rebels to submission as far as Lardo,
, on the White Nile, whence there is daily
steamer service.
| LOUIS H. STANTON, son of the late Edwin
NJ Stanton, says he will produce from the
papers left by his father ample evidence to
refute General McClellan's allegations
against President Lincoln's Secretary Of
War.
LIMITED quantities of the two-dollar sill
yer certificates have been put in circula-
ton So far they have been issued by the
treasury only in redemption of one and
two-dollar United States notes.
REAR ADMIRAL JoUETT has returned TO
Washington from his trial trip with the
Dolphin and makes a very satisfactory re-
port as to her batteries, speed and general
ease in handling.
MAJOR H. T. STANTON, of Kentucky, has
been appointed member of the commls-
sion to allot lands in severalty to the In
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