Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-06

Police Court. At the opening OF the proceed
ings Hyndman complaine i Of the course pur-
sued by the newspaper Punch In painting ar
toops representing the hanging OF himself aud
comrades by Punch. The court Informed him
that 1t was powerless TO interfere In the mat
ter. The evidence was proceeded with.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 24-The city is
on the verge OF a commercial crisis. Failures
are almost OF hourly occurrence. Unless some
thing Is lone TO relieve the situation the
direst results ole feared.
PARIS, Feb. ga ~star:lin attempt was
made this aft moon to asssssinate NJ. Eugene
Clemencesn, The radical leader in the Chamber
of Deputies. 9. .mencean was making a fiery
speech from the tribune, fsvoring the expul-
sion OF the Or ans princess, when pistol
shot rang : trough the chamber. The
bullet whizzed past his he d, fattened itself
against the wall, and fell ut the feet OF Mr..
FloQuet, president Of the chamber. There
was intense excitement among the members.
Several saw a young man standing among the
audience, pale with excitement and pointing q
pistol toward the tribune. He discharged the
revolver again without result. He was arrested
and declared himself a soldier, i'll treated, and
fired the shot to call attention TO his griev-
ances. His nam is Psrrier, a subaltern in an
infantry regiment. TIL letter he threw at
Clenencesn after the second shot was an offer
to reveal the names OF the betrAyers OF Metz.
LONDON, Feb. 25.-The Indian office Thu
morning received a dispatch from Lord Duff
fern announcing the renewal of disorders In
Burmsh. 1t hss had a very disquieting effect
at the the indian Office. IL is said to indicate
increasing gravity In the Burmese revolt. Dis
patches from Mandaly and RAugoon set forth
that troops have been hurried forward to re-
intorce Gen. Pendergsst with al possible
speed, and Mandaly is only saved from a con-
ditton OF Anarchy by the stern enforcement Of
martial law. In the interior the condition Of
aft airs Is disheartening.
MADRID, Feb. 27.-There ia great excitement
over the conflicting reports o. the co~dition OF
Queen Christina. Last week 1t vas rumored.
that the queen regent al a premature birth
To-day her adhereDts positively assert that
no such misnsp has occurred. he expects to
be accouched next month. The latter state
ment is borne cut by the fac that eleven days
have elapsed since her alleged miscarriage and
no preparations are being made for the coro-
nation OF the Princes Mercedes as queen Of
Spain. A wild rumor Is current that the
queen did have a miscarriage on the 18th inst,
but the fact Is denied, as In pursuance OF su
Austrian conspiracy TO produce a false heir.
In proof OF this they point TO a mystery sur
founding the occurrence in the pslsce--the
regents refusal to see a Spanish physician
whom she brought from the Austrian court.
There Is no end to stories and excitement.
VIENNA, Feb. N.-The Arch Duchess Maria,
daughter Of Ferdinand ", is about 10 marry
the Arch DuKe Unarles of Austria, cousin OF
the Emperor. She has taken a solemn oath re-
nouncipg, on hehalf Of herself and her issue,
all right and claim OF succession TO the Aus.
trlan throne.